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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 279
Mystic water staff 1 Uncommon 25,138
Rune warhammer 1 Uncommon 25,073
Rune longsword 1 Uncommon 18,721
Mystic robe top (blue) 1 Uncommon 71,525
Mystic robe bottom (blue) 1 Uncommon 47,671
Trident of the seas (full) 1 Rare (1/512) 892,613
Runes/Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Water rune 400 Common 1,600
Mist rune 100 Common 9,700
Chaos rune 250 Common 18,500
Death rune 150 Uncommon 32,250
Blood rune 60 Uncommon 20,520
Soul rune 50 Common 7,300
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Watermelon seed 24 Common 2,376
Torstol seed 2 Uncommon 105,012
Magic seed 1 Rare (1/128) 115,505
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Seaweed 125 (noted) Common 6,375
Battlestaff 10 (noted) Uncommon 82,210
Unpowered orb 50 (noted) Uncommon 3,550
Diamond 8 (noted) Uncommon 15,392
Oak plank 60 (noted) Uncommon 24,180
Runite bar 2 Uncommon 24,892
Raw shark 50 (noted) Uncommon (1/64) 32,500
Raw monkfish 100 (noted) Uncommon 32,600
Grimy snapdragon 6 (noted) Uncommon 52,764
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 10,000–19,999 Common Not sold
Shark 5 Common (7/128) 3,900
Edible seaweed 5 Common 150
Harpoon 1 Uncommon 224
Bucket 1 Uncommon 7
Sanfew serum(4) 2 Uncommon 35,548
Crystal key 1 Uncommon 19,810
Rusty sword 1 Uncommon Not sold
Antidote++(4) 2 (noted) Uncommon 842
Dragonstone ring 1 Rare (1/128) 11,337
Kraken tentacle 1 Rare (1/300) 554,993
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/500) Not sold
Jar of dirt 1 Very rare (1/1,000) 7,863
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 9,686
Tooth half of key 1 Common 9,686
Chaos talisman 1 Common 445
Uncut sapphire 1 Common 551
Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 735
Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,348
Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 688
Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800
Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 2,562
Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 830
Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,200
Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,446
Nature rune 67 Uncommon 14,271
Law rune 45 Uncommon 7,200
Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,675
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,548
Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,868
Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,585
Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 5,700
Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,356
Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,767
Dragon med helm 1 Rare 59,142
Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,141
Rune spear 1 Rare 11,984
Shield left half 1 Rare 65,427
Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,090
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.
