Destiny's Bounty

> "*The Land of the Three Mountains. But it's far away, and the only airship I still have, is the new Destiny's Bounty.*"
> ― Lloyd to Arin and Sora.
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The ***Destiny's Bounty*** is a large red airship owned by the Ninja. It was once the vessel of the feared Captain Soto and his pirates, who fought against the Sky Pirates before defeating their captain Nadakhan and marooning his crew across realms. The *Bounty* ruled the seas for several years, before crashing into a rocky cliff and killing its crew.

When the ninja found the ship in the Sea of Sand, they used it as their base of operations and quickly renovated it so that it could fly. During their ordeal with the Serpentine, the ship was a valuable weapon, but it would soon be splintered to pieces by the Great Devourer.

After the Devourer's death, Lord Garmadon used the Golden Weapons to transform the vessel's remains into the ***Black Bounty*** for himself and the Serpentine. Garmadon's son, Lloyd, would later take back the ship and the ninja would restore it to its old appearance. When The Overlord and the Stone Army posed a new threat to Ninjago, the ninja used the *Bounty* to travel to the Island of Darkness. When the Overlord was fighting Lloyd there, Dr. Julien flew the ship in the path of a Dark Matter missile from the Garmatron, damaging the ship beyond repair. After their adversaries left for Ninjago City, the ninja used the Golden Mech and the Ultra Dragon to make their way there as well.

Some time after the Golden Master's defeat, Wu and Nya redesigned and rebuilt the ship. The ship was used to fight Chen's followers at the Corridor of Elders and later when the ninja set off to find an ancient tomb and claim the Realm Crystal.

Shortly after, when Nadakhan fought the ninja, the *Bounty* was seized by the police and was destroyed in Djinjago's collapse, though this was undone by Jay's final wish. On the Day of the Departed, Wu and the ninja used the *Bounty* to access the old monastery, and later the Temple of Airjitzu, which became their new base. During the battle with the Time Twins and the Vermillion, the *Bounty* was shot down and crashed in the desert beneath the temple.

After Wu was lost to time, the *Bounty* was repaired once more, and it was used to fight the Sons of Garmadon. During the battle with the Colossus, the *Bounty* was caught and crushed to pieces. The original ninja and Wu used Traveler's Tea to escape, with the ship's cabin being sent to the Realm of Oni and Dragons along with them. The Dragon Hunters went on to use parts of the vessel to make their own vehicles.

After the Sons of Garmadon's fall and in the process of repairing the city, the citizens of Ninjago City rebuilt the *Bounty* from blueprints that Rufus McCallister somehow obtained.

Sometime later, the ship traveled to Shintaro, where it was damaged again by the Dire Bats until it was rebuilt by the Army of Shintaro. It also aided the ninja's voyage to the Storm Belt. During the Great Flood, the *Bounty* sustained damage once again, this time from Wojira's Fury of the Storm.

A year after the Great Flood, the once again functioning *Bounty* was impounded by the police due to the ninja's status as fugitives. However, the vessel would be destroyed once more as the Overlord shot a blast of Darkness at the *Bounty*, causing it to be split in two.

After the Overlord's defeat, the *Bounty* was repaired by the ninja and later used during the Merge to save citizens.

After the Merge, Kai took the ship to find answers about the MergeQuakes until it was destroyed by the Earth Dragons. However, Lloyd, Arin, and Sora began using a new model of the vessel constructed by Nya in order to find out where the rest of the Ninja ended up across the Merged Realms.

## Functions

The main function of the ship is the ability to hover and fly with the help of two retractable engines located on the sides of the stern. The flight function is also supported by modular air-catching sails. Additional features include two retractable anchors and a cannon.

At the rear of the ship there are also torpedoes that can be fired backwards.

## Appearance

The *Destiny's Bounty* is a large, old-fashioned ship made primarily of wood. Its prow is adorned with a large red dragon head, resembling a simplified version of Flame. A porthole on the port (left) side of the bow accommodates a large anchor that can be raised and lowered on a thick chain. The *Destiny's Bounty* has a single mast in the middle of its main deck, which is topped by a row of long, thin sails. When fully unfolded, the sails form a wide fan-like formation. On the very back of the ship, two small banners are present.

