Life

Users' abilities

Users' abilities[]

Lloyd sharing his power to the ninja through their connection

Vita-Ergokinesis - The user is able to manipulate, project, and generate a mystical green energy drawn from life.
- Vita-Ergokinetic Aura - The user can create an energy aura drawn from life around themselves for protection from direct contact.^[24]
- Bio-Ergokinesis - The user can possibly manipulate energy in their body in many ways, like creating bio-energy constructs or controlling their own biological energy.
- Vita-Ergokinetic Attacks - The user can attack with life energy.
  - Vita-Ergokinetic Infusion - The user can infuse themselves or an object with life energy to increase the strength of their blows.
    - Vita-Ergokinetic Strike - The user is able to supercharge their strikes with life energy to have more power in physical attacks.^[24]
  - Vita-Ergokinetic Blast - The user can release blasts of life energy over a specific target area, causing great damage and/or delivering great shock waves of pure force. These blasts can be strong enough to knock someone back, destroy ghosts, and blast away large objects.
  - Vita-Ergokinetic Ball Projection - The users of this ability are able to create balls of life energy that can be dispersive, concussive, or explosive.
    - Vita-Ergo-Vómvagenesis - The user can create or launch bombs of life energy. The result of the bomb could be concussive, dispersive, or explosive. This was seen in "The Corridor of Elders" while Lloyd was releasing his anger when Garmadon chose to send himself away to the Cursed Realm to release the Anacondrai generals and stop Chen.
  - Vita-Ergokinetic Beam Emission - The user can project concentrated beams of life energy for a range of damage strengths. The result of the beam could be concussive, dispersive, or explosive.^[25]
  - Vita-Ergokinetic Wave Emission - The user can send out a massive wave of life energy to knock enemies back. This was seen in "The Merge: Part 2" (when Lloyd was powered up by the Dragon Matriarch while doing Spinjitzu).
  - Vita-Ergokinetic Bolt Projection - The user can create bolts of life energy and control the intensity/power of their projectiles. These bolts could be used to stun, burn, injure, or even penetrate/stab the enemy, and they can be fired in short sequence.
    - Explosive Bolt Projection - As seen when Lloyd was attacking Ras in "Rising Ninja”, the user is able to fire explosive bolts of life energy.
- Vita-Ergokinetic Propulsion - The user can propel themselves up or forward using life energy.
- Prásinos-Pyrokinesis - The user can create green-colored fire.^[26]^[27]
- Prásinos-Electrokinesis - The user can create green-colored electricity.^[28]
- Vita-Ergo-Flyrogenesis - The user can make a shield of pure life energy that is capable of blocking various attacks.
  - Elemental Shield - The user can create a Life elemental shield to reenter the atmosphere at high velocity.^[12]
    - Radiation Resistance - The user's elemental shield can resist the radiation from entering the planet's atmosphere.
    - Space Survivability - The user's elemental shield likely allows them to survive in the vacuum of outer space, as seen in "The Titanium Ninja" while the Ninja were about to enter their planet's atmosphere.
  - Poison/Acid Resistance - As seen with Kai using the Staff of Elements in "The Forgotten Element", the user's life energy shield can resist poison/acid.
  - Vita-Ergokinetic/Force-Field Imprisonment - The user can possibly use their life energy shield to imprison people, as seen when Kai used the Staff of Elements to surround Lloyd in a life energy barrier though it was only to protect him from the raining poison.
- Elemental creations - The user can create living things or objects out of Life.
- Vehicle Modification - The user can modify a vehicle as shown with the Jungle Raider.
- Photogenesis - As seen in "The Message", the user can release Life as a light for illumination purposes.
- Elemental Power Augmentation - The user can also enhance the Elemental Powers of other people that are connected with them. This was first seen in the Whispering Wood when Lloyd stabilized Ice and Wind after he received a temporary recharge from the Source Energy in the wood. In "Birthright", Lloyd permanently restored all the destabilized powers using his newfound potential.
- Life Energy Empowerment - Users like Lloyd appear to grow stronger through life energy.
Elemental Dragon - The user can create a Life Energy Dragon.

