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Multiclass character: Tattooed Sorcerer + Exploiter Wizard.
The tattooed sorcerer gets a tattoo familiar, and it states the levels stack with wizard levels.
Exploiter wizard gets exploits instead of a bond (familiar or otherwise).
Do levels still stack for the familiar? Technically RAW, nothing says they don't, even though this would be like stacking with any other class without the Bond Item/Familiar in RAI.
Add to that, that the exploiter can take a familiar as a bond (but cannot have both a familiar and bond from two exploits...)... so can an exploiter wizard get a bond item if the Familiar comes from another class?
So I guess two/three questions: Do levels stack even if you lack the class ability due to archetype? Can you get both bonded item and familiar by stacking these two archetypes? And if not, is familiar exploit a way to "regain" the Familiar level stacking if question 1 is a "no, they don't stack without the class feature."?
No, your levels of Exploiter Wizard will NOT advance your familiar's abilities... however, if you take the familiar exploit, your levels will stack then.
No, you cannot have a bonded object and a Familiar at the same time, regardless of source. The two features are mutually exclusive.
So... simply put... your three questions...
No, No, Yes.
Also... a side note... Even without advancing the abilities, your familiar will still advance it's HP, skills, and effective HDs as you level due to the way those two features of the familiar are worded... HP is always equal to half of your total, skills are always equal to your own (unless you take a familiar archetype that changes this), and your familiar is always treated as having a number of HD equal to your own for the purpose of effects relating to HD (such as a Daze or Sleep spell)