The ship also features two large, ornate devices on its stern. Their original purpose is unknown, but the ninja would eventually modify them into engines that increased the ship's speed. The engines could also reconfigure into boosters that made *Destiny's Bounty* capable of flight.

The interior of the *Destiny's Bounty* features a bedroom with beds for all four ninja and a bathroom that supports a toilet and sink. Nya has her own room as well, filled with a bed, a dresser, and a nightstand. Its bridge is equipped with a periscope, a radar that searches for Serpentine activity, and a wheel to steer the *Bounty*. Near the top of the *Bounty* is the dining room, with a dining table that also has a built-in stove in the middle for cooking. On the bottom floor, there is a training room equipped with obstacles similar to those in the Monastery of Spinjitzu. The ship also has a small exercise room equipped with several barbells and adjustable weights and a television room with some chairs and a video game console.

After being repaired by Dr. Julien, the *Destiny's Bounty* could replace its sails with a large, blimp-like balloon, enabling it to fly with more control than before. It was later destroyed on the Island of Darkness.

The second *Destiny's Bounty* bears a resemblance to the original *Bounty*. It has a dragon figurehead, sails, and thrusters. Additionally, the interior contains living quarters.

After the Colossus destroyed the *Bounty*, the ship was rebuilt using the original blueprints. However, due to an error, the thruster lever was wired backwards and had to be relabeled.

## Official description

### Final Flight of the Destiny's Bounty (70738)

*Attention Ninja heroes! All aboard Destiny's Bounty for an aerial duel against Morro, the ultimate Ghost and Master of Wind! Check out the iconic LEGO® NINJAGO™ ship's cool details including a detachable roof element containing Nya's foldout workshop and an airbike. Pick up the ship with the handle, adjust the lever-operated sails and soar into battle. Avoid the snapping jaws and swiping tail of the Ghost Dragon and attack with the triple-stud-shooting cannons. Pull out the dual flick harpoon shooter to activate the engine transformation function. Unleash the airbike to fend off Morro's Ghost Ninja and the menacing Skreemers. You must protect the Aeroblade from these evil Ghosts. Includes 9 minifigures with assorted weapon and accessory elements: Lloyd, Nya, Cole, Battle Wu, Morro, Blade Master Bansha, Bow Master Soul Archer, Scythe Master Ghoultar and Ghost Ninja Spyder.*

### Final Flight of the Destiny's Bounty (71749)

*Set sail with Kai, Zane and Jay on their ninja ship for an epic battle on the seas against Ghost Ninja Karenn. Go on the attack by jumping on a superfast jet ski or sitting on the back of a dragon swooping down from the sky. Capture this dangerous villain and dock at the small island to throw him in prison!*

### Bonus Bounty

*This is the second flying ship to bear the name Destiny’s Bounty. Nya and Master Wu designed this all-new, tech-filled replacement for their first airborne base. They have kept the style of the previous ancient sailing ship, so it still feels like home to the ninja!*

## Appearances

* 70738 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty (second design)
* 5004817 Ninjago Collection (second design)
* 71705 Destiny's Bounty (fourth design; Legacy)
* 71749 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty (Legacy 4+)
* 71741 Ninjago City Gardens (mini model)
* Destiny's Bounty Adventure Box (mini model)

*Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu*
Season 1: Rise of the Snakes* 2. "Home"
* 3. "Snakebit"
* 4. "Never Trust a Snake"
* 5. "Can of Worms"
* 6. "The Snake King"
* 7. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
* 8. "The Royal Blacksmiths"
* 9. "The Green Ninja"
* 10. "All of Nothing"
* 11. "The Rise of the Great Devourer"
* 12. "Day of the Great Devourer"

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja* 14. "Darkness Shall Rise"
* 15. "Pirates vs. Ninja"
* 16. "Double Trouble"
* 17. "Ninjaball Run"
* 18. "Child's Play"
* 19. "Wrong Place, Wrong Time"
* 20. "The Stone Army"
* 21. "The Day Ninjago Stood Still"
* 22. "The Last Voyage"
* 23. "Island of Darkness"
* 24. "The Last Hope"
* 25. "Return of the Overlord"

Season 3: Rebooted* 28. "The Art of the Silent Fist" (flashback)

Season 4: Tournament of Elements* 35. "The Invitation" (pictured)
* 44. "The Corridor of Elders"

