Unofficial Guide to Iron Defender Pets

[Drakos]

+1 rep for this very good guide for all those Arties out there that care for their cute little iron friend (and do lot let them rot in boxes as some others do).

I think I found an error in your "attribute development chart" of the pet. I tested it on a dummy toon and got the following attributes (without augmented summoning):

L1 L2 L3 L4 L4
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STK 15 16 17 18 19
DEX 14 14 15 15 16
CON 15 16 17 18 19
INT 6 6 6 6 7
WIS 10 10 11 11 12
CHA 10 10 10 10 12

So as you said correctly, STK/CON rises +1 point per level and INT/WIS rises +1 point per 4 levels.
But it seams to me that DEX/WIS rises +1 point per two levels. Perhaps some1 can verify this and the OP can update his guide.

Thanks for the props!

They might have changed the characteristic progressions in the last couple of updates, I didn't actually start playing Aritficers on live until this update (U13). The original guide was based on the Lamania preview information and hasa been updated once or twice since release, but I haven't reviewed it in a while, so things could have changed.

If I get a chance to check it again (once I get a level 20 Artificer). It could be some time as I have been playing since Feb 06 and have only actually taken one character to 20th level. I tend to play many different alts testing out builds and then deleting and staring over, so I'm not really into end game. I have absolutly zero interest in TR'ing so not a big drive for me to get to level 20.

In the mean time, if someone would like to verify in-game what the current state of the Homunculus stat progression is, I'd be happy to update the guide.

Btw: I got a question about augmented summoning. It adds +4 to all attributes as intended. Feat description although says that it also adds 50% fortification to the pet but in my pets char sheet, fortification is still 0%.
Is this a bug of the feat, just bugged in the display of the char sheet or am I missing something?

Not sure on this one.

[Drakos]

So as you said correctly, STK/CON rises +1 point per level and INT/WIS rises +1 point per 4 levels.
But it seams to me that DEX/WIS rises +1 point per two levels. Perhaps some1 can verify this and the OP can update his guide.

Ok, I geuss I missed my reading comprehension the first time around. Basically we are both right about the Dex/Wis rate of increase. I said they go up by +1 "every other level"; whereas you stated it as +1 "every two levels". Both statements are esentially the same however your wording is probably better. When I said "every other level" I meant that instead of gaining +1 every level it is +1 every other level so 3,5,7,9,etc... This is esentially every two levels. I'll edit the original to be more clear.

Thanks again.

[swadesblynx]

this was a well thought out and informative guide; job well done.

[BrotherDog]

How do I give my Iron Defender a potion? Is this even possible?

Were these modules spoken of discontinued at some point?

[SpiritofAlba]

How do I give my Iron Defender a potion? Is this even possible?

Were these modules spoken of discontinued at some point?

You can't give your iron defender a potion to drink. You can heal your defender (and others) by using an admixture https://ddowiki.com/page/Admixture_spells

These days, you can equip your defender with a docent, and a collar (one slot for each). The collars can be crafted from handwraps, and also pop up directly in chests and end loot. Although I was (just) around in the early days of artificer, I never played one then. However, I guess that the modules were an early thing, replaced by collars.

[AlmGhandi]

These days, you can equip your defender with a docent, and a collar (one slot for each).

These days, and for the last several years.