Homunculus
A companion of your own making.
A homunculus is an artificial creature that fights beside you. You make one with the Alchemist skills, feed it so it likes you, and it can evolve. A Genetic or Biolo can later mutate an evolved one into a Homunculus S. It is not the same as a mercenary: a mercenary is hired for 30 minutes, a homunculus stays with you and grows.
Get one
- Learn Bioethics. The skill is a quest skill: an Alchemist finds Kellasus in Lighthalzen and starts the Bioethics quest, a chain of 13 steps through Lighthalzen. Kellasus teaches the skill at the end.
- Learn the skills in order. Bioethics opens Vaporize, Vaporize opens Call Homunculus, and Call Homunculus opens Homunculus Resurrection (5 levels).
- Make an Embryo. Your homunculus comes from an Embryo. You make it with the Alchemist's Prepare Potion skill, using the recipe from the Potion Creation Guide. The Guide costs 100,000 zeny from the Guild Dealer in the Alchemist Guild (choose "Purchase a production manual").
- Buy the materials from the Material Seller : one Seed of Life, one Morning Dew of Yggdrasil and one Glass Tube for each Embryo (prices below).
- Call it. Cast Call Homunculus (10 SP). The Embryo is used up and one of the four types appears, picked at random with the same chance each. You cannot choose.
| Material for one Embryo | Price |
|---|---|
| Seed of Life | 60,000 zeny |
| Morning Dew of Yggdrasil | 20,000 zeny |
| Glass Tube | 5,000 zeny |
Together 85,000 zeny for each Embryo, plus the Guide once.
Vaporize puts the homunculus away: it needs 50 SP and has a 20-second cooldown, and the homunculus must have at least 80% of its HP. Calling it back after a Vaporize costs 1 Seed of Life instead of an Embryo. If it dies, Homunculus Resurrection brings it back.
The four types
Every type has four skills, the last one only after it has evolved. Levels cap at 99.
| Type | Race | Element | Size | Food |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lif | Demihuman | Neutral | Small, Medium after evolving | Pet Food |
| Amistr | Brute | Neutral | Small, Medium after evolving | Zargon |
| Filir | Brute | Neutral | Small, Medium after evolving | Garlet |
| Vanilmirth | Formless | Neutral | Small, Medium after evolving | Scell |
Race, element and size are the server data. Where a value is not written there, the server's default is used.
Food and intimacy
A new homunculus starts 32% full with an intimacy of 21 out of 1000. Its fullness drops by 1 every minute, and every 20 seconds once it is down to 10% or less. At 0%, its intimacy falls by 1 at every step, and a homunculus with almost no intimacy is lost.
Feeding uses one food item and adds 10% fullness. What it does to intimacy depends on how full the homunculus was:
| Fullness when you feed it | Intimacy |
|---|---|
| 91% or more | -0.5 |
| 76 to 90% | -0.05 |
| 26 to 75% | +0.75 |
| 11 to 25% | +1 |
| 10% or less | +0.5 |
So feed it when it is hungry, best at 11 to 25%, and never when it is nearly full. Intimacy tops out at 1000 and gives these moods:
| Intimacy | Mood |
|---|---|
| 911 or more | Loyal |
| 751 to 910 | Cordial |
| 251 to 750 | Neutral |
| 101 to 250 | Shy |
| 11 to 100 | Awkward |
| 4 to 10 | Hate |
| below 4 | Hate with passion |
The four foods are cheap: Garlet costs 30 zeny in the shops that sell it, Scell 120 and Zargon 360. Pet Food and the food of the Homunculus S types are sold by the Pet Groomer in the main towns (1,000 zeny each, for example in Prontera ).
Evolve it
Use a Stone of Sage while the homunculus is out and Loyal (intimacy 911 or more). It evolves into its stronger form with more HP, SP and stats, becomes Medium, and its intimacy resets to 10. The last skill of its tree now opens (it also needs intimacy 910). The Stone of Sage is not sold in a shop: it drops from
Gemini-S58,
Dame of Sentinel,
Mistress of Shelter,
Baroness of Retribution,
Lady Solace and some stronger versions of them.
The Homunculus S types do not evolve.
Skills of the four types
What each skill does is from the in-game skill text. The last column is what casting it in game showed; it is empty where the skill could not be measured.
