Where to get bomb flowers in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Although similar to Breath of the Wild in many ways one of the biggest changes in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is removing the Remote Bomb ability, which previously gave you an infinite supply of explosives. As such, you should spend time purchasing instead bomb flowersan item introduced in Tears of the Kingdom that is often in short supply due to its usefulness as a weapon and digging tool.

Bomb flowers are exactly what they sound like: flowers that act like bombs. Attach one to an arrow with Fuse and send it flying to soften up monster camps before engaging in close combat, or toss a few through a tunnel to clear a cavern of rocky obstacles while hunting for treasure.

The catch? It can be difficult to build up your bomb flower reserves if you don’t know where to look. Here are a few tips for collecting this explosive fauna that may not be immediately apparent even after several hours Tears of the Kingdom adventure.

Bomb flower locations

Bombflowers grow in only two locations: surface caves and the Depths. Chances are you’ve come across a bunch of bombflowers on random excursions. For the most part, that’s how you collect them on purpose.

It’s hard to pinpoint one or two places where bomb flowers grow in abundance, because there aren’t any. Of course you can Royal hidden passageway behind the Emergency Shelter wall under Lookout Landing and grab a few dozen, but that’s mostly because the cave is so big and you’ll have to deal with maze-like passages and enemies along the way. Not nice or efficient!

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No, if you’re going to use the “hours looking at the ground” method of collecting bombflowers, I suggest going to the depths. While still not a hotbed of growth, you will find many more bomb flowers in the same time, especially if you locate forests such as the Grove of Time near Nuzimak Lighroot (located geographically below Kamizun Shrine).

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You’ll want to check out the base of a specific kind of giant bud-top tree scattered throughout the depths, where you’ll find as many as five or six bomb flowers scattered on one trunk. You’re looking for this:

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Where to buy bomb flowers

I don’t know about you, but that sounds like hard work. Is there for nothing Tears of the Kingdom players to, I don’t know, to buy flower bombardment without the hassle of spelunking in confusing caverns and the perilous subterranean depths? Lucky for me and everyone else Zelda fans who hate busy work, the answer to that question is a resounding “yes”.

First determine what you are willing to spend. When you’ve had your fill of your hard-earned rupees, look no further than Tarrey Town in the Akkala Highlands near the eastern edge of the map (there’s no fast travel location in the city limits, so teleport to Rasitakiwak Shrine to the southeast and glide across).

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Tarrey Town is home to several unique individuals, but the person you’re looking for is a blue-feathered Rito merchant named Physonthat bomb glower sells to 40 rupees each.

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Bombflowers can also be purchased from the Gerudo Town arrow vendor danda — after you complete the Lightning Temple.

Should you be low on hard currency, maybe think about saying goodbye to some of the poe ghosts you’ve collected in depth. The glowing orb nest Tears of the Kingdom‘s vast underground realm and can be exchanged for various hard-to-find items at bargain statues.

The earliest and most obvious of these four-eyed effigies is in Lookout Landing. A single bomb of flowers earns you 16 kitties, and it’ll even make it worth your while to locate additional negotiator statues on your depth map if you hand over 100 of the ghostly sprites.

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Both options have their positives and negatives depending on how you play Tears of the Kingdom. I’m definitely bad with kitty, so I’m happy to spend them, especially on something so useful. Anyway, I think buying bomb flowers with your extra dough should combine well with any random collection you do during your normal adventure to get a decent hoard of explosives.