

Titans possessed incredible regenerative abilities. However, this only applied for the Pure Titans the Nine Titans did not need sunlight to move, and neither did Titans controlled by either Zeke Yeager's Beast Titan or, presumably, the Founding Titan. The absence of sunlight affected individual Titans differently: during experimentation, the captured Titan " Sonny" became docile and nearly comatose after only an hour's deprivation, while fellow captive " Bean" maintained a high level of activity three hours after last seeing sunlight. Titans drew their primary source of energy from the sun, as they became inactive when deprived of sunlight. They possessed and use vocal organs, but they did not need to breathe for survival. Their extremely high level of activity and body temperature indicates the need for a massive intake of energy to fuel them, yet they apparently never needed to eat at all, though most Titans killed their victims by appearing to do so. Their bodies were incredibly light, granting them human levels of maneuverability. The body of Titans appeared to violate several known laws of science, spontaneously generating both energy and mass. Due to his royal blood, Zeke Yeager could mimic this ability by screaming after administering his spinal fluid to his victims. Karl Fritz created the Colossus Titans that make up the Walls this way. The Founding Titan could personally turn Subjects of Ymir into Titans.

These paths connected all Subjects of Ymir to a single "Coordinate," the Founding Titan. Īlthough the organic materials that made up the Titans' bodies appear to arise from nothing, they were said to be sent from invisible paths that transcend physical space. Titans oftentimes bore a strong resemblance to their original human bodies, though women who were turned into Titans lost most feminine body features. This used to be exploited by Marley after the Great Titan War, who turned undesirable Subjects of Ymir into Titans to use for war or at Paradis Island to roam aimlessly beyond the Walls. Subjects of Ymir used to become Titans after being injected with Titan spinal fluid, triggering a near-instantaneous transformation. Subjects of Ymir being injected with Titan spinal fluid Subjects of Ymir are all distantly related to her, connecting them to the paths which enables transformation. Ymir Fritz was the first Titan, who became one after merging with a strange spine-like creature in a tree. However, some Abnormals were also able to sustain some of their former intelligence, such as Connie's mother and the Titan encountered by Ilse Langnar, both of which demonstrated the capacity to form thoughts and even communicate with humans.Īll Titans were originally humans of a race of people called the Subjects of Ymir. The Nine Titans were the exception: they had human level intellect due to being piloted by a human. Most Titans showed no signs of intelligence and acted like mindless beasts-easy to trick, distract, and deceive. After consuming a certain amount, they regurgitated the contents of the cavity before they continued eating more humans. Titans did not possess a complete, functioning digestive tract they merely had a stomach-like cavity that eventually filled up with what they swallow. Some Titans did not react to pain, and all would move as long as there is sunlight. They did not derive any real sustenance from humans either, as many of them did not taste human flesh for a century after the Walls were raised but it did not affect their activity or decrease their numbers. Unlike other species, Titans did not mate, and their interactions were nonexistent with organisms other than humans their sole purpose in life was to seek out and devour humans. The vast majority of Titans had a masculine body type, although all of them lacked reproductive organs. The vast majority of Titans had exceptionally wide mouths with an array of entirely sharp (in certain instances), or entirely flat teeth (which was more common in most observed titans). They were typically bipedal, though a few were quadrupedal, with the limbs and features one would expect in humans however, they were all deformed to some extent in body proportions (enlarged head, small limbs, etc.). A size comparison of various Titans against Humans
