Kraken

_“ Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake...the Kraken!
—Davy Jones

The Kraken is a monstrous creature resembling a titanic squid, over 1,000 feet in length. According to Gibbs, it is the size of 3 huge boats. It once served Davy Jones, who used it to destroy his enemies. If a sailor had Jones' notorious Black Spot upon him, the Kraken would pursue that man to ends of the Earth - and pray he not get too close to open water. The creature was intended to appear in POTCO, and finally made its appearance in TLOPO in September 2025, nearly two decades after it was first teased to appear as a feature in POTCO.

Biography[]

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest[]

The primary goal for Jack Sparrow in the 2nd film was the Dead Man's Chest, which contained the still-beating heart of Davy Jones. By blackmailing Jones, Sparrow was hoping to stave off his fate at Davy's hands or the Kraken's tentacles.

In pursuit of Sparrow and also Will Turner, the Kraken's power was fully displayed and it also destroyed the Edinburgh Trader.

Later, after recovering the chest at Isla Cruces, Davy sent the deadly beast to unleash horror on the Black Pearl. Despite valiant efforts of her crew using the ship's cannons and a bomb made of black powder and rum kegs, the Kraken still was too powerful to stop.

In the end, Captain Jack stood alone on the deck of his beloved ship - facing the massive, tooth-filled maw of the creature before it swallowed him whole and dragged the vessel to the bottom.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End[]

With Davy Jones' heart in his possession, Lord Cutler Beckett used the powerful monster to slaughter pirate vessels that stood against him in his War on Piracy. Between the blazing guns of the Flying Dutchman and the beast's mammoth tentacles, no ship stood a chance.

However, at some point, Beckett must have feared that the Kraken could be used against him and ordered it destroyed. It's unknown exactly how the deed was done, but the Kraken's titanic corpse was discovered on a beach of a place known as Black Sand Beach by the Black Pearl's crew. The mighty creature had been felled.

Pirates of the Caribbean Online[]

For the longest time, it seemed that POTCO's developers were working on releasing the Kraken as a playable feature in the game.

The released pictures below showed the work done to design the creature:

The Kraken can also be seen in the game trailer attacking a war frigate with its tentacles.

At E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) 2006 players were able to fight off the Kraken from their ship.

In the older Developer Diaries, it was announced that the Kraken was not planned to be an open sea monster battle, but rather a unique .

With the Raven's Cove update, after the player completes the Raven's Cove Story Quest, they can gain not only a Cursed Blade, but also the new emote, Check Hand. The new emote says "Your hand does not look like it contains an Evil Curse of Doom". It is unknown what Disney's final intention for this curse was. It was speculated that using a Cursed Blade might attract the Kraken.

Game Notes[]

In the POTCO's Phase Files there is a music file that looks to have been intended to be played when the Kraken sinks a ship.

In the POTCO lore about El Patron, it is stated that the conquistador's crew's escort galleon collided with something which destroyed it completely, possibly referencing the Kraken.

Play as the Kraken[]

Unlimited players had (during January 2010 - it is now over and you can't get this game) the opportunity to play as the legendary beastie itself in a new game: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Call of the Kraken " for a limited time.

Beating the game allowed players to get an exclusive kraken tattoo to use in Pirates of the Caribbean Online.

The Legend of Pirates Online[]

The Kraken was released in TLOPO as part of the "Kraken's Wake Expansion" in September 2025, nearly 20 years after first being teased in POTCO.

Strange black spots appear on the palms of pirates after claiming Cursed Blades upon completing the Raven's Cove story quest, which draws the attention of the Kraken. The ancient beast has been freed from its underwater prison and now actively hunts those who bear the mark.

A new story quest was introduced with the expansion that involves the Kraken encounter. It opens after the Raven's Cove quest, with the player's ship being destroyed by the Kraken out in the open sea. The player can then face the Kraken again later in the quest, in an actual boss fight, depending on whether it is actively roaming around the sea at the time.

Boss Mechanics[]

Health: 1.6-2.5 million HP
Unknown triple-digit notoriety level
Massive tentacles that can crush ships like driftwood Tentacle types aboard ships:
- Standard Tentacles (notoriety ~low 50s)
- Sailrippers (notoriety ~high 50s)
- Wrapper Tentacles (notoriety ~low 60s)
- Coilcrush (notoriety ~high 50s)
- Hullcracker (notoriety ~high 50s)
- Inkwrath (notoriety ~high 50s)
Davy Jones' voice lines play during battle

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Related Features[]

Kraken's Lair: Underwater cavern graveyard filled with destroyed ships and treasure that pirates can explore.
Kraken Hunter Fleets: All new Navy and EITC patrol ships hunting the Kraken with specialized equipment and valuable cargo.
A new story quest.

Games Notes[]

Mike Goslin, the former VP of Disney Online and Disney's VR Studio who was involved in the original development of the Kraken for POTCO, visited TLOPO to experience the Kraken implementation firsthand and participated in a community meet-and-greet on Tortuga in the Abassa server with nearly 300 simultaneous players.

One of the first clips of a battle against the Kraken can be seen here on the TLOPO subreddit.

An encounter with the Kraken out in the sea has a higher chance of occurring in oceans with Kraken symbols next to them. It is also said to be a more common occurrence out in the Uncharted Waters. Players use these factors to engage with the boss for loot, and there are lobbies that run for taking part in these events.