Kraken - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ dNetHack, move watcher in the water stuff

2025-03-20T22:43:31Z

‎Variants: dNetHack, move watcher in the water stuff

Umbire the Phantom: lede + gen + languages

2024-02-18T15:22:35Z

lede + gen + languages

Umbire the Phantom: word choice + grammar

2023-09-23T04:12:38Z

word choice + grammar

Umbire the Phantom: word choice, expansion, note tile, etc.

2023-08-30T19:46:30Z

word choice, expansion, note tile, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ word choice

2023-07-31T18:10:28Z

‎Strategy: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: /* Origin */ add tidbit

2023-07-31T18:09:31Z

‎Origin: add tidbit

Umbire the Phantom: update pass

2023-07-31T18:02:51Z

update pass

Actual-nh: /* Strategy */ Info from experience points page

2021-04-24T00:58:41Z

‎Strategy: Info from experience points page

Umbire the Phantom at 12:07, 24 February 2020

2020-02-24T12:07:03Z

Vivit at 19:37, 20 October 2018

2018-10-20T19:37:41Z

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 ==Variants==
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], the [[Watcher in the Water#UnNetHack|Watcher in the Water]] is a [[unique monster]] derived directly from Tolkien's Middle-Earth setting as described above, and it appears as the primary challenge of the [[Ruins of Moria]] dungeon branch, carrying a [[magic lamp]]. Additionally, one of the [[Random vault (UnNetHack)|random vaults]] is a "watcher in the water" room that may contain a kraken within its pools.
+[[UnNetHack]] reassigns the vanilla [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] associated with the kraken to [[Watcher in the Water (UnNetHack)|the Watcher in the Water]], and uses the Tennyson sonnet as the new encyclopedia entry for the kraken. The Watcher in the Water is a [[unique]] kraken-like monster derived directly from Tolkien's Middle-Earth setting as described above.
-UnNetHack reassigns the vanilla [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] associated with the kraken to the Watcher in the Water, and uses the Tennyson sonnet as the new encyclopedia entry for the kraken.
+Additionally, one of the [[Random vault (UnNetHack)|random vaults]] is a "watcher in the water" room that may contain a kraken within its pools at deeper levels.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[User:Chris/dNetHack/The Wings of Garuda|The Wings of Garuda]] is a [[ward]] that can repel krakens.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], kraken and other sea monsters can be randomly generated if a level has water and a water square is selected as a spot for random monster generation, and will be generated on such floors at level creation.
-The [[Watcher in the Water#dNetHack|Watcher in the Water]] serves as the "mid-boss" of the [[Dwarf Noble quest]], where it is a multi-segmented monster that impedes the player on the quest's locate level; the quest's levels are also based on the Ruins of Moria from UnNetHack.
+The kraken is buffed and changed significantly from ''NetHack'': its speed is raised to 9, it cannot be seen via infravision, they are more strongly chaotic, and they have four points of natural [[DR|damage reduction]].
 ===SpliceHack===
-In [[SpliceHack-Rewrite]], two krakens are generated on the [[Plane of Ice]] at level creation. A kraken can [[grow up]] into a [[thing from below]].
+In [[SpliceHack]], two krakens are generated on the [[Plane of Ice]] at level creation. A kraken can [[grow up]] into a [[thing from below]].
 ===SlashTHEM===

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 {{monster
   |difficulty=22
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 }}
-A '''kraken''', {{monsym|kraken}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It has the highest [[difficulty]] of the [[sea monster]]s, and possesses two claw attacks, a powerful bite, and a [[holding attack]] that can cause [[instadeath]] by [[drowning]].
+A '''kraken''', {{monsym|kraken}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[strong]] [[animal]] that can be seen via [[infravision]], and has the highest [[monster difficulty|difficulty]] of the [[sea monster]]s.
 ==Generation==
-Kraken are not randomly generated, and are not a valid monster form for [[polymorph]].
+Kraken are not randomly generated, and are not a valid monster form for [[polymorph]]. Normally-created kraken are always hostile.
 The [[Tourist quest]] generates two krakens within the river of the home floor at level creation. The fourth variant of [[Medusa's Island]] always generates a kraken within the small body of water on the main island at level creation.

