Only a few One Piece characters have awakened their Devil Fruit powers. Users like Luffy and Doflamingo are the strongest pirates in the Grand Line.

One Piece is littered with powerful individuals, ranging from villainous Marines and heroic pirates to rebellion-minded revolutionaries.

However, despite the numerous differences between these characters, one thing unites many of them — their reliance on the power of Devil Fruits. Although everyone in the story doesn’t necessarily need these unique powers, they certainly come in handy.

Almost every Devil Fruit grants its user an array of abilities, but in certain cases, an individual can “awaken” a Devil Fruit. An Awakened Devil Fruit massively increases the strength of its user, gaining the ability to transfer the Devil Fruit’s effect to both its user and also any surrounding materials.

Only a few characters have demonstrated this power. However, those that do are virtually guaranteed to be one of the strongest pirates in the Grand Line.

Updated on March 22, 2024, by Ajay Aravind: The history and mechanism of the Devil Fruits is one of the oldest One Piece mysteries. Although the concept of Awakening was introduced in the Dressrosa Arc, fans have only seen a few examples since then. As such, we’ve updated this article with more relevant information regarding all the Awakened Devil Fruits in One Piece.

Spoilers for the Egghead Arc below.

9The Four Jailer Beasts Don’t Reveal Much Of Their Devil Fruit Powers

Devil Fruit
Japanese VA
English VA

Minotaurus
Unknown Cow Zoan
Kappei Yamaguchi
Josh Martin

Minorhinoceros
Unknown Rhino Zoan
Hiromu Miyazaki
N/A

Minokoala
Unknown Koala Zoan
Keiji Hirai
N/A

Minozebra
Unknown Zebra Zoan
Takahiro Fujimoto
N/A

There are many special moves used in Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, like Genkishin and Omori Karyudon, making some foes formidable even for Luffy.

When Monkey D. Luffy journeys into the depths of Impel Down, he befriends a variety of influential Devil Fruit users.

However, both he and his allies fail to realize that several of their captors, the Four Jailer Beasts, also wield Devil Fruits themselves. Minotaurus, Minorhinoceros, Minokoala, and Minozebra form a quartet of Zoan-type Devil Fruit users that police the confines of Impel Down.

Sometime before the events of One Piece, the Four Jailer Beasts Awakened their Zoan-type Devil Fruits, but unlike the other characters to achieve this feat, they lost their sense of humanity in the process. Still, their superhuman durability and raw strength more than make up for their lack of strategy.

Further, the Awakening of their respective Devil Fruits allowed them to heal almost immediately even after experiencing severe damage.

8Donquixote Doflamingo Was The First To Explain Devil Fruit Awakening

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
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Ito Ito no Mi
Episode 151 “The 100,000,000 Man! The World’s Highest Authority and the Pirate Blackbeard”
Hideyuki Tanaka
Robert McCollum

Donquixote Doflamingo is often regarded as one of the best One Piece antagonists, due in large part to his menacing persona and convincingly deranged motivations.

His skills in combat support his notoriety, as he wields both Conqueror’s Haki and an Awakened Devil Fruit — two of the individually rarest abilities in the entire series.

Doflamingo’s Devil Fruit, the String-String Fruit, is a Paramecia type that originally allowed him to spawn and manipulate strings.

After Awakening the Devil Fruit, the Warlord of the Sea can also transform nearby objects into strings, significantly elevating his attack and defense power. This ability ultimately allows him to exert absolute control over the kingdom of Dressrosa — a feat that speaks to the String-String Fruit’s unbelievable potential.

7Charlotte Katakuri Fights Luffy After Awakening His Devil Fruit

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
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English VA

Mochi Mochi no Mi
Episode 825 “Liar – Luffy and Sanji”
Tomokazu Sugita
Jonah Scott

Nami and Nico Robin aren’t the only amazing women One Piece has to offer; other female characters, like Perona and Dr. Kureha, also deserve some love.

