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Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen
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- See also: Illithid Powers.
The Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen is a story item in Baldur's Gate 3.
Hanging suspended in murky slime, the living tadpole looks like some hideous cousin to the slug, only gorged and slick with remnants of brain fluid.
Properties
Consumables- Single Use
Rarity: Story Item
Weight: 0.2 kg / 0.4 lb
Price: 100 gp 
UUID
1ec327be-3b7f-4502-9586-860e057e09ae
Effect
Consuming a Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen unlocks an Illithid Power.
Where to find
Usage
- A tadpole remains in a party member's inventory only until the Illithid Power skill tree is automatically unlocked, when the quest
is started. After this, obtained tadples do not get in the inventory anymore but are added directly to the Illithid Power skill tree interface, where they can be used to unlock illithid powers. - The Illithid Power skill tree is also unlocked after recruiting Minthara, because she already makes use of illithid powers.
Notes
- If, when picked up, a specimen is sent directly to a hireling's inventory, it remains there until sent to the inventory of a party member who has already been tadpoled.
- After the first Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen is consumed, future parasites can be stolen in broad daylight. Even when a party member is caught stealing, the Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen is automatically consumed the before they can proved to have stolen it and the theft can be denied without any check.
- It is possible to duplicate parasites received in Act One. To do this, all the parasites, which shall be duplicated must be collected before triggering the first cutscene with the dream visitor. Once that cutscene triggers, manually consuming a parasite from the inventory consumes all the parasites in the inventory, but fails to remove them. If the player character then moves these remaining parasites into a container, they are consumed a second time. (proof of bug after patch 8 https://youtu.be/bjRnmBh1LvI)
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Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen in Nettie's laboratory in the Emerald Grove.
