Ninjago Timeline

The following is a timeline of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu and Ninjago: Dragons Rising that estimates the exact dates when the episodes in each season occurred. The days in which the episodes occurred are completely estimated and include downtime between the episodes as well.

Since no official dates are given in the show or outside sources, the dates are roughly based on the real life dates the seasons originally aired, with some exceptions where the show's timeframe implies otherwise, such as Season 5: Posession and "Day of the Departed".

## Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

### Pilot Episodes

* "Way of the Ninja" - January 14, 2011 (one day)
* "The Golden Weapon" - January 15, 2011 (one day)
* "King of Shadows" - January 16, 2011 (one day)
* "Weapons of Destiny" - January 16, 2011 (one day)

### Mini-Movies

* "The New Masters of Spinjitzu" - February 3, 2011 (one day)
* "Secrets of the Blacksmith" - February 6, 2011 (one day)
* "Return to the Fire Temple" - February 8, 2011 (one day)
* "An Underworldly Takeover" - February 10, 2011 (one day)\*
* "Battle Beetween Brothers" - February 13, 2011 (one day)\*
* "Flight of the Dragon Ninja - October 6, 2011

\*\*The flashbacks are set around November 6, 2001.

### Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

* "Rise of the Snakes" - May 1, 2012 (one day)
* "Home" - May 2, 2012 (one day)\*
* "Snakebit" - May 3-4, 2012 (two days)
* "Never Trust a Snake" - May 5-6, 2012 (two days)
* "Can of Worms" - May 7, 2012 (one day)
* "The Snake King" - May 8-9, 2012 (two days)
* "Tick Tock" - May 10-13, 2012 (four days)\*\*
* "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" - May 14, 2012 (one day)
* "The Royal Blacksmiths" - May 15-16, 2012 (two days)
* "The Green Ninja" - May 14-17, 2012 (four days)
* "All of Nothing" - May 19, 2012 (one day)
* "Rise of the Great Devourer" - May 20, 2012 (one day)
* "Day of the Great Devourer" - May 20-21, 2012 (two days)

\*The flashbacks with Zane are set in either late 2011 or early 2012.

\*\*The flashbacks with young Wu and Garmadon are set around 1020. The Zane and Dr. Julien flashbacks span from the early 1970s to February 24, 2009.

### Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

* "Darkness Shall Rise" - May 25, 2012 (one day)
* "Pirates vs. Ninja" - May 26, 2012 (one day)\*
* "Double Trouble" - May 27, 2013 (one day)
* "Ninjaball Run" - May 28-29, 2012 (two days)
* "Child's Play" - May 30, 2012 (one day)
* "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" - May 31, 2012 (one day)\*\*
* "The Stone Army" - June 1, 2012 (one day)
* "The Day Ninjago Stood Still" - June 1, 2012 (one day)
* "The Last Voyage" - June 1-2, 2012 (two days)\*\*\*
* "Island of Darkness" - June 3, 2012 (one day)
* "The Last Hope" - June 4, 2012 (one day)
* "Return of the Overlord" - June 4, 2012 (one day)
* "Rise of the Spinjitzu Master" - June 4, 2012 (one day)

\*The opening flashback is set in 1812, 200 years before the main events of the episode.

\*\*The time travel segments are set on January 14-16, 2011.

\*\*\*The flashback of Dr. Julien's resurrection is set on February 24, 2009, immediately following the flashback in "Tick Tock".

### Season 3: Rebooted

* "The Surge" - April 29, 2014 (one day)\*
* "The Art of the Silent Fist" - April 30-31, 2014 (two days)
* "Blackout" - May 1, 2014 (one day)
* "The Curse of the Golden Master" - May 1, 2014 (one day)
* "Enter the Digiverse" - May 2, 2014 (one day)
* "Codname: Arcturus" - May 3-7, 2014 (four days)
* "The Void" - May 8, 2014 (one day)
* "The Titanium Ninja" - May 8, 2014 (one day)

\*The prologue spans from June 4-5, 2012 to January 13-16, 2013.

### Season 4: The Tournament of Elements

* "The Invitation" - November 22, 2015 (one day)
* "Only One Can Remain" - November 23, 2015 (one day)
* "Versus" - November 24-25, 2015 (two days)
* "Ninja Roll" - November 26, 2015 (one day)
* "Spy for a Spy" - November 27, 2015 (one day)
* "Spellbound" - November 28, 2015 (one day)\*
* "The Forgotten Element" - November 29, 2015 (one day)
* "The Day of the Dragon" - November 29, 2015 (one day)
* "The Greatest Fear of All" - November 30, 2015 (one day)
* "The Corridor of Elders" - November 30, 2015 (one day)

\*The Serpentine War flashbacks are set throughout February 11 to March 5, 1977.

### Season 5: Posession

* "Winds of Change" - December 25, 2015 (one day)
* "Ghost Story" - December 25-26, 2015 (two days)\*
* "Stiix and Stones" - December 27, 2015 (one day)
* "The Temple on Haunted Hill" - December 28, 2015 (one day)
* "Peek-a-Boo" - December 30, 2015 (one day)
* "Kingdom Come" - December 31, 2015 (one day)
* "The Crooked Path" - December 31, 2015 (one day)
* "Grave Danger" - December 31, 2015 (one day)
* "Curseworld, Part I - January 1, 2016 (one day)
* "Curseworld, Part II" - January 2, 2016 (one day)

\*The flashbacks are set throughout February 7-12, 1977.

### Season 6: Skybound

* "Infamous" - March 24-25, 2016 (two days)
* "Public Enemy Number One" - March 26, 2016 (one day)
* "Enkrypted" - March 27, 2016 (one day)\*
* "Misfortune Rising" - March 28, 2016 (one day)
* "On a Wish and a Prayer" - March 28-29, 2016 (two days)
* "My Dinner with Nadakhan" - March 30-31, 2015 (two days)
* "Wishmasters" - April 1, 2016 (one day)
* "The Last Resort" - April 2, 2016 (one day)
* "Operation Land Ho!" - April 3-4, 2016 (two days)
* "The Way Back" - April 3, 2016 (one day)\*\*

\*The flashbacks take place in 1812, before the flashback in "Pirates vs. Ninja".

\*\*The majority of the season is set in an alternate timeline that is reverted at the end of the season as a result of Jay's final wish. As such, the ending scenes of "The Way Back" are set on March 25, 2016.

## Time References

* Cole says in "Flight of the Dragon Ninja", that the ninja should be training instead of riding dragons, implying they've already started becoming lazy and the short is closer to Season 1 than it is to the Pilots.
* Pythor says in "All of Nothing" that Garmadon "betrayed [the Skulkin] and Samukai long ago", implying a considerable amount of time has passed since "Weapons of Destiny".
* The narration in the opening of "Pirates vs. Ninja" says the pirates were active 200 years prior to the show's events.