Familiar System Guide

A familiar is a captured monster that you summon to follow you around the map and attack alongside you. Unlike a pet (which loots and supports), a familiar is a fighter: it deals its own hits, helps you tag mobs faster, and many familiars carry a passive bonus that applies to you while it is active. On Zipangu this means a well-chosen familiar noticeably speeds up early and mid-game grinding without costing you anything but the time to capture it.

Familiars come straight from the monsters you already kill. Every familiar corresponds to a mob you have hunted, so the system rewards you for farming the content you are doing anyway. There is no cash-shop shortcut for it on Zipangu, which fits the server's strictly no pay-to-win, player-driven economy.

Because familiars are a real combat unit, they are subject to the same server-authoritative rules as everything else under Zipangu's RustHS anti-cheat: their attacks and presence are validated, so you cannot exploit them for fake damage.

• ▸Summons a captured monster to fight at your side
• ▸Many familiars grant a passive bonus to you while active
• ▸Captured from monsters you kill — no cash purchase needed
• ▸Great for speeding up solo grinding and tagging

Familiars are obtained as a drop from the matching monster. When you kill mobs, there is a chance for that monster's familiar card/item to drop into your inventory — pick it up like any other drop, then register or use it to add the familiar to your collection. Higher familiar rarities (the stronger, rarer monsters) drop less often, so capturing a top-tier familiar is a farming goal in itself.

Because Zipangu runs fair 1x drop rates, capturing rarer familiars is genuinely an accomplishment rather than something you get in five minutes. Park yourself at a map full of the monster you want, clear it efficiently, and let the drops accumulate. Bring a pet with auto-loot so you never miss a familiar that lands on the floor.

Once a familiar is in your collection, open the familiar window and summon the one you want. The familiar appears next to you and starts engaging nearby monsters automatically. You can swap between any familiars you have captured, so keep a couple registered for different situations — one for raw damage help, one for a passive bonus that matters to your build.

A summoned familiar persists as you move between maps in the same area, so you do not need to re-summon every screen. If it despawns (after long sessions or relog), just re-open the window and summon again. Keeping a familiar up at all times is basically free value while grinding on Zipangu.

The deeper part of the familiar system v117 is fusing. By combining duplicate or multiple familiars, you can produce upgraded versions with better stats and stronger passive effects. This is why you should not throw away duplicate familiar drops — every extra copy is fusion material toward a higher-tier companion.

Treat fusing as a long-term goal alongside your normal leveling. As you out-level early zones, the familiars you captured there become fusion fodder for the familiars you actually want to run end-game. Save duplicates, fuse up the line, and aim for a familiar whose passive complements your class's main stat or attack.

• ▸Keep duplicate familiar drops — they are fusion material
• ▸Fuse to unlock stronger stats and better passives
• ▸Prioritize fusing familiars whose passive helps your main stat
• ▸Use leftover low-tier familiars as fodder, not clutter

The strongest familiars are generally the ones tied to tougher monsters — they tend to hit harder and carry more useful passives, which is the whole reason their cards are rare. As a rule of thumb, look for a familiar whose passive boosts the thing your class cares about most: a flat damage or attack bonus for any DPS class, or a stat boost that lines up with your primary attribute.

Match your main stat to the familiar: Warriors, Demon Slayers and Aran lean on STR; Magicians and Luminous on INT; Bowmen, Mercedes and Wild Hunters on DEX; Thieves and Phantom on LUK; Pirates and Cannoneers on STR/DEX. Pick a familiar whose bonus pushes that number and you get free, permanent grinding value.

Do not over-think it early on. Any familiar that summons and fights is better than none while you level. Upgrade to the rarer, fused familiars once you are settled into your main class and farming a steady map.

New players often mix these up. A pet auto-loots, can be equipped with consumables (like an auto-HP/MP function via the right items), and is cosmetic-plus-utility. A familiar is a summoned combat ally that attacks and buffs. They are separate systems and you can run both at the same time.

The ideal grinding setup on Zipangu is a pet for looting plus a familiar for damage and its passive. Together they let you focus on clearing mobs while loot and extra hits happen automatically.

The familiar system shines when you actually have something to grind toward — and Zipangu's 2x EXP, 1x meso, 1x drop rates give you steady, fair progression with familiars helping every step. Pick a class, find your first farmable map, and start collecting familiars while you level.

Grab the client, make a character, and join the community to ask which familiars players are fusing for. Hop into the Discord at https://discord.com/invite/M4Up4kM, then download and play on Zipangu to start building your familiar collection today.