Category:Familiars

Courier Carrie. Best crab boy.

Familiars are special pets that are available exclusively to Beastmasters. They are called to the Beastmaster's side by equipping items, commonly referred to as "jugs," into the ammo slot and using using either Call Beast, which consumes the jug, or Bestial Loyalty, which does not.

While familiars are typically weaker than charmed monsters of the same level, familiars can be called instantly and stay for a set amount time before disappearing — they will never fail to be called or "decharm" and attack the Beastmaster like charmed monsters.

Familiars also allow the use of Ready, a pet command which replaces Sic and allows the Beastmaster to choose which attack is used. These abilities give the Beastmaster more tactical options and finer control over the flow of battle. In addition to having control over which ability is used, Ready can typically be used more often than Sic, which often makes familiars more powerful than equivalent charmed pets, even if the familiar has lower stats.

However, due to the relatively long recast of Call Beast and the even longer recast of Bestial Loyalty, familiars are much less disposable than charmed pets. Beastmasters that utilize familiars will need to pay close attention to the familiar's health and the time remaining before another pet can be called.

An Horizon XI specific change is that all HQ jug pets now cap at 75.

Using Ready Moves

To use any of the Familiar's ready moves below, you need Charges. On Horizon these regenerate at 1 per 45 seconds. Further the TP the pet has can modify the action. While it is possible to rest the pet until you build up 3 charges and then use a single charge skill 3 times in a row, the first use will clear/wipe/remove all TP, and the TP for the resulting actions will be low. This can affect behavior like causing an attack to miss, etc.

In a macro you have two options. The "Universal Option" is "/bstpet 2 <me>" This will cause whatever Familiar you have out to use it's second Ready move. This will use move 2 for ALL equipted pets. If you don't want to risk using an AOE move on one pet and a single target on another you can use the "Specfic Option." A macro line with "/pet "Move Name" <me>" will use only that mvoe line if it exists for the current pet.

Since each macro line that doesn't exist is ignored with an error, you can stack TP moves (with no wait commands)

I have 2 macros Single target attack in ALT+1, and Utility in ALT+2, so I might put Frog Kick, Lamb Chop, and Big Scissors in the first three lines of alt+1, and then Numbshroom, Sheep Song, and Scissor Guard in Alt+2

Macro 1: /pet "Frog Kick" <me> /pet "Lamb Chop" <me> /pet Big Scissors" <me>

When you use the macro above, which ever pet you have out will execute his moves and the other lines will return errors.

Access moves via the menu: Abilities, Pet Commands, Ready, [select ready move]

Familiars

Familiar	Family	Ready Moves	Type	Job	Level Available	Base Level Cap	Time
Hare Familiar Carrot Broth	Rabbit	Whirl Claws (1) - AOE damage (1 charge) Dust Cloud (2) - Front conal AOE blind (1 charge) Foot Kick (3) - Single target damage (1 charge) Wild Carrot (4) - Restores HP of pet (2 charges)	Beast	WAR	23	35	90 minutes
Sheep Familiar Herbal Broth	Sheep	Lamb Chop (1) - Single target critical attack (1 Charge) Rage (2) - Gains Berserk (2 Charges) Sheep Charge (3) - Single target attack with knockback (1 Charge) Sheep Song (4) - AoE sleep (2 Charges)	Beast	WAR	23	35	60 minutes
Flowerpot Bill Humus	Mandragora	Head Butt (1) - Single target damage with Knockback (1 Charge) Scream (2) - AoE effect MND down (1 Charge) Dream Flower (3) - AoE Sleep (2 Charges) Wild Oats (4) - Single target VIT down (1 Charge) Leaf Dagger (5) - Single target damage, possible Poison (1 Charge)	Plantoid	MNK	28	40	60 minutes
Tiger Familiar Meat Broth	Tiger	Placeholder Text	Beast	WAR	28	40	60 minutes
Flytrap Familiar Grasshopper Broth	Flytrap	Placeholder Text	Plantoid	WAR	28	40	60 minutes
Lizard Familiar Carrion Broth	Lizard	Placeholder Text	Lizard	WAR	33	45	60 minutes
Mayfly Familiar Bug Broth	Fly	Placeholder Text	Vermin	WAR	33	45	60 minutes
Eft Familiar Mole Broth	Eft	Placeholder Text	Lizard	WAR	33	45	60 minutes
Beetle Familiar Tree Sap	Beetle	Placeholder Text	Vermin	PLD	38	45	60 minutes
Antlion Familiar Antica Broth	Antlion	Placeholder Text	Vermin	WAR	38	50	60 minutes
Crab Familiar Fish Broth	Crab	Placeholder Text	Aquan	PLD	23	55	30 minutes
Mite Familiar Blood Broth	Diremite	Placeholder Text	Vermin	WAR	43	55	60 minutes
Keeneared Steffi Famous Carrot Broth (HQ)	Rabbit	Placeholder Text	Beast	WAR	43	75	90 minutes
Lullaby Melodia Singing Herbal Broth (HQ)	Sheep	Placeholder Text	Beast	DRK	43	75	60 minutes
Flowerpot Ben Rich Humus (HQ)	Mandragora	Placeholder Text	Plantoid	MNK	51	75	60 minutes
Saber Siravarde Warm Meat Broth (HQ)	Tiger	Placeholder Text	Beast	WAR	51	75	60 minutes
Funguar Familiar Seedbed Soil	Funguar	Placeholder Text	Plantoid	WAR	33	65	60 minutes
Shellbuster Orob Quadav Bug Broth (HQ)	Fly	Placeholder Text	Vermin	WAR	53	75	60 minutes
Coldblood Como Cold Carrion Broth (HQ)	Lizard	Placeholder Text	Lizard	WAR	53	75	60 minutes
Courier Carrie Fish Oil Broth (HQ)	Crab (Courier)	Placeholder Text	Aquan	PLD	23	75	30 minutes
Homunculus Alchemist Water	Mandragora (Korrigan)	Placeholder Text	Plantoid	MNK	23	75	60 minutes
Voracious Audrey Noisy Grasshopper Broth (HQ)	Flytrap	Placeholder Text	Plantoid	WAR	53	75	60 minutes
Ambusher Allie Lively Mole Broth (HQ)	Eft	Placeholder Text	Lizard	WAR	58	75	60 minutes
Panzer Galahad Scarlet Sap (HQ)	Beetle	Placeholder Text	Vermin	PLD	63	75	60 minutes
Lifedrinker Lars Clear Blood Broth (HQ)	Diremite	Placeholder Text	Vermin	DRK	63	75	60 minutes
Chopsuey Chucky Fragrant Antica Broth (HQ)	Antlion	Placeholder Text	Vermin	WAR	63	75	60 minutes
Amigo Sabotender Sun Water	Sabotender	Placeholder Text	Plantoid	WAR	75	75	30 minutes

Monster Correlation

A unique aspect of monsters is that certain types of monsters are strong against others and vice versa. It is extremely important that Beastmasters learn and understand this in order to take advantage of the killer effect you gain for using a pet which is strong against the enemy monster type. A killer effect is when a monster or pet causes another monster or pet to become intimidated. This acts like the paralyze effect and causes the monster to miss a turn. For a full guide on monster correlations please refer to the beast strength chart.