He’s stuck in a rock, and needs help escaping, simple as that.

The Man-In-Stone questline is a fairly short one, but it’s well worth completing properly.

Where to find the Man-In-Stone

1.

A screenshot of the Man-In-Stone, an NPC in Black Myth: Wukong.

So the first step to make it start this questline is tocomplete Chapter 1.

There are also several Rat Archers looking down on the area, so be careful.

After that, the path splits before you.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong faces off against the Rat King and his son, the Second Rat Prince.

Take the right-hand path over the bridge, and follow it all the way until you enter theFright Cliffregion.

Man-In-Stone quest walkthrough

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You’ll pass aBuddha headwhich you might interact with to obtain aBuddha’s Eyeball.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong stands next to the Valley Of Despair Keeper’s Shrine. An arrow points towards a nearby bridge and annotates it as the path to the Fright Cliffs.

Take this path up towards an elevated area of the cave.

At the end of the cavern is a large rock creature with crystals embedded in its front.

Attack the creature to begin the boss fight against theMother Of Stones.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong follows a yellow annotated arrow towards the Fright Cliffs region.

The Mother Of Stones doesn’t do much at all herself.

Instead, she sits there and attempts to distract you by spawning stone enemies that attack you from behind.

Defeat the Mother Of Stones, and you’ll receive a unique item:Stone Essence.

A screenshot of the landscape near the Squall Hideout Keeper’s Shrine in Black Myth: Wukong, with an arrow pointing towards the location of the Man-In-Stone.

Interact with him to deliver him the Stone Essence.

Turns out all he wanted was a pawn to fetch the Stone Essence for him.

it’s possible for you to keep talking to him, but he’ll give you short shrift.

A screenshot of the landscape near the Squall Hideout Keeper’s Shrine in Black Myth: Wukong, with an arrow pointing towards the location of the Man-In-Stone.

So the only logical thing to do is…

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He doesn’t have much health at all, so it’s very easy to force him to submit.

After he loses all his health, he’ll retreat back into the ground and plead for mercy.

A screenshot of the landscape near the Squall Hideout Keeper’s Shrine in Black Myth: Wukong, with an arrow pointing towards the location of the Man-In-Stone.

After that, simply return to the Man-In-Stone and speak to him.

And with that, we’ve reached the end of the Man-In-Stone questline in Black Myth: Wukong.

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A screenshot of the Man-In-Stone, an NPC in Black Myth: Wukong.

A screenshot of the landscape in the Fright Cliffs in Black Myth Wukong, with arrows pointing to the locations of the Man-In-Stone and the nearby cave.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong approaches a fork in a path. Yellow arrows indicate that both paths lead to the same cave.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong heads towards the Fright Cliffs cave, passing by a Buddha statue head.

A screenshot of the cave interior in the Fright Cliffs of Black Myth Wukong, with the path to the Mother Of Stones marked with a yellow arrow.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong approaches the Mother Of Stones boss in a cave.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong fights the Mother Of Stones boss in a cave.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong speaks to a newly-freed Man-In-Stone.

The player in Black Myth: Wukong fights the Man-In-Stone NPC.

A Black Myth: Wukong screenshot of the game informing the player that they have unlocked the Azure Dust spell as a result of defeating the Man-In-Stone.

A screenshot of the Man-In-Stone’s shop in Black Myth: Wukong, with the items for sale listed on the left-hand side of the screen.