The Emperors of the Sea are the most powerful pirates on the Grand Line, and their commanders — the strongest members of their crew — are generally some of the most well-known pirates in the New World. Charlotte Katakuri, the unofficial first mate of Charlotte Linlin, is almost as important to the Big Mom Pirates as his captain. This is partially due to the fact that he Awakened his rather interesting Devil Fruit.

The Mochi-Mochi Fruit is already a bit of a unique case when it comes to Devil Fruits. Although it has the qualities of a Logia type, the fact that Mochi isn’t a natural element prevents it from being classified as such.

Therefore, it falls under the Paramecia category — after being Awakened by Katakuri, his Devil Fruit also grants him the ability to transform nearby materials into the substance. Luffy nearly loses while fighting Katakuri for this very reason.

6Trafalgar D. Water Law Takes His Devil Fruit To A Whole New Level

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
Japanese VA
English VA

Ope Ope no Mi
Episode 392 “New Rivals Gather! The 11 Supernovas”
Hiroshi Kamiya
Matthew Mercer

The Raid on Onigashima is brimming with memorable moments, but few are as significant as Trafalgar D. Water Law and Eustass Kid’s clash with the Emperor of the Sea Charlotte Linlin. During their conflict, Law pushes past his limits, and in the process, he Awakens his already impressive Op-Op Fruit. The Op-Op Fruit grants Law the ability to manipulate all physical matter within a specific range — its area of effect is often referred to as a “room.”

After it is Awakened, the Devil Fruit can also generate smaller “rooms” that can be affixed to objects and weapons, allowing him to extend his attacks much further than before. This provides Law, who was already one of the strongest pirates in One Piece prior to the Raid on Onigashima, with a much wider degree of versatility in his approach to combat. He even gets access to a whole range of brand-new abilities.

5Eustass Kid Awakens His Devil Fruit While Fighting Big Mom

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
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English VA

Jiki Jiki no Mi
Episode 392 “New Rivals Gather! The 11 Supernovas”
Daisuke Namikawa
Justin Cook

Monkey D. Luffy has encountered dozens of villains during his adventures, including a few who should have joined the Straw Hat Pirates.

When Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates arrive at Sabaody Archipelago, they encounter the other members of the Supernovas — the eleven rookie pirates who amassed a bounty of over 100 million Berries before reaching the New World.

Although Luffy’s bounty is impressive by this point, it is trumped by another member of the Supernovas: Eustass Kid. The red-haired pirate wields the Magnet-Magnet Fruit, allowing him to generate and control magnetic fields.

During Eustass Kid’s fight against Charlotte Linlin in the Raid on Onigashima, he announces that he has Awakened his Paramecia-type Devil Fruit.

Using his newfound powers, he can apply magnetic properties to targets other than his own body. This, coupled with help from Trafalgar Law’s Awakened Devil Fruit, proves to be too much for Big Mom to handle, ultimately dealing her a devastating blow to end the fight.

4Monkey D. Luffy’s Devil Fruit Awakening Is Known As Gear Fifth

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
Japanese VA
English VA

Gomu Gomu no Mi
Episode 1 “I’m Luffy! The Man Who Will Become the Pirate King!”
Mayumi Tanaka
Colleen Clinkenbeard

For many years, Monkey D. Luffy’s Gum-Gum Fruit was believed to be a Paramecia type, but the events of the Wano Country Arc slowly brought that premise into question. Kaido points out that Luffy’s Devil Fruit doesn’t necessarily demonstrate the traits of other Paramecia types — still, there’s no way that he could have anticipated its true nature. In reality, what the Straw Hat Pirate wields is potentially the most powerful Devil Fruit in One Piece, the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Sun God Nika.

During the clash between Kaido and Monkey D. Luffy, the former repeatedly crushes the Straw Hat Pirate, and each time, he rises even stronger than before. In the final phase of their battle, Luffy finally Awakens his Devil Fruit, assuming his iconic Gear 5 form in the process. This grants the series’ protagonist the ability to apply the attributes of rubber to the world around him — including his enemies.

