
The player must disturb the four smaller whirlpools before they can successfully disturb the large whirlpool.
The Kraken is a stronger and larger version of the cave kraken. It requires level 87 Slayer to kill. Located at the Kraken Cove, it can only be attacked if the player has cave krakens as a Slayer assignment, which also requires level 50 Magic. Along with their non-boss variants, they are the only monsters that drop the Kraken tentacle. In addition to the tentacle, the Kraken is the only monster to drop the Trident of the seas.
Like its smaller brethren, the Kraken is submerged underwater. To start the fight, the four whirlpools around it must be disturbed; this will release a level 112 Enormous Tentacle, which attacks with Magic. When all four whirlpools are disturbed, the larger one can be disturbed, which will result in the Kraken popping out. Both the Kraken and its tentacles attack with magic; the Kraken can hit very hard, but often misses, while the tentacles are much more accurate but deal less damage. The Kraken and its tentacles use Typeless Magic and as such Protect from Magic does not prevent or reduce any damage they deal to the player (nor does it reduce their accuracy). The Kraken's projectile resembles Fire Wave.
Players can create a Kraken instance for 25,000 coins. The player does not need to carry coins on them to create the instance. The player does need to be careful in the instance though, as it only holds one player (the creator), and any items you drop will be permanently lost upon exiting, including those if you die or disconnect. Also if you log out after paying the coins, you will be kicked out of the boss room and will have to pay again. Items intentionally dropped on the floor within the Kraken boss instance will remain on the floor for 30 minutes; however, items are still lost on death. Items dropped in the regular cave will disappear as normal.
Drops
Weapons/Armour
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Pirate boots 1 Uncommon 207 Mystic water staff 1 Uncommon 25,108 Rune warhammer 1 Uncommon 25,184 Rune longsword 1 Uncommon 18,653 Mystic robe top (blue) 1 Uncommon 71,300 Mystic robe bottom (blue) 1 Uncommon 47,337 Trident of the seas (full) 1 Rare (1/512) 817,107
Runes/Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Water rune 400 Common 2,000 Mist rune 100 Common 9,700 Chaos rune 250 Common 16,000 Death rune 150 Uncommon 29,100 Blood rune 60 Uncommon 18,240 Soul rune 50 Common 7,300
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Watermelon seed 24 Common 1,032 Torstol seed 2 Uncommon 111,678 Magic seed 1 Rare (1/128) 141,784
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Seaweed 125 (noted) Common 5,875 Battlestaff 10 (noted) Uncommon 79,550 Unpowered orb 50 (noted) Uncommon 5,150 Diamond 8 (noted) Uncommon 15,104 Oak plank 60 (noted) Uncommon 25,020 Runite bar 2 Uncommon 24,660 Raw shark 50 (noted) Uncommon (1/64) 52,450 Raw monkfish 100 (noted) Uncommon 30,800 Grimy snapdragon 6 (noted) Uncommon 59,976
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 10,000–19,999 Common Not sold Shark 5 Common (7/128) 5,780 Edible seaweed 5 Common 120 Harpoon 1 Uncommon 173 Bucket 1 Uncommon 7 Sanfew serum(4) 2 Uncommon 45,286 Crystal key 1 Uncommon 20,519 Rusty sword 1 Uncommon Not sold Antidote++(4) 2 (noted) Uncommon 926 Dragonstone ring 1 Rare (1/128) 11,841 Kraken tentacle 1 Rare (1/300) 414,322 Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/500) Not sold Jar of dirt 1 Very rare (1/1,000) 5,407 Pet kraken 1 Very rare (1/3,000) Not sold
Rare drop table
In addition to the drops above, this monster also has access to the rare drop table.
Show/hide rare drop table Item Quantity Rarity GE market price Coins 3,000 Common Not sold Loop half of key 1 Common 10,323 Tooth half of key 1 Common 9,577 Chaos talisman 1 Common 589 Uncut sapphire 1 Common 479 Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 684 Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,311 Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 668 Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,950 Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,856 Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 885 Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,540 Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,330 Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,807 Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,380 Death rune 45 Uncommon 8,730 Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,462 Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,826 Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,503 Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 5,200 Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,660 Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,879 Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,965 Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,059 Rune spear 1 Rare 11,774 Shield left half 1 Rare 65,081 Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,370
Trivia
- Its examine text is a reference to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and its sequel At World's End, as well as the jar of dirt drop, and the abyssal tentacle.
- Upon release, the Kraken did not have an option to create an instance. This was added on an update on 19 March 2015.
- It uses the same in-game model as the Sea Troll Queen from the Swan Song quest, but recoloured.
- During the 2016 and 2017 Christmas event, the Kraken, along with its pet counterpart, could be seen wearing a Santa hat.