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Buddha (formerly known as "Human: Buddha") is a Legendary Beast-type Blox Fruit that costs 
1,200,000 or 
1,650 from the Blox Fruit Dealer.
Buddha allows the user to transform into a towering, golden, and glowing Budai (not to be confused with The Buddha). While transformed, it grants them immense size, increased defense, and powerful golden light attacks with huge AoE—capable of causing sizeable amounts of destruction. The user can also wield swords, fighting styles, and guns, with greatly increasing [M1] range, making them even more deadly. The user is also able to awaken the Buddha fruit, which not only makes them bigger, but also significantly enhances everything Buddha is already good at, on top of granting them the ability to walk on the floor of the Sea.
Buddha is one of, if not the, best fruits for Raids, grinding, close-quarters PvE, and crowd control. Additionally, the user can wield any weapon of their choice while transformed, meaning it can facilitate varying stat builds. In PvP, it's often considered abusable, as users can easily rack up kills by repeatedly clicking. However, the transformation also makes the user larger and slower, leaving them vulnerable to long-range attacks.
Buddha is widely considered the best choice for grinding in Second Sea and Third Sea, as it allows the user to not only hit multiple enemies at once, but also take very minimal damage themselves. On top of that, the user can quickly farm mastery on any weapon of their choice, making mastery grinding significantly more efficient. Buddha is also very good for Sea Events, and many events which require quick NPC farms. Buddha is generally a very versatile fruit, being excellent in every activity, hence being widely used and sought after throughout all three seas. However, generally, Buddha is quite slow, though this can be solved with speed-boosting accessories such as Pilot Helmet and Dino Hood.
Awakening[]
Buddha requires 
14,500 to fully awaken.
Awakening at least one move of this fruit will grant the "Colossal God" #042 title.
Awakening Order[]
 |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 |
Abilities[]
| Passive | Description |
|---|---|
| When jumping, the user will create a small AoE shock wave that does relatively small damage to enemies, breaks Instinct and has a cooldown of two seconds. The user will also jump at least 2x as high. (Stacks with Angel jump height boost) Note that this is only available in V2 only. | |
| While transformed, the player gains a 35% (46.4% against NPCs), or 45% if awakened (54.6% against NPCs), damage reduction against all attacks, and can hit enemies with their melee and sword M1s 5× (8× if V2) farther than a normal player. In V2, the player's hitbox is above water and thus has the water-walking passive ability. If dragged underwater, the user will still take damage (unless the user has Shark V2 or above). Although, the user's offense is not amplified while in Buddha form. |
 Transform1 Mastery | |
|---|---|
 Transform | |
    | |
 Impact1 Mastery | |
 Impact | |
  | |
 Buddha Leap100 Mastery | |
 Buddha Leap | |
  | |
 Buddha Explosion200 Mastery | |
 Buddha Explosion | |
  | |
| Shift 1 Mastery 500 | |
|---|---|
| Shift | |
| 500 | |
  | |
| Heavenly Impact 1 Mastery 3,000 | |
| Heavenly Impact | |
| 3,000 | |
  | |
| Light of Annihilation 100 Mastery 4,000 | |
| Light of Annihilation | |
| 4,000 | |
  | |
| Twilight of the Gods 200 Mastery 5,000 | |
| Twilight of the Gods | |
| 5,000 | |
  | |
 Retribution Dash0 Mastery 2,000 | |
 Retribution Dash | |
| 2,000 | |
  | |
| Move | Cooldown (In seconds) | Energy |
|---|---|---|
| [Z] Transform | ||
| [X] Impact | ||
| [C] Buddha Leap | ||
| [V] Buddha Explosion |
| Move | Cooldown (In seconds) | Energy |
|---|---|---|
| [Passive] Seismic Jump | ||
| [Z] Shift | ||
| [X] Heavenly Impact | ||
| [C] Light of Annihilation | ||
| [V] Twilight of the Gods | ||
| [F] Retribution Dash |
Instinct Chart[]
| Move | Breaks Instinct | Instinct-Trickable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Z] Transform | Does not deal damage. | ||
| [X] Impact | Can be dodged on the edge of the explosion | ||
| [C] Buddha Leap | Can be dodged on the edge. | ||
| [V] Buddha Explosion | Can be dodged on the edge of the explosion. |
| Move | Breaks Instinct | Instinct-Trickable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Passive] Seismic Jump | Can be dodged on the edge. | ||
| [Z] Shift | Can be dodged on the edge. | ||
| [X] Heavenly Impact | Can be dodged on the edge of the explosion. | ||
| [C] Light of Annihilation | Can sometimes be dodged if hit indirectly by the light beam. Both direct impact and explosion break Instinct. | ||
| [V] Twilight of the Gods | Breaks Instinct no matter what. | ||
| [F] Retribution Dash | Cannot break Instinct in any way. |
Overview[]
| Pros (Unawakened) |
|---|
General
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[Z] Transform
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[X] Impact
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[C] Buddha Leap
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[V] Buddha Explosion
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| Cons (Unawakened) |
|---|
General
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[X] Impact
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[C] Buddha Leap
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[V] Buddha Explosion
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| Pros (Awakened) |
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General
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[Z] Shift
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[X] Heavenly Impact
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[C] Light of Annihilation
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[V] Twilight of the Gods
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[F] Retribution Dash
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| Cons (Awakened) |
|---|
General
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[Z] Shift
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[X] Heavenly Impact
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[C] Light of Annihilation
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[V] Twilight of the Gods
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[F] Retribution Dash
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Notes[]
- Rabbit does add speed, but the difference is less when transformed. This is because Rabbit's buffs for Buddha got nerfed.
