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                Out from the water a long sinous tentacle  
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                had crawled; it was pale-green and luminous  
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Out from the water a long sinous tentacle  
                and wet. Its fingered end had a hold of Frodo's
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had crawled; it was pale-green and luminous  
                foot, and was dragging him into the water.  
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and wet. Its fingered end had a hold of Frodo's
                Sam on his knees was now slashing at it with  
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foot, and was dragging him into the water.  
                a knife. The arm let go of Frodo, and Sam  
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Sam on his knees was now slashing at it with  
                pulled him away, crying out for help.  
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a knife. The arm let go of Frodo, and Sam  
                Twenty other arms came rippling out.  The
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pulled him away, crying out for help.  
                dark water boiled, and there was a hideous stench.
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Twenty other arms came rippling out.  The
                        [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R Tolken ]
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dark water boiled, and there was a hideous stench.
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Revision as of 20:45, 29 April 2010

The 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 Riders and below only that of some of the demon princes) and only have one hit point outside of water.

Encyclopedia description

Out from the water a long sinous tentacle
had crawled; it was pale-green and luminous
and wet. Its fingered end had a hold of Frodo's
foot, and was dragging him into the water.
Sam on his knees was now slashing at it with
a knife. The arm let go of Frodo, and Sam
pulled him away, crying out for help.
Twenty other arms came rippling out. The
dark water boiled, and there was a hideous stench.

[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R Tolken ]