All Wuchang: Fallen Feathers Bosses in Order

While carving your way through Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, you already know that this game doesn’t hold your hand. From the moment you put your foot into the cursed lands of Shu in the ancient Chinese Ming Dynasty, the game throws everything at you: twisted spirits, corrupted warlords, giant insect horrors—you name it. Just when you think you’re safe, a red glow lights up a fog wall, and you’re in another life-or-death brawl.

If you landed on this page while looking for the correct boss order in Wuchang, wondering which ones are optional, or trying to figure out why the chimera bride keeps two-shotting you, this guide tells everything you need to know. I’ve encountered every boss in the game, including main, optional, secret, and nightmare-fueled, and then came here with the article to help you out with breakdowns of every boss fight, good strategies that actually work, and tips that can make a big difference between dying 10 times or winning on your second try.

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1. Bai Kru

• Location: Reverent Temple, Worship’s Rise
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (optional)

Bai Kru is the opening salvo of Wuchang’s “you thought you were safe?” philosophy. This twisted, flailing abomination appears right after your talk with the Boatman at the Reverent Temple. He sends you into a dream-like limbo, and before you know it, you’re face-to-face with this grotesque toddler-turned-nightmare. You can’t repeat the fight as Boatman doesn’t appear again when you respawn in the Shrine after getting killed in combat.

If you’re new to the Soulslike genre, this fight is humbling. Bai Kru lunges, spins, vomits water beams, and slams the ground with heavy glee. But if you’re slick with your dodging, especially learning to master Shimmer, the game’s core dodge, you can take him down early. If not, no worries, you’ll meet him again.

Tips:

• Circle dodges his wide swings to stay behind him.
• Watch out for his horizontal water beam, it has a long tell.
• Build Skyborn Might while playing defensively, then retaliate.
• If you die, he disappears from the world with no spawn again.

2. Tang Palace Maid

• Location: Buddha Cliffs, Worship’s Rise
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)

This ghostly maid is less of a boss and more of an interactive tutorial on the Obliterate mechanic. Find her lurking near a cliffside temple. She’s slow at first, but if you get close, she’ll try to drain your blood with the vampiric grab. Build up her Obliterate meter by staggering her with charged or plunging attacks, or perch on a ledge and spam Vorpal Blade spells from afar.

Tips:

• Charged heavy attacks are the best to use.
• Dropping from above opens her to immediate Obliteration.
• She’s weak to ranged spells like Vorpal Blade.
• Avoid her grab at all costs, it hits harder than it looks.

3. Master Raider – Man-eating Dhutanga

• Location: Lightzen Temple, Worship’s Rise
• Type: Shield of Causality (key boss)

Dhutanga is where the game stops playing around. In the Lightzen Temple courtyard, this fire-flinging brute is the real first tough boss. His massive halberd makes wide sweeps and terrifying stabs. When he reaches half HP, he buffs himself with fire and turns the arena into hell. If you’ve been paying attention to dodging and buff stacking, he can be staggered with heavy weapons or spell-bombed from range.

Tips:

• Use an axe or halberd to interrupt his swings.
• Dodge, then counterattack.
• When he sets the ground ablaze, back off and heal.
• Ranged builds can cheese him with smart spell usage and terrain control.

4. Feathered Priest – Lu Bingzhang

• Location: Shu Sanctum, Worship’s Rise
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)

Countered in a temple attic, Lu Bingzhang plays around with Corruption. His arena is cramped, his spells chaotic, and if you didn’t bring anti-Corruption gear, this battle can be very hard. This priest summons Corruption orbs, red feathering projectiles, and floating AoEs that turn the small room into bullet hell. You can summon NPC ally Nian Suichang if you picked up the Bone Whistle earlier. He distracts Lu so you can deal damage safely.

Tips:

• Equip high Corruption resistance armor.
• Use Purple Camellia to cleanse the Corruption affliction.
• Watch out for his grab; it’s well telegraphed but devastating.
• Use fire-based spells or weapons tempered with Bone Needle, Flame.

