Construct

Animated Armour

Creatures that are made instead of born. Some only follow a simple set of instructions, while others are imbued with sentience.

Constructs are a type of creature found within Baldur's Gate 3. They are mechanical and non-biological entities animated through magical or technological means. They are frequently encountered throughout the game and can even be summoned by the player with certain spells.

Characteristics

Most constructs are assembled from inorganic matter and as such, many damage types are ineffective against them including Poison, Psychic, and Necrotic. They are also unaffected by conditions that would normally harm organic creatures such as  Bleeding

Conversely, almost all healing effects including  Healing Word,  Lay on Hands, and  Preserve Life have no effect on constructs. However, potions can still heal them.

 Blight does not affect constructs

File:Sword of Lifestealing Unfaded Icon.pngSword of Lifestealing does not work against constructs Resonance Stone does not affect constructs

Types of constructs

Animated Armour

Suits of magically animated plate armour. Ponderous and persistent, these constructs are often used as guardians.

• Animated Armour
• Hollow Armour
• Klank
• Krank

Steel Watcher

The operations of these huge steel juggernauts are powered by engines of churning hellfire.

Steel Watchers are a fusion of mechanics, necromancy, and illithid psionics. They were designed by Enver Gortash and deployed to the streets of Baldur's Gate. There, they enforce Gortash's will and play a pivotal role in his power grab.

The design of the Steel Watchers was based on a Gondian design for an Auto-Guard, an exoskeleton intended to be piloted by a small individual. Instead of the living pilot, however, the armour is controlled by the decapitated body of a tadpoled zombie. The disembodied head maintains a psionic connection to the body thanks to the tadpole and can remotely puppet the Steel Watcher. In turn, the tadpoled brain is commanded by the Absolute.

Flesh Golem

The powerful enchantments that have stitched together this assortment of body parts have imbued it with both a strong defence and formidable strength.

Flesh is the only flesh golem encountered in the game. It was constructed by Balthazar partly o

Scrying Eye

These levitating eyes transmit all that they see to the one who created them.

The leaders of the Cult of the Absolute frequently uses Scrying Eyes to monitor their underlings. They can be found patrolling Absolute outposts in the Shattered Sanctum, Grymforge, and Moonrise Towers. While they have no defensive capabilities of their own, they will alert nearby allies of any disturbance.

Adamantine Golem

Unstoppable juggernauts that exist only to follow their creator's orders, even if that creator has long since passed.

• Arcane Turret
• Steel Watcher
  • Hellfire Watcher
  • Steel Watcher Titan
• Doggy
• File:Portrait Stedd's Virtues of Unions.png Stedd's Virtues of Unions
• File:Portrait Amaps' Memoirs.png Amaps' Memoirs
• File:Portrait Suelto's Ethics of War.png Suelto's Ethics of War
• Nautiloid Cannon
• Flesh

• Scrying Eye
• Spiritual Weapon
• Guardian of Faith
• Ptaris' Mental Image
• Elminster (as a simulacrum)

Bosses

• Bernard
• Grym
• Steel Watcher Titan
• Manifestation of Tyranny

Related items

• Arrow of Construct Slaying - Consumable arrow that deals double damage against construct targets.
• Summon Golem Bell - Summon the flesh golem Flesh while inside the Gauntlet of Shar.
• Light of Creation - Non-construct wielders have a chance of being  Stunned when attacking with this weapon.
• Gloves of the Automaton - After activating  Circuitry Interface, the wearer is considered to be a construct for 10 turns.