The Game of Thrones Kingsroad Kraken boss fight takes place in the Altar of Lost Memories raid mode against the Kraken of the Iron Islands Coast, north of the Sunset Sea. Developed by Netmarble Neo and published by Netmarble, this multi-phase cooperative encounter requires strict coordination around ship decks, sea walls, and mounted scorpions to defeat the beast and craft end-game amulets.
Entry Requirements and Difficulty Tiers
To challenge the Kraken in the Altar of Lost Memories, your character must meet specific momentum and power thresholds. Normal and Hard modes share weekly reward counts, with higher-tier rewards available on increased difficulties.
| Setting | Entry Requirement | Shared Reward Count | Primary Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Mode | Over 130,000 Power | Shared across Altar | Kraken Tentacles, Amulet materials, Copper |
| Hard Mode (Nightmare / Hell / Permanent Hard) | Momentum 200,000 or higher | Shared across Altar | Rare-to-Legendary Jewelry Boxes, Polish Converters, Titles |
A player's first clear each week grants baseline rewards without cost, while extra reward collections consume Golden Dragons or weekly count allowances. Official patch notes note that the Altar of Lost Memories shares weekly reward limits between the Kraken and the Scalding Chasm Firewyrm (which requires 280,000 Momentum).
Pre-Battle Preparation and Buffs
Before entering the instance, stack specific camp and alliance enhancements to reach damage thresholds and survive sweeping attacks.
- Gods' Haven Buff: Activate your sanctuary blessing (such as Northern Gods' Haven) to boost overall attack power and trim incoming damage or skill rage consumption.
- Alliance Buff: Claim your active alliance blessing to gain a 7% attack power bonus and a 7% defense increase.
- Combat Concoctions: Consume beast damage potions (such as a Sharpness Concoction) to increase damage dealt to beasts and mitigate incoming hits by 8%.
Kraken Phase-by-Phase Encounter Strategy
The Kraken boss encounter spans five distinct phases across 15 total allotted minutes. While dying allows direct respawning, every successive death increases your respawn timer, dragging down your clear time and ranking score.
Phase 1: The Ship Deck
The battle begins aboard a sailing vessel assaulted by massive tentacles.
- Tentacles slam down across the deck, primarily in straight directional lines. Evade these linear lanes before counterattacking.
- Watch the camera perspective: when the camera zooms out wide, prepare for large area-of-effect (AoE) strikes sweeping across the entire deck.
- Focus damage on the active tentacles to deplete the Kraken's first health bar and initiate the transition.
Phase 2: The Sea Wall
The party moves to a fortified wall where two tentacles block your forward path.
- Two stationary tentacles must be severed to clear the walkway.
- Watch for overhead slams and avoid positioning near the seaward edge.
- A secondary tentacle sweeps in abruptly from the right side. You must dodge this strike immediately; failing to dodge knocks your character into the water, causing instant death.
Phase 3: The Open Arena and Ink Attacks
Phase 3 transitions to an open platform where the Kraken introduces ranged elemental attacks alongside standard straight-line and circular slams.
- Sweeping Ink: The boss spews ink streams horizontally across the arena from left to right or right to left. Run immediately to the opposite side of the arena to avoid lingering puddle damage.
- Mouth Spray: When the Kraken opens its maw directly toward the center to spit ink, rely on your ranged attacks and projectiles aimed at its central weak point rather than committing to close-range combos.
Phase 4: Four-Scorpio Siege Wall
Upon reaching the fourth phase, the party steps up to a battlement equipped with four mounted scorpios—one dedicated for each player on your squad.
- Do not shoot the Kraken's body with the scorpio bolts; direct body shots deal negligible damage.
- Wait until the boss lifts explosive barrels above the water.
- Aim your scorpio bolts directly at the carried barrels. Detonating these explosive barrels is required to advance past this phase.
Phase 5: The Final Hill Stand
The fifth phase takes place in a large open arena featuring a single mounted scorpio situated on an elevated hill, alongside an item chest located beneath it.
- Designate One Scorpio Gunner: Coordinate beforehand so one player permanently staffs the single scorpio on the hill. The gunner must target the explosive barrels held by the Kraken to cause severe daze damage and deplete its stun gauge.