5. Gluttonous Monstrosity – Lu Hongliu

• Location: Village near Shu Sanctum
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (optional)

Lu Hongliu is one of the easily missable bosses that you really shouldn’t miss. Hidden behind a ruined temple courtyard soaked in blood, she comes like a horror show out of a fever dream. Big, clumsy, and disgusting, she spits blood, flops around, and occasionally screams loud enough to stun you. Her vomit attack spreads Corruption, so you’ll want to strike when she’s kneeling right after a puke session.

Tips:

• Use lighter weapons like Longswords to stay mobile.
• Flame tempering your weapon helps immensely.
• She’s vulnerable when vomiting or post-scream.
• Mid-fight scream stuns, so dodge it and attack from behind.

6. Blightweaver – Great Centipede

• Location: Bandit Cave, beneath Shu Sanctum
• Type: Shield of Causality (key boss)

When a boss combines Burn, Corruption, and laser beams, things will go left. Blightweaver is a monstrous bug hiding in the mines. It bites, burrows, blasts lasers, and even shrieks to lock your character in a stun state. The arena gives you space to move, but Blightweaver is fast. At 50% HP, it burrows and explodes from the ground multiple times. If you hear two burrowing sounds, a lava explosion will come your way, and you must dodge it to avoid getting damage.

Tips:

• Stay mobile and don’t overcommit to melee.
• Burn the bug with fire spells or flame-tempered weapons.
• Use the pillars in the arena to bait its charge attacks and create healing windows.
• Skyborn Might builds are valuable here with Echo spells.

7. Reborn Treant – Soulwood

• Location: Corpse Pits → Doomwillow Beach
• Type: Shield of Causality (key boss)

The forest doesn’t forgive. Soulwood is a rotten tree with corrupted roots, blood vomit, and the occasional vacuum-suck attack that pulls you in for a hug of death. The strategy here is to use Fire, and lots of it. Carry along Burning Flames, Fire Pots, or temper your blade with flame. There’s also a spot in the arena where you can cheese the fight from behind a rock while using homing spells.

Tips:

• Spam fire-based spells from a safe range.
• Collect Skyborn Might when it spews blood on the ground.
• Avoid standing in the pool near the tree as it builds Despair fast.
• Ignore minions and use them to charge your Might instead.

8. Tang Palace Maid 2

• Location: Palace Hill, Tang Palace Temple
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)

She is the Tong Palace Maid’s older, mean, and quick version, out for blood. You’ll find her deep inside the confusing, maze-like Tang Palace. Her staff delivers heavy damage now, she moves fast around the arena, and her blood drain move is even more dangerous. However, the tactics from before still apply, which is to build the Obliterate meter, use heavy stagger attacks, or spam Vorpal Blade.

Tips:

• Axe weapons are the best for breaking her poise.
• Magic users can kite and punish from distance.
• Don’t get greedy; her grab is faster this time.

Commander Honglan is the next one to encounter now, so rest while you can before it.

9. Commander Honglan

• Location: Palace Hill, Worship’s Rise
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

Commander Honglan is, hands down, the game’s first serious gear check and one of its biggest “Are you sure you’re ready?” moments. She waits beneath the drained pond in the Palace courtyard, unlocked by placing a Buddha Statue on the altar near the Palace Hill Shrine.

Honglan is fast, deadly, and relentless. Right after the fight starts, she’ll be in your face with blinding sword combos, footwork, and deadly martial arts. She blends physical aggression with magical strikes that sweep the arena in vertical and horizontal arcs. What makes Honglan so brutal is how she pushes every system you’ve learned so far. Poise management is crucial, and clash and deflect timing is mandatory. If you don’t have the right build customized for this combat, you won’t survive.

Tips:

• Equip gear with strong slash/stab resistance. Centipede Armor is a great pick.
• Use longswords or dual blades for deflect potential, or bring an axe for clash/stagger power.
• Wait for her leaping lunges, as those are easiest to deflect or dodge.
• Her second phase includes magic sweeps and dart throws. Instead of dodge spam, time it well.
• Magic builds can kite and pepper her with spells like Burning Flames, but you need to stay mobile and defensive.

This is a massive skill check. If you’re stuck, don’t be ashamed to backtrack, level up, and come back. Defeating Honglan is one of the most satisfying wins in the game, and you will go into the next storyline phase and fight more deadly late-game bosses than her with good confidence.

