Specter

 is an Ghostly enemy in Dragon's Dogma.

Specters are dangerous black versions of Phantoms feared by all Pawns for their deadly possession attack, which doesn't turn a Pawn against the Arisen but kills them for good. These replace most normal Phantoms during Post-Game. They have more HP but are still highly vunerable to Holy attacks and Magick attacks.

Locations

 * Found in The Blighted Manse on completion of the Quest Duchess In Distress.
 * Also encountered in many locations across Gransys in Post-Game, including at The Bluemoon Tower, Verda Woodlands (near the healing spring), and in the Everfall. The respawn time for them seems to be around 5-7 days
 * One can be found in the Catacombs when doing A Parting Gift.  It appears on the second level of the underground in the large, open area (near the trapdoor entrance where Quina is waiting).
 * Found in Chamber of Tragedy and Chamber of Estrangement inside Everfall.
 * Bitterblack Isle at the following locations
 * Rotwood Depository
 * The Black Abbey
 * Ward of Regret

Drops

 * Eldricite Shard or Eldricite

Notes and Tactics

 * Immune to all debilitations.
 * Vulnerable to magic attacks.
 * Weak against Holy magic, including Holy Based Weapons, many Holy Based Skills and holy weapon enchanment.
 * Vulnerable to physical attacks when they possess allies.
 * Physically attacking them often results in their disappearance and becoming temporarily intangible. They will reappear after a few seconds in the exact spot they were struck.
 * Melee attacks are ineffective - unenchanted weapons may inflict a very small amount of damage, less than 10hp
 * When adventuring solo a ghost's possession attack may sometimes be broken physically by throwing an item whilst possessed.
 * Use of Throwblasts in this fashion easily defeats the specter
 * Having a Specter passing through a Pawn or the Arisen grants a temporary boost in Strength.

Pawn Bestiary Knowledge
For full informations, refer to the Pawn Bestiary Knowledge page or the according section on the Phantom page.

Enemy specific :
 * None

In addition to witnessing these techniques, it is necessary for Pawns to participate in killing 50 Specters either with their own Arisen or while travelling with others.