How to get the Pet Spectator

Combine the shadow curse and the spectator inside the iron flask to make an undead spectator pet for your friendly oathbreaker
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[@thej6846]

oathbreakers control undead leads to some of the most fun pets, from skeletons, to driders, to thorms, to spectators

[@turbogoblin8232]

The absolute doesn't want you to know this but malus thorm is free for the taking

[@Simszer7]

But if you kill the drider in act 2 it will not bring back as an undead because he have the lamp ?

[@murazortv]

​@Simszer7 you can force them to give you a lamp. Then they try to get to moonrise without it and become shadow cursed undead.

[@turbogoblin8232]

@@Simszer7 you can convince him to give you the lamp then leave. You find him and the caravan just outside moon rise as undead

[@Colm1800]

you can get glut to rez the bullete, then control the bullete and kill glut

[@Xohaze]

Act 2 for Oathbreaker is just one big pet store where you walk through and adopt all these misfits and then steal Ketheric's dog.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Is it bad that of all the brutal things I would do in this game, stealing Ketheric’s dog is the last thing I would think of?

[@zeniey]

YOU CAN STEAL HIS DOG? , THATS HIS CUTE LITTLE DOGGO??

[@BowForGlory]

But can you have his dog forever?

[@nathanpfirman625]

HE HAS A DOG!?!

[@narcisbenitezlozano7222]

You can also make Ketheric your pet with Oathbreaker and make him kill all his guards in moonrise tower's

[@icetide9411]

"This is Cuddles. He's very friendly. Now let him smell your hand."

[@fluffydogboo1335]

No don’t run from him that will trigger his hunting instincts- CUDDLES PUT THEM DOWN THIS INSTANT!!

[@VengeanceGaming666]

I prefer Being turned to stone tbh

[@ryuuya1017]

I'd love to but I don't see a nose.

[@MrNickPresley]

"I-I don't like the way all his eyes are looking at m-" "I SAID, 'LET HIM SMELL YOUR HAND'!"

[@supergiantrobot3501]

"...so anyway, that's how I lost my arm. To be fair, he was as friendly as a puppy from then on."

[@AmuletRebel]

Being an Oathbreaker Paladin in the Shadow Cursed Lands: "It's free real estate."

[@CrazyIrishmen7]

I literally heard it in the voice lol

[@kyleramos720]

Imagine, Jaheira and the harpers in front of the moonrise gates watching Tav and party fighting a spectator just beyond the bridge

[@thej6846]

then watching tav bring the spectator into the inn like a dog

[@jiggycalzone8585]

"One second! Im doing a thing" - Tav

[@marbleherogaming735]

​@@thej6846 "don't worry, he don't bite"

[@beagay963]

Jaheria: “scouts what are they doing?” Harper scout: “it seems they are killing and reviving a weaker beholder” Jaheria: “ah they must be the protagonist” *fades to memory of the first two game’s protagonist doing weird shit too*

[@enriquemendez1507]

Jaheira remembers when you saved a child's dog only for the child to become a demon and fly away. Or when you freed a genie then had to fight it

[@ezio7252]

I always keep that spectator as a panic button in my back pocket

[@WolfFireheart]

I decided to use mine against the goblins outside the run down temple this time. Pretty fun being lvl 3 and taking them out xD I also once used it against the gith guarding the mountain pass, one round later, it was dead... :/

[@Sup-jz2ow]

In act 1 the only group I wasn't able to kill were the githyankis with the dragon by the bridge. They easily killed my spectator and didn't even have to use the dragon lol

[@BikeShorts69]

I used it on the final fight on a online playthrough

[@TheGreatSammyJack]

It is the only reason I won against Balthazar in Night Song area. I was losing BAD, but then chucked the iron flask into the middle of his archers and it cleaned shop

[@tortellinifettuccine]

​@FranciscoTorres-jz2ow yeah I'm not sure you're ever expected to beat them at that level, I spoke with them lol.

