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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.