Via the users' True Potential[]

Source Energy Stabilization - After performing the Ritual of Unrooting, the Master of Life is able to stabilize the Source Energy present in the Merged Lands.
- Elemental Power Restoration/Stabilization - After completing the Ritual of Unrooting, Lloyd was able to restore destabilized Elemental powers.
Power Sharing - Lloyd was also able to share this draconic form with his friends; particularly Nya, Kai, Jay, and Zane.
Self-Power Augmentation - By completing the Ritual of Unrooting, Lloyd appears to have enhanced his own Elemental Power.
Psychic Link - Users like Lloyd can use Life to establish a psychic connection with others.
- Life Connection - As stated by the Arc Dragon of Life in "The Heartbeat of all the Realms", users establish a permanent connection to all life after completing the Ritual of Unrooting.
Source Energy Detection - After completing the Ritual of Unrooting, the user can sense Source energy and its manipulations as seen in "The Heartbeat of all the Realms", when Lloyd sensed the Weapon of Desolation channeling unbalanced Source energy in Imperium.
- Elemental Power Detection - By sensing Source energy, Lloyd also appears to be able to sense the Weapon's manipulation of Elemental Powers.

Corrupted powers[]

Mutakinesis - Being made from Life Elemental energy, Mutation Monsters can manipulate a corrupted form of Life that manifests as mutations.
- Mutakinetic Attacks - Mutation Monsters can attack with mutation or corrupted Life energy.
  - Optic Beams/Lasers - Mutation Monsters can fire mutation or Life energy beams/lasers from their single eyes.
  - Mutakinetic Blasts - Mutation Monsters can fire blasts of mutation or corrupted life energy.
  - Poison Inducement - Mutation Monsters can inflict a deadly poison onto their victims via their attacks, as one was able to poison Riyu with the Numbness by blasting him with its optical lasers multiple times.
  - Mutakinetic Bolt Projection - Mutation Monsters can fire bolts of mutation or corrupted life energy.
- Personal Mutation Manipulation - Mutation Monsters can manipulate and trigger mutations within themselves.
- Mutation/Evolution Inducement - The energy of Mutation Monsters can induce mutations or evolutions if directly injected, as it triggered an evolutionary process in Riyu, causing him to grow larger and become stronger.
  - Power/Energy Amplification - The Mutation Monsters’ energy can also amplify powers if directly injected, as it did to Riyu, whose dragon energy was boosted.
- Muta-Spathígenesis - Mutation Monsters can create katanas from mutation energy.

Weaknesses

Weaknesses[]

Overdependency (formerly) - While Lloyd's powers can enhance the powers of the other ninja, Morro disrupted their connection by possessing him, stripping them of their elemental powers until he released his hold on the Green Ninja.^[29] But as of "Big Trouble, Little Ninjago", this is no longer the case, most likely due to the passage of time and Lloyd's growth causing the ninja's powers to function more independently from him.^[30]
Underwater Environments - Lloyd mentioned that his powers wouldn't be effective underwater.^[31]

Notable uses

Notable uses[]

Pirates vs. Ninja[]

When Lloyd drops in, the Ninja tell him not to fight before Kai puts him in a barrel. In an attempt to get out of the barrel, Lloyd uses his first Spinjitzu, although he didn't use it against Captain Soto and ended up being defeated by him.

Lloyd accidentally used his Life for the first time, which resulted in the ninja being trapped under the mast. But, Nya (in her Samurai X mech) stops the pirates, and repairs the ship.

Ghost Story[]

After possessing Lloyd, Morro used the Green Ninja's power of Life to summon a corrupted version of his Energy Dragon. When he got onto the Destiny's Bounty and fought both Cole and Jay, he used a combination of his ghost powers and Life to fire green Lightning bolts at Nya, crippling the autopilot, causing the ship to crash in a nearby forest.

Curseworld, Part II[]

When Lloyd returned from the Cursed Realm, he confronted Morro one last time and attacked with a Life energy blast, knocking the ghost warrior back.

The following events were undone due to Jay's final wish, and thus, did not happen in the current timeline.

Enkrypted[]

After Lloyd freed himself of his Vengestone chains, he used a Life energy blast to destroy the other ninja's chains. Once they escaped the "Hole," he used another Life energy blast to destroy the door.

Wishmasters[]

After Cole wished for Vengestone to make their powers stronger, Lloyd charged at some pirates with Life until it became uncontrollable, forcing him to break the chains with his power.

The Way Back[]

When the Ninja were confronting Nadakhan, Lloyd released Life at a pillar to distract the pirate captain for Kai and Cole to attack, only to fail until Jay distracted the djinn enough for the Green Ninja to hit the latter with a Life energy blast.

The following events occurred after Jay made his final wish, and thus, happened.