Season 5: Possession* 45. "Winds of Change"
* 46. "Ghost Story"
* 49. "Peak-a-Boo"
* 50. "Kingdom Come"
* 51. "The Crooked Path"
* 52. "Grave Danger"
* 53. "Curseworld, Part I"

Season 6: Skybound* 55. "Infamous"
* 56. "Public Enemy Number One"
* 57. "Enkrypted" (flashback)
* 58. "Misfortune Rising"
* 59. "On a Wish and a Prayer"

Tall Tales* 5. "The Tall Tale of Monkey Wretch" (non-canon)

Day of the Departed* "Day of the Departed"

Season 7: The Hands of Time* 65. "The Hands of Time"
* 70. "The Attack"
* 71. "Secrets Discovered"

Ninjago: Decoded* 1. "Legacy"
* 2. "Vehicles and Mechs"
* 3. "Legendary Places"
* 10. "Greatest Battles"

Season 8: Sons of Garmadon* 76. "The Jade Princess"
* 77. "The Oni and the Dragon"
* 78. "Snake Jaguar"
* 79. "Dead Man's Squall"
* 80. "The Quiet One"
* 81. "Game of Masks"
* 83. "True Potential"
* 84. "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago"

Season 9: Hunted* 85. "Firstbourne"
* 86. "Iron & Stone"
* 92. "Saving Faith" (flashback)

Season 10: March of the Oni* 95. "The Darkness Comes"
* 96. "Into the Breach"
* 97. "The Fall"
* 98. "Endings"

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu* 100. "Questing for Quests"
* 101. "A Rocky Start"

Season 12: Prime Empire* 130. "Dyer Island"

Season 13: Master of the Mountain* 145. "Shintaro"
* 146. "Into the Dark"
* 151. "The Skull Sorcerer"
* 160. "The Son of Lilly"

The Island* 161. "Uncharted"

Season 14: Seabound* 178. "Assault on Ninjago City"
* 179. "Nyad"

Season 15: Crystalized* 181. "Farewell the Sea"
* 193. "A Sinister Shadow" (flashback)
* 194. "The Spider's Design"
* 197. "The Coming of the King" (mentioned)
* 198. "Return to Primeval's Eye"
* 199. "Crystastrophe"
* 201. "A Lesson in Anger"
* 202. "Brave But Foolish"
* 203. "Quittin' Time!"
* 204. "Return of the Ice Emperor"
* 205. "Safe Haven" (mentioned)

*Ninjago: Dragons Rising*
Season 1* 1. "The Merge: Part 1" (flashback)
* 2. "The Merge: Part 2" (flashback)
* 4. "Beyond Madness"
* 5. "Writers of Destiny"
* 12. "Gangs of the Sea"
* 15. "They Call it Doom"
* 17. "The Administration"
* 18. "Absolute Power"
* 20. "The Power Within"

Video games* *Ninjago Possession* (non-canon)
* *LEGO Dimensions* (non-canon)

