Homo Pento Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances

Homo Pento is a boss that can be fought during the Trial of Malnova Quest in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Homo Pento, their weaknesses, rewards, as well as the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against Homo Pento.

Homo Pento Overview and Rewards

Homo Pento Quest and Location

Homo Pento Boss
Quest	Level	Location
The Trial of Malnova	50	Land of Ceremony

Homo Pento Rewards

At the end of a battle, receiving a Spoil slightly reduces the EXP and A-EXP gained. If no Spoil is obtained, you'll receive the regular amount of EXP and A-EXP.

Homo Pento Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

Recommended Party Setup Against Homo Pento

Best Characters to Choose

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist can take up the Wizard Archetype. Homo Pento is weak to fire and this party will be built around maximizing Fire Skill Damage through Botra and the variety of Synthesis Skills like Gabotra and Boatana.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will be your second Wizard Archetype in the party. similar to the protagonist the goal will be to deal as much Fire Skill damage as possible.
Junah	Junah will be taking up the Masked Dancer Archetype and will be dealing heavy fire damage through Crimson Flame. If available you can equip her with the Faker's Mask for additional Support Skills.
Eupha	Eupha will be a default member of the party with the Summoner Archetype. She will be in charge of healing using the Summon Noctiluca and fire damage through the synthesis skill Summon Dragon God. Make sure not to use the Summon Eagle Lion since Home Pento can reflect Wind Skills.

Recommended Archetypes Against Homo Pento

Best Archetypes to Equip

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Wizard	・Botra Synthesis Skills: ・Gabotra ・Boatona
Masked Dancer	・Crimson Flame Faker's Mask: ・Makarakarn ・Dekaja
Summoner	・Summon Noctiluca Synthesis Skills: ・Summon Dragon God

Homo Pento is weak to Fire Skills but can reflect Wind Skills. During its first turn, he will do a Soul Cry to gain two additional turns and will summon a Summon Knight Skeleto that will give it an attack and defense buff.

Have your two Wizard Archetypes focus on Boatona and attack Homo Pento. The Masked Dancer can split its focus between using Dekaja to debuff the enemy and Crimson Flame. The Summoner Archetype can focus on Fire Skills as well.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

How to Beat Homo Pento

How to Beat Homo Pento
Focus on Fire Skills Debuff Homo Pento Do Not Use Wind Skills

Focus on Fire Skills

Homo Pento can be easily defeated by focusing on Fire Skills. Even after it summons the Summon Knight Skeleto you can continue to use fire skills since this summon doesn't have any resistances to it as well. Doing this will let you hit Homo Pento's weakness, giving you additional turns.
List of All Fire Skills

Debuff Homo Pento

The first thing the Summon Knight Skeleto will do is give Homo Pento an attack and defense buff. use the Faker's Mask and quickly debuff this with Dekaja if you can.

List of All Support Skills

Do Not Use Wind Skills

Do not use Wind Skills! Homo Pento can reflect wind attacks, be careful when using your Summoner Archetype so that you do not accidentally use Summon Eagle Lion and hurt your party instead.

List of All Wind Skills

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