Dark Island Trilogy, Part 2[]

When fighting against Dogshank, Lloyd used Life Spinjitzu but the former broke through the tornado, something the Green Ninja thought was impossible but he eventually defeated her using a powerful Life energy blast.

The Message[]

When entering the ice cave, Lloyd uses Life for light. He then uses it again to power up the deactivated Titan Mech by welding the wires together before using the element to power up its battery.

Awakenings[]

Lloyd used Life to battle the Ice Emperor, who he realized is Zane corrupted by the Scroll of Forbidden Spinjitzu.

Grief-Bringer[]

Lloyd used Life to blast Grief-Bringer, managing to get a direct hit on the dragon, and the latter loses most of his bones; however, the Skull of Hazza D'ur reconstructs the skeletal dragon.

Rising Ninja[]

During the Ritual of the Blood Moon, Lloyd used Life to attack Ras, but the tiger warrior dodges his attacks and used the Icon of the Source Dragon of Strength to deflect the ninja's Life energy blast and even knock him out of his Spinjitzu.

The Sword Shatters[]

During his fight with Zeatrix, Lloyd used Life to counter her elemental powers. He used a Life energy blast against his opponent’s Shockwave and Surface Tension bomb.

Elements of Betrayal[]

Nokt used Life after obtaining it during the Tournament of the Sources. He used it several times to attack the Ninja in the Monastery of Gates, using it to attack and counter both Ras and the Ninja. While battling Kai, Nokt used Life to blow him back as part of his Figment assault and when blowing the other Ninja away to prevent them from helping the Fire Ninja.

Chaos Unchained[]

Lloyd used Life to blast off one of Drix’s arm, causing the insect-like warrior to drop the Blue Prismatic Blade, while fighting the rest of the Forbidden Five.

Chaos Reigns[]

When the Unbidden Storm lost power, Lloyd used Life in an attempt to recharge it but to no avail.

After defeating Thunderfang, Lloyd felt a dizziness and attempted to use Life but his power short-circuited, which was due to the Source Dragons of Strength, Life, and Focus leaving the Council of Sources as punishment for waking the Arc Dragon of Focus against their will.

Symbol

Symbol[]

Life symbol from season 1
Life symbol from season 2
Life symbol from season 2-7
Life symbol from the Tournament of the Sources

In the first seasons, the symbols of Life on Lloyd's ZX gi originally resembled a snake eating its tail. This symbol likely represents his connection to the Serpentine.

On Lloyd's Elemental kimono gi, the snake symbol has developed into a full snake head, possibly representing Lloyd's growth and journey to unlock his True Potential.

From the end of "Legacy of the Green Ninja" to "The Hands of Time", the symbol of Life on some of Lloyd's gis has changed into a dragon. The symbol likely represents Lloyd as one of Ninjago's protectors, just as dragons are said to protect certain objects or buildings in folktales.

The symbol of Life shown in the Tournament of the Sources resembles a lime colored eight-pointed star.

Notable users

Notable users[]

First Spinjitzu Master^[3]
First Master of Life^[4]
- Numerous generations
  - Lloyd Garmadon
Morro (while possessing Lloyd; briefly)
Nokt (briefly)
Enemy Lloyd (illusion)

Staff of Elements[]

Master Chen (formerly)
Kai (briefly)

Amber[]

Skylor Chen (briefly)

Creatures[]

Materials/Substances[]

Chronosteel (absorbed; formerly)
Blue Crystal (absorbed; formerly)
Dragon Ivory (channeled)

Tools/Objects[]

Super Bolt (non-canon)
Green Ninja cycle (destroyed)
Jungle Raider (channeled; briefly)
Staff of Elements (absorbed; formerly; destroyed)
Scrolls of Forbidden Spinjitzu (channeled; formerly)
- Aspheera's staff (channeled with a Forbidden Scroll; briefly)
- Zane's scepter (channeled with a Forbidden Scroll; briefly; destroyed)
Djinn Blade (absorbed in an alternate timeline; formerly; destroyed)
Crown of Horns (channeled)
Dragon Hook (channeled)
Elemental Cup (absorbed; formerly)
Energy extraction device

Techniques[]

Spinjitzu (channeled)
- Tornado of Creation (briefly)
- Forbidden Spinjitzu (channeled; formerly)
- Rising Dragon (channeled)
- Dragon Spinjitzu (channeled)
Elemental creations
Elemental shields
Elemental Dragons
Airjitzu (channeled)
True Potential/Draconus Form

Appearances

Appearances[]

