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TotK Muddle Bud: Turn a Group of Monsters on Each Other

Muddle Buds in Tears of the Kingdom confuse monsters into attacking each other. Where to aim one, when a Puffshroom or Bomb Flower works better, and where they grow.

10/16/2026 1.4.3 QuestFern Team Last updated: 11/5/2026 4 min read

Most fused materials in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom make you hit harder. A Muddle Bud makes the monsters do the hitting. Its description: “A wildflower with a powerful odor that can disorient and confuse, making it difficult to tell friend from foe.” Whatever breathes in its cloud starts swinging at whoever is next to it, and in a camp of Bokoblins that is usually another Bokoblin.

Muddle Bud 混亂花 · 混乱花

Type: Bomb Flower, Muddle Bud or Puffshroom
Cooking effect: None
Sells for: 10 rupees
Fuse attack power: +1
Fixed spots in the world: 6206

Where should you aim a Muddle Bud?

The game’s tip names the use: “If you fuse a puffshroom or a muddle bud to an arrow and shoot it at a group of enemies, it can disrupt them all at once.” Draw the bow, press up on the D-pad and choose the Muddle Bud; the cloud bursts where the arrow lands.

Aim it at the group, and if the group has one strong member, put that one in the cloud. A confused Boss Bokoblin hits harder than anything else in its camp, and now it is hitting the camp. Hit it before the camp has noticed you, then stay back and let the fight run.

Link behind a pink cloud from a Muddle Bud on his shield, with a Bokoblin beside it — A Muddle Bud on a shield bursts when an enemy hits it.

It works on a shield too: when an enemy strikes it, the bud bursts and the attacker is caught in the cloud. On a melee weapon it bursts when you hit. Either way you are standing in the middle of the cloud you made, so the arrow is the cleaner use.

When is a Muddle Bud the wrong flower?

A confused monster still has to fight someone, and if it has no one else nearby, that someone is Link. It can also come for him when he is close. So against a single enemy, the three flowers sort themselves out:

Situation	Best choice	Why
A camp or a group	Muddle Bud	They fight each other
One enemy you want to sneak up on	Puffshroom	Its smoke blinds the enemy, and that sets up a sneakstrike
One enemy, or a wall	Bomb Flower	Straight damage from the explosion

A Muddle Bud adds only 1 to attack power when fused; its value is the confusion, not the damage.

Where do Muddle Buds grow, and can you buy them?

No shop sells Muddle Buds, and no chest holds one. Every one of the 6,206 fixed spots in the game’s placement data is in the Depths, and they cluster at the foot of the big trees there. Pick a few whenever you pass one; they are on the way to almost everything down there.

A Muddle Bud growing at the foot of a large tree in the Depths — A Muddle Bud at the base of a tree in the Depths. Where there is one, there are usually more.

The landmarks with the most; “Show on map” opens the interactive map there.

Nearest landmark	Region	Count	Location
Abandoned Gerudo Mine	Gerudo	279	⌖ Show on map
Abandoned Kara Kara Mine	Gerudo	267	⌖ Show on map
Gerudo Canyon Mine	Gerudo	244	⌖ Show on map
Lindor Canyon Mine	Great Hyrule Forest	236	⌖ Show on map
Plains Bargainer Statue	Hyrule Field	198	⌖ Show on map
Cliff Bargainer Statue	Great Hyrule Forest	187	⌖ Show on map
Rhoam Canyon Mine	Hyrule Field	187	⌖ Show on map
Blupee Burrow	Gerudo	180	⌖ Show on map
South Lomei Depths Labyrinth	Gerudo	153	⌖ Show on map
Hebra Canyon Mine	Hebra	143	⌖ Show on map
Cuho Canyon Mine	Tabantha	131	⌖ Show on map
Applean Grove	Hyrule Field	128	⌖ Show on map
Gustaf Canyon Mine	Hyrule Field	122	⌖ Show on map
Crenel Canyon Mine	Eldin	119	⌖ Show on map
Pappetto Grove	Faron	118	⌖ Show on map
Abandoned Kakariko Mine	Lanayru	117	⌖ Show on map
Dalite Grove	Gerudo	114	⌖ Show on map
Gleeok Den	Eldin	110	⌖ Show on map
Tabahl Grove	Eldin	109	⌖ Show on map
Daphnes Canyon Mine	Hyrule Field	108	⌖ Show on map

Two other sources:

Bargainer Statues: 16 Poes each, from the first statue on, including the one inside Lookout Landing. Since the flowers grow along every Depths route, buy them only if you are short and have Poes to spare (Bargainer Statues).
Addison, who often hands over a Muddle Bud, Puffshroom or Bomb Flower as part of his thank-you for each sign (Hudson signs).

Inside Lookout Landing, Link praying at the half-buried head of a Bargainer Statue — The Bargainer Statue in Lookout Landing sells Muddle Buds for 16 Poes from the start.

Lighting the way, Gloom and Lightroots: the Depths.

Is it good for anything else?

Not much. In the pot it makes Dubious Food. At the Kochi Dye Shop it is one of 11 purple dye materials, and since you will pick up plenty in the Depths, it is an easy purple. It sells for 10 rupees.

FAQ

What does a Muddle Bud do in Tears of the Kingdom?

Monsters caught in its cloud cannot tell friend from foe and start attacking the monsters around them. Fuse it to an arrow and shoot it into a group, or fuse it to a shield so it bursts when you are hit.

Does a Muddle Bud work on a single enemy?

Not well. With nobody else to fight, a confused monster can still turn on Link, especially if he is close. Against one enemy a Puffshroom, which hides you for a sneakstrike, or a Bomb Flower is the better choice.

Where do you find Muddle Buds?

Only in the Depths, at over 6,000 spots, usually at the foot of big trees. No shop sells them; a Bargainer Statue trades one for 16 Poes, and Addison sometimes gives them as a thank-you.

Can you cook Muddle Buds?

No. They make Dubious Food. They are a purple dye material at the Kochi Dye Shop and sell for 10 rupees.

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