- Accessories provide speed boosts normally.
- Pilot Helmet and Rabbit V2 will allow the user to move at a moderate speed, and the Agility (V3 ability) can help if the player is not in Third Sea.
- Draco's V2 flight ability and Flash Step are significantly buffed while in Buddha form, letting the user fly much higher and their Flash Step having a much larger AoE.
- Buddha's unawakened total damage reduction when stacked with full body Aura of 54%, while the awakened form has 61%.
- Using Shark V3 while wearing the Leviathan Shield will make the user's defense (against Melee/Sword/Gun attacks) up to 90%, or 79.14% by using Cyborg V3.
- Sound's Tempo Meter can also add additional defense and extra speed.
- Unawakened Buddha moves can be used while in awakened form, however, awakened moves cannot be used in unawakened form.
- The [Z] move is the only move necessary for the defense and range buff, so instead of getting full mastery, it is recommended to just get the first move.
- Players at the middle of the awakened [C] move's explosion (direct hit) will take around 2x more damage than players around the explosion.
- Although the awakened moves of Buddha have large AoE, damage, and stuns, most people only awaken the [Z] move and rarely the [F] move for the damage reduction and slight mobility.
- Buddha is a great choice to grind with, but Elemental fruits are far better choices in First Sea due to them being easier to obtain.
- Sanguine Art gains a higher range buff in Buddha Form compared to other fighting styles.
- Although Buddha generally makes the user very powerful, its main weaknesses are its huge hitbox, slow speed, and low range, since most Buddha users use swords as their main damage output, so some fruits can easily counter Buddha, either by using long and inescapable combos, or by simply out-ranging. A great example is Gas, as its transformation fixes most issues Buddha has, mainly with speed, range, and stuns, and is even considered by some people as a superior option for both grinding and PvP.
- [V] Buddha Explosion can do high damage when used in enclosed spaces.
Tips & Tricks[]
General[]
- It is recommended to use the Ghoul race and the Ghoul Mask with Buddha.
- When the user attacks another player with a fighting style, they will regain a portion of the damage they dealt to them as health. Specifically, the user will heal back 35% of the damage they inflicted.
- If the player attacks an NPC , they will gain back 7.5% of the damage they dealt to them as health.
- For example, if the player deals 2000 damage to a player, they will regain 700 health. If they deal 2000 damage to an NPC, they will regain 150 health.
- Using [C] Buddha Leap into water allows the user to do a bounce if they jump at the right time, making traveling between islands and running away from players easier.
PvP[]
- The Seismic Jump passive can be really useful, or even life-saving. When being caught in a grab move (e. g. Godhuman [C], Sanguine Art [Z]) or when caught in an attack that isn't a hard stun (e. g. Awakened Ice [Z]), jumping right after the attack ends/during the attack will trigger the Seismic Jump passive, which will briefly stun the enemy, break their Instinct, and/or cancel their next move, along with the small damage if the player has allocated their stats into Blox Fruit. This technique, however, won't work if the user is not touching the ground.
- If the enemy is running through the Third Sea's Portals and the user has allocated their stats into Blox Fruit, they can try chasing the enemy, and once the user gets through the portal on the other side, they should use the [V] Twilight of the Gods as soon as possible if it's off cool-down, since there's a very high chance that the enemy will be awaiting the user's arrival to start a combo on them. Even if they won't die, they'll most likely have less than 1/2 of their total HP left, so finishing them off with M1 spam or other high AoE moves shouldn't be too difficult.
