韩服《TERA》摆摊系统：小矮人（Homunculus）攻略

在Velika城的Homunculus是《TERA》中一个特别的摆摊（pet）系统。这种pet为玩家们提供了一系列服务。在最近的FGT2中，Homunculus是私人的商铺系统，本攻略就是告诉玩家如何建立一个小矮人Pet。有人为你买卖东西，生活就会方便很多。当然这个系统也是要购买的。之后玩家也要用心经营。
在FGT2，TERA本身就自带一个关于Homunculus的简介。
目前TERA提供4种小矮人小摊，每种都有自己独特的外表。四种类型分别是‘Pooky’, ‘Mewy’, ‘Tuwangi’, ‘Darling’。目前，每位玩家可以拥有数个小矮人铺，但是只能运营一个。商铺归于角色后就可以买卖了。

孵蛋
小矮人生命始于蛋。玩家可以在小矮人Lab购买，当然幸运的玩家会在世界其他地方不经意间看到。蛋的种类不同，目前FGT只提供2种即‘Homunculus Egg’ 和 ‘Prized Homunculus Egg’。大家可以从下图看出Prized Homunculus Egg更倾向孵出‘Darling’.
玩家得到一个蛋就要把它放入孵蛋器中。孵蛋只需要几分钟，孵蛋期间也不需要玩家的照顾，玩家可以在等待的时候做其他的事情。孵蛋的过程没有什么危险，当然了不幸的玩家会碰到一个孵不出的蛋。

1，得到一个蛋
玩家可以购买一个蛋或者在Arborea中偶然找到。

2，把蛋放入孵蛋器中
玩家必须把蛋放入孵蛋器中！把蛋放入一个格中，然后按下Incubate键。当孵蛋成功再按下Collect键。玩家小矮人商铺所能支持的Orbs的数量就在孵出的时候决定的。

3，给你的小矮人pet注册（imprinted）

记住，即使小矮人PET在孵出的时候就可以交易了，一旦在小矮人Social Window里注册（imprint），小矮人就和角色相连了。

Orbs
小矮人另一个很重要的项目就是orb。没有它，小矮人就没有什么用处了。通过小矮人Social Window可以得到。
目前，小矮人Labs提供三种orbs：“Buy”, “Sell”, “Buy and Sell”。Orb可以停工的actions越多，它的价值就越大。把orb加入到小矮人铺中也是有风险的，因为他们可能会打破这种连接。相同类型的orb，等级高的会自动代替等级低的。小矮人铺中只要有空位，玩家就可以添加orb。

4，购买orb
目前，orb只能从小矮人Lab的商人那里购买。

5，添加orb
玩家可以一次性添加很多的orb，但是小矮人铺一次只能使用一个orb。如果玩家购买了分开的“buying”和“selling”orb，玩家就不能再同一时间进行买卖。玩家必须把特定的“buying and selling”orb才能让小矮人铺可以同时进行买卖。

6，安置小矮人铺
玩家可以把小矮人铺设置到自己喜欢的位置。这些位置会在“radar”中以logo标注出来。
—图片的玩家可以把他们的小矮人铺安置在他现在的位置
—图片的玩家不能把小矮人铺安置在现在所处位置。

在小矮人铺状态窗旁边，玩家可以看到一个或多个图标。（如下图）
右击这些orb功能图标中的一个都会打开一个商铺，商铺的功能根据所选的orb而定。

7，开店（买/ 卖）
激活orb后，玩家可以进入商铺界面。玩家可以把自己想卖的东西放到商铺中，然后按下“we’re open!”。

8，修复小矮人铺
通过小矮人social window可以修复小矮人铺。保持小矮人铺的活力和防止物品丢失都要靠及时的修复小矮人铺。

9，关闭商铺
在商铺界面可以选择关闭商铺。一旦开店，就会出现一个新的按钮“Shut down”。按下这个按钮就会把商铺存贮栏中的物品全部移除。

等级
每个小矮人铺都有等级。等级决定了小矮人铺的耐久性。等级越高，耐久性越强。玩家的孵蛋器的技能等级决定了小矮人铺的等级，所以增加技能是很重要的。

耐久性：
耐久性决定了小矮人不被玩家关注的时间长短。玩家必须在耐久性下降到0的时候修复自己的小矮人铺。如果小矮人铺死亡，铺中所有的物品都会被破坏，包括小矮人铺。
理论和可能性
想投资的玩家会发现小矮人商铺非常有趣。小矮人铺可以卖之后，我认为肯定会有玩家花时间孵蛋然后把小矮人铺卖给需要一定等级商铺的玩家。
假如玩家商铺破产了，那么在小矮人铺中变卖物品有什么好处？玩家面对小矮人商业在时间和金钱上的耗费时，经常会产生这个问题。小矮人铺的好处就是它的可移动性，玩家可以在Arborea中找到很多地方安置自己的小矮人铺。玩家卖掉落物时，会很快被需要的玩家买走。玩家在小矮人铺可以同时进行买卖时，玩家可以先快速查阅小矮人铺的需求状态。

The Homunculus

The Homunculus, introduced in the city of Velika, is a unique pet system in TERA. This pet may offer many different services to its owner. In the recent FGT2, the Homonculus was a personal shop system and this guide will detail the steps to setting one up. Life is much easier when someone else does the buying or selling for you, but of course this system is not without a price. The player will have to take care of its Homunculus in order to keep it alive.