Sets

Boxed Sets

Magazine Gifts

892501 Lloyd

Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Season 1: Rise of the Snakes

4. "Never Trust a Snake" (dream)

Season 2: Legacy of the Green Ninja

Season 3: Rebooted

33. "The Void"
34. "The Titanium Ninja"

"Day of the Departed"

94. "Green Destiny"

Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu

1. "Master Class"

Season 10: March of the Oni

Season 11: Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitzu

99. "Wasted True Potential"
102. "The Belly of the Beast"
103. "Boobytraps and How to Survive Them"
106. "Snaketastrophy"
107. "Powerless"
108. "Ancient History"
112. "Vengeance is Mine!"
114. "The Never-Realm"
115. "Fire Maker"
116. "An Unlikely Ally"
118. "The Message"
127. "Once and for All"
128. "Awakenings"

Season 12: Prime Empire

131. "Level Thirteen"

Season 13: Master of the Mountain

Season 2

Season 3

41. "The Missing"
42. "The Ultimate Object of Admiration"
45. "I Alone Can Save Them"
49. "Chaos Unchained"
50. "The Shatter Dragon"
54. "Casket of Bones"
56. "Under the Light of a Mechanical Moon"

1. "To Become a Monster"
3. "False Light"

Video games

LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (non-canon)
The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame (non-canon)

Trivia

Trivia[]

The name of this element was unclear before Dragons Rising Season 4:
- Initially, Lloyd's power was rarely named nor is he ever called "Elemental Master of Energy" in the show. The one time Lloyd or any character directly called his power "Energy" was when he summoned his Elemental Dragon while leaving Chen's Island. Tommy Andreasen said that in his opinion, calling Lloyd the "Master of Energy" would be incorrect and is not something that has been said in the show.^[32]^[33] However, Lloyd does call himself the "Master of Energy" in his "Meet the Ninja" video. The subtitle for his section in the play guide for Choose the Path is "Lloyd (Green Ninja/Master of Energy)", a video on LEGO.com calls him "The Elemental Master of Energy,"^[34] and a LEGO store description of set 71794 Lloyd and Arin's Ninja Team Mechs describes Lloyd's element as Energy.^[35]
  - Lloyd's Tournament of Sources suit, had the initials of "MOE" (short for "Master of Energy") on its sash, implying "Energy" was the name of Lloyd's element.
- Chen called Lloyd the Master of Power in "Ninja Roll", implying "Power" is another name for Lloyd's elemental power. However, Andreasen said that "Master Chen was a criminal and a liar. His word is hardly anything to consider canon,"^[36] implying that "Power" is not an accurate term either.
  - Lloyd's Elemental Power Mech implied that Lloyd's element was called "Power" due to the naming conventions of the Elemental Mechs aligning with Chen's label of this element, though this set is non-canon.
- The vagueness of what exactly Lloyd's power is meant to be is alluded to when Cole struggles to explain what it is in "The Oni and the Dragon".
- Roby (in the Source Tournament) called Lloyd the Elemental Master of Life and the the Arc Dragon of Life later did the same.
  - According to Glen Lakin, Roby called the element "Life" and not Energy because the City of Temples traveled across different realms for thousands of years, leading to their language being shaped by various cultures. For example, if there were a Master of Life Energy, some languages might drop "Energy" while others might forget the "Life".^[15] This suggests that the element has different names depending on the culture and realm.
  - Coincidentally, "Life" seems to be an acronym for the four elements of Creation: Lightning, Ice, Fire, and Earth.
Life cannot bestow Elemental Powers to other beings.^[37]
The ninja have stated that Lloyd is more powerful than all of them combined.^[38]
- Tommy Andreasen stated Lloyd (even without Golden Power) is still stronger than the other ninja by around 20%.^[39]
- Cole stated in "The Oni and the Dragon" that Life is a combination of the four elements of Creation.^[23]^[40] Lloyd is able to mimic the properties of the four elements:
  - In "Game of Masks", as a light source, Lloyd created green-colored Fire.
  - In "The Message", he created green-colored electricity (or Lightning) to charge the Titan Mech's battery.
  - In "The Lean of a Tree", Lloyd states that Life doesn't burn like fire or shock like lightning, suggesting that it merely mimics these aspects rather than possessing them.
Aside from Water, Life seems to be one of the only three Elements that are capable of harming ghosts alongside Fire and Lightning, as when Lloyd and Morro were fighting between the realms, Morro was seen being knocked back by Life energy attacks.
Tommy Andreasen thinks the ability to become stronger from the presence of the other ninja is exclusive to Lloyd, rather than a trait inherent to Life.^[41]
- Season 4 of Dragons Rising shows Life's power comes from Lloyd's connection to others.^[21]
- Life's power being drawn from the connections around them is similar to Green from The LEGO Ninjago Movie. However, this was unintended.^[42]
When asked "Is Lloyd's elemental power officially life? And if so, does he have the ability to heal people?", Chris "Doc" Wyatt also replied "Hang on to this question for now." ^[43]
Lloyd's green eyes from Season 8 onward are connected to his powers, as his eyes become black when he loses them. This was originally hinted at in the first chapter of the "could-be-canonical" novel, Way of the Departed, where Cole says "Lloyd’s eyes have started changing after Master Wu went missing. He trains alone so intensely, and he is really connecting with his powers ... whatever it is."
- Tommy Andreasen also said, "Strange things happen to your body when you hit puberty. I guess that’s especially true for an Elemental Master."^[44]
- When his powers were removed in "Clues and Suspects", Lloyd's eyes remained green due to residual energy.^[45]
As of Season 8, Lloyd occasionally moves his hands in a circular motion while charging attacks. In addition, before Season 8, Lloyd mostly used his power to create energy spheres or concentrated beams, but from Season 8 and onwards, he seems to be more flexible in his attacks.
Tommy Andreasen doesn't really consider Lloyd's power an element.^[46]
According to Andreasen in April 2022, he hoped that no one will find the true meaning of Lloyd's element since it "would make it less special."^[47]
- In 2026, he stated that in his mind, Lloyd's "powers were never meant to be defined and understood".^[48]
According to Tommy Andreasen, the power is unique to Lloyd because he is "the only natural born son in the lineage of FSM… with a prophecy to defeat the dark lord."^[49]
- Ninjago: Dragons Rising would eventually contradict this statement as the series revealed there were multiple generations of Elemental Masters of Life before Lloyd, including the First Spinjitzu Master,^[4]^[3] and introduced dra go ns possessing the element.
- Additionally, in 2026, Andreasen revealed that there were "ideas" for Lloyd to "pass his powers on".^[50]
- Lloyd is the first Elemental Master of Life in Ninjago.^[51]
Life would seek a new host if Lloyd ever died.^[52]
- The reason it didn't happen in "The Shatter Dragon" even when Thunderfang killed Lloyd was because his powers wouldn't have passed to a different host unless the Shatter Dragon died while still having the Green Ninja's soul.
When asked if each Source Dragon has an equivalent of Life, Chris "Doc" Wyatt replied "Uh. Hmmm. Basically, yes."^[53]
Currently, it is unknown whether Life, known as the power that connects through and between all things, is the reason why it has always had a special connection to the Elements of Creation.

