Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Does Bozai Show Up Before Defeating Vah Naboris?

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Bozai is the NPC in BOTW that gives the player snow and sand boots. I am searching for him around the outskirts of Gerudo Town and I can not find him. I have also looked at the tent he would sit in. This has a comment saying he can appear before completing the Vah Naboris dungeon, I however still do not see him. Not sure if this matters, but I have not talked to Impa (thus not completing the Seek Out Impa quest).

Does anyone know if it is required for me to defeat Vah Naboris before Bozai appears?

Best Answer

From the information provided in the wiki, it might be a time-related thing (emphasis mine):

Link can first find Bozai sometimes running around the Gerudo Desert in front of Gerudo Town.

This would imply perhaps a time relevant thing. I can definitely say that it is not related to Vah Naboris, however. Another post has been able to provide this as well:

You definitely don't have to do Vah Naboris. Just recently I was heading towards the Rito Village and surrounding area, but decided to quickly get the Snow Boots for ease of travel. Headed straight there and found him running around like usual. Nothing special done.

There is a suggestion that it might be bugged, but it could also simply be related to other side quests, or simply be time related. If it is tied to any other quests, the only one I can think of is potentially getting the Gerudo Set from the Forbidden City Entry quest, and potentially meeting Riju.

Otherwise, try to simply re-load the area (fast travel away, then back again) to see if it resolves the problem, otherwise, it might be bugged; at which point restarting the game would be the only way to fix it, but it is not essential.