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 ===Krakens and genocide===
-Krakens are usually a target for a [[scroll of genocide]] due to being capable of drowning players. Many of these genocides are often saved for the [[ascension run]]: a blessed scroll read upon entering the [[Plane of Water]] is used to wipe out all kraken and other sea monsters, minimizing the risk of a player drowning while there and leaving relatively-trivial [[water elemental]]s for them to contend with while they seek out the [[magic portal]] to the [[Astral Plane]].
+Krakens are usually a target for a [[scroll of genocide]] due to being capable of drowning players. Many of these genocides are often saved for the [[ascension run]]: a blessed scroll read upon entering the [[Plane of Water]] is used to wipe out all kraken and other sea monsters that are generated there, minimizing the risk of a player drowning and leaving relatively-trivial [[water elemental]]s for them to contend with while they seek out the [[magic portal]] to the [[Astral Plane]].
 Kraken are also an occasional target of [[reverse genocide]] for their superb [[experience point]] value: they posses the sixth-highest base experience among monsters, placing them above even [[Orcus]] and the [[Rider]]s, though they are worth 1000 less experience if you have [[magical breathing]] or are [[polymorph]]ed into an [[amphibious]] monster. Krakens that are stranded outside of water immediately become [[scared]] and will try to flee - while not as actively dangerous, they may still lash out if they are cornered or else you are [[occupied]] (e.g. with [[digging]] using a [[pick-axe]]). This also makes [[Kraken farming|farming them]] somewhat risky: kraken corpses will not revive via [[undead turning]] while on land, and scared kraken can still badly damage careless players.
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 The legend of the Kraken is the subject and source of countless stories and allusions to the present day, with numerous appearances in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics. Among these appearances is [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy - the [[encyclopedia]] entry for the kraken is an excerpt from ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', which describes a kraken-like creature known as the [[Watcher in the Water]].
-The kraken of ''NetHack'' is likely based off the giant squid's entry in the 1st Edition Monster Manual of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', due to sharing similar hit dice and the tendency to attack passing ships that is associated with mythical kraken; despite this, the default [[tileset]] depicts it as a serpentine sea creature more similar to legendary monsters such as [[Wikipedia:Leviathan|Leviathan]].
+The kraken of ''NetHack'' is likely based off the giant squid's entry in the 1st Edition Monster Manual of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', due to sharing similar hit dice and the tendency to attack passing ships that is associated with mythical kraken; despite this, the default [[tileset]] depicts it as a serpentine sea creature, more similar to legendary monsters such as [[Wikipedia:Leviathan|Leviathan]].
 ==Variants==

