

After the death of Devil Fruit (DF) user, the DF re-spawns. This has been
[explained](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2985/6345). After the death of
Ace, **Mera Mera no Mi** re-spawned as shown in chapter 701.

Marshall D. Teach, user of the **Yami Yami no Mi** fruit, stole the power of
the **Gura Gura no Mi** from White Beard after he died. It is explained that
it does not re-spawn as soon as the user dies.

So how much time does it take to re-spawn and how long does the power of DF
remain inside the user after he/she dies?


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How long does Devil Fruit take to re-spawn after the death of user?


The only proof we have seen so far, indicates that the ability re-spawns
immediately, as can be seen when
[Smiley](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Smiley) died during the Punk Hazard
arc.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/etgphm.png)

Marshall D. Teach isn't a good counter-example as he probably didn't use the
conventional way to obtain his second devil fruit power. He must have used his
powers to obtain the power instead of just eating it. I believe that he used
his powers to trap the spirit before it could be reborn. I believe he absorbed
the devil, the moment it got out of Whitebeard's body and before it could
travel to the nearest fruit in order to be reborn.

The fact that Caeser deliberately put a sack of apples near the location he
would kill Salamander indicates that he was aware of the fact that it would
re-spawn immediately. If it wouldn't, there wouldn't be any point in putting a
bunch of apples in the sleigh near Smiley. And even if it was just a major
coincidence that the apples were there, it still shows that the Salamander
fruit demon was reborn the instant Smiley died.

I don't think it is a well known fact though. Otherwise the Marines would have
put a fruit similar to the fire fruit nearby Marineford to keep that awesome
power within the Marines. Or maybe they did and Doflamingo stole the fruit in
the end. We can only speculate on how Doflamingo got the Fire fruit, as it
hasn't been revealed and I doubt it will be revealed further down the series.


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