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Do the quest to get one.
Learn the skills to rez it since otherwise if it goes splat, ugh.

Make one. Create the embryo (sucky chance) and call it (random what you get, and can get nothing also).

Now while a baby, tank it. once it is stronger, it can kill with you.

The exp is as follows:
Alchemist: full base exp always
Homunculus: gets base exp based on how much damage it did

Alchemist: gets job exp based on how much he did, that by homun is lost
Homun: no job exp. Gain skill points every three levels.

Note: Homun counts as 'extra attacker' so by ganging up you get the extra exp bonus for a second attacker.

Intamacy: need it loyal to evolve
Gain intimacy by feeding it.
15~25 hunger is best time to feed it. Feeding it while less hungry gains you less intimacy. Overfeeding it (60+) will cause it to LOSE intamacy.


Learn scripting. If not, in the merchant forum on ragnainfo are several scripts you can use.


The lil blighters suck in the begining, but later can even MVP.

ALT Right-click to manually move/order to attack.

/hoai to switch between default crappy script and the custom one you used

Annoyingly true. They are also DB'd to hell for their selfishness.

Homun lose 1 hunger per minute. You feed them to 60, let it drop to 10...you've 50 minutes free.

You can approach this two ways...you can set your homun to just defend you, or you can have him actively attack. Problem is default script is a KS'ing lil b*****d. Second problem is it makes mobbers whiny since the homun doesn't consider people mobbing as actually fighting.

Advanced scripts fix those issues, however afk alche are 'considered' botting and so hated by a large portion of the community. Especially since you can script actions and skill use for the homun and for you to aid pot it (the only way to heal a homun is through aid pot)...hel, an afk alche could script an armistr using castling to actually travel the map.





Flir (bird) is agi/fast attack. Also homun suffer no flee penalty for mobs.

Vani (jello) is uber mattack. Screenies exist of this guy mvping RSX in ein, Eddgar, and a few others.


Lif (naked girl)...is useless until high levels and evolved. Supposedly then is good, otherwise a waste unless you're a ***** razz

Amistr (sheep) is what I have. They are tough guys, should appeal to a vit lover like you razz I just love mine since he's an adorable shitdisturber who gets into more trouble than he can handle..often. Sis and I are currently agreed to NOT evolve him though..he's too cute.


Evolved Amistr and Lif are the only ones with 'unlocked skills' worth using. Jello self-destructs and hates you when he uses his (1 intimacy). Flir goes spastic and loves you less (just a heavy intamacy loss). Lif swaps her mattack and attack and becomes a juggernaut. Amistr goes psycho and starts draining hp to heal. Both lif and amistr has no sideeffects when using theirs.

No, means a dead homun. It stops acting once it leaves your sight. Won't even defend itself.

Also of note is homun are monster magnets, another reason they piss off other players. Monsters prioritise beating up a homun over a player, so aggro monsters will rush PAST players to go to the homun instead.

http://www.ragnainfo.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=97466&start=0

that link is a great link to several Homunculus AIs. I know for a fact that you can script Doddler's AI to auto pot your homunculus. I'm trying to get my friend ot script my homunculus to aid pot myself because my alchemist dies faster than my homunculus.

If it can be done in the scripting they provided, it's considered legit.


Even more scarily is that you can tie in dll files into the script...

..alchemist is definately a class that blurrs the line.