Thanatos

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**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Reap souls and gain life force. The scent of death draws you to the next victim."***

**Thanatos** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

Inevitably, all mortals must die. They cling to life with fevered desperation, for death is a cold unknown, filled with uncertainty and bleak, everlasting finality. Some accept fate with grace, others are dragged, kicking and screaming, though in truth, no mortal would go to Hades willingly. They are reaped by the nightmarish God of Death, whose grim visage strikes strange against the gleeful satisfaction he feels at performing his work. Thanatos is the very face of death.

Yet, to Thanatos, Mortals are easy prey. Their end is preordained, harvesting them but a game to pass the eons, but a God, a being beyond the mortal coil, now there is a creature Thanatos eyes with greedy longing. He despises the immortality other Gods covet. To him, it is a perversion and defiance of his very purpose.

But can a God truly die? As the Heavens clash and immortal blood spills on the Earth, Thanatos hungers to find out. War is but the preamble to death, a battlefield of souls rent from their bodies, listlessly waiting to be taken by the God of Death. A war between Gods, a war of this magnitude can mean only one thing. Thanatos is about to be very, very busy.

## Trivia

### General

* Thanatos is Nyx's son and brother of Eris, Nemesis and Charon.
* The actor who voiced Thanatos, Scott Freeman, also voiced Agni and Poolseidon/Coolseidon Poseidon.
* One of Thanatos' jokes, ▶️*"Don't look into the deadlights!"* is a reference to the horror novel It by Stephen King.
* One of Thanatos' death quotes, ▶️*"Death is but a door, time is but a window, I'll be back..."*, is a reference to Vigo the Carpathian from the movie Ghostbusters II.
* Thanatos, along with Achilles and Ao Kuang, are the only gods whose ultimate abilities execute gods under a health threshold.

### God Skins

* Every Thanatos skin above Tier 2 changes his ultimate ability targeter.

* **Reaper Tech**

* This skin is a reference to the Gundam series.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Nick Landis, also voiced Grand Magus Anubis, Metal Carnage Fenrir, Michelangelo/Radical Michelangelo Mercury, Rama, Orbital Strike Rama, and Sacred Arrow Rama.
* One of this skin's jokes, ▶️*"I came here to laugh at you"*, is a reference to a line said by Quattro Bajeerna in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
* This skin shares its theme with Jackal Tech Anubis, Tremor Tech Cabrakan, Vamp Tech Camazotz, Glaive Tech Cernunnos, Storm Tech Chaac, Shadow Tech Chernobog, Dual Tech Hel, Flare Tech Hou Yi, Warp Tech Janus, Living Alloy Jormungandr, Tornado Tech Kukulkan, Kuzenbot Kuzenbo, Sentai Mulan, Revenge Tech Nemesis, Omni Tech Odin, Ragnarok Force X Thor, Whirlwind Tech Xing Tian, Cryomech Ymir and Sky Tech Zeus.

* **Final Boss**

* This skin takes inspiration on the character Sephiroth from the game Final Fantasy VII.
* There was a teaser for this skin was drawn by community artist Karulox, made to resemble Yoshitaka Amano's work.

* **Ruby Rose/Classic Ruby Rose**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Rooster Teeth to promote the release of Volume 7 of RWBY.
* Just like the other RWBY skins, the same actress who voiced the character in the show reprised their roles.
* This skin shares its theme with Blake Belladonna Amaterasu, Weiss Schnee Freya, Cinder Fall Morgan Le Fay, and Yang Xiao Long Terra.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, you can hear it here: Ruby Rose Announcer pack.

* **Mizkif**

* This skin is based on the Twitch streamer Mizkif.

* **Atraxa**

* This skin was a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Wizards of the Coast to promote Magic: The Gathering.
* This skin shares its theme with Vivien Reid Artemis, Karn Atlas, Garruk Chaac, Teferi Chronos, Nissa Revane Eset, The Wandering Emperor Mulan, Liliana Vess Nu Wa, Chandra Nalaar Pele, Nicol Bolas Tiamat and Jace Beleren Yu Huang.
* This skin is the only one of the crossover so far to be not a Planeswalker.

* **Jack the Reaper**

* This skin is a reference to the infamous British serial killer Jack The Ripper, and the urban legend Headless Horseman mixed with the traditional Jack-o'-lantern.
* This skin shares its theme with Halloween Hysteria Baron Samedi and Headless Norseman Loki.