[@ronin3801]

But its worth noting it disappears forever after you rest, so be sure to use it prior to a big fight (like a certain temple or tower)

[@wulfgar1968]

Are you not able to put it back into the Iron Flask?

[@tebtacles]

​@@wulfgar1968nah, this isn't pokemon

[@garydezern5212]

That when you use mods and use the reusable flask. Easy.

[@80sRetrosaur]

100% should have been said in the video, the guy is not giving tips he's just farming clicks. Makes it sound like its permanent because he knows people wouldn't give a shit otherwise. I wont be clicking on his shit again and i advise yall do the same.

[@keeganmbg6999]

@@80sRetrosaurI mean the ability is inherently only converting creatures for an LR and not forever under your control.

[@mariuszmoraw3571]

Necromancer: I CONTROL WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES! Oathbreaker Paladin: Pff... That's cute...

[@Mormollio]

Literally did necromancer and then realized I have to hoard bodies to be effective, so paladin should’ve been the move if I wanted undead pets…

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

Imagine If the game went on until level 20, the Oathbreaker Paladin just sicking a lich at someone

[@NordicCarved]

"I control the dead"

[@MayHugger]

@@TaurusTheCrazyBullYou cannot use Control Undead on a Lich, as they are CR 21, and Control Undead only works on undead that have a CR that is lower than your Paladin level. You could probably use it on Cazador or the Oathbreaker Knight though, ironically enough. Then again, I don’t recall exactly, but they probably have a passive feature known as “I know I exactly fit the requirements for your feature to work, but Nuh-uh cause no fun allowed”.

[@TaurusTheCrazyBull]

@@MayHugger Unfortunate, I know Thisobald Thorm has "Immune to Control Undead" but Malus Thorm doesn't, so the ability exists, but not every boss has It, but I definitely would want Oathbreaker Knight to be Immune to *all* forms of control

[@incoRPG]

Never have i ever throw it without saying " who's that pokemon? It is tentacruel"

[@koopaking6148]

Tentacruel with a hint of mimikiu... Or maybe one of the many other horrifying Pokemon...

[@idiotstrytosurvive5051]

"no it's pikachu" reveals eldritch horror Pikachu

[@356z]

It's one of 100 items I'm hoarding. I'm officially a BG3 hoarder on my first playthrough 😅

[@incoRPG]

You can also pick up barrels with kobold in them as well. Mini Dragonites.

[@flomoller6096]

The level of freedom that the game allows you is just insane

[@WobblesandBean]

My favorite is allowing Astarion to Past Tense, pay Withers to resurrect him, then steal your money back while he's distracted 😂

[@WobblesandBean]

.....And yet we still don't have the freedom to take my precious son Mishka back to camp.

[@zebdawson3687]

I only ever hear this from people who haven’t gotten very far or haven’t beaten the game. You’ll eventually see exactly how limiting this game can be. You won’t even notice until you do multiple playthroughs and realize how EASILY you can lock yourself out of 60+% of the game by simply taking a right instead of left (even though both paths end in the same room, looking at you Yurgil and the entirety of your quest line/characters/story/cutscenes, etc. that completely disabled if you go right and not left, making Yurgil seem like just another random fight, when there’s a HUGE amount of content around him). BG3 is extremely scripted and linear, it just doesn’t tell you that. So when you lock out entire quest lines, they just vanish. You won’t know, you can’t see them, it’s just gone. That’s the “freedom” you’re referring to here, you have the freedom choose left or right, but only one of those leads to game content, the other just locks it out, leaving it for another playthrough. The IDEA of freedom is a pretty good marketing tactic though. Really gets newer players buzzing, but in reality, like most games that give the player the illusion of choice, it’s just that: an illusion. Most dialogue options (especially those “funny” ones you choose to look cool to your buddies) all have the exact same response from the person you’re talking to. 5 dialogue choices? 1 response. Or if you choose to kill someone, the very next cutscene has that person talking because it’s just scripted that way (looking at you Shadowheart and Moon Song, chatting like nothing just happened, like I didn’t just make a decision that the game said, “nah, that’s not in the script, man. Despite us deliberately giving you that choice, we didn’t account for it in the code”.) As I said, once you get more experience in this game (and almost all games like it), you’ll see what I mean.

