UO Second Age

At home in the water, the kraken can be found in all levels of Dungeon Shame except Level 1, and in the heart of Wind park where two happy krakens spawn at a time. Wary fishermen can also call this fearsome beast to the top of the sea by use of a special fishing net.

However, the krakens of the sea and the krakens in the depths of the dungeons are two different entities. The net krakens have a strange "firebreath" attack. The krakens of the dungeon don't have this feature. Net krakens can also give loot such as MIBs, in addition to thir gold loot (averaging 300), ropes, and level 4 treasure maps.

For a long time, krakens were one of my least favorite creatures. They have dex like mad, and hit as hard as a rabid ogre lord. But when I started to play my baby bard character, I found out they can be quite fun if handled just right (and if you don't get too close!) I was curious to see which would be the victor...a poison elemental or a kraken. One day, the chance to discover the answer presented itself to me in Shame. The two monsters clashed in a battle royale, but the kraken easily defeated the poison elemental, along with numerous water eles, earth eles, and mage lords, before succumbing. The kraken can be a good "pet", but like the pets of all bards, he eventually died.

Sandro wrote:the kraken w/ firebreath ability is called a leviathan, and it was not the same creature as a kraken

Anyone remember that crazy blob thing that T2A had the art/anim data for but never used (as far as I know)?

Batlin wrote:

Anyone remember that crazy blob thing that T2A had the art/anim data for but never used (as far as I know)?

I'm not sure what you mean Matron, but I'm guessing you are refering to these blobs?

kraken 5.JPG

kraken 3.JPG

kraken 4.JPG

kraken 1.jpg

For the record: these screenshots are not era-accurate at all, they are from Novus Opiate and date september/october 2000.

Generic Player wrote:Krakens were always listed on stratics as "extinct" because they had been listed in the T2A manual and in the client files, but didn't actually spawn. I remember when T2A first came out some people were trying to claim they spawned on the snow covered areas in T2A, not realizing what krakens are supposed to be. The fishing council of Britannia site confirms krakens didn't exist until august 2000 when nets were added http://web.archive.org/web/200103300803 ... aming.net/ (check the august 4th news).