* **Grim Reaper**

* This skin is based on the Personification of Death.

* **Cyber Scythe**

* The actor who voiced this skin, Stephen Fu, also voiced Pendragon King Arthur.
* This skin shares its theme with Prototype 2.0 Charybdis, Darkblade/Heistblade Pele, Prototype Scylla, and Titanium Tracker Xbalanque.

* **Valkyrie's Rage**

* This skin is based on a Valkyrie.
* This is the second gender-bent skin introduced into Smite, the first one being Ladybug Khepri.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Amber Lee Conners, also voiced Dread Captain Artemis, Scarlet Dangerfield Neith, Revenge Tech Nemesis, Pixel Lancer Skadi, and Spriggan Terra.

* **Thanatoast**

* This skin is based on an old community joke where people would misspell his name due to it sounding like Toast.
* This skin shares its theme with Sunny Side Up Bacchus, Feaster Bunny Bakasura, Chaacolate Chaac, Rocky Road He Bo, Confectionary Khepri, Gummy Worm Medusa, Sweet Justice Nemesis, Playful Bunny Nu Wa, Sweet Tooth/Sweetie Pie Sol, and Belly Ache Ymir.

* **Winged Death**

* This skin is part of the event Odyssey: Reckoning.

* **Draconic Devastator**

* This skin shares its theme with Death Dragon Anubis, Dragon Knight/Dragon Templar Ao Kuang, Divine Dragon Bellona, Brutal Dragon Fenrir, Dragonguard Horus, Pendragon King Arthur, Dragon Lord Lancelot, Dragon Priestess Nox, Dragon's Dagger Pele, Dragon Queen/Dragon Empress Scylla, Jade Dragon Set, Dragon's Light Sobek, and House Dragon Yu Huang.

* **Angel of Death**

* This is the first skin to change his ultimate's animation.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Chris Tergliafera, also voiced Unbreakable Anhur, Kuzenbot Kuzenbo, Chilling Death Odin, and Set.
* This skin shares its theme with Soul Piercer Achilles, Demonic Pact Anubis, Devilish Charm Baron Samedi, Torment/Agony Bellona, Hellscape/Heretic Cernunnos, Hellrider Chiron, Fiendish Rage Cu Chulainn, Sin of Greed Fafnir, Infernal Beast Guan Yu, Hellraider Hercules, Howler Demon Hun Batz, Fiendish Flight Jing Wei, Infernal Winds Kukulkan, Miss Misery Nike, Crimson Kraken Poseidon, Demonic Thanatos, Nightbringer Demon Xbalanque and Infernal Lord Zeus.

* **SWC Challenger**

* This skin shares its theme with SWC Star Awilix, SWC Champion Chang'e and SWC Starlet Hera.

* **Archon**

* This skin is based on an Angel.
* This skin was the first Tier 5 skin in the game.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Major Attaway, also voiced Voodoo Rock Baron Samedi, Infinite Overseer Cerberus, and Ragnarok Fenrir.
* One of this skin's jokes, ▶️*"One does not simply walk into the enemy titan!"*, is an altered version of a famous quote made by the character Boromir in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
* One of this skin's jokes, ▶️*"This isn't even my final form!"*, is a reference to a line said by Frieza in Dragon Ball Z.
* This skin shares its theme with Midnight Dove Awilix, Radiant Heroine Bellona, Archangel Chernobog, Angel of Chaos Cthulhu, Celestial Mayhem Discordia, Celestial Eset, Sacred Grounds Geb, Divine Wind Gilgamesh, Inner Demon Hel, Seraph Horus, Heaven's Arrow Hou Yi, Striking Archon Ishtar, Divine Axe Izanami, Divine Right Jing Wei, Gazing Archon Medusa, Celestial Deliverer Mercury, Master of Light Merlin, Holo Halo Pele, Radiant Archon Ra, Sacred Arrow Rama, Celestial Inferno Surtr, Angelic Archon Yemoja, and Almighty Archon Zeus.