Gallery

Gallery[]

In LEGO form[]

Wu's Teas[]

The Island[]

In Ninjago: Dragons Rising[]

Season 1[]

Season 2[]

Season 3[]

Season 4[]

In Ninjago: Legends[]

Monstrosity[]

In the Land of Monsters[]

In other media[]

The Weekend Whip (15th Anniversary mix)[]

Translations

Translations[]

Energy[]

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	能量
Czech	Energie
Dutch	Energie
Finnish	Energia
French	Énergie
German	Energie
Italian	Energia
Japanese	エネルギー
Polish	Energia
Portuguese	Energia
Russian	Энергия
Spanish (Latin America)	Energía
Ukrainian	Енергія
Turkish	Enerji

Green power[]

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	绿色能量
French	Pouvoir Vert
German	Grüne Kraft
Hungarian	zöld erő
Italian	Potere Verde
Japanese	グリーンパワー
Polish	Zielona Moc
Russian	Зелёная сила
Spanish (Latin America)	Poder Verde
Ukrainian	Зелена сила

Power[]

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	能力
Dutch	Kracht
French	Pouvoir
German	Kraft
Italian	Potere
Japanese	力
Polish	Moc
Russian	Сила
Spanish (Latin America)	Poder
Ukrainian	Сила

Life[]

Language	Name
Chinese (Simplified)	生命
Dutch	Leven Licht (translation error; "The Sword Shatters")
French	Vie
German	Leben Energie (translation error; "The Sword Shatters")
Italian	Vita
Japanese	人生
Polish	Życie
Russian	Жизнь
Spanish (Latin America)	Vida Luz (translation error; "The Sword Shatters")
Spanish (Spain)	Vida
Ukrainian	Життя

References

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