Kraken Guide: AFK Slayer Boss

By Expos.GG Team · 2026-01-29

Kill the Kraken boss for Trident pieces and the Kraken tentacle. Easy, AFK Slayer boss guide.

Overview

The Kraken is one of the easiest Slayer bosses, requiring 87 Slayer. It drops the Kraken tentacle for the Abyssal tentacle and Trident of the seas.

Requirements

- 87 Slayer (required) - Kraken Slayer task - Magic attacks only - 50+ Magic

Getting There

1. Travel to Kraken Cove 2. Located under Piscatoris 3. Fairy ring A-K-Q is close

Instance Option - Pay 25,000 GP for private instance - Recommended to avoid crashers

Gear Setup

Magic Setup - Weapon: Trident of the swamp (BiS) - Head: Slayer helm (i) - Body: Ahrim's or better - Legs: Ahrim's or better - Cape: God cape (i) - Gloves: Tormented bracelet - Boots: Eternal boots - Ring: Magus ring or Seers ring (i)

Inventory - 1-2 Prayer potions (optional) - Rune pouch - Nature runes (for alchs) - Sharks (minimal needed) - House teleport

Mechanics

Waking the Kraken 1. Attack the 4 small whirlpools (tentacles) 2. Attack the large whirlpool (Kraken) 3. Kraken emerges

Attack Style - Kraken only uses Magic - But you can't pray against it - Auto-attacks with Magic

No Prayer Needed - Protection prayers don't work - Just tank the damage - Very low damage output

Strategy

Simple Kill 1. Wake the 4 tentacles 2. Wake the Kraken 3. Attack with Trident 4. Ignore tentacles after 5. Repeat

Even More AFK - Just attack Kraken directly - It will auto-wake after tentacles die - Slightly slower but fully AFK

Kills Per Trip

With decent gear: 20-50+ kills per trip - Can stay indefinitely with Guthan's healing

Drops

| Item | Price | Rate | |------|-------|------| | Kraken tentacle | 500-600k | 1/400 | | Trident of the seas (full) | 200k | 1/512 | | Jar of dirt | 15k | 1/1,000 | | Pet Kraken | - | 1/3,000 |

Common Drops - Rune items (alchables) - Various fish - Coins

GP/Hour - Average: 800k-1.2M

Why Kill Kraken?

Pros - Very AFK - Easy mechanics - Decent GP/hour - Pet hunting

Cons - Lower GP than other Slayer bosses - Tentacle used for degradeable weapon - Task only

Tips

1. Bring alchs - Many alchable drops 2. No prayer needed - Doesn't work anyway 3. Instance for peace - 25k is worth it 4. Trident pays for itself - Drops its own ammo 5. Very chill boss - Great for relaxing

Need Kraken KC?

Farm Kraken for tentacle and pet drops.