The Titanium Ninja The Titanium Ninja is the eighth and final episode in Season 3 of . Plot . General Cryptor and the Nindroids make it back to the Overlord with the gold of the Golden Weapons . The Overlord orders Cryptor to melt the gold to make him a new , armored mech to embody and empower him , while Cyrus Borg is cast out to warn the citizens of their doom . Meanwhile , the ninja are marooned on the comet and are fighting off the parasites that destroyed Arcturus . They all start to lose hope until Sensei Garmadon mentions how to find a different way apart from the obvious and utilize each other ' s abilities . Lloyd inspires them to build a new spaceship powered by Zane ' s power source , which mostly works due to the structural integrity of the makeshift ship . The ninja return to Ninjago by using their elemental powers . When they return , Pixal gives them their vehicles back , but the Overlord ' s mech is now operational and has turned the city into an impenetrable fortress . He uses his Golden Power to shoot down their incoming vehicles and sends in the Nindroids . Nya is shot down in her mech and tricks the Min - droid into fighting Cryptor . The ninja take refuge in a temple where the Overlord ' s Stone Warriors once hid from the First Spinjitzu Master . Here , they meet with Cyrus Borg who impartd them his newest secret weapon : a shrinking pill to weaken the Overlord . Donning armor from the Stone Warrior remains which results in new Techno - Robe armor , the ninja begin to find the Overlord has completely taken over and become the Golden Master ! Shooting out beams of pure energy to create a sort of spiderweb for his mech , the Overlord asserts his authority by threatening the lives of the citizens , but fails as Skales and the Serpentine help them into the underground . The ninja travel along the beams , protected by their armour and drawing the Overlord ' s fire away from Sensei Wu and Garmadon so that they can hit the pill into the Overlord ' s mouth . They succeed in hitting it , but Pythor ends up swallowing it and turning smaller ! Worse for him , the falcon spots him and chases him ! The Overlord taunts the ninja and captures all , but Zane , who rallies the ninja to support him one last time . Zane uses them to jump up to the mech , but when he touches the golden armor of the mech , he begins to glow as no one can survive all of the Golden Weapons ' power at once . The Overlord taunts Zane even more , but he does not give up ; instead he tells the Overlord that this is no longer about numbers , but about family . His resistance weakens the Golden Master ' s powers and breaks the bonds that hold the ninja . They shout for him to let go , but Zane continues to hold on and uses all of his ice powers to freeze the Golden Master . While doing this , he remembers all of his memories with the ninja and with P . I . X . A . L . , including his purpose from his father . . . to " protect others whom cannot protect themselves " . This gives Zane the encouragement he needs to fulfill that purpose in a massive explosion . When the dust settles , the ninja find the Golden Master gone and the whole city covered in ice and snow . . . and a shell of Zane ' s left face . The next day , all of the citizens of New Ninjago City attend Zane ' s funeral where Kai shares a tribute to Zane and Cyrus unveils a statue of Zane , respectfully dubbing him the Titanium Ninja . As a new blanket of snow begins to fall , the remaining ninja and their senseis , Nya , and Dareth gather together in front of the statue . Back at Borg Industries , P . I . X . A . L . is leaning against the window , mourning for Zane when she hears the first thing that she ever said to Zane . Upon hearing more of her words shared with Zane , P . I . X . A . L . runs over to the computers and she sees the factory line activating and undergoing construction of what appears to be one more Nindroid . When she reaches there , she opens the door and all of the surveillance drones watch her with blue optics as a familiar , yet digitized voice asks one question : " Are we compatible now ? "