* **Demonic**

* This skin uses Archon Thanatos' final model as a base.
* This skin shares its theme with Soul Piercer Achilles, Demonic Pact Anubis, Devilish Charm Baron Samedi, Torment/Agony Bellona, Hellscape/Heretic Cernunnos, Hellrider Chiron, Fiendish Rage Cu Chulainn, Sin of Greed Fafnir, Infernal Beast Guan Yu, Hellraider Hercules, Howler Demon Hun Batz, Fiendish Flight Jing Wei, Infernal Winds Kukulkan, Miss Misery Nike, Crimson Kraken Poseidon, Nightbringer Demon Xbalanque, and Infernal Lord Zeus.

* **Deathy Chibi**

* This is one of the few chibi skins that were not voiced by the same actor who did the base god.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Michael A. Zekas, also voiced Blobchus Bacchus, and Primal Storm Susano.
* This skin shares its theme with Itty Bitty ChiBee Ah Muzen Cab, Sunny Chibi Amaterasu, Itsy Bitsy Chibi Arachne, Chompy Chibi Fenrir, Heebee Chibi Hades, Screamy Chibi Izanami, Blinky Chibi Janus, Breezy Chibi Kukulkan, Snakey Chibi Medusa, Steamy Chibi Sol, Stormy Chibi Susano, Rumbly Chibi Thor, Beaky Chibi Thoth, Freezy Chibi Ymir, and Zappy Chibi Zeus.

## Skins

* Default
* Soul Harvester
* Reaper Tech
* Final Boss
* Obey
* Ruby Rose
* Classic Ruby Rose
* Mizkif
* Atraxa
* Jack the Reaper
* Grim Reaper
* Cyber Scythe
* Valkyrie's Rage
* Thanatoast
* Winged Death
* Draconic Devastator
* Angel of Death
* SWC Challenger
* Intergalactic Harvester
* Archon
* Demonic
* Deathy Chibi
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was earned as a final reward from the premium track in the RWBY Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was earned as a final reward from the prestige track in the RWBY Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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 Requirements
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Mizkif bundle.

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 Cost
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.  This skin was part of the Magic: The Gathering Event.

 Type
 Cost
 Requirements
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

 Type
 Cost
 Requirements
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Hera's Odyssey event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin is part of the Council of the Gods event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by achieving level 6 in the Odyssey Underworld event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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 Cost
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Odyssey: Reckoning event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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 Requirements
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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 Requirements
  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was earned as a final reward from the premium track in the Hellfire Syndicate Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained from the SWC Twitch Drop.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the ColorForge: Worlds Collide event.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin has an animated loading screen card.  This skin changes appearance when Thanatos levels up to 5, 10 and 15.  This skin could only be obtained by unlocking all the items from the Odyssey 2015 before January 9, 2015.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained by reaching level 32 in the Season Ticket 2018.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by obtaining all the content from the Sand Dunes Chest of the Talons of Tyranny event or via. direct purchase after the event ends.

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 Voicelines

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 Voicelines

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)**

* **General**

* Decreased Health cost from abilities from 5% to 4%

* Ulti – 10% to 8%

* **Harvester of Souls**

* Decreased HP Restore (Gods) from 20% of target’s max HP to 15%
* Decreased HP Restore (Minions) from 10% of target’s max HP to 7%

* **Death Scythe**

* Decreased Cooldown from 13s to 12s
* Decreased Healing from 75% of damage dealt to 50%

* **Soul Reap**

* Decreased Cooldown from 15s to 14s

* **Hovering Death**

* Increased base Damage from from 90/125/160/195/230 to 110/145/180/215/250
* Increased Stun Duration from 1s to 1.5s

**SMITE Version 6.12.5745.1 (November 12, 2019)**

* **Hovering Death**

* Fixed an issue where Thanatos was not properly executing Kumbhakarna and Persephone through their passive abilities.

**SMITE Version 5.9.4788.8 (June 1, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed a few crash issues with this god.

**SMITE Version 5.7.4730 (April 24, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Thanatos could get into a state where he can't attack Jungle Camps.

**SMITE Version 3.20.3702.3 (October 25, 2016)**

* **General**

* Abilities now cost % of current Health, not % of total Health.

* **Soul Reap**

* Adjusted Silence duration from ~~.5/.75/1/1.25/1.5s~~ → 1s at all ranks.

**SMITE Version 3.11.3462 (June 21, 2016)**

* **Soul Reap**

* Scaling increased from ~~60%~~ → 70%.