[@goqnogkowol]

​@@zebdawson3687true

[@jacobbrackett3568]

@@zebdawson3687 still better than anything else on the market. I'd rather them take this approach, encouraging to try new playthroughs and other classes. I can't even think of an RPG in my lifetime that wasn't like this, making a game deviate that much for a game of similar size would take up a massive budget and time process. If it wasn't made with 2001 software

[@VaFire]

Not me selling it in the druids grove thinking it was just a creepy prop😂

[@DalesDubs]

I was holding on to it, just waiting for an NPC later on to be like "hey I'm looking for an iron flask, have you seen it?"

[@tired5027]

@@DalesDubs act 3 is where you can give it to someone im pretty positive

[@alyssum130]

That was me. I stole it back. 😂

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

@@DalesDubs The box and the iron flask technically belong to the Zhentarim you can meet in Act 1 in a hidden cellar at Waukeen's Rest! They pay you if you give back the box unopened and untampered with. The Zhentarim wanted to trade the iron flask to a "customer" in Baldur's Gate in Act 3, so technically you can steal the bottle and sell it to that NPC. Or just let the Spectator lose in the basement of the Baldur's Gate newspaper after they wrote crap about the group, as my husband did on his playthrough after he failed the quest to change the headlines in time...

[@31knots50]

Using the spectator mid battle should come with a voice prompt "With this treasure I summon..."

[@Enemyguitar]

This is my Spectator! His name is Mahoraga. He doesn’t bite… much

[@xtra3547]

Tentacruel,l choose you !

[@rosaleee3879]

Bro that's awesome! Now I def gotta make my evil Durge a palidin oathbreaker/necromancer

[@chase5298]

paladin* idiot

[@b1ak_heart]

That's what I did. I it plays super well. Almost like it was the intended class

[@niakitten2937]

@@b1ak_heart What's your build for that? Because I keep seeing People saying Paladin is useless for anything but smite.

[@cosmicmuse2195]

​@@niakitten2937 That's because people have no taste and can't just enjoy a cool as hell class unless it outputs 60 damage a hit.

[@susannehermansson6503]

​@@niakitten2937 thats some weird takes, paladin is like one of the best all round classes in the game, good support, defense and offense and charisma on top

[@dechenthurman2708]

That is HORIFFIC! Definetly gonna try that in my next playthrough.

[@MoosedUp]

I’m mad I missed this as an oathbreaker who has the iron flask in act 3

[@MrSneaksful]

too late, and the pet is gone after long rest.

[@macappleoverwatchclipsmore8525]

Benji the door ghoul at the circus was a fun Oathbreaker pet. Nothing special in terms of power, but funny to take him.

[@Zephirah]

I love Benji

[@darha22]

Does this make everyone at the circus aggro you? I’m doing an honor run with my brother who’s an oathbreaker but I may or may not have forgotten to do the quest for the bone cloak chick so now the person I farm cloud elixirs from is the kobold and idk if he’s gonna get angy with me or not if we steal benji

[@macappleoverwatchclipsmore8525]

@@darha22 For me I just had to talk the gate guy down.

[@johndavey2340]

This is insane, the level of choice really earned this GOTY it absolutely deserved it

[@JBFranny]

This is what necromancer should have been.

[@heathenly_aesthetic7233]

*"WHO'S THAT POKÉMON"* 😂

[@wasntwas]

its also fun to say "GO POKEBALL" and throw it into balders gate.

[@vincentmartinez222]

This game never ceases to amaze me

[@ryzekiv7147]

“BY TEMPEST’S FROST-COATED CARPET! WHAT IS THAT?!!!” “Aw, das jus’ Effy. She don’ bite.”