3Rob Lucci Becomes Even More Formidable After Awakening His Devil Fruit

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
Japanese VA
English VA

Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard
Episode 230 “The Adventure in the City of Water! Aim for the Giant Shipyard”
Tomokazu Seki
Jason Liebrecht

Minus Monkey D. Luffy, no major character in One Piece demonstrates the abilities of an Awakened Zoan-type Devil Fruit until Rob Lucci reappears during the Egghead Arc. In this storyline, he and the Straw Hat Pirates cross paths for the first time since their clash at Enies Lobby, setting up a highly-anticipated rematch between him and the crew’s captain.

Rob Lucci’s Devil Fruit, the Cat-Cat Fruit: Model Leopard, greatly increases his physical capabilities, gaining him worldwide notoriety even before it is Awakened. However, once he unlocks the Devil Fruit’s true potential, the famed assassin is briefly capable of holding his own against Monkey D. Luffy’s Gear Five form. One Piece‘s protagonist is firmly at the Emperor of Sea level by the time he squares off with Rob Lucci again, so it’s clear that Lucci’s Awakened Devil Fruit did wonders for his fighting prowess.

2Kaku Uses His Awakened Devil Fruit Against Roronoa Zoro

Devil Fruit
Character Debut
Japanese VA
English VA

Ushi Ushi no Mi, Model: Giraffe
Episode 230 “The Adventure in the City of Water! Aim for the Giant Shipyard”
Ryotaro Okiayu
Jerry Jewell

There are many potential romantic couplings between One Piece’s characters, such as Luffy x Nami and Zoro x Robin.

Kaku the square-nosed assassin is introduced to the series as a mechanic for Water 7’s Galley-La Company, only to have his affiliation with the World Government brought to light later.

While he and the other members of CP9 are transporting Nico Robin to Enies Lobby, he is rewarded with the Ox-Ox Fruit: Model Giraffe. Kaku’s Zoan-type Devil Fruit immediately grants him a power boost, but it’s clear that he significantly honed his abilities during the series’ two-year time skip.

When he finally encounters the Straw Hat Pirates again in the Egghead Arc, he and Zoro quickly trade blows, revealing that Kaku Awakened his Devil Fruit since they last met.

Kaku only took two years to achieve this feat — something that took every other character in the series a significantly longer time to do. This firmly places him among the strongest combatants in the World Government, so it will be interesting to see how he factors into the final saga.

1The Five Elders Have Recently Showcased Their Devil Fruits

Devil Fruit
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Jaygarcia Saturn
Mythical Zoan Gyuki
Keiichi Noda
J.B. Edwards

Marcus Mars
Mythical Zoan Itsumade
Keiichi Sonobe
Randy Pearlman

Topman Warcury
Mythical Zoan Fengxi
Masato Hirano
Kurt Kleinmann

Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro
Mythical Zoan Bakotsu
Kenichi Ogata
Kent Williams

Shepherd Ju Peter
Mythical Zoan Sandworm
Yasunori Masutani
Michael Johnson

The Five Elders — Jaygarcia, Marcus, Topman, Ethanbaron, and Shepherd — are officially the leaders of the World Government. Fans had originally thought them to be mindless aristocrats, but it seems that these five elderly men are actually a force to be reckoned with.

Further, their mysterious meeting with Shanks showed that they were clearly willing to bend their otherwise draconian rules. As of the Egghead Arc, it seems that all of them are equipped with Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits, albeit with different animals.

Mythical Zoan fruits are extremely rare and extremely powerful, as demonstrated by the fact that both Luffy and Kaido have one. Jaygarcia’s Gyuki Devil Fruit abilities let him unleash overwhelming attacks, Ethanbaron’s Bakotsu Devil Fruit allows him to freeze anything, and Shepherd’s Sandworm Devil Fruit transformation can essentially engulf his enemies.

None of them have revealed the full range of their powers, but it’s safe to assume that the Five Elders are no pushovers.