Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 They’re still technically human with human brains, so I imagine they must need sleep so that whatever portions of their human brains remains can rest, refresh, and possibly heal, but has it ever been mentioned or stated anywhere in lore? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaVolt87 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Pretty sure they just go on standby mode + low power state its not really sleep. Also There is likely more tech in a standard servitor, seems implied that the fleshy bits are like a case, most of the brain replaced/ removed as well. The ideal form is a brain jar with a robot body, where the brain retains full function for the mechanicum, unless thats changed recently. Could be wrong, but I think there was even one 40k IH guy who was just two hearts and a brain in his astartes armour, rest was tech/ robotic body. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-5922103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitor_Lensoven Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, MegaVolt87 said: Pretty sure they just go on standby mode + low power state its not really sleep. Also There is likely more tech in a standard servitor, seems implied that the fleshy bits are like a case, most of the brain replaced/ removed as well. The ideal form is a brain jar with a robot body, where the brain retains full function for the mechanicum, unless thats changed recently. Could be wrong, but I think there was even one 40k IH guy who was just two hearts and a brain in his astartes armour, rest was tech/ robotic body. I know, but the brain needs sleep unless the my give it some Marine style implant/add on that allows the brain to operate on very little to no sleep. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-5922119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arikel Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Perhaps this is why most servitors are portrayed as relatively mindless? 14 minutes ago, Inquisitor_Lensoven said: I know, but the brain needs sleep unless the my give it some Marine style implant/add on that allows the brain to operate on very little to no sleep. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-5922127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittlePlasticHomies Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Do they dream of electric sheep? DemonGSides and Inquisitor_Lensoven 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-5922129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xin Ceithan Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Intriguing question… Sleep is a complex stare that is just recently being looked into again as there seems to be a link between it’s regenerative function and related influence on stuff like risk of developing dementia. Going to / entering sleep seems to be a critical phase here as this seems to Induce a major increase of cranial fluid exchange, which removes waste and probably increase tissue repair. Going to sleep is sort of having a “brainwash” As I understand it, what remains of the human brain in a servitor is mostly either “Disc space” to inscribe routines and function and using existing neural ways for things like motion, body stability, audio/ visual reception and the like. So they probably would have little need for more advanced functions of sleep like REM sleep and the like which (for all we know) mainly addresses higher brain functions. So in a “basic” servitor you might not necessarily “need” sleep (or at least full sleep cycles) but you’d probably keep / make use of the basic regenerative processes if possible to ensure a longer shelf life of the “harddrive”if you will. Given the state of 40K technology, I’d not assume it as a basic requirement, though.. maybe they just flush the brain drives by pumps and artificial fluids every other maintenance cycle? Mazer Rackham and Cactus 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-5922131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 @elmo Question for you :D... Do you need sleep? :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-5922132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 My gut instinct is that as this is 40k, no, they probably don't get sleep, the Tech Priests probably don't care enough about the condition of their servitors since they can just replace the wetware of a servitor with a new "volunteer" when they need to. Perhaps a Magos Genator may see merit in optimising the biological processes of their servitors to keep them operating more efficiently for longer but as is always the case in 40k I imagine "it depends". Karhedron 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-6130372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Reinhard Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Are they technically even awake? Dr. Clock 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-6130383 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Clock Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Do servitors dream of electric grox? Cheers, The Good Doctor. Magos Takatus and Brother Anderson 2 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-6130444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jukkiz Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Warhammer 40.000 Darktide has pretty lore fitting quotes from medicae servitors atleast: Can you take me with you? Please? I am so lonely. Pieces of my mind are floating away. Please help. Please. I cannot dream. I know only waking nightmare. I am not as functional as I was. I feel myself falling apart. Dr. Clock 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-6130589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astartes Consul Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Do servitors need sleep? Yes. Do they get sleep? Oh no. Not at all. Dr. Clock and Brother Anderson 1 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-6130836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magos Takatus Posted Monday at 05:34 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:34 PM On 9/1/2025 at 10:41 PM, Jukkiz said: Warhammer 40.000 Darktide has pretty lore fitting quotes from medicae servitors atleast: Can you take me with you? Please? I am so lonely. Pieces of my mind are floating away. Please help. Please. I cannot dream. I know only waking nightmare. I am not as functional as I was. I feel myself falling apart. I always thought this was odd. I guess servitors used for more complex tasks end up having less of them carved away, so they can end up being more lucid? On 9/3/2025 at 11:03 PM, Astartes Consul said: Do servitors need sleep? Yes. Do they get sleep? Oh no. Not at all. I can relate. Am I a servitor? *mind blown* Astartes Consul 1 Back to top Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/377978-do-servitors-need-to-sleep/#findComment-6131365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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