- This can also work on Portal users who use [C] World Warp in the Second Sea, because they'll most likely teleport the user to a small room (like Remote Island or Dog House in Kingdom of Rose), but it's risky, because there's also a chance that they'll teleport the user to lava in Hot and Cold instead. In this case, if the user knows that they teleported there, they should either not go inside the portal, or, if they decide to follow them, get out of the lava pool as soon as possible.
- If the user has their stats allocated into Sword, use other high AoE/stun moves, like Dragon Talon [C] or Dragonheart [X].
PvE[]
- Buddha’s Seismic Jump can help with farming if the player has their stats on Blox Fruit. This can also help with obtaining Wooden Planks.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Although this fruit is named Buddha, its icon is actually Budai, the laughing monk often mistaken for the real Buddha.
- Buddha used to grant the user twice their health during transformation, which was then removed in order to balance it.
- Buddha was the actual first fruit (the "second-first" fruit being Phoenix) to grant the user health benefits.
- The Japanese Kanji/Traditional Chinese characters around the aura of the awakened version of [Z] Shift mean: 草 (grass), 体 (body), 心 (heart), 魂 (soul), 火 (fire), 水 (water), 風 (wind), and 岩 (stone).
- Similarly, the symbols in the outer circle are derived from Elder Futhark runes, and they represent ᛓ (wealth), ᚨ (god), ᚷ (gift), ᛖ (horse), ᛟ (heritage), ᛈ (pear-tree), ᛝ (the god Ingwaz), ᛗ (man), ᛢ (yew-tree), ᛉ (elk), ᛃ (good year), ᚹ (joy), ᛋ (sun), ᛞ (day), ᚱ (journey), and ᛒ (birch). It's the language of the symbols of the Colosseum Quest.
- A glitch can be done where if the user starts any Raid and use awakened Buddha’s [V] Twilight of the Gods, the final column after the user teleports to the raid island will appear there, and will not disappear before the final explosion reaches Hot and Cold (Raid room).
- The player will get a similar result when they use the move when they get teleported away after the raid ends.
- Buddha and Control are the only fruits that buff weapons. Additionally, Buddha is the only fruit that buffs Fighting Styles.
- Due to the animation of [Z] Shift being under the ground, the user can use this move to collect fruits that are put under tables.
- Buddha's [X] Impact and [V] Buddha Explosion have the same sound effect as one of the Sea Beast's Water Beam moves (while charging).
- Buddha's [Z] move (unawakened) has the same sound effect as the Shocker's Electrical Floor but modified (pitched down).
- The player can perform a speed glitch by first holding any fruit in Buddha form, then initiating shift lock and finally holding the D or S keys whilst pressing the 'jump' button.
- However, the anti-cheat can put the player back in place if they go too fast while using this glitch.
- Considering recent updates, the glitch may have been patched considering recent tests.
- The glitch does not work for Unawakened buddha.
- Buddha's [C] Buddha Leap won't stop falling until it hits a surface of any kind (including walls).
- If the user is in Buddha's [Z] Transform form while using Race Awakening as Rabbit or Shark race, the user's hair will turn golden instead of white.
- When using Buddha and turning Aura on, the user's head will not be affected by the aura. If the user de-transforms with aura active, their head will sometimes still not be affected.
- Buddha is sometimes regarded as 'unskilled' in PvP due to how easy it is to use with high damage output and how players only need to click the screen to get this massive amount of damage, meaning that players don't really need to do anything to get the massive damage.
- In the shop, Buddha is labeled as a fruit that "can M1" despite the fruit itself not having an M1. It could be taken that it can M1 because sword/fighting styles can be used while transformed.
- When using fighting styles to deal damage through M1 while transformed, the player is not able to damage enemies behind the area the player is facing, unlike swords where the player can hit all nearby enemies when using M1 regardless of direction.
- There is a glitch where if the player moves around with Buddha while transformed, and then untransform while running, the player walks like transformed Buddha even though they have already untransformed. Although can be fixed by resetting or jumping and dashing.
Change History[]
Released in Update 1
Update 28
- Glitch with Skull Guitar has been fixed.
- Buddha V1 received a slightly higher Air Jump (around 1.5x) compared to untransformed.
- Buddha's range buff was nerfed
- Buddha icon was remade.
Old Buddha Fruit's icon.
- Buddha Fruit's model was remade.
Old Buddha Fruit's model.
- Human: Buddha was renamed to "Buddha".
- Awakened Buddha's abilities damage were buffed.
- While transformed, the damage of swords' M1 was nerfed.
- Human: Buddha users now deal 27.5% decreased M1 damage, only in PvP.
- [X] Impact (V1) was reworked.
- Human: Buddha received an awakening.
- Human: Buddha was released.
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| Mythical |              |
|---|---|
| Legendary |            |
| Rare |     |
| Uncommon |       |
| Common |        |