Do You Have What it Takes to Find 28 Year Old Treasure?
Summary
• On March 3, 2026, Eiichiro Oda wrote down the answer to what the One Piece treasure is during a video celebrating 600M copies sold.
• He sealed the written answer inside a treasure chest and had it sunk to the ocean floor, where it will remain until the manga ends.
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The One Piece is the final treasure left by Gol D. Roger at the end of the Grand Line. It is confirmed within the story to be a real, physical reward located on Laugh Tale, but its exact nature has never been revealed. As of March 2026, only Eiichiro Oda knows what it is.
On March 3, 2026, in a video celebrating One Piece selling 600 million copies, Eiichiro Oda wrote down the answer to what the One Piece treasure is, sealed it inside a treasure chest, and had it sunk deep underwater (to the ocean floor). The official @Eiichiro_Staff account shared this, reigniting long-running speculation about what the treasure actually is. The chest is planned to be retrieved when the manga officially ends.
Large media and fan accounts quickly amplified it. DiscussingFilm, which has over 2.7M followers, shared the news with a broader entertainment audience:
NewWorldArtur, a One Piece-focused account with around 350K followers, reposted the clip to its fanbase:
Pewpiece, another major One Piece account with over 400K followers, also shared the story:
The situation quickly turned into meme material. One user joked that it would be funny if someone found the treasure before the manga reveals it:
Another post joked about fans starting a real-life “Great Pirate Era” to search for the chest themselves:
The renewed wave of posts pushed the long-standing mystery back into timelines across anime and mainstream entertainment audiences on March 3. ONE reached an all time high market cap of $1.4M within 2 hours of launch.
