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Tuesday, July 13th 2010, 12:25am

Quoted from "adf11;303943"

Wait so about the 24 Hour expiration thing is it like I need to talk to my housemaid every 24 hours or he dissapears? :eek:


No, not at all -- I went away for the weekend and didn't log on for a couple of days and my housekeepers were still available to be summoned.

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Sunday, July 18th 2010, 2:22am

Got a Scarlet Love from crafting maid at about 60-ish (very rare I guess)
Ups PDef by 5.0% for 10 sec, in used a second time during 10 mins it will be 5.3%.

What foods do:
Housekeeper Special Salted Fish with Sauce (Lv12/5m) PDam 3% + 48
Housekeeper Special Bacon with Herbs (Lv12/5m) MDam 3% + 48
Housekeeper Special Caviar Sandwich (Lv20/1m) PCrit Rate 48 / PCrit Dam 10%
Housekeeper Special Deluxe Seafood (Lv28/3m) MAttkPwr 11% + 840
Housekeeper Special Spicy Burritos
Housekeeper Special Swamp Mix (Lv32/5m) MDam 8% + 128
Housekeeper Special Unimaginable Salad (Lv40/5m) PAttkPwr 15% + 1200


Anyway, does anyone know if affinity can be dropped I want to keep one of my maids under 40 so I can keep the Caviar Sandwich on my melee classes.

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Sunday, July 18th 2010, 2:38am

Sorry for the double post.

Ideal settings for housekeepers in rank of importance

Frontline Physical - Knight/Warrior/Warden

Cooking Lv.100
Crafting Lv.100
Any Lv.40 (Caviar Sandwich)
Defense Lv.100
Battle Lv.100
Any (Optional)


All Non-Aggro Physical - Scout/Rouge

Cooking Lv.100
Any Lv.80 (Crafting) or have first maid do both
Any Lv.40 (Caviar Sandwich)
Defense Lv.100
Battle Lv.100
Crafting Lv.100 (Optional)


All Magic - Mage/Priest/Druid

Any Lv.80 (Cooking
Any Lv.80 (Crafting) or have first maid do both
Magic Lv.100
Defense Lv.100
Crafting Lv.100 (Optional)
Any (Optional)

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Friday, July 23rd 2010, 5:20pm

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The fourth stat is Magic. this skill is used to place a magic buff on you when you wish. This stat, when at level 80, gives 1050 Magical Attack and an additional 2% added onto that; and it lasts 2 hours. At level 100, this is capped at 1575 Magic Attack and 6%, with a 4 hour duration! Also, they have a second buff that raises Magic critical by 210 at level 100 for four hours!


Is there any way to know which buff you will get?
Can you get both at once?
Do I need a 2nd magic maid to get both?

The reason I ask is that my maid has never once given me the bolded/underlined buff. She only ever gives me the magic critical buff, even if I ask for buffs 4 times in a row and have the magic critical buff on me already.

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Monday, July 26th 2010, 8:20am

Kind of sucks that I had my keeper's affinity up to about 20 and was gone leveling for about an hour and came back and her stats were back to the base when I paid for her. :(

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Monday, July 26th 2010, 2:46pm

It seems like the best way to "set" the housekeepers levels at this time is to make sure you put him/her away before you leave your house.

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Tuesday, July 27th 2010, 12:44am

Possibly a dumb question, but have they fixed the high end foods to have a version for the magic using types yet?

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Wednesday, July 28th 2010, 12:48am

I didn't even know that housekeepers were available until I read this forum thread yesterday. So, thanks for starting this thread anyway...for people like me who are more casual players.

I've read so much drama about these housekeepers on here, but the idea sounded nice. So, I logged in and bought one for 200k just to try it out.

So far, I have had seemingly no problems with mine...

When her Fatigue is at 0/100, I can click the chat option 5 or 6 times, before fatigue is at about 90/100. Today, I logged in and her fatigue was back at 0/100 and I could chat with her some more (i'm not sure actually how long it takes to lower or reset, but a day worked for me).

I have not had a problem with her skills dropping points or resetting.

I got my housekeeper with the physical buff at 16. I clicked on the curriculum for physical to obtain the buff, and it showed that i had a phys crit rate increase buff on. Then, i went outside and killed that tree ent boss guy in Aslan Valley. I didn't notice during the fight, but after, I noticed that the buff was gone.

I'll have to test it again, since I wasnt paying too much attention as to how long the buff was supposed to last, or if it dropped when i entered combat. I thought it said 1 or 2 hrs or something, that's why it seemed weird to me that it was gone after the fight.

