What is the lifespan of a Space Marine?

The average life expectancy is somewhere between 300-400 years old. Right now, Dante is the oldest living (non dreadnought/non chaos)space marine.

Can Space Marines live forever?

They can effectively live for all eternity and fight forever as far as far as a combat effective Space Marine can. But, they will die, all Space Marines eventually at some point during their lifetimes will come accross a battle they will not survive. Death to a Space Marine is always a violent one.

Who is the oldest living Space Marine?

Bjorn the Fell Handed: Oldest living loyalist space marine around, he's been there since the Horus Heresy.

Can Space Marines reproduce?

So, whats the truth, or the closeste version to canon? Marines can reproduce, but they will spawn just normal humans, or they cannot reproduce at all? Astartes are still human in the mental department, they have more control on their psychological and stress factor than most humans.

Why are there no female Space Marines?

Reason #3.

Alan Merrett: “The reason there aren't female Space Marines has nothing to do with lore, or background or character of Marines. It's to do with simple logistics of making miniatures and selling miniatures.

Horrible Realities of Spacemarine Life in Warhammer 40K

Do Space Marines ever take off their armor?

Yes, a Space Marine can remove his armour according to the Deathwatch core rulebook. The Deathwatch core rulebook's armour section explains that it takes around 30 minutes to remove or put on power armour with 3 chapter serfs (slaves).

How old is the oldest astartes?

Dante is regularly noted as being the oldest living marine (at current 42nd Millennium timeline, I think he's up to 1500 or more) but there's a few other candidates - unfortunately, many of these are subject to similar warp time issues as the Chaos space marines, so it does get a bit messy as noted above.

Do Space Marines need to sleep?

Yet even the mighty Space Marines cannot go too long without actual rest. The longest any Space Marine has ever been on active combat duty without rest is 328 solar hours, achieved by a squad of the Crimson Fists' Kill-team during the battle against the Orks for Rynn's World.

How old are most Chaos Space Marines?

The average age of a Space Marine who is dutiful to the Emperor and repelling enemies of the Empire is about 300-350 years. No Space Marine has ever been reported of dying of old age and all of them expect to die in battle against enemies of the Empire.

How long do humans live in Warhammer 40k?

Chemical Rejuvenation

At that point the subject becomes more vulnerable to infections and organ failure. After 400 standard years of life few human beings within the Imperium can survive without mechanical assistance.

How long does Eldar last?

Biology. Superficially, the Eldar appear very similar to humans, though they are generally taller and slimmer, with sharp features and pointed ears. They are long-lived by human standards, and most will live more than a thousand years unless they die from accident or disease.

How tall is a Space Marine?

Something like space marines are generally 7' tall/a little over 2 metres, primaris space marines are 8 1/2 feet tall/over 2.5 metres tall, and primarchs are roughly 10 feet/3 metres tall with Alpharius Omegon possibly being smaller.

How old is Logan Grimnar?

Grimnar has been the Great Wolf of the Space Wolves for over 500 of his 700 standard years of life and is one of the oldest Chapter Masters of a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter.

Who is the strongest Space Marine?

Ultramarines. The Ultramarines are considered one of the strongest and most honoured of all the Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium of Man, and were responsible for almost single-handedly holding the Imperium together after the Horus Heresy.

How heavy is Space Marine armor?

Power Armor Astartes weighs about 300-400 kilograms. Space Marine weighs about 300 kg.

What do Space Marines eat?

Space Marines have been known to subsist on triglyceride gel and amino-porridge, as well as local wildlife hunted during their deployments. Some Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes have their own particular diets. The Dark Angels, for instance, are known to consume nutrigruel, carboloafs and vitamead.

How do Space Marines poop?

This may sound like a joke, but it is a serious question. I know that spacemarine's eat or gain nutrients ,but when, where or how do they go to the toilet. They go to a toilet. They're still humans.

Who is the oldest person in Warhammer 40k?

Well from what I know the oldest "living" character in 40k is the Emperor followed by Urien Rakarth and Asdrubael Vect (they both remember the fall which happend around 31. M). Eldrad claims to be older, witnessing the Aeldari pre-fall and knowing plenty of the ancients personally when they walked the mortal path.

Who is the oldest Dreadnought 40k?

The oldest Dreadnought in the Imperium, Bjorn the Fell-Handed of the Space Wolves, was a member of the Primarch Leman Russ' retinue and fought in the Horus Heresy when he was still whole of body, making him well over 10,000 standard Terran years old.

Can Space Marines spit acid?

This allows a Space Marine to spit a wad of corrosive acid with the effect of blinding, wounding or even killing an enemy outright. These implants' more common use is to aid in the digestion of unusually difficult or impossible things to digest, such as cellulose.

Do Space Marines get tattoos?

Some tattoos may even be vestiges of pre-Space Marine tribal markings or gang affiliations. Space Marines are recruited from hundreds of different human cultures so it is no surprise to see this reflected in some Astartes retaining the tattoos, scarification or warpaint of their homeworld culture.

Can Astartes get drunk?

Due to their bioengineered physiques, it is normally impossible for an Astartes to get drunk after ingesting ethyl alcohol.

What do Space Marines wear when not in battle?

When they are on their homeworld or when they are in their chapter ships they have a tendency to not wear their armor. They also don't wear it while training sometimes. Going off the Horus Heresy era, almost all Legionary's wear fairly typical Terran clothes, mostly robes or body gloves.

How old is Kharn the betrayer?

He is already over 10,000 years old and is still in his prime. Blessing of the Blood God: To mark that Khârn the Betrayer is truly the greatest "mortal" champion of Khorne, the Blood God has blessed him with full immunity to the effects of psychic powers and sorcery.