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The vast, unique variety of items inBaldur’s Gate 3tends to be both a delight and a dilemma. While the effects of items are often readily disclosed in tooltips, others, like the Iron Flask, offer only cryptic hints. In fact, its bewildering description might make even seasoned adventurers hesitate, and for good reason.
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If mishandled, the Iron Flask can potentially wreak havoc on your entire party. Yet, when used at the opportune moment, it can be a game-changing asset, swinging the most dire combats in your favor. This guide will explain exactly what the Iron Flask does, ensuring that you harness its power for benefit, and not blunder.
Warning: The following article contains spoilers for the storyline of Baldur’s Gate 3.
Where To Find The Iron Flask
The Iron Flaskitself can be found during theFind The Missing Shipmentquestline, which sees you rescuing (or dooming) a group of merchants hiding in a cave(X:-10, Y: 513)near theRisen Road waypoint.
This group of merchants in question have been cornered in a small cave by hungry gnolls, and are barely able to fend them off. You’ll be able to rescue them bykilling the gnollsorconvincing the pack leader to eat herself.
If themerchants are aliveafter your daring rescue, you’ll be able to strike up a conversation with one of them—Rugan. During this time, you canpersuade or intimidatethem into leaving behind their cargo:a single Caravan Strongboxthat can be found inside the cave.
A successfulHistorycheck will confirm that they arepart of the Zhentarim, an unscrupulousmercantile groupwho deals in immoral trades. This will give you a better chance atconvincing them to leave behind their cargo.
If you fail to convince them to leave their stuff behind, don’t worry! They’ll stay there for a bit—so you’re able to send in someone with high stealth tograb the whole chest, then teleport or run away.
Stealing the cargowill affect your interactions atthe Zhentarim Hideoutlater on.
What Does The Iron Flask Do
A successfulArcanacheck will reveal that theIron Flask is capable of trapping a creature, and the one in your hand is currently occupied. The question is, what’s inside?
And the answer is: nothing good! Trapped in the Iron Flask is aSpectator, a fearsomelevel 5 aberrationthat is capable of wiping out an unprepared party with lots of crowd-control and hard-hitting features.
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Thankfully, however, it’simmune and resistant to no damage types, meaning that a team of similar level that can tank itsparalyzing and wounding rayswill easily dispatch it.
The real value of theIron Flask, however, is the fact that it willbreak openwhen thrown.
So the next time you’re facing atough opponent in an enclosed area(such as in Dror Ragzlin’s ritual chamber), you canthrow the Iron Flask in, shut the doors, and enjoy the ensuing chaos.