[@krasussien]

imagine bringing your eldrich pet Cthulhu in town, yeah normal day for our heros

[@ARIGATOUIKKEIKE]

They showed soooo much love for Spectators when they made the model and animations. It’s the freakiest enemy in the game, and rightfully so.

[@24arrian71]

He randomly started attacking me even though he still had the controlled condition lol

[@tchanthaphaeng]

I got the iron flask and put it in my storage chest not knowing it was a “win any fight” item. Fml..

[@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_God]

More like a make a fight more chaotic in act 1 / early act 2. It's aggressive to everyone including you. Definitely don't use it in a fight where you have allys or neutral npcs around. Past the mid point of act 2 it gets more useless since it's level 5, at best it'll distract an enemy for a couple turns

[@kaiju9671]

@@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_GodI threw it at the 2 spectators in house of hope, despite being lower level, it was bigger in size and actually held its own as it took out all the Mephits and stunned the other 2 spectators while I focused them down

[@thejwvariety]

​@@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_God i used it at the very end of the game with the dragon, tactician. it tanked! i think it was still alive when they went through the portal

[@Zephirah]

​@thejwvariety I will try it against Gortash

[@sylvirgiomanach1491]

I tried it against Cazador. Threw it in from outside aggro range. Li'l blinky bb died *so* fast, y'all... Poor thing maybe got a hit or two in before it went down? So I just reloaded the save. Keeping it for later.

[@kaylasolomon9578]

no joke i literally just got that flask and had no idea what it was but was scared to open it and then got recommended this soon after 😆

[@leonarduskrisna4588]

the fact you can do this is beyond crazy

[@r1pperduck]

Gotta catch em all

[@solidargument]

I love how it shakes like a Chihuahua.

[@Noah60]

The spectator looks kinda cute tho, i wanna hug it

[@ScarletDeath666]

Well now I know what’s in the flask I just got

[@Durrtyboy]

you can still do the questline for the chest and pick pocket it back from the lady you give it to so you can buy stuff from that area and have your pet still

[@footlessmoonbadger7189]

I didn't watch the full stream, so i can't speak on the quality of the whole thing, but the troll job was pretty funny, in my opinion. "Your nurse is calling you."😂😂

[@joeracer302]

You can also take the chest to the Zentarim, give it back to them, so you can buy the gear from their vendor (gotta get that titan bow!). After giving the box back, just pickpocket her and take it back. Pop invisibility and vanish into the night. Now you have the best bow in the game and the iron flask for fun.

[@aliasghar-bc3tl]

The possibilities in this game is endless really one of games that can if there will be a hall of fame of all game industry it would be on tops

[@Hanger249]

So glad I just started an oathbreaker paladin playthrough yesterday

[@jalilakaromeo1]

I just keep learning new things about this game and I’m on my first play through 😂😂😂

[@josevictor7839]

A good addiction to my solo run

[@derekgoff4328]

Idk how many times I can play through this game but EVERY time it’s something different. We aren’t worthy of your love Larian.

[@mimice9496]

Being a cleric in act 2 is the exact opposite. It's like wearing repellent using turn undead and the occasional raise undead😂

[@_Tzer]

This sounds exactly like a dnd episode.

[@user-op3lk8py9q]

you can also make a mushroom zombie from that big monster mole in underdark - it even can eat magic tower canons

[@someonestolebigboi-imbigboi]

*always reserves the flask for our reisdent contractual demon* have fun raph'!

[@stertrack520]

I used it to beat the stealwatchers at the foundry in act 3. He took à meen beating but won me time

[@YangX.L.]

