Kanohi Nuva
The Toa Nuva's Powered-Up Masks
The most powerful Masks of Power ever created, granting each Toa Nuva fundamentally enhanced abilities.

The KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Nuva were the most powerful Masks of PowerEvery Kanohi Mask and Its Power: the full BIONICLE masks listKanohi are the masks of power at the heart of BIONICLE. This list covers every major mask from the Toa Mata's Great masks and the Turaga's Noble masks to the Legendary Vahi and Ignika, with each mask's power and the characters who wore it. ever forged, and they were the Toa NuvaToa NuvaThe form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui.'s biggest power spike after the BohrokBohrokHive-minded mechanical creatures designed to reshape worlds, the Bohrok represent a threat the Toa Mata never expected. and Bohrok-KalBohrok-KalSix elite Bohrok designed to free the imprisoned Bahrag, they nearly defeated the Toa Nuva before the Toa turned their own powers against them. conflicts ended. Each Toa received one through a dangerous quest across Mata NuiMata NuiBuilt by the Great Beings to restore Spherus Magna, Mata Nui sustained an entire civilisation inside his body, was deposed by Teridax, and reclaimed his purpose as a mortal on Bara Magna., tasked by the TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. to prove their worthiness. The Nuva versions functioned differently from their predecessors, giving each Toa capabilities that a standard KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. couldn't match. The difference between a KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Mata and a KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Nuva was qualitative.
The Quest for Power#
Tales of the Masks documents how the TuragaTuragaFormer Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities. sent the Toa NuvaToa NuvaThe form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui. across Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years. to locate six KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Nuva. The trials tested each Toa in different ways. OnuaOnuaOnua was the Toa Mata and Toa Nuva of Earth, a quiet, deliberate warrior whose patience and underground mastery anchored his team across the Matoran Universe. descended into Onu-KoroOnu-KoroOnu-Koro was the earth engineers' city, where underground isolation created one of Mata Nui's most self-sufficient settlements, until the Bohrok came.'s deepest tunnels, battling ManasManasManas are a species of Rahi that exist in two color variants, one black, grey, and yellow and the other white, grey, and orange, and are armed with claws. and Kofo-JagaKofo-JagaVenomous scorpion Rahi that posed a relentless threat to Onu-Wahi's miners and forced the Toa Nuva to use creative tactics during their search for Kanohi Nuva. swarms to claim his mask. GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui. navigated the flooding and reconstruction of Ga-KoroKoroThe Koros were the six elemental villages built on Mata Nui after the Great Rescue, on sites the Toa Metru had chosen, each tied to one element and one Turaga. while pursuing hers. KopakaKopakaKopaka was the Toa Nuva of Ice, the loner of the Toa Mata, and one of the six warriors created on Artakha to protect the Great Spirit Mata Nui. trekked through a snowstorm that had stripped his ice resistance, forcing him to rely on skill rather than his natural advantages. None of these were straightforward journeys. Each Toa had to prove they'd grown beyond their origins on Mata NuiMata Nui (Location)An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years..
Masks Reborn#
What made the KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe. Nuva different was that each granted abilities beyond the original KanohiKanohiMasks that grant powers and sustain life, they're the most vital artifact in the Matoran Universe.'s scope. TahuTahu, Toa of FireTahu served as Toa Mata, Toa Nuva, and Toa Mistika of Fire, leading his team from the first landing on Mata Nui to the destruction of the Rahkshi army on Bara Magna.'s Hau NuvaHau NuvaThe Hau Nuva was the Toa Nuva variant of the Mask of Shielding, capable of protecting both wearer and nearby allies from anticipated physical attack. could shield multiple allies at once. According to Comic 8, the Hau NuvaHau NuvaThe Hau Nuva was the Toa Nuva variant of the Mask of Shielding, capable of protecting both wearer and nearby allies from anticipated physical attack. could shield multiple allies, a capability the original mask could not achieve. GaliGali, Toa of WaterThe Toa Nuva of Water and conscience of the Toa Mata, whose attunement to her element anchored the team across every campaign from Mata Nui to Karda Nui.'s KaukauKaukauThe Mask of Water Breathing lets you dive deep, but depth and time limits are what make it matter. Nuva expanded her water control. KopakaKopakaKopaka was the Toa Nuva of Ice, the loner of the Toa Mata, and one of the six warriors created on Artakha to protect the Great Spirit Mata Nui.'s AkakuAkakuKopaka's mask of x-ray vision was Bionicle's most practical power, granting sight through stone and snow where others saw only obstacles. Nuva refined his thermal vision into something new. These upgrades reflected how far they'd come since their awakening.
Compiled from primary sources by Lore Fortress editorial. Reviewed by Joe Garratt, Editor-in-Chief.
Sources
- BookBIONICLE Chronicles 4: Tales of the Masks, Greg Farshtey, 2002
- ComicComic 8: The End of the Toa?, 2002
- WikiKanohi Nuva, Biosector01 database entry
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Hau Nuva
The Hau Nuva was the Toa Nuva variant of the Mask of Shielding, capable of protecting both wearer and nearby allies from anticipated physical attack.