## Behind the scenes

* The Hageman Brothers' original idea for the ninja's mobile home base was a flying windmill, but this idea was scrapped because it would not sell well with children.
* The Chinese symbols on the flags at the back of the ship mean "dragon god."
* Paradoxically, the 2012 set is smaller than the 2015 set, but in the show the *Bounty*'s original design is a little bit bigger than the second design.
* The *Destiny's Bounty* is similar to the *Argo II* from *The Heroes of Olympus* series. Both are flying ships that have a dragon figurehead.
* The *Destiny's Bounty* is also used as a base for the Secret Ninja Force in the 2017 movie, *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*. The movie version is kept and used from Season 8 to Season 12.
* The second design was called *Destiny's Bounty 2.0*. According to *Choose Your Ninja Mission*, this was because the ship was in its second model.
* The design of the *Destiny's Bounty* in Season 8 to Season 12 is inspired by its counterpart from *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*. In Season 13, the *Bounty* has an updated design based on its Legacy version that looks more similar to the original *Destiny's Bounty*. Neither of these design changes are explained in the show but Tommy Andreasen said the reason for this change is that "the on-screen Bounty looks like the one which is currently available to obtain and play with". This may indicate that, like the ninja's design changes for Season 8, there is no real explanation for this within the world of the show.
	+ However, there is a possible in-universe explanation at least for the design change in Season 8. As the *Bounty* crashed and was severely damaged in Season 7, it is likely that it needed to be rebuilt during the year time skip between seasons 7 and 8.
* There are some differences between the *Bounty* in the sets and in the show.
	+ The *Bounty* from 70618 Destiny's Bounty is most similar to its show counterpart, although it was originally designed for the movie. It is the only one with a full-fledged lower deck with a cabin and also has a bridge, which can be reached by a ladder. Although each version of the *Bounty* had a bridge on the elevated platform in the show, no other set does.
	+ While the first two versions of the *Bounty* had a ship wheel located in the cabin on the bridge, the third version had the entire bridge exposed only with the roof and the ship wheel was outside. Although the fourth version has a ship wheel located inside in the set, the show shows that the ship wheel is outside on a raised bridge and behind it is the control room covered with paper walls.
	+ While both the original and Legacy versions have white sails in the show, in the sets they are sand brown.
	+ While in the set for the current version of the *Bounty*, the flags on the stern are sandy brown and blank, in the show they are white and depict red dragons resembling flags in the post-movie *Bounty* and *Land Bounty*.
	+ While in the show the ship wheel is always shown as a part 4790, 70618 Destiny's Bounty and 71749 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty are the only sets that use this piece, as all other sets use a a scaled-down part 48723.
		- Interestingly, the 71749 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty uses this piece, as it is the smallest depiction of the *Bounty* in sets.
		- 70738 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty is the only set that does not contain a ship wheel.

## Trivia

* A miniature model of the ship was part of the ninja exhibit at the Ninjago Museum of History.
* The *Destiny's Bounty* has two spinoffs: the *Destiny's Shadow*, a boat given to Lloyd by Misako, and the *Destiny's Wings*, which were built by the Dragon Hunters out of the remains of the *Bounty* in the Realm of Oni and Dragons.
	+ There are also two other *Bounty*-based vehicles designed for other environments, the *Land Bounty* and the *Hydro Bounty*.
* It is probable that before the ninja moved to the *Bounty*, someone else lived in it, because there is a sink and lamps that should not be in an old pirate ship. There were also black sails with a pirate symbol on the original ship.
* As seen in a concept art, Zane's bed isn't in the cabin. This may be caused by the fact that as a Nindroid he doesn't need sleep.
	+ However, he can be seen sleeping several times in Rise of the Snakes, before he knew he was a Nindroid.
	+ His bedroom as well as his bed is shown in the Monastery of Spinjitzu during the opening scene of Season 11 when he is having visions of Aspheera and himself as the Ice Emperor.
* The *Destiny's Bounty* has appeared in every season since its debut, except for Rebooted, where it appears in flashback.
* Wu is the only character to appear in every *Destiny's Bounty* set, except 71749 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty.
* The *Bounty* was destroyed or damaged in almost every season it appeared.
	+ In Season 1, it was destroyed by the Great Devourer until Lord Garmadon restored it as the *Black Bounty*.
	+ In Season 2, the Overlord destroyed it with his power of Darkness, until Nya and Wu repaired it in Season 4.
	+ In Season 5, when Morro was trying to obtain the First Spinjitzu Master's staff.
	+ In Season 7, the Vermillion damaged it until the ninja repaired it before Season 8.
	+ In Season 8, the *Bounty* was destroyed by the Colossus until the citizens of Ninjago repaired it in Season 10.
	+ In Season 13, the *Bounty* was severely damaged by Dire Bats until it was repaired by the Winged Guards of Shintaro.
	+ In Season 14, the *Bounty* was severely damaged by Wojira.
	+ In Season 15, the *Bounty* was destroyed by the Overlord by firing a blast of Darkness at the ship, splitting it in two.
	+ In *Dragons Rising*, Season 1, the *Bounty* was destroyed by the Earth Dragons.
* After it was rebuilt by Nya and Wu, the *Bounty* no longer needs sails to be spread for flying, but, as shown in "Assault on Ninjago City," if they are spread out, the ship can fly faster.
* *The LEGO Ninjago Movie*'s design for the *Bounty* seems like a mix of the original *Bounty* and the *Bounty 2.0* with the more wooden exterior of the original mixed with the bridge's interior design based on the 2.0's bridge.