Henchman

From Guild Wars Wiki

Players gather in outposts and towns, organizing expeditions for their journeys outside city gates. Whenever your character is in town, you may occasionally find it difficult to assemble an ideal group of players. When this happens, you can usually find several NPC adventurers waiting near the town gates, ready for recruitment.

Henchmen are computer-controlled adventurers who are always ready to travel with you. Some players hire one or two henchmen to round out a team. Others actually prefer to play alone, using one character to lead an entire team of henchmen, often complemented with heroes. Henchmen are not available in Pre-Searing Ascalon in Prophecies.

In order to hire a henchman, press "p" on your keyboard to open the Party Search panel. After that, click on the tab that reads "Henchmen". Then choose on the ones you want by clicking on them and choosing "add" on the bottom-right hand corner of the panel. Double-clicking the names will also add them to your party, or remove if they were already added. You can also add henchmen individually by clicking on the NPC and then on the "+" symbol in your Party Window.

The level of a "henchie" depends on your current location. When you map travel to another town or outpost, henchmen who aren’t available in that location drop from your team. The ones who remain will have the same level they normally would if you recruited them from the new location. Henchmen don’t level up even if they gain enough experience - they can only use it to lower Death Penalty, like a player would. They also take their share of any gold and items you find on your adventures (Although items which drop for them do not appear).

[edit] Henchmen by campaign

Core

Special events

Mad King's Guard

Enchanted Snowman

[edit] See also

• Gameplay manual
• Hero
• Hero behavior (most of the article also applies to henchmen, since heroes and henchmen share the same AI.)

Henchman skills quick references
Prophecies • Factions • Nightfall • Eye of the North • Heroes' Ascent • Guild Halls • Zaishen Challenges