The Ammo Knights form the royal guard protecting the Neptune Family in the Ryugu Kingdom on Fish-Man Island. Recognizable by their spiral-shell helmets and tridents, they uphold order across the undersea realm.
Each guard wears a large striped shell, coiled like an ammonite, as headgear, with matching shells serving as shoulder protection. A black covering conceals their eyes, and a single horn juts forward from the front of the helmet in the manner of a unicorn. Tridents are their standard armament.
As the sworn protectors of the royal house, the Ammo Knights are taken to be formidable, capable of keeping the peace throughout the kingdom. Even so, they could not stand against the New Fish-Man Pirates. Notably, that enemy had to rely on energy steroids to overpower them, which suggests the guards rank above the average fish-man in raw strength.
The guards first turn up while the young princes are visiting Mermaid Cove, receiving orders to round up the Straw Hats across the island, a task they fail to complete. At the palace they are later overcome by the same pirates and end up bound alongside Neptune and his ministers. Toward the climax, a number of them are stationed beyond the island and within the control room governing its air tank, where they assist Luffy and the princes in firing a blast of air to push the colossal ship Noah off its collision course.

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The Ammo Knights are the royal guard protecting the Neptune Family in the Ryugu Kingdom on Fish-Man Island. They are recognizable by their spiral-shell helmets and tridents and are tasked with upholding order across the undersea realm.
Each Ammo Knight wears a large striped shell coiled like an ammonite as headgear, with matching shells serving as shoulder protection. A black covering conceals their eyes, and a single horn juts forward from the helmet like a unicorn's horn.
As the sworn protectors of the Ryugu Kingdom's royal house, the Ammo Knights are considered formidable and capable of keeping the peace throughout the kingdom. Even so, the New Fish-Man Pirates managed to overpower them, though only by relying on energy steroids, suggesting the guards rank above the average fish-man in raw strength.
No, the Ammo Knights failed to complete their orders against the Straw Hat Pirates. They were sent to round up the crew across Fish-Man Island but could not stop them, and they were later overcome at the palace and left bound alongside Neptune and his ministers.
Toward the climax of the Fish-Man Island arc, several Ammo Knights were stationed in the control room governing the island's air tank. There, they helped Luffy and the princes fire a blast of air that pushed the colossal ship Noah off its collision course with the island.
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