Anyway, I'm happy with my housekeeper so far...if only for the extra storage space =) I would recommend at least one if you can afford it.

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Wednesday, July 28th 2010, 1:48am

Quoted from "RandyLive;312842"

I got my housekeeper with the physical buff at 16. I clicked on the curriculum for physical to obtain the buff, and it showed that i had a phys crit rate increase buff on. Then, i went outside and killed that tree ent boss guy in Aslan Valley. I didn't notice during the fight, but after, I noticed that the buff was gone.

I'll have to test it again, since I wasnt paying too much attention as to how long the buff was supposed to last, or if it dropped when i entered combat. I thought it said 1 or 2 hrs or something, that's why it seemed weird to me that it was gone after the fight.


My housekeeper buff immediately disappears once I enter combat. I really wish they would fix it instead of adding more stuff to the game. Housekeepers aren't even working properly, yet they continue to forge ahead and add things (e.g. pets, etc.).

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Wednesday, July 28th 2010, 8:06pm

All the extra content they have been adding (e.g. housekeepers, pets, arena, guild siege, etc...) all don't really matter much to me at this point. Yeah...I have a pet and have a housekeeper, have participated in arena and guild siege...all mainly just for a quick experience to satisfy my curiosity with the new content. I am still working on trying to hit lvl cap and I'm just beginning to create some decent endgame gear.

I am finding that the RoM community is mainly made up of people like me...people who have not yet reached "RoM God" status yet. There are those few who have...the ones who can somehow afford to not work, but play RoM all day and spend money on diamonds to pimp out their gear. But, the majority of the community seems to be either leveling, running instances or creating gear.

I'm glad that they make this extra content because someday I'll be at the place when I no longer need to focus on leveling, running instances and gearing up. But, for now, I don't have the time to spend on the extra content, aside from a quick try at it. I just think for most people this is the case.

The developers have got it somewhat right...spending more time on new areas, dungeons, skills and level caps. I think they should focus on these things more than any extra content. But, I do agree, if they are going to release "waste my time, cuz i'm bored" extra content, it should at least be functionable.

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Thursday, July 29th 2010, 7:43pm

Heres something that sucks, but good to note... food doesnt go well with ALL buffs. For example im a rogue/scout, meaning I have combat master. I try using the house keeper's caviar sandwich and it takes off combat master! Informer, caviar sandwich... my mortal enemies! Im pretty sure other buffs affect the house keeper protection and battle buffs but i have not discovered which are the ones that do, it is still a mystery.
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Nerfy - 50/24 S/R
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Cottoneyejoe - 55/41 P/S

Note - These are all my characters worth a mention. I have many more.

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Saturday, July 31st 2010, 7:42pm

One question... food remains for 5 min? Before you use it? Or once you put it in your backpack etc it is permanent? Sorry... Noob... trying to figure out what good the food is if you goes away so fast!

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Sunday, August 1st 2010, 4:19pm

The food buff lasts for 5 minutes when you use it. The food itself lasts for 24 hours in your backpack.

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Sunday, August 29th 2010, 8:22pm

I have only bought 1 house keeper and it cost me 100k the next one says it will cost me 400k .... has any one else experienced this???

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Wednesday, September 1st 2010, 3:14pm

I just bought my 2 housekeepers last night because, after reading this thread, I figured I needed one with 100 magic stat and one with 100 defense stat to take full advantage of the buffs...

I tried it out once and it seemed like the buffs (magic buff + defense buff) don't stack but in fact replace each other. Is that correct? Or was it just a fluke? Does it make a difference if I get the buffs from the same housekeeper? Can someone please tell me?

If that's the case, it's very frustrating: I don't have much gold and I just spent a huge portion of my savings on that second housekeeper.

Thanks for your input,

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Friday, September 3rd 2010, 9:06pm

This has probably already been mentioned, but UBER important.


IF YOU ARE A MAGIC USER DO NOT LEVEL THE COOK ABOVE 79 OR ELSE THEY WILL ONLY MAKE PATTACK FOOD AND YOU WILL HAVE A USELESS COOK!!!

This might have been mentioned already, just thought I would add more lol.

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Saturday, September 4th 2010, 4:46pm

Quoted from "nemasus;329342"

I have only bought 1 house keeper and it cost me 100k the next one says it will cost me 400k .... has any one else experienced this???


Normal; the prices go up for each additional housekeeper. Though as far as I remember, the first one is 200k, not 100k.

