Greatworm Homo Butera Boss Guide: Weakness and Resistances

Greatworm Homo Butera is a boss that can be fought during the Apprehend the Real Kidnapper Quest and in the The Right to Rule Quest in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Homo Butera, its weaknesses, rewards, and the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against it.

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Greatworm Homo Butera Overview and Rewards

Greatworm Homo Butera Quest and Location

Greatworm Homo Butera
Encounter	Level	Location
First Encounter: Apprehend the Real Kidnapper	25	Giant Sandworm's Nest
Second Encounter: The Right to Rule	60	Giant Sandworm's Nest

You Will Encounter Greatworm Homo Butera Twice

You will encounter Homo Butera twice in the game. The first encounter will be when you are searching for Heismay in the Apprehend the Real Kidnapper quest. The second encounter will be during The Right to Rule.

First Encounter Rewards

There will be no rewards during your first encounter with Homo Butera. Reducing its health to below 20% in the Apprehend the Real Kidnapper quest will trigger a cut scene. The party will be swallowed and you will enter the Giant Sandworm's Belly Dungeon.

Apprehend the Real Kidnapper Walkthrough

Second Encounter 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.

Greatworm Homo Butera Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

The Greatworm Homo Butera will have the same stat block on both Encounters.

Recommended Party Setup Against Greatworm Homo Butera

Best Characters to Choose

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First Encounter

Second Encounter

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist will be taking up the Seeker Archetype for this battle. He will be balancing between providing support with Dei and Tarukaja, and attacking.
Strohl	Strohl will be taking up the Warrior Archetype and will be providng Slash Skill damage to the enemy.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will be using the Mage Archetype for this encounter and will be targeting its weakness to Ice Skills.

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist will be taking up the Wizard Archetype and will focus on dealing damage with Ice Skills to target its weakness. Since Masked Dancer will be in the party he can also use the Synthesis Skill Blizzaton for heavy damage.
Junah	Junah will be taking on the Masked Dancer Archetype with the Wizard's Mask. Other than using Blizza through the wizard's mask, she can also use the Synthesis Skill Hellfire Dance to give the enemy weakness to fire and attack with Infernal Vortex or Crimson Flame.
Hulkenberg	Hulkeberg will be using the General Archetype to provide party support through Matarukaja and Shelter Formation while dealing additional ice damage to the enemy.
Heismay	Heismay will be using the Faker Archetype and his main role will be to debuff the enemy with the Faker's Support Skills.

Recommended Archetypes Against Greatworm Homo Butera

Best Archetypes to Equip

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First Encounter

Second Encounter

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Seeker	・Cyc ・Tarukaja ・Dei
Mage	・Bot ・Blizz ・Kande
Warrior	・Barge Past ・Diagonal Slash ・Slash Boost
Explanation
Greatworm Homo Butera is weak to Ice skills. Make sure to have the Mage Archetype focus on dealing ice damage to the the enemy while the Warrior Archetype provides additional damage with his slash skills. The Seeker Archetype will be in charge of support by healing with Dei as needed and improving attack power with Tarukaja.

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Wizard	・Botra ・Blizza Synthesis Skill: ・Blizzaton ・Boatona
Masked Dancer	・Infernal Vortex ・Crimson Flame Synthesis Skill: ・ Hellfire Dance Wizard's Mask: ・Blizza
General	・Matarukaja ・Icy Strike ・Shelter Formation ・Frigid Fortress Tactic Synthesis Skill: ・Icewolf Offensive
Faker	・Tarunda ・Sukunda ・Rakunda
Explanation
There isn't much difference between the first and second encounter for Homo Butera, the biggest advantage that you have is that now you have better archetypes to take it down. Your Wizard and Masked Dancer Archetype will be in charge of dealing most of the damage. Focus on using ice skills to hit its weakness and get another turn. The Masked Dancer can also give the enemy one time weakness to Fire Skills to allow more options for higher damage. The Faker and General Archetypes will be in charge of support. The Faker for enemydebuffs and the General for party buffs.

All Archetypes and How to Unlock

How to Beat Greatworm Homo Butera

How to Beat Greatworm Homo Butera
Use Ice Skills and Items Use Your Support Skills Keep Your Health Up

Use Ice Skills and Items

Homo Butera is Weak to Ice Skills take advantage of skills that deal this damage to get additional turns during combat, this is especially recommended for your second encounter when you have more archetypes to plan your strategy with.

During your first encounter with Homo Butera, you can also use items that deal Ice Damage.

List of Items that Inflict Ice Damage

List of All Ice Skills

Use Your Support Skills

Homo Butera is a tanky boss. Try to use your Support Skills to debuff the enemy. Likewise, you should also improve your chances by giving your party buffs to improve your defense and offense.

List of All Support Skills

Keep Your Health Up

Make sure to keep an eye on your health during battle and use your recovery skills like Dei when needed.

List of All Recovery Skills

Metaphor: ReFantazio Related Guides

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Homo Gorleo	Captain Klinger	Homo Fulquilo
Undead Grius	Zorba	Homo Avades
Monk Captain Gideaux	Greatworm Homo Butera	Heismay
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Master Sergeant Glechom	Helmsman Cabio and Grand Chief Salva	Glodell
Sea Horror Homo Sabara	Treebeast Alento	Malvirta Drako Eht
Homo Margo	Louis Guiabern	Sogne the Icebound
Homo Gorleo (Second Fight)	Melancholia Zorba	Diabolus Gorleo
Diabolus Avades	Diabolus Butera	Diabolus Jaluzo
Diabolus Sabara	Diabolus Margo	Archdemon Louis Charadrius
More	Destroyer Charadrius

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