A Bounty is a government-issued reward placed on an individual and awarded to whoever can apprehend or kill that person. The amount of a bounty is determined in response to the perceived threat level of the criminal in question; the greater the threat to the world, the greater the bounty. In the eyes of a pirate, high bounties are thus usually seen as a sign of strength. After all, having been assigned a bounty means that the World Government as well as the Marines acknowledge the threat of the person to whom it is assigned.
Overview[]
Acquiring[]
For one to attain a bounty, they simply commit acts that are deemed immoral and criminal by the World Government or Marines. By putting a price on these criminals' heads, they increase the chance of outside help, as people can get paid for hunting down criminals.
Usually, people with bounties on their head get the label of "Dead or Alive", meaning that either way, the one who hunt them down can have the money. However, it has been stated that by killing them, the person forfeits a percentage of the bounty. Certain criminals, like Benjamin Tabart and Ashley, have had the unique status of "Only Alive", either because of connections or circumstances.
Earning increases in a small amount of time draws further attention to the criminal in question, which some do merely for fame. This goes even beyond if the increases are of great magnitude.
Issuing[]
Bounties in the New World are issued directly by Draco D. Drake.
A bounty represents more than one's strength, further, their danger level to the world or the World Government. Merely being seen in company of criminals or outlaw groups is enough to warrant a bounty, which is then measured accordingly.
There are several factors to think of when a bounty goes up: More criminal acts than the initial one; The demonstration of one's power and threat to the environment around them; Repeated failure in capturing the designed criminal; Responsible for instigating other acts against the law, even if indirectly; Possessing knowledge or items deemed illegal.
Usually, if a crime is repeated by the same criminal, the amount they would get is not the same as the first they got. I.e: A pirate got a 
20,000,000 increase for destroying a town, it is possible they would get a 10,000,000 increasing for destroying the same kind of town. Certain acts have variations, from the example beforehand, there are towns deemed more economically or historically important than others.
Bounties don't always reflect the true danger of a person and this goes both ways:
- Someone who is incredibly harmless, but was present at the wrong place and wrong time, would receive something way beyond their scope.
- Soemone who is quite powerful and holds certain information, but never fights nor risks themselves, would receive something way below.
Those who achieve high levels early in their pirate career are known as Super Rookies (超新星, Sūpā Rūkī?), generally, they achieve bounties higher than 100,000,000. However, that amount is very average on the last sea, the New World, wherein ones that border from 400,000,000 and beyond are said to be elite. Bounties that reach up to 1,000,000,000 are considered colossal.
Depth[]
Bounties are assessed to those who oppose the World Government. If an individual is no longer in opposition to the World Government, their bounty will be reclaimed accordingly (or frozen, as in the case of the Shichibukai). Normally, bounties are direct indicators of an individual’s Threat Level. As such, the higher the bounty, the higher the threat level the individual is suspected to impose to the World Government. Bounties are not projections of an individual’s future sins but rather an indicator of the individual’s contemporary threat level.
Threat Level is defined by several different parameters. The primary factors that contribute to any individual’s bounty count, in order of significance, are as follows:
- Lineage: An individual’s ancestry, their direct bloodline. An individual may be deemed a criminal due to the past actions of their kin.
- Motives: The intended goals and dreams of the individual, what they are aspiring to achieve through the basis of their actions.
- Accomplishments: Crimes committed by the individual in question, whether directly or by association. Also considered here is an individual’s resistance towards licensed authorities of the World Government and the degree to which the individual has dared to oppose the World Government.
- Support: The military might the individual has garnered under his or her immediate command, whether a partner, crew, fleet, army, etc. Alliances to other factions as well as tie to certain figures are also taken into account.
- Resources: The individual’s net worth, as it pertains to the possessions his or her organization has at its disposal. Meaningful resources include: artifacts (such as poneglyphs), weaponry (such as Devil Fruits, guns, swords and ships), wealth (such as gold and jewelry).
- Influence: An individual’s ability to impact the behavior of others. Also referred to as "Leadership". Due to this factor, the captain of a crew will generally have a larger bounty than the rest of his or her subordinates. The amount of territory the individual has under their direct control is also taken into considered here.
