Species

In GuildWars, a species is a group of creature types that share a similar look, similar behaviour and often a part of their name, for example Carrion Devourers and Whiptail Devourers both belong to the species Devourer.

Creatures of the same species drop the same Crafting materials and similar Collector Items or Salvage Items, for example Devourers all drop Shells as material and â€œCarapacesâ€? of some kind.

Often certain professions are predominant among a species, for example Devourers are mostly Rangers and Necromancers.

Certain weapon upgrades â€œof â€¦slayingâ€? provide bonuses when fighting against all creatures of the species, for example a â€œSword Hilt of Tenguslayingâ€? will provide increased damage and/or armor against Tengu.

Some species have sub-species, for example Tengu can be split into Caromi Tengu and Avicara.

For a list of species in the game, see the sub-categories of Category:Bestiary.