Flail of Ages

Flail of Ages would become more powerful as more heads for it are attached. You may get up to Flail of Ages +3 during The de'Arnise Keep has been Invaded side quest in , while Cespenar in is able to unlock its full power.
==Flail of Ages +3==
===Acquisition===
The flail is created by forging the three flail heads on the first floor of the De'Arnise Keep. The heads are all found within the keep. If Gorion's Ward isn't eligible or you don't plan to take over fighter's stronghold, you must collect it before a side quest is finished else you lose the opportunity to obtain it.
* Flail Head (Cold) can be found near the northwestern forge on the ground floor, behind a hidden door
* Flail Head (Acid) is dropped by Glaicus on the upper floor
* Flail Head (Fire) can be found in the room with the inactive golems on the upper floor
One of the prebuilt characters for the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal has the flail in their inventory.
===Description===
=== Gameplay ===
*The fire, acid elemental damage on hit can be used to kill trolls. The three types of elemental damage will also bypass effects such as Stoneskin even if the physical damage is blocked, making the weapon an excellent enemy spell casting interrupter.
*Note that the slow effect applied by the flail does NOT include the AC and THAC0 penalties that are included with the Slow spell. The flail's slow effect is still quite effective.
==Flail of Ages +5==
===Acquisition===
The weapon is crafted when adding two more flail heads to Flail of Ages +3 so make sure it's in the party inventory when starting Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal so that Cespenar can upgrade it for you.
*Flail Head (Poison) can be found in the pool of poison at the second floor of Watcher's Keep.
*Flail Head (Electric) can be gained when Abazigal is killed.
It can be acquired as well in The Black Pits II: Gladiators of Thay as a reward item after defeating Mardii and his Elements in Tier 2 - Battle 4.
===Description===
===Gameplay===
*In , when the flail is fully upgraded, the newly gained Free Action passive status will block any further Haste effect from being applied. There's a work-around as of v2.6.6.0: unequip the Flail of Ages - either by switching to a different weapon in quick weapon slots or by managing it in the inventory screen - then use the haste effect and switch back to the weapon.
*This weapon is arguably the most powerful flail in game, it's recommended to dual wield it with a off-hand APR +1 weapons such as Belm to maximize your damage output, the off-hand weapon gets 1 APR at normal state, 2 APRs with the Improved type of Haste or Whirlwind Attack, any extra APRs will go into the flail
*Because the weapon deals all kinds of elemental damage, it can be used to quickly find out which kind of damage monsters are immune to. Aside from being a troll killer, the elemental damage done will also bypass effects such as Stoneskin even if the physical damage is blocked, making it an excellent enemy caster interrupter.
== Bugs ==
* Until version 2.6.5.0 (April 19th 2021), Golems, undead and creatures with at least 100% resistance to Poison damage are immune to all of the effects from the Flail +5 and the Flail +4 with the poison head.
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==Screenshot gallery==
Heart Key Fight 4.png|Minsc strikes Xei Win Toh with the 3-headed Flail of Ages, dealing Fire, Acid and Cold damage and inducing a Slow effect - illustrating this weapon's use during the late-game chapters.
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