10. General of the North – Ai Nengqi

• Location: Cloudspire, Rebel Camp
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (Optional Boss)

Once you cross into Cloudspire, things will become harder. Ai Nengqi, a general gone rogue, is holed up in a war camp and won’t let you in unless you get the Rebel Camp Key to get through a deadly door. Ai wields elemental fury including fire, ice, and lightning. His flaming sword can roast you, his icicle volley slows your roll with Frostbite buildup, and he continuously spams lightning arrows that explode on impact.

He’s one of the more visually spectacular bosses and less “deeply cruel” than Honglan, but don’t relax. His erratic movement can make the melee part frustrating, especially if there is a slow weapon in your hand.

Tips:

• Use spells and ranged attacks while Nian Suichang (if summoned) distracts him.
• Keep consumables like Flameward Pills, Kong Wine, and Stormward Pills at the ready.
• Stay close-ish to bait melee attacks rather than the ranged nonsense.
• Aggro him when he is casting and unload your best damage then.

11. Ming General – Liu Cheng’en

• Location: Cloudspire, Snowpeak Pass
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

Liu Cheng’en may look like a typical spear-wielding general, but he’s a Frostbite factory. Every hit pushes your stamina bar toward half capacity, and once it snaps, good luck dodging anything. The arena is on snow, the visibility is poor, and he likes to deliver combos. Liu Cheng’en hops around the field, pokes with rapid thrusts, and cloaks himself in mini-blizzards. He even adds dagger throws and a short-sword combo during the late fight.

Tips:

• Bring Frostbite resistance gear and healing items like Spicy Soup.
• Use Deflect-heavy builds, he is highly vulnerable to poise breaks.
• Leech-tempered Axe with Bone Needle can perform great as not only do you deal fat damage, you steal HP too.
• If playing with the One-Handed Sword build, consider Darkfrost’s Edge for an evasive playstyle.

12. Mistress of the Night – Huang Yan

• Location: Cloudspire, Snowfall Palace
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

Every soulslike needs a terrifying magic boss, and Huang Yan delivers with chill elegance. A former researcher turned corrupted spellcaster, she spends most of the fight hovering or walking around. Meanwhile, you dodge homing Corruption orbs, frostbombs, and deadly beams. She excels at area denial. Her spells aren’t that powerful, but they’re tracking usually multi-phase, and they melt health bars if you get hit in close quarters. Her worst spell is a Corruption orb bursts that surrounds her in a bubble of instant death if you’re within its AoE.

Tips:

• Use long-range spells like Vorpal Blade or Burning Flames.
• Keep your distance, but don’t run blindly as her projectiles track.
• Stay calm when dodging orb clusters; early panic rolls will always get you killed.
• Equip high Corruption resistance gear, or use Purple Camellia to cure it.

She’s not the hardest boss, but if you get greedy or lose your cool, Huang Yan will punish you for it.

13. Perfect Bride – Fang Ling + Chimera – Fang Ling

• Location: Cloudspire – Bride’s Boudoir
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

Fang Ling is one of Wuchang’s most unforgettable boss fights. She opens the bout with a bridal elegance that instantly turns into a bloodbath, then transforms into a horrifying demon Chimera halfway through. The arena is haunting, a broken ceremonial platform under pale moonlight. You’ll first fight her as the “Perfect Bride,” armed with twin swords and feathering magic. She’s fast, her AoE slashes are punishing, and she spins into death combos if you’re not careful. Her second phase is a grotesque, monstrous version of herself that charges with powers and shoots corrupted magic from every angle.

Phase One:

• Dodge her twin-blade slashes and retaliate with heavy melee when she whiffs.
• Her magical blastwave is dangerous, get behind her when she casts it.
• Corruption-resistant gear is a must, and use spells such as Burning Flames for chip damage.

Phase Two:

• Stay mobile as she’ll lunge multiple times before slowing down.
• Bait her into casting her laser beam to root her in place, and that’s your damage window.
• Axe builds with Lifeleech Needle are good ones for this enemy, you can brute force her down while regenerating health.

14. Bo Sorcerer

• Location: Mt. Zhenwu – Avian Dwelling
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (Optional Boss)

The Bo Sorcerer moves all over the battlefield, alternating between spear jabs and barrages of elemental magic, and she teleports, which makes the fight a little more complex. Her most powerful trait is relentless movement. She doesn’t stay still, and if you can’t track her movement and reposition quickly, she’ll punish you.

