Comprehensive Venomancer Guide

The golem is fine. Even though it's level 17, it's still the lowest level of its family of pets (all golems in general) so it'll have better stats than any other golem, which are prized for tanking.

Bunnies in general really aren't too good... if you like, keep it as a show off pet, but I wouldn't use it as a tank or put any effort into leveling it.

@kratos:
Just use whatever mission reward weapons you get. Once you hit level 60, you'll start using HH weapons which will be the best for your level. To ensure you can always have the best weapons for your level, keep your mag at your level*3 (exception is wands which require your level *3 +2, and I _think_ banner staffs which is your level * 3 - 2).

Open your quest dialog, there should be a quest in yellow text. Finish that to get your cultivation done.

The maximum int you can have while still maintaining the build is 7. You can have more than 7 if you get equipment that adds stats for you though.

1. As soon as a mob kites, click follow on your golem. Be sure to have your golem at manual attack. Your golem will run back to you, bringing the kiting mob back at it. Then you can just send the golem at it again. Alternatively, there's a level 4x gorilla thing that attacks with range with normal hits, so kiting mobs won't be able to pull it away. It's also a decent tank.

2. If you wish, you can always pick up a mech crab by fishing village, they're supposed to be somewhat decent tanks and they're a lot smaller and more manageable on the screen than a golem. I'm not sure about their speed though.

3. A good magic tank would be the frog, which unfortunately is rare, but is often cheap. In my version the frog is about 1/8 the price of a dodo bear and is the cheapest of all rare pets aside from the bunny. However, if you really want a normal pet, an infant antilope will eventually have the highest m.def out of all normal/rare pets in the game, although its hp sucks a bit.

Yes, your build is correct for light armor.

And I haven't gotten any of those skills, so I'm not too sure how good/useful they are as of yet.

1. You can add soulstones to your weapon (called shards in this version?) Soulstones can add all kinds of stats, like +accuracy, +hp, +p.atk, +m.atk, etc. Since you have 2 sockets, you can add 2 soulstones.

2. You refine something with mirage stones at a city elder. If successful, this'll add a + to the item. In other words, if the weapon is called Magic Sword, and you refine it, it'll become Magic Sword +1, then Magic Sword +2, etc. This'll add attack boosts to weapons, hp to armor, defences to adorns.

3. Stars symbolize the rank of the weapon. A 3 hollow star weapon will be better than 1 hollow star version of the same weapon.

You can get soulstones from npcs named "Merchant ____" and synthesize them to make the effect greater. You can add phys attack, mag attack, accuracy, hp, mana, or any of the 5 elements to your weapon.

Refining is done with mirage stones at any elder in a city. Each + gives the item a bonus. For weapons it gains in attack, for armor it gains in hp, and for accessories it gains in defense. If it fails, the + goes away entirely unless you used a special item while refining.