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 }}
-A '''kraken''', {{monsym|kraken}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is the most difficult of the [[sea monster]]s: it possesses two claw attacks, a powerful bite, and a [[holding attack]] that can cause [[instadeath]] by [[drowning]].
+A '''kraken''', {{monsym|kraken}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It has the highest [[difficulty]] of the [[sea monster]]s, and possesses two claw attacks, a powerful bite, and a [[holding attack]] that can cause [[instadeath]] by [[drowning]].
 ==Generation==
-Kraken are not randomgly generated, and are not a valid monster form for [[polymorph]].
+Kraken are not randomly generated, and are not a valid monster form for [[polymorph]].
 The [[Tourist quest]] generates two krakens within the river of the home floor at level creation. The fourth variant of [[Medusa's Island]] always generates a kraken within the small body of water on the main island at level creation.
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 ==Strategy==
-Like the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], krakens must be approached with caution and handled appropriately on pain of one potentially [[YASD|sinking your run]]. Also like eels, krakens have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] and can be handled using [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s and [[scaring]] [[tool]]s; fortunately, unlike both eels, krakens are very slow and possess subpar [[AC]]. A few charges from a [[wand of cold]] can be used to strand one quite easily and hack it apart at your leisure, and a [[wand of sleep]] can usually render it helpless - putting a kraken to sleep or scaring it will also cause it to let you go if it has gotten a hold of you.
+Like the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], krakens must be approached with caution and handled appropriately on pain of one potentially (and literally) [[YASD|sinking your run]]. Also like eels, krakens have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] and can be handled using [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s and [[scaring]] [[tool]]s; fortunately, unlike both eels, krakens are very slow and possess subpar [[AC]]. A few charges from a [[wand of cold]] can be used to strand one quite easily and hack it apart at your leisure, and a [[wand of sleep]] can usually render it helpless - putting a kraken to sleep or scaring it will also cause it to let you go if it has gotten a hold of you.
 ===Krakens and genocide===
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 The kraken (sometimes written as ''Kraken'', pluralized as either "krakens" or kraken") is a legendary sea monster of enormous size that is said to appear in the seas between Norway and Iceland. The legend may have originated from sightings of giant squid, which may grow to 12–15 meters (40–50 feet) in length.
-A product of sailors' superstitions and mythos, the kraken was first described in the modern era in a 1700 ''[[Wikipedia:Francesco Negri (travel writer)|Francesco Negri]]'' travelogue; a 1734 account from Dano-Norwegian missionary and explorer Hans Egede described the kraken in detail and equated it with a medieval creature known as the ''[[Wikipedia:Hafgufa|hafgufa]]''. Despite this, the first description of the creature is usually credited to the Norwegian bishop Pontoppidan, who was the first to describe the kraken in 1753 as an octopus of tremendous size and wrote that it had a reputation for pulling down ships.
+A product of sailors' superstitions and mythos, the first written description of the kraken in the modern era occurred in a 1700 ''[[Wikipedia:Francesco Negri (travel writer)|Francesco Negri]]'' travelogue; a 1734 account from Dano-Norwegian missionary and explorer Hans Egede described the kraken in further detail and equated it with a medieval creature known as the ''[[Wikipedia:Hafgufa|hafgufa]]''. Despite this, the first description of the creature is usually credited to the Norwegian bishop Pontoppidan, who was the first to describe the kraken in 1753 as an octopus of tremendous size and wrote that it had a reputation for pulling down ships.
-In 1866, [[Wikipedia:Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo]] introduced the concept of a great man-killing octopus to French fictional literature (or at least popularized it) with the ''pieuvre'' octopus depicted in ''[[Wikipedia:Toilers of the Sea|Toilers of the Sea]]'', which he identified with the kraken of legend. This in turn influenced [[Wikipedia:Jules Verne|Jules Verne's]] depiction of the kraken in ''[[Wikipedia:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'', which also drew on the real-life encounter a French ship had with what was likely a giant squid; Verne's depiction did not distinguish between squid and octopus.
+The kraken is the subject of [[Wikipedia:The Kraken (poem)|a popular 1830]] sonnet written by [[Wikipedia:Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson]]. In 1866, [[Wikipedia:Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo]] introduced the concept of a great man-killing octopus to French fictional literature (or at least popularized it) with the ''pieuvre'' octopus depicted in ''[[Wikipedia:Toilers of the Sea|Toilers of the Sea]]'', which he identified with the kraken of legend. This in turn influenced [[Wikipedia:Jules Verne|Jules Verne's]] depiction of the kraken in 1870 novel ''[[Wikipedia:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'', which also drew on the real-life encounter a French ship had with what was likely a giant squid; Verne's depiction did not distinguish between squid and octopus.
-The legend of the Kraken is the subject and source of countless stories and allusions to the present day, with numerous appearances in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics. Among these appearances is [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy: the [[encyclopedia]] entry is an excerpt from ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', which describes a kraken-like creature known as the [[Watcher in the Water]]. The kraken of ''NetHack'' is likely based off the giant squid's entry in the 1st Edition Monster Manual of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', due to sharing similar hit dice and the tendency to attack passing ships that is associated with mythical kraken.
+The legend of the Kraken is the subject and source of countless stories and allusions to the present day, with numerous appearances in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics. Among these appearances is [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy - the [[encyclopedia]] entry for the kraken is an excerpt from ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', which describes a kraken-like creature known as the [[Watcher in the Water]].
 ==Variants==
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 In [[UnNetHack]], the [[Watcher in the Water#UnNetHack|Watcher in the Water]] is a [[unique monster]] derived directly from Tolkien's Middle-Earth setting as described above, and it appears as the primary challenge of the [[Ruins of Moria]] dungeon branch, carrying a [[magic lamp]]. Additionally, one of the [[Random vault (UnNetHack)|random vaults]] is a "watcher in the water" room that may contain a kraken within its pools.
-UnNetHack reassigns the vanilla [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] associated with the kraken to the Watcher in the Water, and gives the kraken a new encyclopedia entry.
+UnNetHack reassigns the vanilla [[#Encyclopedia entry|encyclopedia entry]] associated with the kraken to the Watcher in the Water, and uses the Tennyson sonnet as the new encyclopedia entry for the kraken.
 ===dNetHack===

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 ==Strategy==
-Krakens are very slow, but like the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]] they must be approached with caution on pain of them [[YASD|sinking your run]]. Also like eels, krakens have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] and can be handled using [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s and [[scaring]] [[tool]]s; fortunately, unlike both eels, krakens are very slow and possess subpar [[AC]]. A few charges from a [[wand of cold]] can be used to strand one quite easily and hack it apart at your leisure, and a [[wand of sleep]] can usually render it helpless - putting a kraken to sleep or scaring it will also cause it to let you go if it has gotten a hold of you.
+Like the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], krakens must be approached with caution and handled appropriately on pain of one potentially [[YASD|sinking your run]]. Also like eels, krakens have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] and can be handled using [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s and [[scaring]] [[tool]]s; fortunately, unlike both eels, krakens are very slow and possess subpar [[AC]]. A few charges from a [[wand of cold]] can be used to strand one quite easily and hack it apart at your leisure, and a [[wand of sleep]] can usually render it helpless - putting a kraken to sleep or scaring it will also cause it to let you go if it has gotten a hold of you.
 ===Krakens and genocide===