The more I learn about this game to more I want to play it. But I just don’t have the time

[@Robert_Paprika]

During a 5e game, my DM sent us undead minautors. The party : oh no.. My necromancer : oooouuuuh new toys

[@mealeerowe]

I wish I could save this for when I play through the game again 😂 this is genius

[@sylvie_loves_frogs4951]

YOOO HOW ARE THERE NO COMMENTS!!! THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!! i'm an especially big fan of will's done face after seeing the ear lmao

[@Leto85]

After watching this shorts 'I'll catch you next time' hits different.

[@cyonu5675]

I always love games that have random tricks and strats that work because of coincidence lol

[@zunghul9424]

Best underdark friend is using gluts mushroom spores on the bullet

[@desilina1982]

Yay, i just became an Oathbreaker and wasn't sure what else my powers can do! Im still learning the game, but so far, its alot of fun. I'll take all the advice please!!! 🙏

[@Soul-fp8si]

I raised a zombie in the goblin camp who then ended up turning the whole camp, because the goblins focused on the party

[@greytrainingrounds9344]

Well I’m running a necromancer play through for my first time. I’ll be sure to try this next time tho

[@Vampiress01]

Welp, if I ever need the Spectaror for something. Now I know. Lil guy is staying in the flask rn

[@Bas-A.I.]

meanwhile i knew nothing about this and was planning to use the spectator as a wasp nest in a mason jar, it won't ask whos ass to kick it will just do it

[@valinaladdams4498]

I keep seeing vids that refer this to be "early" act 1 and that's how I KNOW this game is massive, holy crap

[@rosythegardevoir]

He may be powerful but I guess he's also very cute

[@Vert-.]

I threw the bottle in my camp when i was a very low level and having not seen a spectator at that point of my play through, it’s safe to say I 💩 my pants

[@mrbeanyboi9659]

That seems alot more usefull that the way i used it, if a battle is getting slow or boring i whip out that bad boy and spice it up a little

[@saltysoda93]

as if it wasnt fearsome enough, now its a Zom-beholder

[@jeffjacobs2706]

Saving for later

[@mxechxn]

I COULDVE GOTTEN THIS DONE THIS WHOLE TIME AS A PALADIN

[@maoneko]

In my evil playthrough i will be a grand necromancer oath breaker with an army of boss level pets EHEHEHEHEHEH

[@auniqueidiot2535]

Cool, not like I'm gonna do that anytime soon, but still cool. Since I'm still a noob at this game (just made it to the Inn at the start of act 2), my question would be, is it just gonna stay until the next long rest or is it a permanent companion until it dies. Seriously, I don't have any idea about these things😅

[@elijahcriswell1658]

I’m not 100% certain but I’m playing as a necromancy wizard in my main game and all my undead thrall leave after a long rest so I’m willing to bet the same thing happens here :/

[@TheRoseWolf]

Controlled undead via an Oathbreaker will follow you around until you take a long rest. Upon leaving your camp the next morning, said undead will be free by then and waiting where you last entered your camp. You will need to make the check to control it again, as it will be hostile. Be very careful where you choose to leave it, as your potential thrall will also be potentially attacking innocent people, and it could also die by the local guards or something.

[@approvedstudios558]

Awww, i thought by pet you can take it back to camp

[@slayerdwarfify]

That was 100% the way it was worded yes. It was the intention

[@im7254]

I rolled my first paladin just for this. Had no idea paladin is the real necromancer

[@Fenris1349]

Alternatively, throw the flask at a pile of enemies and RUN LIKE HELL! Turns a fight with 20 enemies into 10, too easy.

[@anakinvader9120]

Lmaooo literally saved me against Baalthazar

[@quincyking010]

Y do that instead of a battle that after defeating the main enemy ends the fight. Save it till the final boss and just let it do the fighting

[@ReallyRecluset]

I threw this at my enemy like it was Mahoraga 😂

[@flak6487]

I just fought that dude! Scary fight! At least I had some reprieve by turning him into a sheep just about long enough to kill the summons

[@tortellinifettuccine]

No need to be an oathbreaker, i believe shadowheart also has a turn undead spell by default after a while.