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Sunday, September 12th 2010, 4:59pm

Quoted from "Dragonchampion;275355"

Alright. I have a complete guide to how to use a housekeeper to its fullest extent. (I love making things to help people)

To mods: Sorry that this is a self-split, but I thought that not many people would see this on the 5th page of "What do the new housekeepers do?" so I made a new thread.

This is the basic info screen for housemaids. This can be accessed by pressing the far right button in the house information window.

There are six panels for people's faces, and as such, the maximum nomber of Maids that can be in your house is 6, no matter your house size.

Note there are four buttons on the bottom. this allows you to control your Housemaids.

The first button is to "summon" your housemaid. This makes the housemaid appear in frount of you, facing you. Place it where and how you wish.

The Second button is to recall a placed housemaid. this allows you to hide any housemaid that might not have an outfit, or one that you just dont have room for.

The third button is the dismiss button. this PERMANENTLY removes the person from your House Maid roster.

The fourth and final button is to hire more housemaids. Click this to bring up the next window, with information on all available maids that can be hired.




this screen is the House Maid recruitment window. you can see tabs on the right, that may or may not be greyed out. Greyed out ones are hired maids- you CANNOT hire them.

From the top, you can see some basic information about the person you are recruiting. Including birth datae, sign, and more. This has no effect in the game as far as I have seen.

Next is the stats. Not that most stats are capped at 80. HOWEVER, each maid has ONE skill that is capped at 100, their "Chosen Profession" this means that if you buy the housemaid, you will be able to train them to level to 100, and they will make superior items.

The first stat from the top left is what i call "Attunement" this means how much the person is willing to server you. Chatting raises attunement, but once you get past 80, it sometimes takes 5-10 chats to raise it by one! Attunement is VERY imortant; as it govern's the maids ability to train skills. A maid with 22 attunement can only train her skills up to 22! This is why chatting with your maid until she is at 100 Attunement is highly reccomended.

The second stat is Charisma. Although I have yet to see it ingame. Charisma is raised when Attunement is raised, meaning this will be filled the more you chat with them as well.

The Third stat is Fatigue. When this bar fills, they will no longer be able to perform any duties until they rest. Mind this at all times!

UPDATE:
Before going to Hoto, I got 4 stacks of potions from one maid, and they where fatigued. I got all the buffs/supplies needed, and then went and did Hoto. Upon returning an hour later, the fatigue was reset to 0. I do not know if it is a bug preventing some people from losing fatigue, but it seems that they lose some on either a 5-30 minute basis, or else reset every hour, like the respawn things for hiring.

The fourth stat is Magic. this skill is used to place a magic buff on you when you wish. This stat, when at level 80, gives 1050 Magical Attack and an additional 2% added onto that; and it lasts 2 hours. At level 100, this is capped at 1575 Magic Attack and 6%, with a 4 hour duration! Also, they have a second buff that raises Magic critical by 210 at level 100 for four hours!

The next column, from the top is the Battle stat. this stat gives you a boost to your Physical attack, good for rogues and scouts. At level 80, it is the same as Magic, with 1050 Attack and 2% added on and a 2 hour duration, then at level 100 it is 1575 Physical Attack and 6% added on and a 4 hour duration. Also, from repeated clicks, itsometimes removes the buffs and gives a Physical Critical buff instead, with same numbers above.!

The next is Defense stat. this is for tanks and those who want HP. This stat gives HP, like the others give Physical attack and Magical attack. Once again, at level 80, it is 1050 HP and 2% Additional with a 2 hour duration, and at 100 it is 1575 and 6% additional with a 4 hour duration. Sometimes gives a physical defense buff instead of the HP buff.

The next stat is the Cooking stat. This means you will no longer have to worry about sneding your heard earned gold on food! (Well, most food anyways.) This skill allows the maid to cook for you, making the following items:

levels 1-20
Salted Fish with Sauce
Bacon with Herbs

levels 21-40
Caviar Sandwich
Seafood

levels 41-85
Spicy Burritos
Swamp Mix

levels 86+
Unimaginable Salad
(Unknown. I am a tank, it gives me ONLY unimaginable salads, might be different if you are a magic user)

NOTE: All Maid items have a 24hour expiration date! If you do not use them within 24 hours, they disappear forever! You can just go and get more from the maid tho, so don't fret if this happens.

ALSO NOTE: Unlike buyable food, Housekeeper food lasts only 5 minutes.