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Kraken}}
-The kraken (sometimes written as ''Kraken'', pluralized as either "krakens" or kraken") is a legendary sea monster of enormous size that is said to appear in the seas between Norway and Iceland. The legend may have originated from sightings of [[wikipedia:Giant squid|giant squid]], which may grow to 12–15 m (40–50 feet) in length.
+{{wikipedia|Giant squid}}
 A product of sailors' superstitions and mythos, the kraken was first described in the modern era in a 1700 ''[[Wikipedia:Francesco Negri (travel writer)|Francesco Negri]]'' travelogue; a 1734 account from Dano-Norwegian missionary and explorer Hans Egede described the kraken in detail and equated it with a medieval creature known as the ''[[Wikipedia:Hafgufa|hafgufa]]''. Despite this, the first description of the creature is usually credited to the Norwegian bishop Pontoppidan, who was the first to describe the kraken in 1753 as an octopus of tremendous size and wrote that it had a reputation for pulling down ships.
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 In 1866, [[Wikipedia:Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo]] introduced the concept of a great man-killing octopus to French fictional literature (or at least popularized it) with the ''pieuvre'' octopus depicted in ''[[Wikipedia:Toilers of the Sea|Toilers of the Sea]]'', which he identified with the kraken of legend. This in turn influenced [[Wikipedia:Jules Verne|Jules Verne's]] depiction of the kraken in ''[[Wikipedia:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea|Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]]'', which also drew on the real-life encounter a French ship had with what was likely a giant squid; Verne's depiction did not distinguish between squid and octopus.
-The legend of the Kraken is the subject and source of countless stories and allusions to the present day, with numerous appearances in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics. Among these appearances is [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy: the [[encyclopedia]] entry is an excerpt from ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', which describes a kraken-like creature known as the [[Watcher in the Water]].
+The legend of the Kraken is the subject and source of countless stories and allusions to the present day, with numerous appearances in film, literature, television, and other popular culture topics. Among these appearances is [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy: the [[encyclopedia]] entry is an excerpt from ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', which describes a kraken-like creature known as the [[Watcher in the Water]]. The kraken of ''NetHack'' is likely based off the giant squid's entry in the 1st Edition Monster Manual of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', due to sharing similar hit dice and the tendency to attack passing ships that is associated with mythical kraken.
 ==Variants==

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 {{monster
   |difficulty=22
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   |frequency=0
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Claw 2d4, Claw 2d4, [[drowning attack|drowning]] 2d6, bite 5d4
+  |attacks=Claw 2d4, Claw 2d4, Hug 2d6 [[drowning attack|drowning]], bite 5d4
   |weight=1800
   |nutr=1000
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   |reference=[[monst.c#line2639]]
 }}
-The '''kraken''', {{monsym|kraken}}, is the most difficult [[sea monster]] in [[NetHack]]. Like the lesser [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], it possesses the [[instadeath]] [[drowning attack]].
 ==Strategy==
-Kraken are sometimes a target of reverse [[genocide]], as they posses the sixth-highest base [[experience point]] value, placing them above even [[Orcus]] and the [[Rider]]s; only the other [[demon prince]]s offer more experience. (Note that they are worth 1000 less experience if you have magical breathing or are polymorphed into an amphibious monster.) Like other sea monsters, they are not as dangerous outside water, although they still possess significantly damaging attacks.
+Krakens are very slow, but like the [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]] they must be approached with caution on pain of them [[YASD|sinking your run]]. Also like eels, krakens have no [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] and can be handled using [[wand]]s, [[spell]]s and [[scaring]] [[tool]]s; fortunately, unlike both eels, krakens are very slow and possess subpar [[AC]]. A few charges from a [[wand of cold]] can be used to strand one quite easily and hack it apart at your leisure, and a [[wand of sleep]] can usually render it helpless - putting a kraken to sleep or scaring it will also cause it to let you go if it has gotten a hold of you.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 }}
-==UnNetHack==
+===UnNetHack===
 {{encyclopedia|
 	"Below the thunders of the upper deep;
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 	In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die."
 	   |[ The Kraken, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson ]}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]

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 The '''kraken''', {{monsym|kraken}}, is the most difficult [[sea monster]] in [[NetHack]]. Like the lesser [[giant eel]] and [[electric eel]], it possesses the [[instadeath]] [[drowning attack]].
-Kraken are sometimes a target of reverse [[genocide]], as they are worth a high amount of experience points (even more than the [[Rider]]s and below only that of some of the [[demon prince]]s) and are not as dangerous outside water.
+Kraken are sometimes a target of reverse [[genocide]], as they are worth a high amount of [[experience points]] (even more than the [[Rider]]s and below only that of some of the [[demon prince]]s) and are not as dangerous outside water.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==