Lif
| Skill | Max level | What it does | Needs | What the test showed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healing Hands | 5 | Heals you. The amount grows with the skill level, its base level and INT. Each cast uses up 1 Red Slim Potion. | Your HP rose with a potion in the bag. | |
| Urgent Escape | 5 | You and the homunculus move 10% faster at level 1, up to 50% at level 5, for 40 down to 20 seconds. | Healing Hands 3 | |
| Brain Surgery | 5 | Passive: more Max SP, faster SP recovery and stronger Healing Hands (level 5: +5%, +15%, +10%). | Healing Hands 5 | |
| Mental Charge | 3 | Swaps its Max SP into Max HP for 1 to 5 minutes, fully heals it, and its attacks hit as hard as its magic attack. When it ends, its HP and SP fall to 10. | Evolved, intimacy 910 | DEF and MDEF went up. |
Amistr
| Skill | Max level | What it does | Needs | What the test showed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castling | 5 | You and the homunculus swap places, so monsters that were hitting you hit it. The chance is 20% per level (100% at level 5). | The two swapped cells. | |
| Amistr Bulwark | 5 | Raises its DEF and yours for 20 to 40 seconds. Level 1: yours +5, its +10. Level 5: yours +15, its +30. | Castling 5 | Your Max HP rose too. |
| Adamantium Skin | 5 | Passive: more DEF, Max HP and HP recovery for the homunculus (level 5: DEF +20, Max HP +10%, recovery +25%). | Amistr Bulwark 3 | |
| Blood Lust | 3 | Raises its attack power for 1 to 5 minutes, and each hit may heal it for 20% of the damage dealt. | Evolved, intimacy 910 | Its damage rose by about half at level 3. |
Filir
| Skill | Max level | What it does | Needs | What the test showed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight | 5 | It pecks the target 1 to 3 times; more pecks and more damage at higher levels. | Dealt damage. | |
| Flitting | 5 | Raises its attack power and attack speed for 40 to 60 seconds. | Moonlight 3 | Its attack delay got shorter. |
| Accelerated Flight | 5 | Raises its Flee by 20 (level 1) to 60 (level 5) for 40 to 60 seconds. | Flitting 3 | Its Flee went up. |
| S.B.R.44 | 3 | It gives up intimacy to hit the target very hard. | Evolved, intimacy 910 | Its intimacy fell sharply. |
Vanilmirth
| Skill | Max level | What it does | Needs | What the test showed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caprice | 5 | Casts a random Bolt spell at the target. The Bolt's level is the skill level. | Dealt damage. | |
| Chaotic Blessings | 5 | Heals a random one of three: an enemy, you or itself. The chances change with the skill level. | Caprice 3 | |
| Instruction Change | 5 | Passive: more INT and STR for the homunculus (level 5: INT +5, STR +4). | Caprice 5 | |
| Self-Destruction | 3 | It blows itself up: damage in a 9x9 area that ignores DEF and grows with its Max HP (1x, 1.5x or 2x). It needs intimacy 450, and its intimacy falls to the lowest level. | Evolved, intimacy 910 | It fainted and its intimacy fell. |
Homunculus S
A Genetic or Biolo with a level 99 evolved homunculus can mutate it. Go to Viorel in the Geneticist Lab . He asks you into his house, and you choose:
- Mutation stabilization, 50,000 zeny: you pick the kind: Eira, Bayeri, Sera, Dieter or Eleanor.
- Unstable mutation: no zeny, and the kind is random.
A Homunculus S levels to 275. It does not evolve. The food of each kind and every skill with its level is on the Biolo page.
What the skills do
These Homunculus S skills were cast in game one by one and worked. What each does is from the in-game skill text (or the skill code where the client has none).