The next stat is possibly the most fun and useful stat. Unlike Cooking, which gives ripoffs of ingame items, Crafting makes Potions you CANNOT get ANYWHERE else! Some of these are novelty potions, and overs are insanely powerful! The list is as follows.

levels 1-40
Green Prince Potion - Turns you into a frog
Unbridled Enthusiasm - +15% Walking speed for 1 hour
Fullness - Turns you into a giant, like the GMs

levels 41-80
All of above
Galloping Gale - +30% riding speed for 3 minutes
Clear Thought - -10% Casting time for 1 hour
Lucky Target - THIS is the most useful potion for most classes. +75% Luck for 1 hour, CAN STACK with diamond luck potions!!!
Crazy Breakout - Allows you to jump 10 TIMES as high as normal. 1 jump consumes 1 potion.

levels 81+
All of above
Volatile Stench potion - BEST potion for tanks. +15% Aggro for 10 minutes
Godspeed Potion - +50% Movement speed for 8 seconds. Acts like the speed sigils in Arena!

NOTE: All Maid items have a 24hour expiration date! If you do not use them within 24 hours, they disappear forever! You can just go and get more from the maid tho, so don't fret if this happens.


At the bottom right you can see the "Hire" button. this allows you to hire the currently selected maid. HOWEVER< if you see the red text "Hired" this means the have Already been hired by another player. However, when this happens, all is not lost.

Every hour, the people in the roster reset. This allows anyone to buy them. (The best thing to do is just camp in your house for an hour and wait till they are on sale again.)

Now that you have your Maid and have placed them (Using the button described above) you can start having them learn and train their skills.

To start with, you cannot do anything with the maids. they will NOT listen to you. To solve this, simply talk to them a few times to get their "Attunement" up.

Here is a screenshot of the chat window that opens up.




The first option, Chat, allows you to talk in ;/say with the Maid. (Well, they talk, you listen) this gives a +1 to Attunement and charisma. However, if the attunement is high (80+) you will need MULTIPLE chats to get One point of attunement!

The second option is "Magic Carriculum" This allows the maid to cast a Magic attack enhancing buff on you. Depending on her Magic level, the buff gets stronger. Chosing this option raises the maid's Magic level by 1.

The third option is "Battle Curriculum" This gives the Physical Attack buff mentioned above. Again, this relies upon the battle stat. Choosing this levels the maid's battle skill by 1.

The fourth option is "Defense Curriculum" This gives the HP buff listed above. This relys upon the maid's Defense stat. This option, when chosen, adds 1 level to the maid's defense stat.

The fifth option is Cooking. doing this will give you a random number of foodstuffs. This number gets higher the higher level the maid has in cooking, as well as better foods! My level 100 cooking maid gives me 62 Unimaginable salads!

The sixth option is Crafting. This relys upon the maid's crafting skill to make potions. this gives you a random number of random potions. Unlike cooking, the number remains around the same no matter the level; the only change is the quality and powers of the potions.

The final option takes you into the Housekeeper attributes page, which tells you their levels. This also allows you to equip your maids how you wish!

Next to learn is the Housekeeper equipment screen. Not Only can you equip them with any look you wish, but they can also hold items for you!



The housekeeper comes with slots like a mannequin, but with one additional; you can even give them wings! equipping them has no visible function to the game, however. Maybe a possible future awaits where people can be attacked in their houses and their maids can fight to save them; who knows?

Anyways, unlike a mannequin, they can ALSO hold up to 10 ADDITIONAL items, making them a living chest! This means not only can you make them look good, but you can store anything you need to store with them.

That seems to be all of the current features of housemaids; Im glad you took the time to read this, and I hope it helps!

EDIT: Added in some new things, including what I have found about crit rate and pdef buffs!

Wonderful post. Thank you for posting it. However, mine won't let me put items in there for the housekeeper to "wear" or "store". Is there a trick? Thanks.

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Friday, September 17th 2010, 8:58pm

Not sure if it was posted in the 11 pages or not.

However, if you have food with the cool down pushing the 24 hour limit, Do not get more. They will combine and take the cool down that is closes to expiring.

Example I had 2 pieces of caviar left with 1hour hour till they expired. Got more caviar from the maid and it all expired in an hour. Now Your stuck with a tired house maid that will not cook for ya.

Just trash the old food before you get new and you should not have any problems.
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Saturday, September 18th 2010, 9:21am

Quoted from "Silmarilos;331336"

This has probably already been mentioned, but UBER important.


IF YOU ARE A MAGIC USER DO NOT LEVEL THE COOK ABOVE 79 OR ELSE THEY WILL ONLY MAKE PATTACK FOOD AND YOU WILL HAVE A USELESS COOK!!!

This might have been mentioned already, just thought I would add more lol.


How do you get food from your maid without leveling cooking? I haven't bought any housekeepers yet but from reading the guide, it sounds like when you request food, it trains the cooking skill
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