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Spare the Rod is a Gear in BioShock Infinite that uses the Hat slot.

Gear 20

Location[]

Spare The Rod Gear

It can be found behind a Dollar Bill vending machine in the Factory, in a room to the left after exiting the elevator and fighting a group of Vox Populi.

The Gear will become available in Clash in the Clouds from the Columbian Sundry and Supply machine after finishing a certain amounts of waves.

Strategy[]

  • This Gear is not recommended when attempting the Blue Ribbon Challenges in Clash in the Clouds, as it might interfere and cause the player to fail the challenge. As an example: If a Soldier becomes possessed during the "Defeat all enemies with the Sky-Hook melee" challenge on wave 1 of the Raven's Dome map, you will automatically fail.

Behind the Scenes[]

  • The name comes from the famous proverb, "Spare the rod; spoil the child", meaning a lack of discipline leads to poor behavior and manners in children. It is often credited to the King James Bible's Book of Proverbs 13:24 (He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes), although it more likely to come from a 17th Century poem by Samuel Butler called “Hudibras": What medicine else can cure the fits, of lovers when they lose their wits? Love is a boy by poets styled, then spare the rod and spoil the child. The line is also spoken by Comstock just before the showdown at the cemetery.
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