Homunculi are the special companions of Alchemist classes, created to assist their master in battle. They have their own stats, skills and levels and can evolve after becoming loyal, and mutate to their S form after reaching level 99, gaining new skills and upgrading their level cap to 250.
What is Homunculus and why is it so important?
Homunculus is a special pet that can assist you in many ways: Tanking, Buffing, Dealing damage.
It will decide your play style depend on chosen Homunculus.
Castling Max Level:5 Description: Instantly switch the location of the caster with the Amistr Homunculus so that monsters attacking the caster will target Amistr instead. [Lv 1]: 20% Success Chance [Lv 2]: 40% Success Chance [Lv 3]: 60% Success Chance [Lv 4]: 80% Success Chance [Lv 5]: 100% Success Chance
Defense Max Level:5 Description: Enhance the Defense of the caster and the Amistr Homunculus for this skill's duration. [Lv 1]: DEF+ 2, 40 Sec Duration [Lv 2]: DEF +4, 35 Sec Duration [Lv 3]: DEF +6, 30 Sec Duration [Lv 4]: DEF +8, 25 Sec Duration [Lv 5]: DEF +10, 20 Sec Duration
Adamantium Skin Max Level: 5 Skill Form: Passive Description: Permanently increase the Homunculus's Defense, Max HP and HP Recovery Rate. [Lv 1]: DEF +4 Max HP +2% HP Recovery Rate +5% [Lv 2]: DEF +8 Max HP +4% HP Recovery Rate +10% [Lv 3]: DEF +12 Max HP +6% HP Recovery Rate +15% [Lv 4]: DEF +16 Max HP +8% HP Recovery Rate +20% [Lv 5]: DEF +20 Max HP +10% HP Recovery Rate +25%
Blood Lust Max Level: 3 Description: Increase the Homunculus's Attack Power for the duration of this skill. During the Blood Lust status, each attack has the chance of restoring an amount of HP to Homunculus equal to 20% of the damage inflicted to targeted enemy. [Lv 1]: 1 Min Duration Attack Power +130% HP Gain Chance +3% 5 Min Cast Delay [Lv 2]: 3 Min Duration Attack Power +140% HP Gain Chance +6% 10 Min Cast Delay [Lv 3]: 5 Min Duration Attack Power +150% HP Gain Chance +9% 15 Min Cast Delay
Touch of Heal
Emergency Avoid
Brain Surgery
Mental Change
Moonlight
Fleet Move
Over Speed
S.B.R.44
Caprice
Chaotic Benediction
Change Instruction
Bio Explosion
How to create a Homunculus ?
Step 1 : Get 1 Embryo (7142) (you can either buy or make 1 through Pharmacy (Prepare Potion))
Step 2 : Use Call Homunculus to create a Homunculus consuming 1 Embryo (7142) .
Got the Homun you want ? You're done creating Homunculus.
Didn't got the Homun you want ? Open Homun status table by Alt+R , click Delete, re-do Step 2.
How to Evolve my Homunculus ?
Step 1 : Make your Homunculus Intimacy become Loyal.
Step 2 : Obtain a Stone of Sage (12040) then use it. Done !
After Evolution, your Homunculus will get its power significantly increased.
How to make my Homunculus Loyal ?
You have 2 ways :
Method 1: Just turn on auto feed and AFK or go farming, Homunculus isn't easy to die as before, so low level area shouldn't be a problem. But the uptime of Homun is only 30 minutes, so make sure to have it called back every 30 minutes.
Method 2: Using Homunculus Supplement (100371) to increase Homunculus's intimacy directly by using it. Each pill gives 5 points of intimacy, so 180 pieces is need to make it Loyal instant from the start.
Your Homun become Loyal when Intimacy reaches 911 which can be checked by Alt+R and @hominfo
Note : your Homun Hunger bar won't decrease if it isn't summoned.
