You learn how to use your artificer infusions to specially modify your Steel Defender. Parts of your defender now count as separate items for the purposes of your Infuse Items feature: the defender's natural armor may be treated as a suit of armor or a shield and its appendages or bite may be treated collectively as a simple or martial melee weapon. Each of those parts can bear one of your infusions, and the infusions transfer over if you lose your defender and rebuild it. In addition, the maximum number of items you can infuse at once increases by 2, but those extra items must be part of your Defender.
Homunculus Defender - as part of this feature, you may also merge a Homunculus Servant into your defender. When installed this way, the Homunculus is rendered inactive, becomes immune to damage and your defender gains the Force Strike action and Channel Magic reaction features of the Homunculus Servant infusion. Additionally, when the Steel Defender dies, the Homunculus Servant emerges from the defender's body and gains the remaining features of the Homunculus Servant infusion. The installed Homunculus is not an extra item you can infuse as a result of this feat.
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