IN FGT2, TERA offered a small in-game tutorial explaining all the basics about the Homunculus. Today we will share this information with the community, including some additional information from our team's experience with our own Homunculi.

Currently, TERA offers 4 types of homunculi, each type with its own unique look. The different types are ‘Pooky’, ‘Mewy’, ‘Tuwangi’, ‘Darling’ (The images below are of each homunculus in the same order as mentioned in the text). Currently, A player can own as many homunculi as they want but can only use one at the time. They are tradeable until bound to the character.

Hatching

Your Homunculus begins its life as an egg. Your egg can be bought in the Homunculus Lab or, occassionally, they can be found around the world. There are different egg types available and the current FGT offered 2 egg types, the normal ‘Homunculus Egg’ and the ‘Prized Homunculus Egg’. As you can see in the tooltip below, the “Prized Homunculus Egg’ has a higher chance to hatch a ‘Darling’.

1. Get an egg

As stated above, the player can buy an egg or occasionally find one around Arborea.

2. Place the egg in the Incubator

You must use the incubator to hatch your egg. Drop the egg in a socket and press 'Incubate. Once the incubation is complete just press 'Collect' to retrieve the item from the Incubator. The number of orbs your Homunculus can support is determined at hatching.

Once the player has acquired an egg, they will have to place it in an incubator. It only takes a few minutes to hatch and the process doesn't require any direct supervision allowing the player to do other things while they wait. Hatching isn't without any risks as there is always a chance that an egg will not hatch, leaving a usless ‘Unhatched Egg’ in your inventory.

3. Imprint your Homunculus

Keep in mind, even if the Homunculus is tradeable at hatching, once imprinted in the Homunculus Social Window it will become bound to the character.

Another very important Homunculus item is an orb. Without an orb the Homunculus is useless! Orbs can be attached through the Homunculus Social window.

Currently, the Homunculus Labs offers 3 types of orbs: “Buy”, “Sell”, “Buy and Sell”. The more actions the orb offers the higher its value. Attaching an orb to the Homunculus has its risks as well, since they have a chance to break upon attachment. A higher-grade orb will automatically replace a lower-grade orb of the same kind. The player may attach as many orbs as the Homunculus has open orb-slots for.

4. Buy an orb

Currently, orbs can only be bought from the merchant located in the Homunculus Lab.

 5. Attaching an orb

Note that the player is allowed to attach multiple orbs at a time to a Homunculus, but the Homunculus will only be able to use one orb at the time. Thus if you have bought separate 'buying' and 'selling' orbs, you won't be able to buy and sell at the same time. You must attach the specific 'buying and selling' orb to have a Homunculus who will both buy and sell.

6. Placing your Homunculus

You can only place your Homunculus on dedicated locations. Those locations are marked by a logo on the 'radar'.

- Posted Image Player is able to place their Homunculus in their current location.
- Posted Image Player will be unable to place the Homunculus at his current position.

The player will see one or more icons next to the Homunculus status window (see image below). Right-clicking on one of these orb function icons will open a shop which functions according to the selected orb.

7. Opening shop (buy/sell)
After activating an orb, the player will enter the shop interface. Place the items you wish to sell in the shop and press 'We're open!'

8. Repairing your Homunculus

Repairing the Homunculus happens through the Homunculus social window. Repair the Homunculus in order to keep it alive and avoid losing items.

9. Closing the shop

You may close your shop through the shop interface. Once open, there will be a new button that reads 'Shut Down'. Shutting down will move all the remaining items in your inventory.

 Ranking

Each Homunculus has a rank, this rank determines the Homunculus' durability. A higher ranked Homunculus will have a longer durability. The player's incubation skill level determines the rank of the Homunculus, therefor it is recommended to increase this skill.

 Durability

Durability is very important as it determines the time the Homunculus can sit unattended for. A player must repair the Homunculus before its durability hits ‘zero’. If the player lets the Homunculus die, all items on the Homunculus will be destroyed, along with the Homunculus itself.

Theories and possibilities

This section will contain some initial thoughts on the Homunculus system. The Homunculus itself could be an interesting business for people who want to invest the time and money into this system. Since the Homunculus can be sold, I presume some players may choose to spend their time hatching and selling Homunculus to people who are looking for a certain quality of Homunculus. You can easily compare this with item crafting.

What is the advantage of selling your items on a Homunculus in the presence of a broker? This is the question many players will ask themselves when faced with spending time and gold in the Homunculus business. An advantage of the Homunculus is its mobility as you can find many locations around Arborea were you can place your Homunculus. A player may easily sell a dropped item in a region where players searching for the same item may quickly buy it. When the player Homunculus can sell and buy at the same time, it can allow people to quickly check both demand and offer from that Homunculus.