- Power: A direct calculation of how powerful the individual in question has shown themselves to be, whether through possession of a peculiar Devil Fruit (Logia, Zoan, or Paramecia) or a culmination of trained abilities (such as swordsmanship, martial arts and marksmanship) and or honed prowess (such as Haki).
- Personality: Also referred to as behavior, an individual’s tendencies can raise their threat level in the eyes of the World Government.
While the purpose of a bounty is to transmute the notoriety of an individual into public knowledge via a numerical value, there are instances in which bounties have been used to have the complete opposite effect, instead lowering the projected threat level of an individual rather than raising it.
The Red Hand Pirates employed this tactic countless times over the course of their existence, utilizing their ties to the underworld to erase their crimes from public view so as to prevent their bounties from becoming bigger. This allowed them to operate more obscurely and without attracting much attention from the World Government at all. Deadbeard, who possessed a bounty of 
3,878,000,000, stated that if not for their past crimes being unknown to the World Government, the bounties of Kenway Valkary, Barney Kettle, and Princeton Strathmore would all be closer to his own. Rather than having a bounty anywhere near the three or four billion berry threshold, however, Strathmore at the time instead had a bounty of only 244,000,000.[1]
The Titan Pirates, whose numbers consisted of many former marines, also used a similar tactic to maintain low bounties. Foxpack, who remained in close association to then Navy Admiral Warren D. Ralph, would directly make requests to have his bounty lowered to his liking as it would lead his adversaries to underestimate his true threat level, garnering him the element of surprise when in battle.[2]
There are instances in which the World Government itself has assessed a much lower bounty to an individual than what it should actually be, out of the hopes that the crimes the individual has committed should not be brought into the public eye, as it could cause the world to fall into chaos. As was the case for Kenway Veno, who despite murdering a Celestial Dragon and being directly responsible for the death of a Navy Admiral was kept from having a bounty anywhere near the one billion berry mark.[3]
Lists[]
- See also the page reserved for the "At Least" Bounties: At Least.
Active Bounties[]
| Name | Nickname | Bounty |
|---|---|---|
| Fukuoka Koyuki | "Black Widow" | 5,000,000,000
|
| Yagami Valor | "One Man Army" | 4,338,290,000
|
| Wolfgang | "Maneater" | 3,117,500,000
|
| Daikaku | "Mad Monk" | 3,090,030,000
|
| Maurier Harlan | "Sea Wolf" | 2,860,000,000
|
| Rena Argo | "Virulence" | 2,099,000,000
|
| Kuzma | "White-Hairs" | 1,500,046,000
|
| Kenway Olympus | "Island Eater" | 1,346,000,000
|
| Cain D. Abel | "Berserker" | 1,218,000,000
|
| Charlotte Kiwi | "Bravewolf" | 1,100,000,000
|
| Dianoir Judith | "Faceless Knight" | 1,070,000,000
|
| Wynn Erin | "Devil's Breeze" | 1,060,000,000