| Kind | Skill | What it does | In the test |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eira | Overed Boost | Raises its Flee and attack speed and yours, but halves the DEF of both. When it ends, its fullness and your SP are halved. | Flee and attack speed rose for both. |
| Eraser Cutter | Neutral magic damage to one target (900% MATK at level 1, 2700% at level 10). | Dealt damage. | |
| Xeno Slasher | Wind magic damage to the enemies in an area (3x3 cells at level 1, 9x9 at level 10), with a chance of Bleeding. | Dealt damage. | |
| Twister Cutter | Wind magic damage to one target, hits more than once and ignores DEF. It grows with the skill level, its base level and INT. | Dealt damage. | |
| Absolute Zephyr | Wind magic damage in an area around the target (1 to 4 cells), hits more than once and ignores DEF. | Dealt damage. | |
| Silent Breeze | Heals the target and silences it (no skills) for 9 to 21 seconds. It can be cast on you. | Your HP rose. | |
| Bayeri | Stahl Horn | Hits the target, pushes it 1 cell back and may stun it (22% at level 1). More damage the higher its base level. | Dealt damage. |
| Heilige Stange | Holy magic damage to the target and the enemies around it (3x3 cells at level 1, 7x7 at level 10). | Dealt damage. | |
| Glanzen Spies | Holy damage to one target within 3 cells, ignores DEF. It grows with the skill level, its base level and VIT. | Dealt damage. | |
| Goldene Ferse | Raises its Flee and attack speed for 30 to 90 seconds. Its hits (and Stahl Horn) sometimes deal Holy damage. Not together with Angriffs Modus. | Its Flee went up. | |
| Stein Wand | Puts a Safety Wall on it and on you for up to 90 seconds. | DEF and MDEF rose for both. | |
| Angriffs Modus | Raises its ATK but lowers its DEF and Flee for 30 to 90 seconds. Level 5: ATK +150, DEF -70, Flee -75. Not together with Goldene Ferse. | Its damage rose, DEF and Flee fell. | |
| Sera | Summon Legion | A swarm of bees attacks one enemy for 20 to 60 seconds: Hornets at level 1, Giant Hornets, then Luciola Vespas. | 5 monsters appeared and vanished at the end. |
| Needle Of Paralyze | Hits the target and may paralyze and poison it: it cannot move, casts slower and has less DEF (35% chance at level 1). | Dealt damage. | |
| Poison Mist | Poison mist on the ground that poisons and may blind the enemies in it (20% at level 1, 60% at level 5) for 12 to 20 seconds. | Dealt damage. | |
| Toxin Of Mandara | Neutral damage in an area (1 to 4 cells) that ignores DEF, and it leaves a lingering effect on the targets for 2.5 to 7 seconds. It grows with the skill level, its base level and DEX. | Dealt damage. | |
| Needle Stinger | Poison damage to one target within 7 cells, ignores DEF. It grows with the skill level, its base level and DEX. | Dealt damage. | |
| Pain Killer | Reduces the damage and the hit delay that you or an ally take, but lowers attack speed, for 30 to 120 seconds. | It put the Pain Killer status on you. | |
| Dieter | Lava Slide | A ground attack that damages the enemies in range, with a chance of Burning (5% at level 1, 50% at level 10). | It hit the dummy 4 times. |
| Blast Forge | Fire attack on the cell next to it, lasting 5 seconds. It grows with the skill level, its base level and STR. | It only worked with the target right next to it. | |
| Eleanor | Style Change | Switches its fighting style between Fighter and Grappler. In the Fighter style it gains spirit spheres when it hits or is hit. | The grappling skills worked after it. |
| Sonic Claw | Fighter style: one attack for every spirit sphere. It cannot be used with no spheres. | Nothing happened with 0 spheres; it hit once spheres were built. | |
| Silvervein Rush | Fighter style: only after Sonic Claw, uses 1 sphere. Damage with a chance to stun (5% at level 1). | Dealt damage. | |
| Midnight Frenzy | Only after Silvervein Rush, uses 2 spheres. Damage that may cause Fear. Sonic Claw works again afterwards. | Dealt damage. | |
| Tinder Breaker | It grabs the target; neither can move and both have 0 Flee for a while. Uses 1 sphere. | It pulled the target 2 cells. | |
| Continual Break Combo | Only after Tinder Breaker, uses 1 sphere. Damage that keeps draining the target's SP (extra damage on monsters). | It needed the Grappler style. | |
| Eternal Quick Combo | Only after Continual Break Combo, uses 2 spheres. Damage and stun; lowers the target's Max HP, ATK and DEF. Not on bosses. | The target's Max HP fell by 2% per level. | |
| The One Fighter Rises | It fills its spheres to the maximum, then hits the target and the area around it. | Dealt damage. | |
| Blazing And Furious | It rushes up to an enemy and hits the area around it once for every sphere it has. It does nothing on a friendly target. | It hit a monster; nothing happened on you. |
Skills that were cast but showed nothing a test could read (for example Light of Regenerate, a revive) or could not be checked yet are not in this table.
