Bubbul Gems - Rewards and Tips

Official Description: A strange crystal left by defeated Bubbulfrogs in caves. Its eerie blue glow may entice you to…collect even more.

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You’ll likely encounter your first Bubbulfrog, and your first Bubbul Gem, in the Pondside Cave on Great Sky Island, but with no instruction on what to do with them. You won’t learn more about them for quite a while, either, unless you specifically seek it out.

In short, you can turn Bubbul Gems in for unique equipment that makes you blend in with monsters, monster parts, and a special armor set. Here's a quick summary:

But you’ll need to first find and complete the Side Adventure The Hunt for Bubbul Gems!

First, head to Woodland Stable in Eldin. It’s along the main road northeast of Lookout Landing. From there, you should see a colorful hot-air balloon across Pico Pond, at the mouth of Pico Pond Cave.

It’s Kilton the Monster Parts Merchant from Breath of the Wild, but this time, he’s with his brother, Koltin. Koltin will explain he wishes to transform into a Satori, also known as The Lord of the Mountain in Breath of the Wild. He believes if he consumes Bubbul Gems, he can achieve his dream. In exchange for one Bubbul Gem, Koltin will give you a Bokoblin mask.

That however fails to transform him into a Satori, so he goes off to search for more in an unknown location, starting another Side Adventure - The Search for Koltin.

Kilton also leaves, but to Tarrey Town in Akkala. Kilton will tell you where Koltin is if you visit him in Tarrey Town, but you can go straight to Kilton if you’d like instead–just east of the Uri Mountain Skyview Tower, but only at night.

Then, you can trade in as many Bubbul Gems as you have, but Kolton may leave to travel around once again, like Kilton did in Breath of the Wild - and he'll only appear at night.

Koltin Locations:

We’ll update this with a list of Koltin Locations when we know them!

See the chart below to see a list of rewards you’ll get for Bubbul Gems from Koltin in Tears of the Kingdom. Note that you can’t choose the order you get these rewards - this is the set order.

You'll need a total of 46 Bubbul Gems to get all the rewards Koltin offers. Shoutout to Nomercyman10 for their contributions to the list!

After you give Koltin 46 Bubbul Gems he exclaims he still doesn't have enough and need you to collect the rest of the Bubbul Gems in Hyrule. He'll inform you of how many there are left to find, somewhere around 100, though he doesn't have any more rewards to give.

So now that you know what you’ll get from Bubbul Gems, how can you easily get more? The simple answer is to find more Bubbulfrogs inside Caves and defeat them. They can usually be taken down with an arrow to the head, which is a critical hit.

You can find cave locations on our interactive Tears of the Kingdom Map, or use the tips below.

You should know there are easier ways to find the caves that Bubbulfrogs dwell in, though.

Leave a Blupee be and follow it instead of harassing it for Rupees to have it lead you to the cave entrance.

The pillars of light indicating the cave entrances won’t be marked on your actual map, but they’re very easily spotted after ascending a Skyview Tower.

Once you’ve entered a cave and collected the Bubbul Gem, that cave will get a Check Mark on your map, so you know you don’t have to revisit it.

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