

We know that if a Devil Fruit user dies, their fruit reappears (see [In One
Piece, does a Devil Fruit reappear after the user
dies?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/2979/24)). However, this doesn't
answer the question of what happens when the fruit gets destroyed without
being eaten. I don't know if that's even possible, but I imagine so with
sufficient effort.

If a devil fruit is destroyed, would the fruit reincarnate in a nearby fruit
(the same as when the user dies), or would it be destroyed for good?


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What happens if a Devil Fruit is destroyed?


I don't think you can separate destroyed and _being eaten_ , eating a devil
fruit in One Piece pretty much
[_destroys_](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/932/1528) it. So destruction by
power, physical force and or being eaten could be considered as being the
same.

That being said, I would think the same thing would happen in any instance of
it being _'destroyed'_ , it will _'respawn'_ and take on the form of it's
closest _'relative'_.


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The only way you can get a canon answer is from the source. Yet, seeing as
there is no way to just _destroy_ anything, this situation is completely void,
since it would never happen, and would have no reason to.

Since canon won't happen, here's some speculation: Since nothing can be
destroyed, whatever remains of the fruit (and there _will_ be remains) will be
eaten by bacterium. After the bacteria dies, the fruit will be reborn. So, I
guess iKlsR was as right as you could hope for.


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This question has been already answered here:

[In One Piece, does a Devil Fruit reappear after the user
dies?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2979/in-one-piece-does-the-
devil-fruit-reappear-after-the-user-dies)

In summary, when the ability user dies, the ability reborns in another fruit.


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