- Record Type
- Artifact
- Permanent Archive ID
- SPN-ART-000163
Universe: SPN
Season: Supernatural — Season 3
Series: Supernatural
Bobby’s tracking device suspends a pointer over a map and pairs that apparatus with a target’s correct name and a Latin ritual. In *No Rest for the Wicked*, the working locates the target in New Harmony, Indiana.
Bobby’s tracking device suspends a pointer over a map and pairs that apparatus with a target’s correct name and a Latin ritual. In No Rest for the Wicked, the working locates the target in New Harmony, Indiana.
Bobby states that the device can achieve street-level precision, while the episode demonstrates a town-level result. It requires the correct name and ritual; independent operation, maximum range, false-name behavior and repeat-use history remain unresolved.
Overview & Classification
- ID Number
- 163
- Type
- Ritual locator / pendulum-map apparatus
- Origin / Creator
- Maker Unknown; used by Bobby Singer
- Owners / Users
- Bobby Singer; Sam Winchester; Dean Winchester
- Related Lore
- SPN-LOR-000086
Equipment, Objects & Places
- Artifact Name
- Bobby Singer's Occult Tracking Device
- Related Weapons
- None
Abilities, Rules & Limitations
- Powers / Properties
- When paired with a target's correct name and the performed Latin ritual, its suspended pointer searches a map and pinpoints the target's location with street-level precision claimed and town-level precision demonstrated.
- Limitations
- Requires the correct target name and ritual. Independent operation, maximum range, false-name behavior, and repeat-use chronology remain Pending Research.
Appearances & Chronology
- First Mention ID
- SPN-EPS-000060
- First Appearance ID
- SPN-EPS-000060
- Episode IDs
- SPN-EPS-000060
Archive & Verification
- Canon Status
- Screen Confirmed
- Research Status
- Verified for S03E16 construction, name requirement, ritual use and New Harmony result
- Evidence IDs
- SPN-EVD-000098
- Citation IDs
- SPN-CIT-000218; SPN-CIT-000219; SPN-CIT-000220; SPN-CIT-000221; SPN-CIT-000222; SPN-CIT-000247; SPN-CIT-000248; SPN-CIT-000258; SPN-CIT-000259; SPN-CIT-000260; SPN-CIT-000262; SPN-CIT-000265; SPN-CIT-000266; SPN-CIT-000269; SPN-CIT-000270; SPN-CIT-000271; SPN-CIT-000272; SPN-CIT-000273
- Notes
- Canonical occult device linked to performed procedure SPN-SPL-000017. The episode demonstrates New Harmony, Indiana; Bobby's street-level claim is preserved as stated rather than treated as separately demonstrated.
- Last Verified
- 2026-08-06 13:05:00 America/Chicago
- Record Status
- Canonical — active episode Artifact
- Primary Glyph
- GLY-042
- Overlay Glyph(s) / Assignment Status
- Not Applicable — no additional supported locked object overlay
- Icon Governance Status
- Primary Artifact glyph retained; no new icon required under GGX-AUD-000242