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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 232
Mystic water staff 1 Uncommon 25,068
Rune warhammer 1 Uncommon 24,662
Rune longsword 1 Uncommon 18,695
Mystic robe top (blue) 1 Uncommon 72,050
Mystic robe bottom (blue) 1 Uncommon 47,461
Trident of the seas (full) 1 Rare (1/512) 911,671
Runes/Ammunition
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Water rune 400 Common 2,000
Mist rune 100 Common 10,900
Chaos rune 250 Common 23,250
Death rune 150 Uncommon 31,350
Blood rune 60 Uncommon 22,020
Soul rune 50 Common 7,350
Seeds
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Watermelon seed 24 Common 2,304
Torstol seed 2 Uncommon 122,074
Magic seed 1 Rare (1/128) 125,108
Materials
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Seaweed 125 (noted) Common 6,125
Battlestaff 10 (noted) Uncommon 82,220
Unpowered orb 50 (noted) Uncommon 4,000
Diamond 8 (noted) Uncommon 15,496
Oak plank 60 (noted) Uncommon 31,500
Runite bar 2 Uncommon 24,866
Raw shark 50 (noted) Uncommon (1/64) 41,650
Raw monkfish 100 (noted) Uncommon 37,700
Grimy snapdragon 6 (noted) Uncommon 58,128
Other
Item Quantity Rarity GE market price
Coins 10,000–19,999 Common Not sold
Shark 5 Common (7/128) 5,055
Edible seaweed 5 Common 105
Harpoon 1 Uncommon 126
Bucket 1 Uncommon 6
Sanfew serum(4) 2 Uncommon 51,122
Crystal key 1 Uncommon 21,810
Rusty sword 1 Uncommon Not sold
Antidote++(4) 2 (noted) Uncommon 2,276
Dragonstone ring 1 Rare (1/128) 12,066
Kraken tentacle 1 Rare (1/300) 463,406
Clue scroll (elite) 1 Rare (1/500) Not sold
Jar of dirt 1 Very rare (1/1,000) 6,885
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 10,456
Tooth half of key 1 Common 10,717
Chaos talisman 1 Common 568
Uncut sapphire 1 Common 470
Uncut emerald 1 Uncommon 738
Uncut ruby 1 Uncommon 1,352
Nature talisman 1 Uncommon 828
Steel arrow 150 Uncommon 4,800
Rune arrow 42 Uncommon 3,444
Rune javelin 5 Uncommon 825
Adamant javelin 20 Uncommon 1,320
Runite bar 1 Uncommon 12,433
Nature rune 67 Uncommon 15,745
Law rune 45 Uncommon 8,370
Death rune 45 Uncommon 9,405
Rune battleaxe 1 Uncommon 24,482
Rune 2h sword 1 Uncommon 37,858
Rune sq shield 1 Uncommon 22,515
Silver ore 100 (noted) Uncommon 7,200
Dragonstone 1 Uncommon 11,955
Uncut diamond 1 Rare 2,670
Dragon med helm 1 Rare 58,986
Rune kiteshield 1 Rare 32,094
Rune spear 1 Rare 11,989
Shield left half 1 Rare 65,513
Dragon spear 1 Rare 37,422
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.
