Heket

Heket are a class of monster, i.e. a species in the bestiary of Guild Wars.

Prolific and belligerent, amphibious heket are a nuisance to anyone traveling across Elona. These toad-like creatures thrive in water, but prefer to survive in arid areas. The farther they’re found from their spawning grounds, the darker the days ahead will be. No matter where they claim their territory, heket spawn in alarming quantities. From the moment they’re born, they savage each other as they compete for the few resources in the area. The crude concept of bashing someone on the head for food is instinctual, and heket become more aggressive as they grow larger. Once a region cannot support any more heket, they lurch from their breeding grounds searching for food. By the time a band of them begins attacking human travelers, exterminating them is a public service.

Heket usually travel in physical dominated groups, consisting of primarily Warriors and Rangers. The Ranger version of Heket, Beast Sworn Heket, are melee combatants and use their pet for their main source of damage and interrupts. Most Heket Warriors, Stoneaxe Heket, have the ability to inflict Deep Wound with Dismember and interrupt with Agonizing Chop. Be careful when inflicting conditions against Blood Cowl Heket due to their use of Contagion which will spread these same conditions back to you.

Known Subtypes[]

Region	Tribe	Name	Trophy
Nightfall
Kourna	Heket	21 (26) Stoneaxe Heket 21 (26) Beast Sworn Heket 21 (26) Blue Tongue Heket 21 (26) Blood Cowl Heket	Heket Tongue
Vabbi	Heket	24 (26), 26 (30)¹ Stoneaxe Heket 24 (26), 26 (30)¹ Beast Sworn Heket 24 (26), 26 (30)¹ Blue Tongue Heket 24 (26), 26 (30)¹ Blood Cowl Heket	Heket Tongue

In normal mode, level 26 heket only appear during quests.

Hard mode levels are in brackets

For an alphabetic list, see also: category:Heket

Frogmen[]

There are also various close subspecies of hekets that inhabit parts of the Tarnished Coast in Tyria, including Hyleks, Agari, Gokirs, and Ophils. They resemble frogs, and are referred to as Frogmen in-game, although they have all the properties of Hekets and will drop Juicy Heket Legs when defeated while the She Hungers quest is active. Some consider these Frogmen to be a completely different group than the Heket.

Eye of the North²
Depths of Tyria	Gokir	20, 21, 22, 23 Gokir Amini 20, 21, 22, 23 Gokir Tlamantini 20, 21, 22, 23 Gokir Nahualli¹ 20, 21, 22, 23 Gokir Cuicani¹	Amphibian Tongue
Depths of Tyria	Ophil	20, 21, 22, 23 Ophil Amini 20, 21, 22, 23 Ophil Tlamantini 20, 21, 22, 23 Ophil Nahualli¹ 20, 21, 22, 23 Ophil Cuicani¹
Tarnished Coast	Agari	20 Agari Amini 20 Agari Tlamatini 20 Agari Nahualli¹ 20 Agari Cuicani¹
Tarnished Coast	Hylek	20 Hylek Amini 20 Hylek Tlamatini 20 Hylek Nahualli¹ 20 Hylek Cuicana[sic]¹

Unlike most members of their professions, these Heket are melee attackers.
Some people consider Eye of the North heket to be a separate species. See Talk:Agari

Hard mode levels are in brackets

Items dropped[]

Heket drop the following loot (besides gold, various weapons and items):

Heket Tongues (Heket) and Amphibian Tongues (Frogmen) as tophies
Juicy Heket Legs during the quest She Hungers

Notes[]

Some Beast Sworn Heket have been seen carrying bows, not out of the ordinary considering they are Rangers, but they normally carry an Axe and a Shield. While they do shoot the bow, their attack animation is still as if it was wielding an axe and shield.

Trivia[]

Heqet was an ancient Egyptian fertility goddess depicted as a frog or as woman with a frog's head.

External Links[]

GuildWars.com - Image
NZGamer.com - Creature feature, describing Hekets (among others), including screenshot