|
| Umori Kenshiro | "Green Scourge" | 1,044,000,000
|
| Mashikura | "Tengu" | 1,039,920,000
|
| Harvester | "Boogeyman" | 1,000,000,000
|
| Bryant D. Kobe | "Gawd" | 1,000,000,000
|
| Pars Luna | "Moonlit" | 890,000,000
|
| Blumenthal Gerhard | "Surgical Physician" | 875,000,000
|
| Kauldran Synthia | "Cosmic Storm" | 854,100,000
|
| Dapper Dan | "Dandy" | 848,000,000
|
| Marciel Klaus | "Empty Prince" | 820,400,000
|
| Fukuoka Soren | N/A | 800,000,000
|
| Abhi | "Dark Slayer" | 800,000,000
|
| Alexander Talos | "Sea Splitter" | 800,000,000
|
| Ferrothorn Braxton | "Justice's Thorn" | 800,000,000
|
| Kai Sanjo | "Goldbeard" | 794,000,000
|
| Draco D. Alastor | "Reaper's Chef" | 775,000,000
|
| Hide | "Laughing Ogre" | 750,000,000 |
| William Parker | "Payback" | 740,000,000
|
| Willahelm Bill | "Farland" | 660,000,000
|
| Diabolos | "Demon Lord" | 616,666,000
|
| Ascalon | "King of Beasts" | 610,000,000
|
| Ginjiro Oda | "Devil King" | 606,000,000
|
| Malus Antonovka | "Dead Forest's Witch" | 605,000,000
|
| Arsen | "Silver Dragon" | 605,000,000
|
| Joplin Joan | "Loadstar" | 600,000,000
|
| Ilphen Lazarus | "Steel Skin" | 600,000,000
|
| Heidrun Skadi | "Valkyrie" | 595,000,000
|
| Guan Chao | N/A | 567,000,000
|
| Draco D. Indiana | "Undying Explorer" | 538,000,000
|
| Marshall D. Kain | "Cannibal" | 520,049,000
|
| Salazar | "Black Cross" | 500,000,000
|
| Harley | N/A | 500,000,000
|
| Griselda Emelisse | "Royal White" | 496,000,000
|
| Elizabeth | "Big Sis" | 495,000,000
|
| Veny | "Hammerhead" | 489,000,000
|
| Ue Haha | "Baby Step" | 488,000,000
|
| Charlotte Cheddar | "Yellowbeard" | 480,000,000
|
| Henry Avery | "Ship King" | 467,000,000
|
| Mauricio Kerrim | "Red Feather" | 450,000,000
|
| Haruto | "The Fallen Dragon" | 445,000,000
|
| Fluer Frida | "Ship Hopper" | 440,000,000
|
| Bao Chang | N/A | 432,000,000
|
| Lieselotte | "Queen of Hearts" | 420,000,000
|
| David Goliath | "Rampaging" | 417,257,000
|
| Phim D. Sera | "White Feather" | 417,000,000
|
| Sinai | "Cloud-Gathering Mountain" | 400,000,000
|
| Lockhart Phantasma | "Hot Wheels" | 400,000,000
|
| Mythal Vulen | N/A | 394,000,000
|
| Turner William | "The Whelp" | 394,000,000
|
| Apollo Benjamin | "Fumming" | 392,000,000
|
| Rockbrock Ragnar | "The Red" | 375,000,000
|
| Nanashi | N/A | 374,000,000
|
| Crowley Alistair | "Headsman" | 370,000,000
|
| Hazen Yosef | "The Heretic" | 360,000,000
|
| Willy | "One-Step" | 360,000,000
|
| Getsustella Ashura | "Dragon Slayer" | 359,000,000
|
| Skink | "The Sandfish" | 340,000,000
|
| Moses | N/A | 318,000,000
|
| Dire Devil | "N/A" | 311,225,000
|
| Tony Gray | "Loudstar" | 305,000,000
|
| Arukana | "Seeker of Truth" | 300,113,700
|
| Kosaka Kumozu | N/A | 300,000,000
|
| Billy | "One-Glance" | 300,000,000
|
| Billie | "One-Eyed" | 300,000,000
|
| Willie | "One-Man" | 280,000,000
|
| Wayland | "Philosopher's Stone" | 300,000,000
|
| Das Devika | N/A | 279,000,000
|
| Belle Aimee | "Thousand Faced" | 277,000,000
|
| Bell Q. Dan | "Little Giant" | 375,000,000
|
| Draco D. Yoichi | "Drunken Banshee" | 274,000,000
|
