eve-wiki-content/content/ships/amarr-empire/unknown/carriers/archon.md

---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 625
    high_slots: 5
    low_slots: 7
    med_slots: 4
    powergrid_output: 775000
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Carrier
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 72000
    hp_shield: 53000
    hp_structure: 76300
  name: Archon
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 20533
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 24311
  type_id: 23757
  velocity: 80
image: /23757.png
last_updated: '2026-04-19T18:41:55.319878'
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 20
  armorhp: 72000
  armorkin: 25
  armortherm: 35
  bonuses: "<b>Amarr Carrier bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>\n4% bonus to all armor\
    \ resistances<br>\n5% bonus to Cenobite Support Fighter neutralization optimal\
    \ range<br>\n2% bonus to Cenobite Support Fighter neutralization strength<br>\n\
    1% bonus to Armored Command and Information 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 fit 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>\n\
    5x penalty to Entosis Link duration"
  capacitor: 58,000 GJ
  cargohold: "2175 m\xB3"
  class: Carrier
  cpu: 625
  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: Amarr Empire
  fighterbay: "65,000 m\xB3"
  fightertubes: 4
  grouping: Carriers
  highlights1: High Amount of Low Slots
  highlights2: "10,000 m\xB3 Fleet Hangar"
  highlights3: "2,000,000 m\xB3 Ship Maintenance Bay"
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 5
  hulltype: Archon Class
  inertia: 0.041
  info: 'The Archon was commissioned by the Imperial Navy to act as a personnel and
    fighter carrier. The order to create the ship came as part of a unilateral initiative
    issued by Navy Command in the wake of Emperor Kor-Azor''s assassination. Sporting
    the latest in fighter command interfacing technology and possessing characteristically
    strong defenses, the Archon is a powerful aid in any engagement.


    The Archon 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: 7
  mass: 1260000000
  maxlockedtargets: 14
  maxvelocity: 80
  mediums: 4
  powergrid: 775000
  quote: He dispatched against them a band of Avenging Angels.
  quote_attribution: The Scriptures, Book II, Apocalypse 10:1
  reqskills: '*{{RequiredSkill|Capital Ships|I}}

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

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

    * {{RequiredSkill|Amarr Carrier|I}}

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

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

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

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Amarr Battleship|III}}

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

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Amarr Battlecruiser|III}}

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

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Amarr Cruiser|III}}

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

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Amarr Destroyer|III}}

    ****** {{RequiredSkill|Amarr 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: 70 mm
  sensortype: RADAR
  sensorvalue: 72 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 53000
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 23757
  shipimg: Archon.jpg
  shipname: Archon
  sigradius: 9,920 m
  structurehp: 76300
  supportfightersquadlimit: 2
  targetrange: 315 km
  tech: ''
  totaltraintime: 147d 13h 43m 40s
  turrets: 0
  variations: ''
  volume: 13950000
  warpspeed: 1.5 AU/s
  warptime: 71.616 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Archon
title: Archon
type_id: 23757
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/23757.png" alt="Archon" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Archon is the Amarr carrier. Although it has an extremely durable armor tank thanks to its resistance bonus, the Archon is mostly overlooked in favor of the other armor carrier, the Thanatos, for both PvP and PvE. This is because the Archon has a smaller fighter bay and lower fighter damage, and carriers usually engage well out of the weapon range of enemy ships.
## Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Archon for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
## Tactics
No sub-article about Archon roles or piloting tactics. You can write them here.
## Notes
Archon (ἄρχων) was the ancient Greek word for "ruler" (it's related to the modern English words "patriarchy" and "matriarchy"). But given the tendency of Amarr ship names to draw from specifically religious words, the Archon's name might come from the Archons, powerful beings in the cosmology of Gnosticism and Manicheanism.
## Patch History