Here the table how many Intimacy gained by feeding at specific hunger level :
Hunger
Intimacy
Leave your Homun starving (Hunger bar < 11%)
-1 ( every 200 seconds )
1% ~ 10%
+5
11% ~ 25%
+10
26% ~ 75%
+7.5
76% ~ 90%
-0.05
91%~100%
-0.5
Homunculus S
How do I get Homunculus S?
You must be a Genetic.
Your Homunculus must be evolved and have reached level 99. It doesn't necessarily needs to be Loyal, as it will gain its Loyal skill (e.g. Self Destruction, S.B.R. 44, Blood Lust or Mental Charge) once the mutation is completed, regardless of the current Intimacy level.
Go to Lighthalzen (@go 20) and enter the Geneticist Guild building at the 8-9 o'clock area of the map (@navi job3_gen01 45 50).
Inside, talk to Viorel NPC to start a short quest. You can pay a 50k fee to choose which Homunculus S you get or let Viorel decide for you randomly.
What make Eira special is Overed Boost which gives 190 ASPD and 600 FLEE for both owner and her but drain 50% MaxSP when effect ends. Thanks to those boosted stats, Eira is able to tank a lot of high tiers monsters/bosses. So to maximize her tanking ability, I recommend to choose Amistr as base Homun.
Further more, Overed Boost decreases Hunger bar to 1 after ended. So you can spam it to farm Intimacy which is scaled good with S.B.R.44 of Filir and Bio Explosion of Vanilmirth. You can consider either of them as base Homun too.
Bayeri is famous for his tanking ability by abusing Stein Wand and even able to tank ranged monsters by Goldene Ferse which increases FLEE.
When reaching level 138, Heilige Stange is now unlocked. It is very low delay , AoE and very strong, the skill damage depends on Homun's VIT. Tips : I highly recommend save up at least 10 Skill Points for Heilige Stange so that you can get it immediately at unlocked level.
So I recommend Amistr for High max HP and VIT as Base for Bayeri.
People want Pain Killer the most when picking Sera . It reduces received damage by a Flat amount up to 2000 (capped at 2000) at level 150 (SkillLevel*200)*(HomunculusLevel/150). Otherwise, Summon Legion is also helpful for tanking. Since she doesn't SP consuming and mainly used for buffing, you may want her to be more useful by choose Vanilmirth for extra brewing chance or Amistr to tank.
Dieter has 2 buffing skills which provide ATK Pyroclastic and resist Granitic Armor. Is main source of damage is Magma Flow which need to be hit to active so i recommend Amistr for Dieter.
Sonic Claw is the thing makes Eleanor , strong, fast but SP consuming. However, her strenght won't change much as her Level increases. And since Eleanor always rush in frontline and draw aggro to her, I recommend Amistr for her survivability , Filir to maximize DPS.
Since Vanilmirth's stats is very analogous, so in fact, Vanilmirth is suitable as Base Homun for every Homunculus S. If you're in doubt, then Vanilmirth is a good choice for you. Additionaly, Amistr is also a no-doubt option thanks to the tankiness and VIT bonus buff to help you reach 100 Total VIT without waste precious status points (and legendary Castling skill too).
AzzyAI
AzzyAI is a powerful and flexible AI for use with the Mercenary and Homunculus systems in Ragnarok Online. It supports both interactive leveling with the homunculus and mercenary. It supports autocasting of most any skill that you would want to trust an AI to cast automatically for you, including appropriate use of AoE attack skills and automatic casting of buff skills. AzzyAI has a huge selection of options, allowing customization of homunculus (or mercenary) behavior to suit almost any forseeable circumstance. Configuration is handled via an easy to use configuration tool.
The AzzyAI application is included in MuhRO's Full Installer.
AI Troubleshooting
Some AI problems can be common occurrences, such as AI.lua errors, Homunculus not auto attacking and others.
If you have any questions/problems regarding AI configuration, refer to the mini guide above.
Make sure your game client is updated and follow all the steps below, in order, if you're having any technical problems related to AI:
Close the game;
Go to your MuhRO installation folder;
Delete the folder "AI";
Download this file, and extract it to your MuhRO AI folder;
Install all the VC++ Redistributables listed below. This step is extra important.