| Crassus | "Feral Roar" | 271,000,000
|
| Lussac Shiloh | N/A | 269,000,000
|
| Draco D. Helena | N/A | 264,000,000
|
| Drack D. Isaac | N/A | 262,000,000
|
| Noir Chateau | "Phantom Thief" | 250,000,000
|
| Morgan Ishitawa | N/A | 250,000,000
|
| Gai | Demon Brawler | 250,000,000
|
| Drax Douglas | "Red Oar" | 240,000,000
|
| Gideon | "Olympic Torch" | 240,000,000
|
| Lothar D. Asphel | N/A | 232,000,000
|
| Saul | N/A | 232,000,000
|
| Brooke Shephard | "Sonic Blade" | 225,000,000
|
| Brazzers D. Brennan | "Molten Hands" | 222,000,000
|
| Worden Luhr | "Great Blue" | 220,000,000
|
| Betty Levu | N/A | 220,000,000
|
| Drack D. Isaac | Black Dog | 210,450,000
|
| Reem | "Death Horn" | 202,000,000
|
| Katashi | "Bouncing" | 200,000,000
|
| Julia MuuMuu | N/A | 200,000,000
|
| Rena Helena | N/A | 200,000,000
|
| Varanus Fang | "Flamberge" | 200,000,000
|
| Tiefenbacher Riha | "Corrupting Mind" | 200,000,000
|
| Seizawa | "Solid State" | 200,000,000
|
| Bolton Abner | N/A | 197,000,000
|
| Brandt Abigail | N/A | 184,000,000
|
| Vita | "The Sun" | 184,000,000
|
| Ailly | N/A | 180,000,000
|
| Dillie | N/A | 180,000,000
|
| Bulldog | N/A | 180,000,000
|
| Glynn Tom | "Ghost Violet" | 168,000,000
|
| Filly | N/A | 160,000,000
|
| Erie | N/A | 160,000,000
|
| Saberteeth | N/A | 158,000,000
|
| Buster D. Zack | "Death the Kid" | 157,000,000
|
| Wake | "King of the Forest" | 150,000,000
|
| Miku | N/A | 139,000,000
|
| Yoroi Armis | "Tiny-Head" | 134,000,000
|
| Beewolf | "Metal Dragon | 132,820,000
|
| Tracy Cheryl | N/A | 130,000,000
|
| Killer Jones | "Serial Killer" | 125,000,000
|
| Suthermond V. Tibain | "King of Miracles" | 122,000,000
|
| Liam Grim | "Predator" | 120,000,000
|
| Graham Alexander | "Ma Bell" | 120,000,000
|
| Hornigold Clovis | "Shinigami" | 120,000,000
|
| Murasaki Mori | "Demon Fox" | 115,000,000
|
| Poe L. Shana | "Emerald Eye" | 112,000,000
|
| Bro Dude | "Murder Man" | 110,000,000
|
| Ria | N/A | 108,000,000
|
| Martha Jane | "Outlaw" | 107,500,000
|
| Hurra Al Sayyid | "Sayyid the Outsider" | 100,000,000
|
| Cazzar | "The Titan" | 100,000,000
|
| Ramman Levi | "Electric Princess" | 100,000,000
|
| Kaname Dimaria | "Snakenest" | 99,000,000
|
| Meredia | N/A | 90,000,000
|
| Windsor D. Esperanza | "Fireheart" | 90,000,000
|
| Ghara | N/A | 90,000,000
|
| Chord | N/A | 89,000,000
|
| Beta | "N/A" | 86,000,000
|
| Tank | "Pink Goliath" | 85,000,000
|
| Phoenix D. Red | "Tip-toe Red-o" | 75,000,000
|
| Spine | "Bone Bullet" | 73,000,000
|
| Artaxes Lyov | "Spot Reaver" | 70,000,000
|
| Kire | "Invisible Bullet" | 70,000,000
|
| Bitter Rosemary | "Candycane" | 62,055,000
|
| Gong Yao | "Health Thief" | 60,000,000
|
| Suzaku | "Blue Heart" | 60,000,000
|
| Yamamah Al Zarqa | "Lavender Spirit" | 60,000,000
|
| Layla | N/A | 60,000,000
|
| Yogore Jairo | "Shinigami King" | 60,000,000
|
| Bruce Ramshackle | N/A | 56,000,000
|
| Rak Roberts | "Dreaded Roberts" | 55,000,000
|
| Osiris Black | "Sculptor" | 50,000,000
|
| Wallace Genki | "Bawler" | 50,000,000
|
| Saffron D. Belial | "Boxing Buddha" | 50,000,000
|
| Roadie | "N/A" | 50,000,000