Tips:

• If you’ve completed White-Robed Elder’s quest, summon him for this fight.
• Use the Empyrean Greataxe’s Crash ability to close gaps quickly.
• Keep pressure high and burst her down when she’s casting spells, her poise is pretty weak.

Her tornado summoning is mostly a bluff; you can safely dodge out of their radius and punish her from behind. Don’t let your stamina get drained around her.

15. South General – Liu Wenxiu

• Location: Mt. Zhenwu – Zhenwu Antechamber
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

Although Wenxiu is a general, but he fights more like a brawler with a gun fetish; this boss is straightforward after Fang Ling. He’s aggressive, sure but slower and less spell-heavy than the others before him. He uses a mix of martial arts, quick-draw pistol shots, and overhead combos. He’s weak to blunt damage, so the Axe will be valuable to eat his health. This is a great fight to practice Clash mechanics if you usually work with the Hook & Chop axe skills.

Tips:

• When he shoots, don’t panic but sidestep and rush in.
• Time your charged attacks with his windups to stagger and punish him fast.

16 & 17. Fierce Tiger & Sovereign – Zhang Xianzhong

• Location: Mt. Zhenwu – Altar Gate
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

This two-phase creature starts as a lightning-infused tiger with paralysis attacks and brutal lunges. Then, phase two drops a rider on his back, and it becomes a full-blown war. Zhang’s first form is fast and dangerous. He’s a feline blur of claw combos, shockwaves, and AoE lightning fields. But if you have Lifeleech + Empyrean Axe, you can outlast him by abusing Clash and spamming quick attacks after dodging.

Tips:

• He shoots a lightning beam from his mouth; that’s the punish window.
• When AoE lightning comes your way, back off immediately as it can one-shot you.

In the second phase, the rider adds spear combos and long-range slashes. Use your Bone Whistle now while getting help from Huang Jian. She’ll give you the space to get behind Zhang and dish out heavy damage.

18. Monstrous Toddler – Bai Kru (Real Form)

• Location: Mt. Zhenwu – Bai Mansion
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (Optional Boss)

Bai Kru appears again, and this time, his version is more aggressive and oh-so-delighted to pound you into goo with his oversized limbs. He still has water beams, ground slams, and a dangerous shriek attack. But he’s very weak to Frostbite. Equip the Boreal Abyss one-handed sword and spam its Icebound Escape skill (requires 2 Skyborn Might) to inflict Freeze status. That’ll deplete his health fast, and if you don’t use the magic, you should learn his patterns. Stay close to bait melee combos, and get behind him after he flops forward. You can summon He Youzai here if you’ve helped him through his questline.

19. Nightmare Demon

• Location: Worship’s Rise in Ruins – Annalum
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (Optional Boss)

This is your inner demon incarnate. If you die at full Madness earlier in the game, you’ve encountered this enemy before. He’s agile, raw, and purely physical. You can’t use magic or elemental trickery but simply slash, dodge, stab, and repeat.

Tips:

• Lifeleech Axe + Strength build breezes through it.
• Don’t spam dodges, but time them and counter.
• Stick to his side as most of his attacks come straight ahead.

20. Vermilion Feathers – Honglan (Rematch)

• Location: Worship’s Rise in Ruins – Palace Pass
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (Optional Boss)

The Vermilion version of Honglan trades her calculated swordsmanship for powerful wing-based attacks, fast movement, and red-glowing AoE strikes. But you’re stronger now, you’ve seen her tell before and know her moves. Carry the axe, equip a Lifeleech Needle, and spam the combos to strike heavily.

Tips:

• Don’t attack when her wings glow red, it’ll damage you instead.
• Dodge diagonally when she dashes to avoid getting caught in her wing slashes.
• Fire-based spells like Burning Flames still deal solid damage during her cooldown phases.

21. Bo Magus

• Location: Worship’s Rise in Ruins – Palace Entrance
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

If there’s a fight that screams, “You better know what you’re doing,” it’s Bo Magus. She doesn’t specialize in just one element, but she uses everything including fire, frost, corruption, and feathering—you name it, she’ll throw it at you. This boss often strikes with arena-wide spell effects that punish greedy movement. The first few seconds will be calm, then she unleashes chaos.

