Defeat the Ancient Hylek Defenders

	Interactive map
	Interactive map

Objectives[edit]

The event will start as soon as a character who hasn't completed the Hero Challenge approaches. The Veteran Hylek Chief and his three Tomb Watchers will become hostile to all characters, not just the one who started the event.

Areas	Aleem's Penance • Astrozintli Forelands • Chokevine Gorge • Darkweather Rise • Diresight Caverns • Flamefrog Vale • Floodwater Causeway • Fort Cadence • Karinn's Passage • Leeshore Gauntlet • Ocean's Gullet • Orvanic Shore • Orvar's Glen • Saltflood Mire • Shattercleft Hills • Shimmerstone Cave • Splintered Coast • Stone of Hazaan • The Shattered Keep • Thundertroll Swamp • Toade's Head • Uzanarin Depths • Verarium Delves
Renown Hearts	Assist Jezza and the Vigil in clearing Risen from Fort Cadence • Assist Qoetl and the Ni-tlacua at Swampwatch Post • Help Admiral Clarinda Demard • Help Ayomichi slow the spread of Risen corruption • Help Brannen maintain Caer Brier • Help Costi Atl and his tribe hunt for termite larvae • Help Cuadinti Prepare Southwatch Post • Help Kamma test her experimental weapon • Help Potatlan at the Western Shore • Help the Wyld Hunt valiants to explore the shipwrecks • Protect the quaggans from the krait • Secure Brackwater Village • Secure the area around Dryground Village
Hero challenges	Ancient Energy Source • Ancient Shark Pistrix • Gilbert's Treasure Map • Orrian Tomb • Spooky Luka the Disbeliever • Veteran Hylek Chief
Mastery Insights	Shattercleft Hills
Achievements	Hexfoundry Unhinged
Meta events	Assault on Fort Cadence • Danger at Fabled Djannor • Protecting the Zintl Holy Grounds