Bestiary/Kraken
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| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | Sea monster |
| Category | Sea creatures |
| Alignment | Evil |
| Karma | −11,000 |
| Fame | 11,000 |
| Behavior | Attacks on sight |
| Speed | Medium |
| Stats | |
| Strength | 756–780 |
| Dexterity | 226–245 |
| Intelligence | 26–40 |
| Hit points | 454–468 |
| Stamina | 226–245 |
| Mana | 0 |
| Damage | 19–33 |
| Armor | 50 |
| Resources | |
| Carving | Nothing |
The Kraken is a giant squid that grabs at sailors with its tentacles. It has no spells and no breath, but it hits hard, and it always carries a special fishing net that can raise more sea monsters.
Overview
- In-game name: a kraken
- Corpse: a krakens corpse
- Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights in melee.
- Water only: it swims and can't leave the water.
Stats
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Strength | 756–780 |
| Dexterity | 226–245 |
| Intelligence | 26–40 |
| Hit points | 454–468 |
| Stamina | 226–245 (same as its Dexterity) |
| Mana | 0 |
| Melee damage | 19–33 |
| Armor rating | 50 |
| Fame / Karma | 11,000 / −11,000 |
Skills
| Skill | Range |
|---|---|
| Tactics | 45.1–60.0 |
| Wrestling | 45.1–60.0 |
| Magic Resistance | 15.1–20.0 |
Special behaviors
- It has no mana, so it's a pure melee fighter.
- Its pack always holds a special fishing net, a rope, and a 5% chance of a message in a bottle. If it was raised by a net there's another 20% chance of a bottle.
Special fishing nets
Special fishing nets come from deep-water fishing (80 Fishing or more), from krakens' packs and from sunken SOS treasure chests (an ancient SOS gives a fabled net instead).
- Double-click the net in your backpack and target water within 6 tiles that you can see.
- A normal net needs deep water with open sea around it: the target tile and the tiles out to 25 steps away along both diagonals must all be open water.
- The net sinks over about 17 seconds, then the monsters surface within 2 tiles of it and attack you.
- Special net: 1–3 monsters (2–5 for the rare coloured nets). Fabled net: 4 more than that, plus a leviathan.
- Each monster is one of: sea serpent, deep sea serpent, water elemental or kraken (equal odds). A kraken raised this way has an extra 20% chance to carry a message in a bottle.
Loot
Every kraken carries:
- Gold: about 260–350 in total (from its "Rich" loot)
- a special fishing net
- a rope
It may also carry:
- A magic weapon, armor piece or shield (up to 3 chances, from about 20% down to 1% each)
- A musical instrument (about 1% or less)
- a message in a bottle (5%; another 20% if a net raised it)
- A level 4 treasure map (1% chance)
Carving
There's nothing to carve from its corpse.
Location
- Special fishing nets: casting a special fishing net in deep water raises 1–3 sea monsters (2–5 if the net is one of the rare 1-in-100 coloured ones). Each is picked at random with equal odds: sea serpent, deep sea serpent, water elemental or kraken. A fabled fishing net raises 4 more than that, plus a leviathan. Every monster raised by a net goes straight for the person who cast it.
Tips
- Every kraken you kill gives you another special fishing net, so a strong fisher can chain nets: each net can raise more krakens, and each kraken carries another net.
- It only fights in melee and can't leave the water, so archers and mages on a boat can fight it from a distance.
- It drops a level 4 treasure map.