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Overview

Bi Fang is a major boss in Honor of Kings: World, featured prominently in trailers and playable demos since early 2025. The creature is based on the Bi Fang from Chinese mythology, a one-legged bird described in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing), an ancient text compiled over 2,000 years ago. In the game, the mythical bird is reimagined with a mechanized appearance that combines metallic structural elements with the traditional avian design.

Mythological Background

In the Shanhaijing, Bi Fang is described as a bird resembling a crane with a single leg, a blue body and red markings, and a white beak. It was said to bring fire wherever it appeared, and its arrival was an omen of wildfire. The character's name is sometimes associated with fire and destruction in Chinese folklore.

Honor of Kings: World draws heavily from the Shanhaijing and broader Chinese mythology for its creature and boss designs. The development team reimagines these classical creatures within a fantasy-science fiction framework where ancient mythology intersects with advanced technology powered by the Flow.

Visual Design

The game's version of Bi Fang retains the core concept of a massive one-legged bird but adds mechanized elements to its design. The creature features metallic structural components integrated into its avian body, giving it a cybernetic appearance that blends organic and technological aesthetics. This design approach is consistent with the game's broader visual language, where mythological creatures are reinterpreted through a lens of ancient advanced technology.

Encounter Mechanics

The Bi Fang encounter is designed as a cooperative 8-player raid that emphasizes teamwork and positioning over raw damage output. Based on hands-on previews and developer demonstrations, the fight features several key mechanics:

Electrified Ground Attacks

Bi Fang generates massive electrified area-of-effect attacks that cover sections of the arena floor. Players must physically dodge these zones by reading the telegraph patterns and moving to safe positions. The attacks are large enough that simply holding a dodge button is not sufficient; players need to identify the safe zones and reposition accordingly.

Elemental Shields

Bi Fang employs elemental shields that must be broken using coordinated elemental abilities. Teams need to bring the correct elements to break the shields before they can deal meaningful damage. This mechanic turns the encounter into a tactical puzzle where team composition and elemental coverage matter as much as individual skill.

Posture Break

Like other bosses, Bi Fang has a posture bar that fills as the team deals sustained damage. Breaking the posture bar triggers a stagger state where the boss is vulnerable to heavy damage. Teams coordinate their strongest abilities and hero transformations to coincide with these windows for maximum damage output.

Revival Timing

When teammates go down during the fight, reviving them requires careful timing. Reviving during a dangerous attack phase puts the reviver at risk, while waiting too long may result in the downed player being eliminated. Managing revives is described as a key coordination challenge in the encounter.

Strategy Tips

Solo Accessibility

Like all content in Honor of Kings: World, the Bi Fang encounter can be completed solo using AI companions. Lead Designer Simen Lv confirmed that solo players have access to the same rewards as full groups. The AI companions adapt their behavior to the encounter, handling elemental shield breaking and revival duties.

Loot and Rewards

As a raid boss, Bi Fang drops high-tier equipment and crafting materials subject to weekly lockouts. Specific loot tables have not been published, but raid-tier gear sits at the highest rarity levels in the game's equipment system.