She has everything up her sleeve:

• Yellow AoE daggers from the sky (run to the lit corner to survive).
• Red barrier shields you’ll need to burst through (melee or magic).
• Blue shockwaves and purple corruption trails.
• Summons skeletons, ghosts, and giants.

Tips:

• Equip the Empyrean Greataxe with Lifeleech Needle for the tankiness.
• Use the Greataxe’s Crash (L1/LB) to jump through her spell casts and get in her face.
• Bring armor with high resistance to Feathering and Corruption (the Ghost Warrior Set is good).
• When she casts the red bubble shield, wait out her spear slashes, then burst the bubble down.

Avoid her yellow dagger rain by standing in the back-left corner of the arena; it’s the only safe zone when those things drop.

22. The Reborn & Dragon Emperor – Zhu Youjian

• Location: Worship’s Rise in Ruins – Burning Cave
• Type: Shield of Causality (Main Boss)

Zhu Youjian is a deadly corrupted god-beast by the time you reach him. His arena is a scorched cavern, glowing red and corrupted by despair. It’s a two-phase fight, and in both stages, the enemy has full health bars.

Phase One

He is large, swings wide, and roars to stagger you. But he’s not fast, and this phase is very manageable if you stay close and abuse the Greataxe + Lifeleech combo. Dodge his breath attacks and hammer him down.

Phase Two

His moveset becomes spell-heavy and chaotic:

• Giant energy orbs that explode on contact.
• Suction orbs that absorb magic for melee attack.
• Corruption waves and health-steal bursts.

Switch to Boreal Abyss (1H sword) and spam Icebound Escape (L1 skill). He’s vulnerable to Frostbite, so keep dodging when he throws his glowing orb; it’s slow but deadly. Equip Dracolich Pendant to avoid getting staggered by his roar (lets you attack through it). You can also summon Xuanyangzi with the Bone Whistle if you gave him the Jade Feather Chisel earlier. He works as a distraction, chunks health, and opens room for your combos.

23. Eternal Glory – Zhao Yun

• Location: Mt. Zhenwu – Avian Dwelling (Secret Boss)
• Type: Sankhara Wuchang (Optional Secret Boss)

If you me White-Robed Elder, helped him hunt the Bo Sorcerer, and did his side quests, he now wants to duel you. Zhao Yun is fast, precise, and very calm. His ghost clones mimic his sword strikes, and his ranged attacks punish over-aggression. He fights like a seasoned warrior with no giant spells or tricks, just discipline and deadly timing.

Tips:

• Use Empyrean Greataxe with Lifeleech and stay aggressive.
• Every time he dashes away, jump at him with the axe’s Crash ability.
• Don’t back off; the more space you give him, the more annoying he gets.
• Equip the Ghost Warrior Set for slash/stab resistance.

Don’t give him the space to work his way. This is a boss where your movement and aggression have to be in sync.

24. Feather Ambition – Xuanyangzi

• Location: The Forbidden Lands
• Type: Shield of Causality (Final Boss)

The true final boss of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. Xuanyangzi is a corrupted ideal that combines everything you’ve seen including:

• Multi-elemental spellcasting.
• Feathering blasts, teleport strikes, frost bombs.
• Vanishes mid-fight and clones himself.
• Time distortion effects and gravity-like AoEs.

Final build recommendation:

• Empyrean Greataxe, tempered with Bone Needle – Lifeleech.
• For armor, use high Corruption and Feathering resistance. Ghost Warrior Set is a suitable choice.
• Keep your Skyborn Might full to spam Crash > quick attack combo > repeat.

Tips:

• When he casts the mirror phase (with multiple versions of himself), target the one without glowing hands.
• Don’t stay too far away as his long-range spells punish passive play.
• Use the Clash mechanic often to negate his melee damage with the right timing.

When he enters his final phase and covers the arena in golden flame, it’s the final part. Beat him to finish the entire Wuchang: Fallen Feathers storyline.

And there you have it. All 24 bosses in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, from dream-bound nightmares to corrupted gods, brought down through sweat, skill, and skyborn grit.