---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 725
    high_slots: 5
    low_slots: 6
    med_slots: 5
    powergrid_output: 700000
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Carrier
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 69500
    hp_shield: 55500
    hp_structure: 83500
  name: Thanatos
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 20533
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 24313
  type_id: 23911
  velocity: 80
image: /23911.png
last_updated: '2026-04-19T17:59:47.429954'
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 69500
  armorkin: 35
  armortherm: 35
  bonuses: "<b>Gallente Carrier bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>\n5% bonus to Fighter\
    \ damage<br>\n2.5% bonus to Fighter hitpoints<br>\n5% bonus to Siren Support Fighter\
    \ warp disruption range<br>\n2% bonus to Siren Support Fighter warp afterburner\
    \ speed bonus<br>\n1% bonus to Armored Command and Skirmish Command burst strength\
    \ and duration<br>\n'''Role Bonus:'''<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can fit Networked Sensor\
    \ Array<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can fit Capital Micro Jump Drive and Capital Micro Jump\
    \ Field Generator<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can use two Command Burst modules<br>\n200%\
    \ bonus to Command Burst area of effect range<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can launch Light\
    \ and Support Fighters<br>\n\u2022&nbsp;Can lock at extended ranges<br>\n\u2022\
    &nbsp;Conduit Jump Capable<br>\n5x penalty to Entosis Link duration"
  capacitor: 55,000 GJ
  cargohold: "2800 m\xB3"
  class: Carrier
  cpu: 725
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: "3,000 m\xB3"
  extrahold2: "2,000,000 m\xB3"
  extrahold2type: Ship Maintenance Bay
  extrahold3: "10,000 m\xB3"
  extrahold3type: Fleet Hangar
  extraholdtype: Fuel
  faction: Gallente Federation
  fighterbay: "75,000 m\xB3"
  fightertubes: 4
  grouping: Carriers
  highlights1: "10,000 m\xB3 Fleet Hangar"
  highlights2: "2,000,000 m\xB3 Ship Maintenance Bay"
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 5
  hulltype: Thanatos Class
  inertia: 0.039
  info: 'Sensing the need for a more moderately-priced version of the Nyx, Federation
    Navy authorities commissioned the design of the Thanatos. Designed to act primarily
    as a fighter carrier for small- to mid-scale engagements, its significant defensive
    capabilities and specially-fitted fighter bays make it ideal for its intended
    purpose.


    The Thanatos is capable of generating a Jump Conduit Portal which allows it to
    instantaneously transport itself and nearby fleet members to a target cynosural
    beacon. Ship classes that can be moved via conduit: Frigates, Destroyers, Cruisers,
    Battlecruisers, and Battleships.'
  launchers: 0
  lightfightersquadlimit: 3
  lows: 6
  mass: 1220000000
  maxlockedtargets: 14
  maxvelocity: 80
  mediums: 5
  powergrid: 700000
  quote: The best pilots deserve the best support.
  quote_attribution: CreoDron marketing division
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Capital Ships|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Advanced Spaceship Command|V}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}}

    * {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Carrier|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Capital Ships|IV}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Advanced Spaceship Command|V}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Battleship|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|IV}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Battlecruiser|III}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Cruiser|III}}

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|II}}

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Destroyer|III}}

    ****** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Frigate|III}}

    ******* {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Drone Interfacing|V}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Drones|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Jump Fuel Conservation|IV}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Jump Drive Operation|III}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Navigation|V}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Warp Drive Operation|V}}

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Navigation|I}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Science|V}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Jump Drive Calibration|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Jump Drive Operation|V}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Navigation|V}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Warp Drive Operation|V}}

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Navigation|I}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Science|V}}'
  scanres: 65 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 76 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 55500
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 23911
  shipimg: Thanatos.jpg
  shipname: Thanatos
  sigradius: 9,960 m
  structurehp: 83500
  supportfightersquadlimit: 2
  targetrange: 300 km
  tech: ''
  totaltraintime: 147d 13h 43m 40s
  turrets: 0
  variations: ''
  volume: 13095000
  warpspeed: 1.5 AU/s
  warptime: 65.960 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Thanatos
title: Thanatos
type_id: 23911
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/23911.png" alt="Thanatos" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Thanatos is the Gallente carrier. Like the other carriers, the Thanatos was rebalanced in the April 2016 update to become a mobile long-range damage dealer with squadrons of launched fighters. Its 6 low slots allow the Thanatos to field a respectable armor tank, though not on par with the Archon. The Thanatos is popular in PvE due to its high fighter damage bonus, allowing players to quickly complete missions and combat anomalies. In PvP, the Thanatos reigns supreme as the standard armor carrier, as its larger fighter bay and more damaging, highly survivable fighters allot it the high damage expected from carriers.
## Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Thanatos for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
## Tactics
The Thanatos is often used for ratting NPCs in lowsec and nullsec space. For that reason, fleets that are large enough will often try an hunt a Thanatos if seen on D-scan. For that reason, the Thanatos is sometimes used as bait to lure in a fleet so that a larger or more capable fleet can then cyno in and destroy the fleet that has been successfully baited.
## Notes
In ancient Greek mythology, Thanatos was a personification of death; the word itself (Θάνατος) was also simply the ancient Greek word for death in general. Some writers grouped Thanatos with other personifications of negative experiences and emotions as siblings, treating him as a brother of (among others) Eris, Moros, Nemesis and Charon; in some accounts, Thanatos was distinguished, as peaceful death, from the Keres, associated with violent death.
## Patch History