Kenshi
Heft, a town in Kenshi
Town· United Cities

Where is Heft in Kenshi?

Heft is a town in The Great Desert zone, held by the United Cities. On our map it sits at 68,773, -71,497 — south-east of Sho-Battai and east of Stoat. Here you will find 13 shops, 3 unique residents, a police station, a Shinobi Thieves tower and the United Cities headquarters.

The capital of the United Cities, supplied by Port South and by Heng. Emperor Tengu leads the empire from the faction HQ here, and Lord Ohta of the Noble Circle lives in town as well.

Type
Town
Faction
United Cities
Zone
The Great Desert
Coordinates
68,773, -71,497
Shops
13
Uniques
Lord Ohta, Emperor Tengu, Koin
On your map via
Map of the United Cities (Central Territories)
Show on the mapKenshi Wiki
Map of the area around Heft in KenshiSouth Stone CampPort SouthStone CampSho-BattaiFort MirageStoatTrader's EdgeHengHeft
In-game 68,773, -71,497 Show on the map

Shops in Heft

What each shop can stock, from the wiki's vendor tables — commonest items first. Weapons open their own page, armour opens the armour database.

Also here: Slave Shop, Bar ×2 — the wiki has no stock table for these.

Who lives in Heft

Buildings & special places

  • Police station

    Where you hand in bounties: carry a wanted character to the chief inside and collect the reward (how it works).

  • Shinobi Thieves tower

    A thieves' watchtower. Pay the Thief Boss c.10,000 to join the Shinobi Thieves and you get its fence, training gear and beds.

  • Faction HQ

    The United Cities headquarters, where Lord Ohta, Emperor Tengu and Koin live.

Other buildings: Tengu's Palace, Power Station ×2, Noble House.

Buildings you can buy

BuildingStatePrice
Longhouse ×2Intactc.19,200
Old Storm HouseIntactc.16,000
Outpost s-IVIntactc.48,000
Small Shack ×2Intactc.4,000
Storm House ×2Intactc.12,800
WatchtowerIntactc.56,000

The Great Desert: resources for a base

Heft is in The Great Desert zone. These are the zone's base-building numbers from the game data — the same row as on the base-locations zone table.

Water20%
Fertility75%
Iron100%
Stone110%
Copper70%

How to find Heft

  • On the map: in-game coordinates 68,773, -71,497, south-east of Sho-Battai and east of Stoat. Open it on the interactive map.
  • Reveal it without walking there: read Map of the United Cities (Central Territories) (worth c.400). Using a map item marks the place on your world map.
  • It can change: the wiki lists 2 other versions of Heft (Malnourished, Empire Peasants), each the result of a world-state change such as a faction leader being killed or captured.

Keep exploring

Position, owner and resident characters from the official game extract (Kenshi v1.0.68) via the Kenshi Interactive Map. Buildings, shops, stock, map items and the notes above from the Kenshi Wiki — Heft and its vendor pages (CC BY-SA). Text on this page is written for PinDrop, not copied. Game imagery © Lo-Fi Games; files from the Kenshi Wiki (Fandom), CC BY-SA. The mini map is a crop of our own base map. PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Lo-Fi Games.