|
| Kindra | "Serpent Tongue" | 43,600,000
|
| Benjamin James | N/A | 40,000,000
|
| Jenks | N/A | 40,000,000
|
| Litana Liama | N/A | 40,000,000
|
| Kuroi Kage | Black Shadow | 35,000,000
|
| Merrily Rowing | "Merry Piss" | 30,000,000
|
| Sinbad | "Minotaur" | 30,000,000
|
| Inari | "Thousand-Faced Fox" | 28,000,000
|
| Holland Sherry | "Deathmaker" | 27,000,000
|
| Ainxis | "Ultimate Marksman" | 25,900,000
|
| Swann D. Misty | "Sea Goddess" | 25,320,000
|
| Morgenstern | "Book Worm" | 20,000,000
|
| Allar D. Daniel | "Spandex Spider" | 20,000,000
|
| Bane Lucian | "The Great Bane" | 20,000,000
|
| Syn Maxwell | "Miracle Max" | 15,000,000
|
| Crickett Anne | "Buccaneer" | 15,000,000
|
| Deanna | "Primal Princess" | 15,000,000
|
| Foxpix | N/A | 13,000,000
|
| Cicero D. Melodias | "Druid" | 12,000,000
|
| Bolle D. Catherine | "Lawyer" | 10,000,000
|
| Brisei Augus | "Swooper" | 10,000,000
|
| Fisher J. Alva | "Runaway" | 10,000,000
|
| Squeak | N/A | 10,000,000
|
| Azura Hitoshi | N/A | 9,000,000
|
| Aosame | "Green Beast" | 7,000,000
|
| Catarina Quinn | "Big Bad" | 5,000,000
|
| Asclepius | "Milkweed" | 3,000,000
|
Frozen Bounties[]
| Name | Nickname | Bounty |
|---|---|---|
| Veno | "Public Enemy" | 2,224,800,000
|
| Dragon D. Dexter | "King of Teens" | 1,325,000,000
|
| Buster D. Amaka | "Pirate Empress" | 725,000,000
|
| Benjamin Tabart | "Giant Slayer" | 500,000,000
|
| Dead Skull | "Whither Maker" | 444,000,000
|
| Qasarhog Yanbaal | "White Crow" | 400,000,000
|
| Lancaster Hecate | "Grey General" | 400,000,000
|
| Kurotori | "Sun Thief" | 396,000,000
|
| Armstrong Alex | "White Planet" | 300,000,000
|
| Stede Bonnet | "N/A" | 290,000,000
|
| Finwind | "Lost Calamity" | 250,000,000
|
| Bimore O. Jack | "Black Blade" | 211,000,000
|
| Levesque | "N/A" | 167,000,000
|
| Pocus Hocus | "Fake Devil" | 2,000,000
|
Former Bounties[]
| Name | Nickname | Bounty |
|---|---|---|
| Vryrch Seth | "Braveheart" | 4,122,000,000
|
| Michael D. Shiguma | "God" | 3,000,000,000
|
| Raptor D. Baron | "Titan" | 2,444,000,000
|
| Poe A. Edgar | "Tengu" | 1,411,000,000
|
| Draco D. Damon | "Asura" | 1,250,000,000
|
| Goldie Gold | "Goddess of Destruction" | 1,216,000,000
|
| Harlequin | N/A | 1,116,000,000
|
| Onikami Roxy | "Violet the Greed" | 1,000,000,000
|
| Wynpe Waes | "Spot Reaver" | 708,000,000
|
| No Jento | "Earbleed" | 693,000,000
|
| Domal Massimo | "Demon Chemist" | 444,000,000
|
| Lambert Evelyn | "Vagrant" | 418,000,000
|
| Wil D. Rush | "Chimera" | 404,000,000
|
| Charl Minmey | N/A | 402,000,000
|
| Almasy D. Laszlo | "Cursed Prophet" | 400,000,000
|
| Whisper O. Dare | N/A | 313,000,000
|
| Gupta Anand | "Green Mask" | 215,000,000
|
| Garaile | "Tank" | 204,000,000
|
| Kozuki Ryukyu | "Last Shogun" | 200,000,000
|
| Edu Dudu | N/A | 150,000,000
|
| Black D. Seth | "Wicked Tunes" | 120,000,000
|
| Brackish | N/A | 107,000,000
|
| Frederick Barbarossa | "Redbeard" | 105,000,000
|
| Ferrara Pan | "Lockjaw" | 84,000,000
|
| Ansem D. Abel | "Savage Angel" | 64,000,000
|
| Kiato Taira | "Mania" | 52,000,000
|
| Benedikt Boris | "Child Killer" | 40,000,000
