Guanyin Temple
Lingxuzi灵虚子
- What it inflicts
- No status effect
- Phases
- 1 phase
- Equipment
- One set
Recommended gear
With what you can get before this boss, in your first cycle.
Pilgrim set: crafting unlocks at the shrine right before the fight, for 12 Yarn and 3,340 Will for all 4 pieces. 40 base Defense; 2 pieces: faster sprinting; 4 pieces: Attack rises every second of sprinting. The Headband also lets you drink while sprinting.
- Weapon attack
- 30
- Armor defense
- 40
Base values, before upgrades, from the registry.
- Weapon
- Headgear
Pilgrim's Headband Crafting: Yarn × 4, 1,000 WillOtherwise: Lion Head of Opulence
- Chest
Pilgrim's Garb Crafting: Yarn × 5, 1,200 WillOtherwise: Red Silk Robe of Opulence
- Arms
Pilgrim Wristwraps Crafting: Yarn × 1, 500 WillOtherwise: Armguard of Opulence
- Legs
Pilgrim's Legwraps Crafting: Yarn × 2, 640 WillOtherwise: Buskins of Opulence
- Transformation
- Spells
- Curios
No spirit: absorbing them unlocks after this fight, with the Blessed Gourd.
The fight
No formal phases: he retreats to the rooftops during the fight, between 75% and half of his health, then comes back down. He changes neither element nor weapon.
One set: use his rooftop retreats to heal.
Spells, transformation and soaks are set at a Keeper's Shrine, never mid-fight: what you bring into a fight stays until the end. Nothing reliable confirms that armor can be swapped mid-fight: a page only offers a per-phase variant when a shrine or a checkpoint separates the phases.
What it inflicts
- No status effect: physical damage only.
Attacks to watch
- Leap from the roof, with a shockwave on landing.
- Rampaging charge and rolling strike.
- Howl shockwave.
What works
- Immobilize only when he is on the ground, ideally while he licks his paw, then a heavy attack and light attacks. Immobilize
- Pillar Stance: almost all of his moves, except lunges, count as low strikes. Pillar Stance
- Red Tides: do not activate it right before he climbs back onto the roof. Red Tides
Strategy
- Circle him by walking sideways: his bites have very short range.
- Punish him whenever he licks his paw or misses an attack.
- Let your health drop, then drink twice in a row, ideally while he is on the roof.
Access
Guanyin Temple, Forest of Wolves: from the shrine, climb the stairs; a rooftop cutscene starts the fight. Mandatory. The shrine right before lets you craft armor.
What it gives
- to obtainGrey Wolf Mask
- to obtainMind Core
- to obtainYarn × 3
Will: 754
Unlocks the Blessed Gourd, at Snake Trail, which lets you absorb spirits.
Updates
Update 1.0.8: fur effects optimized, with no effect on the fight.
In NG+
In NG+, you keep all your gear, spells and spirits, and bosses have more health and hit harder. The new moves announced by the developers are in Challenge mode (Gauntlet of Legends), outside the scope of these pages.
Page checked on October 15, 2026.