One Piece 1170 Spoilers: Oda Finally Unveils Loki’s True Power and Roger’s Rescue of Shanks from the Holy Knights

Heads up: major One Piece chapter 1170 spoilers ahead. Early Japanese scans are out, and they blow the lid off Loki, Ragnir, and a power set that leans hard into myth with the kind of bold, slightly bonkers twist Oda loves.

Ragnir vs. Loki, and the Devil Fruit nobody could eat

This all traces back to Loki’s first clash with Ragnir. For ages, Ragnir has been guarding a legendary Devil Fruit, which is why nobody has gotten their hands (or teeth) on it. Loki pushes the fight to the brink, both of them gassed, and then his hammer — yes, the hammer named Ragnir — snaps.

And then it turns into a squirrel. A cute one. Because of course it does.

The squirrel essentially accepts Loki and lets him eat the Fruit. The second he does, his hands morph into claws. Chapter 1170 only shows his silhouette in that form, so the full look is still being teased, but the implication is clear: Loki just leveled up in a very specific, very weird way. Hammer that becomes a squirrel that hands over a legendary Devil Fruit? Wild, but it tracks in this world.

Did Loki really beat Ragnir and King Harald?

Short answer: yes — with a couple caveats. He beats Ragnir (in a technical, story-logic sense) and then goes on to take down King Harald, who also happens to be his father. That is not a small accomplishment by One Piece standards. This is top-tier power scaling territory.

How to hurt an immortal: Gaban’s playbook

Gaban steps in with the explanation that ties everything together. Immortals like Harald aren’t untouchable if you hit them the right way. You coat your blows in Conqueror’s Haki, which causes real pain and slows their recovery. Keep stacking those hits and even an immortal eventually can’t get back up.

'Coat your strikes in Conqueror’s Haki and even so-called immortals feel it. Keep piling it on and they stay down.' — Gaban’s takeaway

If that rings familiar, it should. The Roger Pirates leaned on this exact technique back in the day when they kept having to bail out Shanks. The Holy Knights — also called the God Knights — tried to abduct Shanks multiple times, and Roger’s crew used this Conqueror’s Haki coating strategy to shut them down over and over. It’s a clean callback that makes the new reveal feel earned instead of random.

Loki’s new kit: claws, Haki, and lightning

Armed with Ragnir’s Devil Fruit power, Loki goes after Harald again and absolutely wrecks him. The attacks aren’t just coated in Conqueror’s Haki now — they’re laced with lightning. Subtle as a thunderbolt, the chapter is practically winking at the Norse God of Thunder parallel. Oda is not being coy about the inspiration here.

What the chapter shows (and what it doesn’t)

We only get a shadowy silhouette of Loki’s clawed form this week, so the full reveal is being held for later. A few mechanics are still fuzzy in these early scans, but the broad strokes are solid: Loki earns Ragnir’s trust, eats the legendary Devil Fruit, learns how to hurt immortals the right way, and then proves it on Harald.

• One Piece chapter 1170 drops Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 10 AM ET on Viz Media. All previously released chapters are available there now.