Koro
The Koros were the six elemental villages built on Mata Nui after the Great Rescue, on sites the Toa Metru had chosen, each tied to one element and one Turaga.

Toa Nuva
The form the Toa Mata took after stepping into the Energized Protodermis beneath the Bahrag, with new masks, new tools, and the elemental scale to fight Karda Nui.

Turaga
Former Toa who fulfilled their destiny and transformed into leaders. Turaga wield Noble Kanohi masks and weakened elemental powers, guiding their communities.

Kofo-Jaga
Venomous scorpion Rahi that posed a relentless threat to Onu-Wahi's miners and forced the Toa Nuva to use creative tactics during their search for Kanohi Nuva.

Mata Nui (Location)
An island created by accident on the Great Spirit's face, home to the Matoran for a thousand years.
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Aki
The Kanohi Aki was the Great Mask of Valor worn by Akamai, the Toa Kaita formed by Tahu, Onua, and Pohatu during the assault on the Manas.
Aki Nuva
The Kanohi Nuva Mask of Valor, the Nuva-tier upgrade of the Aki, described in the guides but never formed in the story.
Every Kanohi Mask and Its Power: the full BIONICLE masks list
Kanohi are the masks of power at the heart of BIONICLE. This list covers every major mask from the Toa Mata's Great masks and the Turaga's Noble masks to the Legendary Vahi and Ignika, with each mask's power and the characters who wore it.
Ga-Matoran
The Water-element Matoran of Ga-Metru and Ga-Koro, a female Matoran type, who filled the schools of Metru Nui and crewed the boats of the Mata Nui coast.
Ga-Suva
Gali's shrine in Ga-Koro, the floating village's store for her Kanohi and later her Nuva Symbol, whose light came as the Pahrak siege collapsed.
Great Temple Squid
A massive predatory Rahi of the deep channels beneath Metru Nui, known for twelve beak-tipped arms and a crushing central maw.
Hau Nuva
The Hau Nuva was the Toa Nuva variant of the Mask of Shielding, capable of protecting both wearer and nearby allies from anticipated physical attack.
Ko-Suva
Kopaka's shrine in Ko-Koro, the ice village's repository of his Kanohi and the Nuva Symbol that anchored his connection to the element of Ice.
Nuva Symbol
The six carved emblems in which the Toa Nuva stored their elemental power after sealing the Bahrag, and which the Bohrok-Kal stole one by one.
Po-Suva
Pohatu's shrine in Po-Koro, repository of his collected Kanohi and the Nuva Symbol the Bohrok-Kal stole from it.
Subterranean Worm
A blind worm Rahi believed to eat raw Protodermis, native to the tunnels beneath Onu-Wahi on Mata Nui, and recorded in confrontation with Turaga Whenua and Toa Nuva Onua during the search for the Kanohi Kaukau Nuva.
Suva
Suva were the sacred shrines of Matoran civilisation, holding Toa Stones, Kanohi, and Nuva symbols across Mata Nui, Metru Nui, and beyond.
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