- Tentacle Harassment: The remaining three team members attack the peripheral tentacles on foot, weaving in ranged projectiles whenever the main body is out of reach.
- Arena Wipe Gimmick: When an on-screen warning announces a massive incoming AoE attack, all ground players must disengage and sprint up the hill to avoid the floor blast.
- Finishing Shot: When the Kraken is reduced to 1 HP, the assigned gunner on the scorpio must fire at the remaining explosive barrels to trigger the final cutscene and complete the encounter.
Recommended Class Builds and Artifacts
Your party composition benefits heavily from specific artifact and skill combinations across the three playable classes: Knight, Assassin, and Sellsword.
Knight
Testing by community players shows that strike combo builds currently outperform active skill builds in general Kraken runs due to high critical strike scaling.
- Artifacts: Equip Dark Sister as your passive artifact, which grants critical strike bonuses against burning targets that bypass the standard crit cap. The active artifact Twin Axes provides party rage and reduces cooldowns by 50%.
- Skill Priority: Select Boost Morale+ to reduce the boss's defense by 30% for 12 seconds, Advancement+2 to boost teammate critical rate and critical damage, Slashes+ (with injury damage-over-time), and Ignite Weapon.
- Combos: Use Strike Combo 2 for heavy sustained burst damage.
Assassin
- Artifacts: Run Twin Axes for active cooldown resets and rage generation, paired with Rhaegar's Ruby as the passive artifact.
- Skill Priority: Take Ambush with at least Weaken +1 (amplifying target damage taken by 10%), Cutting Mutilation+ with Opening Spotted +1, and Ignite Weapon or Poison debuffs.
- Combos: Execute Strike Combo 1 for rapid recovery, allowing you to frequently trigger and burst Bloodburst stacks.
Sellsword
- Artifacts: Pair Twin Axes with Andal's Tunic passive.
- Skill Priority: Utilize Roar alongside Berserk +1 (enhancing ally crit rate by 10% and light attack speed by 6%), Rampage for speed and defensive damage reduction, and Merciless Strike for fast execution frames.
- Combos: Rely on Strike Combo 1 to swiftly apply destruction stacks to the target.
Kraken Raid Rewards and Amulet Crafting
Clearing the Kraken grants materials to forge and enhance class amulets across three rarities: Rare (Blue), Epic (Purple), and Legendary (Orange).
- Amulet Types: Drops yield blueprints and pieces for Ranged Attack Damage, Active Skill Damage, and Strike Combo Damage amulets.
- Stat Progression: Blue amulets grant baseline 5% skill damage; Epic items increase this to 10% with additional flat HP and secondary substats (such as critical rate, crit damage, or cast speed); Legendary amulets reach 20% skill damage, adding defensive bonuses, lifesteal, or flat attack increases.
- Crafting Materials: Legendary amulets require Kraken Tentacles, Legendary Amulet Designs, Normal Ore, and Silver Ore (obtainable from echoes or resource workers).
- Ranking Boards: Three weekly leaderboards track Kraken clears: Fast Clear Time (granting extra Amulet Designs and Tentacle Boxes), Clear Count (rewarding Tentacles for top 10 positions), and Individual Damage Contribution percentage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you challenge the Kraken solo in Game of Thrones Kingsroad?
While hideout modes include solo settings, the Altar of Lost Memories Kraken raid is designed as a 4-player cooperative dungeon requiring synchronized mechanics, particularly during the multi-scorpio phase. In the damage ranking leaderboard, players often enter with lower-power allies to maximize personal damage share.
What should you do when the Kraken uses ink attacks?
When the Kraken sprays sweeping ink from one side of the platform to the other, immediately sprint to the opposite side. When it aims directly forward from its mouth, avoid melee attacks and throw projectiles into its open maw from a distance.
Why are my scorpio attacks doing zero damage to the Kraken?
In both Phase 4 and Phase 5, firing scorpio bolts directly into the Kraken's head or body deals almost no damage. You must wait until the monster lifts wooden explosive barrels, then aim and shoot the barrels to trigger explosions that deplete its daze gauge.