|
| Anna | "Proudmoore" | 15,000,000
|
| Ford Henrietta | N/A | 10,000,000
|
| Yuki | N/A | 700
|
Record Bounties[]
Individuals[]
Highest
| Record | Name | Nickname | Bounty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Active Bounty in New World | Daddy L. Legs | "Black Widow" | 5,000,000,000
|
| Highest Active Bounty in Paradise | Bryant D. Kobe | "Gawd" | 1,000,000,000
|
| Highest Starting Bounty | Fukuoka Soren | N/A | 300,000,000
|
| Highest Rookie Bounty | - | - | -
|
| Highest Former Bounty | Vryrch Seth | "Braveheart" | 4,122,000,000
|
| Highest Shichibukai Former Bounty | Veno | "Public Enemy" | 2,224,800,000
|
Lowest
| Record | Name | Nickname | Bounty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest Active Bounty in New World | Catarina Quinn | "Man-Eater" | 5,000,000
|
| Lowest Active Bounty in Paradise | Asclepius | "Milkweed" | 3,000,000
|
| Lowest Starting Bounty | Yuki | N/A | 500
|
| Lowest Rookie Bounty | - | - | -
|
| Lowest Former Bounty | Anna | "Proudmoore" | 15,000,000
|
| Lowest Shichibukai Former Bounty | Bimore O. Jack | "Black Blade" | 211,000,000
|
Other
| Record | Name | Nickname | Bounty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Record | Daddy L. Legs | "Black Widow" | 5,000,000,000
|
| Biggest Multiplier | Bitter Rosemary |
"Candy Cane" |
1128 times the initial bounty |
| Most Bounties Issued | Maurier Harlan | "Sea Wolf" | At least 13 issued |
| Single Biggest Increase | Rena Argo | "Virulence" | 1,179,000,000 Increase
|
Groups[]
| Record | Name | Bounty |
|---|---|---|
| Highest Total Crew Bounty | - | At Least -
|
| Highest Total Paradise Crew Bounty | Everything Pirates | 1,413,000,000
|
| Non-Pirate Highest Total Bounty | - | At Least -
|
| Lowest Total Crew Bounty | Dewdrop Pirates | 32,000,000
|
| Lowest Total Paradise Crew Bounty | Dewdrop Pirates | 32,000,000
|
| Non-Pirate Lowest Total Bounty | Drawn Sword of Wholeness | 160,000,000
|
Gallery[]
Ranking Gallery[]
Posters[]
Trivia[]
- Benjamin Tabart was the only person to hold a "Only Alive" Bounty for some time.[4]
- While Ashley would normally count, her status as a fake person diminishes it.
- Salazar is, so far, the only individual to have his bounty frozen, labelled as "hunted", and then reissued.
- Foxpack is the first person whose bounty has decreased, going back and forth.[5]
- Bathory McGhinnis's Bounty is the first one shown to enter the billions in the Fanon's Story.[6]
- Kenway Veno's bounty is the first to surpass the two billion mark.[7]
- Daddy L. Legs' bounty is the first to show the four billion,[8] and later the five billion, mark.[9]
- Warren D. Korag holds the highest bounty for a non-Yonko individual.[10]
- Yuki holds the lowest starting bounty, as well as the lowest bounty overall.[11]
References[]
- ↑ Revelation
- ↑ Crossed Paths
- ↑ The Oracle
- ↑
- ↑ Crossed Paths: A flashback showcases how much Foxpack's bounty has fluctuated, due to him bribing Warren D. Ralph, an Admiral, into it.
- ↑ 1,280,000,000
- ↑ 2,224,800,000
- ↑ 4,500,000,000
- ↑ 5,000,000,000
- ↑ 3,878,000,000
- ↑ 500