[@Skinless-chan]

Turn undead is different, it just deals damage and makes them afraid of you, *control* undead is the one that converts them into allies and it’s exclusive to the oathbreaker

[@tortellinifettuccine]

@Skinless-chan oh, weird to call it turn undead, thanks for the FYI. I must have originally thought it meant turn things undead and wasted it a shiton 😅

[@RealFunnyCinema]

@@tortellinifettuccine Well... it does Turn Undead away from you...

[@Steele00]

"He don't bite" "he got teeth don't he?"

[@TalesofDrCreepYPasta]

AAAAAWWWWWWWWWW, IT'S SO CUUUUUUTTTTTTTTEEEEE.

[@justdoingmything]

I threw the spectator at Grym while my party and I took invisibility potions and shot the lever in the adamamtine forge, I thought that was the only way I could make it fight for me lmao

[@DomenG33K]

Pretty sure its a lore reference of a massive primordial of fire and lava being locked in the flask.

[@Cuppa_Doc]

I couldn't figure out wtf that flask did. Thx!

[@h3ll0gudbye]

I always pick up this flask and sell it at the grove lmao. I should really start reading shit in game.

[@ahmki52298]

Oh well now I wanna make an oath breaker necromancer of some kind

[@cabbage_cat]

After all this time the game still surprises me

[@itsregular1149]

This game is so dame cool.

[@peagames2002]

Honestly, I threw this buddy to say hi to Auntie Ethel. Oddly enough she stayed to kill it. She also got odd death speech when speaking to dead, when you didn't kill her but someone else, spectator in this case.

[@kristinpothast]

In act 1 with my othabreaker and haven't gotten to the strongbox yet. *rubs hands together*

[@haphazardlark1502]

You only talk about how it’s a fearsome ally and not about how it’s also a good boy who everyone in this family loves very much

[@TEJR69]

And there I was always releasing the Spectator at the grove fight just sitting back and watching it decimate the whole goblin (and sometimes parts of Thiefling) army ...

[@user-qg8kd4nj9c]

If you sneek around the back you can steal it and nobody ever finds out

[@mrgrump1003]

I love spectators! Their entry in the monster manual is fun, although a bit depressing. Never heard of a spectator being that big, though

[@GEONEgaming]

They're weirdly still considered "Medium" in BG3

[@mrgrump1003]

@@GEONEgaming Really! That is quite interesting.

[@_nameless_2607]

Damnit, shouldn't have waited until act 3 to end up breaking my oath, I had everything I needed for this and it would have been funny with this paladin durge playthrough

[@Rover-The-Alien]

ITS SO CUTE WHAT?! Fluffy eyeball, I need it

[@helpineedvanke3175]

Is it in your army permanently?

[@skooterthekid8069]

Oath breaker paladin: He Doesn't bite Random mob: 💀

[@michadybczak4862]

It's only for the long rest and can be resisted by WIS, so it doesn't work reliably.

[@cherrymoon9961]

I gave that Flask to Astarion after getting it back from ninefingers lair through a quest. I completely forgot about it because it was first delivered by Rugan whos content got cut and he didnt return to Baldurs gate as one of our allies. I opened it at camp thinking it would fight with us....nope.

[@lilquacker4907]

Wow wtf by coincidence I have that item and I’m an oathbreaker paladin that just entered act two. Perfect timing

[@ultimate-warriors]

That's really cool, though it will disappear when you go to act 3

[@ericsbuds]

that is one creepy enemy! i love it!

[@akatsukicloak]

You can also get the iron flask in act 3, the more you know.

[@williamconwell6105]

Does the spectator increase in level or is it static

[@kaitybell]

Lol I immediately reloaded when I opened the flask and was like "Nopenopenope".... I didn't think of USING the thing like a pokeball... but I'm in Act 3 so maybe I still can

[@rh_697]

that's it im being a paladin next play thru

[@hussarini7811]

Playing an oathbreaker is so fun