Best mods for Black Myth Wukong and how to install them

✓ At a glance

We recommend trying out some of these mods in Black Myth: Wukong:

• BMWK – SPF
• Enhanced Wukong Visuals
• Vibrant Reshade – Black Myth Wukong
• Play as Tifa
• Disable Vignette
• Simple Map
• Double Diamond Pickaxe
• Double Bladed Lightsaber
• Mouse Sensitivity Fix
• Unlimited Photo Mode

Modding games is one of the perks we get when playing on the PC, especially when you’re looking to enhance a game for new playthroughs. They range from quality-of-life fixes and graphics enhancements to model replacements and blatant cheats. For single player games like Black Myth: Wukong, the degree to which you use mods is a matter of personal preference. Even this early in the game’s life cycle, mods have appeared that can alter your experience, so we’ve chosen some of the best ones you can try out.

Best mods list for Black Myth: Wukong

We have picked some of the best mods currently available for Black Myth: Wukong. Some of them are QoL improvements, others improve graphics and shading, game’s performance, while some are simply interesting or funny. We’re sure that there’s something for everyone on our list.

BMWK – SPF

Black Myth: Wukong can be a demanding game for some PC rigs to run. The game comes with a Compatibility Mode that tries to help with this issue, but that isn’t always an optimal solution. BMWK – SPF provides an alternative solution to help with low performance problems and stuttering, while trying to maintain the game’s beautiful graphics.

The mod aims to improve loading times, optimize CPU and GPU usage, optimizes memory management, and more. If you’re running into system issues while playing the game, you should check out this mod, as it could solve all your problems.

Enhanced Wukong Visuals

Enhanced Wukong Visuals is another mod that looks to improve the game’s performance by attacking the issue from a different angle. This mod can be especially beneficial if your GPU is not up to par for the game’s requirements. It disables several post-processing effects such as fog, lens flare, bloom, and depth of field. Meanwhile, it enables anisotropic filtering to bring back some of the fidelity. The mod has several text files you can tinker with to further change the settings, making it malleable to use to your preference.

Vibrant Reshade – Black Myth Wukong

Reshader mods will likely come in many shapes and sizes as the game’s modding scene develops. With several to choose from, we particularly liked the Vibrant Reshade mod. If you feel like the game’s colour palette looks washed out, this mod will pop up the colours to higher vibrancy. Mind you, it won’t make it look cartoony by any means, and we feel like the modder found a good balance between the game’s original look and a higher intensity of colours like reds and greens.

Play as Tifa

This funny mod replaces Wukong’s original outfit, Tiger Hide Loincloth and fully transforms it into Tifa from Final Fantasy 7. It’s a simple mod that’s just too silly not to get a mention, and one of the few comedic reskin mods that are already available for the game. Sadly, you don’t get Tifa’s powers along with the look, but who knows, there may be a mod for that too on the horizon.

Disable Vignette

Disable Vignette is a simple mod that removes the dark vignette effect around the edges of the screen. While that’s not something everyone wants to do, for those who dislike the effect, this mod is the perfect solution to get rid of it. 

Simple Map

One of the main criticisms of Black Myth: Wukong is that exploration can be a bit tough to navigate without a map. It didn’t take long for the fan community to come up with a solution. There are already a few map and minimap mods out there, but we prefer Simple Map, due to its unobstructive nature. After installing the mod, you can open the map with the M key and even has a pause feature to let you plan your route at a leisurely pace. Just note that you’ll need to install the UE4SS framework mod to get it to work.

Weapon reskins – Double Diamond Pickaxe and Double Bladed Lightsaber

These mods fall into the same category, so we’re making them a two-for-one deal. Both replace your staff with different skins, giving you a way to have more fun while monkeying around. 

Double Diamond Pickaxe mod replaces the staff with pickaxe heads from Minecraft. It even appears as a fully pixelated plane for an extra comedic effect. Sadly, this mod only works with the Willow Wood staff (for now).

Meanwhile, the Double Bladed Lightsaber mod works across all staff options in the game. It uses Darth Maul’s weapon model from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, complete with the ominous red glow. Frankly, it looks amazing in Wukong’s hands, though it’s just a matter of time before even the Monkey King gets replaced by Darth Maul himself.

✓ Bonus tip

There’s even a purple lightsaber variant, if you don’t want to use the red one.

Mouse Sensitivity Fix

If you’re playing Black Myth: Wukong with a mouse and keyboard setup, this mod will make your life much easier. Mouse Sensitivity Fix helps your mouse movements become more accurate by disabling smoothing and acceleration and levelling the polling between X and Y planes. As someone who prefers playing with a mouse and keyboard, this mod was a godsend after finding the default settings and options to be quite lacking.

Unlimited Photo Mode

Another simple yet effective mod that improves the game’s photo mode options. Unlimited Photo Mode does exactly what it says on the tin. It allows you to change the max camera distance from only 15 meters to whopping 150,000 kilometers. It could take a long time to zoom out that far, but this mod speeds up the camera by a factor of three, so you won’t have to wait too long for those cinematic shots. 

How to install Black Myth: Wukong mods

Every mod on our list comes with separate installation instructions. Make sure to read them carefully on their mod pages and follow the recommended steps. However, most often the mods need to be placed in a specific mod folder. 

Go to the folder where you’ve installed Black Myth: Wukong, and look for this path: BlackMythWukong\b1\Content\Paks\~mods. If the ~mods folder doesn’t exist, you can make it yourself. In addition, make sure to set up Launch Options for the game on Steam by right-clicking and selecting Properties. Then, in the Launch Options box, add -fileopenlog. 
Alternatively, you can use the Nexus Mods’ launching tool, Vortex. This app lets you sort and update mods and can be of immense help with downloading and installing mods. But, as always, make sure to read the mod instructions first.