Concept artwork from Final Fantasy.
The Kraken (クラーケン, Kurāken?), also known as the Sea Monk, is a recurring creature in the Final Fantasy series, first appearing in the original Final Fantasy. It is often a member of the Four Fiends and is usually depicted as a giant cephalod with humanoid characteristics. It typically associated with the Water element.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy[]
The Kraken appears as one of the Four Fiends and is encountered as a boss in the Sunken Shrine. Two hundred years before the events of the game, the Kraken infiltrated a water temple near Onrac and submerged it beneath the sea, where it became the Sunken Shrine.
Final Fantasy III[]
The Kraken appears as a boss encountered in the Cave of Tides. A servant of Xande, it ambushes the party as they attempt to cleanse the Water Crystal, killing Aria Benett in the process.
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]
The Kraken from Final Fantasy appears as an boss encountered in the Depths. It is weak to Lightning as in the original game. Upon defeat, the Kraken relinquishes Triton's Dagger.
Final Fantasy IX[]
The Kraken appears as one of the Guardians of Terra and resides in the Water Shrine, where it is defeated by Garnet and Eiko. It later appears as a boss encountered in Memoria and as a crystallized enemy in the Crystal World.
Final Fantasy XI[]
The Kraken appears as a sea monk enemy. It appears as a normal enemy on Qufim Island and at Bibiki Bay, but can also be fished up in those zones as well as Korroloka Tunnel, Batallia Downs, Beaucedine Glacier, Sauromugue Champaign, the Manaclipper, and Ilrusi Atoll. The fished up Kraken in Qufim is a notorious monster.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
The Kraken appears as a boss encountered on 
Hullbreaker Isle and in Sastasha (Hard). It first appears in Hullbreaker guarding the shipwreck of the legendary pirate Mistbeard and flees the encounter. It later reappears in Sastasha in the employ of Captain Madison. When the Captain attempts to unleash it, it instead kills the Captain itself before being slain in turn by the party.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]
The Kraken appears as an Ice Flan boss encountered during the "Water Sigil" mission.
Final Fantasy Adventure[]
The Kraken appears as a boss encountered in the Cave in Floatrocks. It attacks with its tentacles.
The Final Fantasy Legend[]
The Kraken appears as a potential transformation for the party's monster units. It cannot be encountered in battle.
Final Fantasy Legend II[]
The Kraken appears as an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into.
Final Fantasy Legend III[]
The Kraken appears as an enemy and also a possible monster that the party can transform into.
Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]
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Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]
The Kraken from Final Fantasy appears as a summon. It uses Water Arcana, swapping the Bravery values of both combatants after 20 seconds. It can be obtained as a Stage Bonus in the Shade Impulse III storyline. A portrait of the Kraken also appears in the Chaos Shrine arena.
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]
The Kraken returns as a summon with the same function, though Water Arcana now triggers after 15 seconds. It can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 100 KP.
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
The Kraken from Final Fantasy IX appears as a boss.
Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]
The Kraken from Final Fantasy appears as a boss.
Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]
The Kraken from Final Fantasy appears as a boss encountered inside the Interdimensional Rift. He uses Blizzaga and drops the Nanatsusayanotachi.
Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]
The Krakens from Final Fantasy I, III, and IX appear as bosses.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
The Kraken from Final Fantasy appears as a boss during the "Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind Fiends Rush" and "Fighting Back Memories II" events, while the Kraken from III appear as a boss during the "Cave of Tides" event.
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]
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The Kraken appears as a boss encountered in the Crystal Tower alongside the Buer. It can later be fought again alongside the Buer in the Coliseum and appears as a regular enemy in the EX Dungeon A, EX Dungeon C, and EX Dungeon Z. Finally, it can be fought as a superboss in the Hidden Dungeon.
The Kraken can be imprismed with a Mindflayer Prism after inflicting it with Poison. Defeating it rewards the Kraken Memento, allowing it to be transfigured with the Mindflayer, Ultros, and Cenchos.
Mobius Final Fantasy[]
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The Kraken appears as a water-elemental boss first encountered in Chapter V. It can be obtained as a Support ability card, granting the Bio ability. Additionally, the Kraken from Final Fantasy XI (localized as Sea Monk) appears as a water-elemental Ranger ability card, granting the Maelstrom ability.
Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin[]
Kraken is a boss encountered in the Sunken Shrine. Kraken is the last of the fiends fought and uses a mix of water-based attacks and physical attacks with his tentacles. In Kraken's second phase, he will jump into the water to prepare the Tsunami attack. Kraken is weak to Lightning attacks.
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]
The Krakens from Final Fantasy I and IX appear as water-elemental cards.
![Kraken (FFI) [17-112R] Rebellion's Call series card.](/wiki/File:FFTCG_Kraken_FFI.jpg "FFTCG Kraken FFI.jpg (307 KB)")
Final Fantasy Portal App[]
The Kraken from World of Final Fantasy appears as a Triple Triad card with 6/5/5/3 face values.
Etymology[]
The Kraken were giant sea monsters, found in Norse and Icelandic mythology. Often depicted as gigantic octopuses or squids, they were thought to rise up from the deeps, grappling and then sinking small ships. Other myths held that the greatest dangers from the Kraken were the whirlpools left behind from their descent back into the deeps.