A piece author reveals Cross Guild's bounty system

Key takeaways

• The Cross Guild created a bounty system targeting marines, creating chaos and further weakening them.
• Fleet admirals have the highest bounties, followed by admirals, with exceptions such as Garp and Coby allocated higher bounties.
• Cross Guild's effective bounty system caused marine casualties, putting them at risk and potentially leading to war.

The Cross Guild emerged as the largest organization a piece the world Crocodile and Mihawk came up with the idea for the organization, but due to some ridiculous circumstances, the whole world came to believe that it was Buggy's idea. The World Government wastes no time naming Buggy as one of the Yonko and placing a bounty of over 3 billion berries on his opinion.

The Cross Guild has elite fighters within its ranks, but its bounty system is the main reason the world fears the organization. In a recent Q&A session, Eiichiro Oda sat down and explained how Cross Guild's bounty system works.

Cross Guild's bounty system

How the organization caused problems for the Marines

Cross Guild has developed a bounty system targeting Marines. They place bounties on notable marines, making them targets for criminals and civilians alike. According to Ichiro Oda, the purpose of Cross Guild's bounty system is to create chaos for the Marines. Marines' lives are in danger, so they have to be more careful. The organization maintains a system that awards bounties based on sea power, and this is more or less an accurate representation.

• Fleet Admiral: 5 crowns or 5 billion berries
• Admiral: 3 crowns or 3 billion berries
• Vice Admiral: 5 stars or 500 million berries
• Rear Admiral: 2 stars or 200 million berries
• Commodores: 1 star or 100 million berries
• Captains: 1 star or 100 million berries
• Field officers: up to 100 million berries
• Junior officers: 100 thousand beri

Fleet Admiral makes perfect sense as having the highest bounty. He is not only the leader of the Marines, but he is the strongest member within the organization. There are three admirals below the fleet admiral, and they are considered the largest arm of the Marines. Each admiral has insane abilities, allowing them to take down the most sinister criminals. Admirals are followed by vice admirals and rear admirals. Other ranks generally have no elite fighters, but the Cross Guild keeps an eye out for exceptions and offers bounties accordingly.

Garp and Coby are exceptions

Monkey D. Garp and Koby are confirmed as the two exceptions to Cross Guild's ranking system. Garp is a vice admiral, so in theory, his reward should be 500 million berries. However, the Cross Guild is aware of Garp's monstrous power. So, they set him a reward of 3 crowns or 3 billion berries. Garp is a living legend who lives in Gol D. Roger, Shicky, Whitebeard, Rox d. Fought against Zebek, etc. He is also the only Marine to engage the Pirate King in battle. Because of his involvement in the God Valley incident, Garp was known as a hero to the Marines, so his high reward is absolutely justified. One could argue that if Garp were younger his reward would be the same as that of the admiral.

Coby joined the Marines as a coward who was unable to stand his ground. However, he has become an excellent fighter. Currently, Kobi holds the rank of captain. Normally, Marines in this rank are awarded a bounty of 100 million berries. But the Cross Guild is aware of his achievements, so Kobe has a 500 million berry reward. Koby has access to two types of Haki and can use them at high levels. He also has the title of “Hero” given after the Rocky Port incident.

How effective is the cross guild bounty system?

Cross Guild's bounty system has already proven its effectiveness. The first Marine to fall victim to it was none other than Vice Admiral T-Bone. He was a great man who always put the feelings of others before his own. Even when he was attacked by a normal person, it is possible that T-Bone did not stop him because he was aware of his condition. T-Bone's death shocked the Marines, and they knew it was foolish to ignore the Cross Guild.

Don't lose your head…justice will always prevail. – Monkey d. Garp

Cross Guild's new system will affect more Marines, many of whom will lose their lives. This puts the Marines at significantly increased risk, and they will no longer be able to move around freely. In one swift move the Cross Guild eliminated the advantage they had over the pirates. Sengoku and the other higher-ups are aware of the Cross Guild's threat, so it won't be long before they declare war on them.

What's going on in Cross Guild?

As already stated, Dracul Mihawk and Crocodile Cross are the real leaders of the guild, and they just want to enjoy their lives. However, Buggy's rousing speech kept them in the middle of the chase for a piece. Buggy wants to claim a piece, and his underlings are more than willing to follow their captain. Crocodile and Mihawk can beat the buggy, but it's too late to stop the movement as the wheels are already set in motion.