**SMITE Version 3.4.3299 (March 15, 2016)**

* **General**

* Increased base physical protection from ~~11~~ → 14.
* Increased base attack power from ~~37~~ → 39.

**SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)**

* **Harvester of Souls**

* Fixed an issue where the heal was granted for the previously killed target instead of the last.

**SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)**

* **Hovering Death**

* Added timer on the ground targeter indicating when the ability will expire and Thanatos will be forced to land.

**SMITE Version 2.2.2636 (March 18, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed description cutoff at Progression.

**SMITE Version 2.0.2574 (February 2, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where Thanatos’ passive was not granting minimap vision on the new Conquest.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2529.2 (January 14, 2015)**

* **Scent of Death**

* Fixed the bonus speed not applying when facing an executable target.

* **Hovering Death**

* Fixed the default skin playing Archon voice over on execution.
* Fixed basic attack animations not properly syncing after landing.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2247 (August 5, 2014)**

* **Hovering Death**

* Changed “pounce” to “dive” in his tooltip. Boom.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2135.1 (May 14, 2014)**

* '**Hovering Death**

* Fixed an issue with getting stuck after firing Aegis before ascending.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1988.3 (February 19, 2014)**

* **Hovering Death**

* Increased casting time from 1.2 to 1.5s.
* Fixed an issue where Thanatos did not ignore slows while flying.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)**

* **Death Scythe**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.8 to 0.1.

* **Soul Reap**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.
* Cast time increased from 0.4 to 0.6. (original timing)
* Damage scaling reduced from 80% to 60%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1949 (January 31, 2014)**

* **General**

* Temporarily reverted the last patch’s post-hit delay reduction. In a future patch, we will re-instate the post-hit delay but were working on new pre-hit delay animations to better balance out his timings.

* **Death Scythe**

* Post-Hit delay returned to 0.8 from 0.1.

* **Soul Reap**

* Post-Hit delay returned to 0.5 from 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1948 (January 29, 2014)**

* **Death Scythe**

* Reduced the width of the ground targeter to better match that of the projectile.
* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.8 to 0.1.

* **Soul Reap**

* Post-Hit delay reduced from 0.5 to 0.1.

* **Hovering Death**

* Fixed an issue where gods could sometimes survive the instant kill with enough damage reduction %.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)**

* **Death Scythe**

* Angled the preview mesh in the targeter fx for the standard and Jack the Ripper skins to match that of the projectile.
* Minor projectile fx cleanups.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)**

* **Death Scythe**

* Increased healing on successful hit from 50% of damage dealt to 75%.

* **Hovering Death**

* Bonus move speed while flying increased from 100% to 150%.
* Fixed an issue with his landing animation playing twice.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)**

* **Harvester of Souls**

* Now correctly indicates that this also grants 5s Cooldown Reduction when delivering the killing blow to enemy gods.

* **Death Scythe**

* Adjusted the projectile FX to better fit the collision radius of the projectile.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1838.1 (November 13, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where his basic attack progression animations could sometimes get out of sync with the hits

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1774 (October 9, 2013)**

* **Death Scythe**

* The health cost for using this ability has been reduced from 10% to 5%.

* **Hovering Death**

* The health cost for using this ability has been reduced from 15% to 10%

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1764.2 (October 2, 2013)**

* **Soul Reap**

* The amount of time between firing this ability and the damage occurring has been reduced from 0.6s to 0.4s.

* **Hovering Death**

* The amount of time between firing this ability and flying into the air has been reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s.
* Thanatos can now see through the fog of war when he is flying during his ultimate.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1740 (September 25, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could go invisible.
* Fixed an issue in which the heartbeat sound could persist after a player restores his health.

* **Death Scythe**

* Tooltip corrected to reflect that it deals dmg based on max hp instead of current hp.

* **Hovering Death**

* Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could get stuck in his ultimate.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1739.1 (September 19, 2013)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could go invisible.
* Fixed an issue in which the heartbeat sound could persist after a player restores his health.

* **Death Scythe**

* Tooltip corrected to reflect that it deals dmg based on max hp instead of current hp.

* **Hovering Death**

* Fixed an issue in which Thanatos could get stuck in his ultimate.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1738 (September 18, 2013)**

* Thanatos has been added to the game.