Kraken Royale

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Kraken Royale
Category Special
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Base damage 60 (Jump)
120 (Charge)
Base duration 8 sec
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For the variant appearing in Splatoon, see Kraken.

The Kraken Royale is a special weapon in Splatoon 3. It transforms the user into a nearly invincible giant squid/octopus that is capable of jump attacks and charge attacks.

Appearance

The Kraken Royale transforms the user into a huge squid or octopus. Its tentacles are longer and its head is larger. Its body is slightly darker than the user's ink color, with lighter patterns at the end of its tentacles and head. Unlike its Splatoon counterpart, Octolings can use the special as well, transforming them into the octopus equivalent, which also has longer tentacles and a much bigger head.

Splatoon 3

The Kraken Royale was first added to Splatoon 3 in Fresh Season 2023 (version 3.0.0).

The Kraken Royale is very similar to its predecessor. While active, the user constantly remains in swim form, can swim on top of enemy ink unobstructed, and inks the ground by moving over it, although they cannot submerge in ink. By jumping, the user performs a spinning attack that can splat a foe in two hits.

A new ability of the Kraken Royale is a charge attack, similar to a horizontal Squid Surge. After holding for a brief period (35 frames) and releasing, the user lunges forward at increased speed for 35 frames, inking the ground and instantly splatting any foe in the way. The user cannot control the direction of the dash once it starts, although they can freely select the direction while charging. The user can still move while charging a dash, albeit very slowly.

Like its predecessor, the Kraken Royale is invincible, but takes knockback if hit. While charging the dash, the user suffers normal knockback, however, once the attack is fully charged (but not yet released), the user suffers reduced knockback. While dashing, however, the user suffers no knockback. If the user is on the tower in Tower Control, they will suffer greatly increased knockback.

Notably, the user is completely vulnerable for a full second upon the special's activation and end, although the activation animation plays faster for other players[1].

This special is one of the nine available specials in Salmon Run Next Wave. It was added to Salmon Run along with the Triple Splashdown special in version 6.0.0. It is able to pierce through armored enemies such as Drizzlers, Steelheads, and Flyfish with its jump and charge attacks.

Special Power Up

Main article: Special Power Up

Equipping Special Power Up with Kraken Royale increases its duration to up to 10 seconds.

Version history

Version Adjustments
3.1.0
  • ▼ Made it easier for a player to be pushed back by an enemy attack in Tower Control mode when the player is on the tower.
  • ▼ Made it so that a player will drop all their clams and power clams wherever they are when they use this special in Clam Blitz mode.
  • — Fixed an issue that enabled players to do a Squid Surge or Squid Roll during the period when player actions were supposed to be disabled after the effects from the Kraken Royale wore off.
5.1.0
  • ▲ Movement speed while not charged is now roughly 11% faster: 10.368 units/s → 11.52 units/s.
7.2.0
  • ▼ Made it so that Super Jumping to an ally using Kraken Royale will Super Jump to the location where that ally started using Kraken Royale rather than the ally's current position.
8.1.0
  • ▼ Increased the amount of time to finish charging up a charge attack by about 1/12th of a second: 30 frames → 35 frames.

Quotes

“ Behold - the Kraken Royale! Activate this special to transform into a giant squid or octopus with the power to splat and scatter enemies left and right. You can jump to trigger a wide-ranging spin move, or hold and release the Button to unleash a one-shot charge attack!

Notice a moment of vulnerability before and after transforming - contrasted with total invincibility while transformed! Still, attacks slow you down, so get slippery with jumps, charges, Squid Surges, and Squid Rolls to reach your target.

”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter[2][3]
“ Transform into a gigantic squid or octopus and chase down your enemies with the Kraken Royale special weapon - coming to #Splatoon3 in Fresh Season 2023! ”
— @NintendoEurope on Twitter[4]
“ If you ever wanted to become a giant squid or octopus, this weapon is for you. While transformed, you can move around and repel enemy attacks. Jump and splat your enemies with powerful spin moves, or hold and then release to charge forward aggressively. ”
— In-game description

Sets

Main weapons with Kraken Royale in Splatoon 3
Main #ID Sub Special Special Points Level Price Class Introduced​​​
.96 Gal Deco 81 Splash Wall Kraken Royale 210p 23 Sheldon License 1 Shooter Version 3.0.0 (Fresh Season 2023)​​​​​​​​​​​
Bloblobber Deco 3031 Angle Shooter Kraken Royale 200p 23 Sheldon License 1 Slosher Version 5.0.0 (Drizzle Season 2023)​​​​​​​​​
Custom E-liter 4K 2031 Squid Beakon Kraken Royale 210p 20 Sheldon License 1 Charger Version 7.0.0 (Fresh Season 2024)
Custom E-liter 4K Scope 2041 Squid Beakon Kraken Royale 210p 28 Sheldon License 1 Charger Version 7.0.0 (Fresh Season 2024)​​​​
Custom Range Blaster 221 Splat Bomb Kraken Royale 200p 15 Sheldon License 1 Blaster Version 8.0.0 (Sizzle Season 2024)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Heavy Splatling Deco 4011 Point Sensor Kraken Royale 200p 15 Sheldon License 1 Splatling Version 4.0.0 (Sizzle Season 2023)​​​​​​
Krak-On Splat Roller 1011 Squid Beakon Kraken Royale 180p 7 Sheldon License 1 Roller Version 3.0.0 (Fresh Season 2023)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Badges

Main article: Badge#Special weapon wins

Winning a certain number of battles with the Kraken Royale will reward the player with special badges that they can use on their Splashtag.

Kraken Royale badges
30 wins with Kraken Royale
180 wins with Kraken Royale
1,200 wins with Kraken Royale

Gallery

  • An Inkling's Kraken Royale

    An Inkling's Kraken Royale

  • An Octoling's Kraken Royale

    An Octoling's Kraken Royale

  • The Kraken Royale on the Fresh Season 2023 catalog cover

    The Kraken Royale on the Fresh Season 2023 catalog cover

  • 2D icon.

    2D icon.

  • 2D icon used in Side Order

    2D icon used in Side Order

  • The Tableturf card icon of the Kraken Royale.

    The Tableturf card icon of the Kraken Royale.

  • A Kraken compared to an Inkling.

    A Kraken compared to an Inkling.

  • Octoling's Kraken form compared to an Inkling's swim form.

    Octoling's Kraken form compared to an Inkling's swim form.

  • A Inkling's Kraken form compared to an Octoling's swim form.

    A Inkling's Kraken form compared to an Octoling's swim form.

  • Both Kraken Royale forms side by side.

    Both Kraken Royale forms side by side.

  • The Kraken Royale that is visible on the battle results screen.

    The Kraken Royale that is visible on the battle results screen.

Strategy

For competitive tips about the Kraken Royale,

Click to view the strategy for Kraken Royale. View the strategy page.

Trivia

  • Unlike its predecessor in Splatoon, Kraken Royale is unaffected by most gear abilities other than Special Power Up, and cannot Super Jump.
  • All of the first three Kraken Royale weapons were weapons whose Splatoon counterpart had Kraken and their corresponding sub weapon.
  • The Kraken in the original Splatoon had a fully playable, but unused Octoling variant hidden in the game files. With the release of Kraken Royale in Fresh Season 2023 an Octoling variant became playable for the first time.

Etymology

Main article: Kraken#Etymology

Royale is an alternative spelling of "royal", likely meant to create a similar air to the Japanese name of the weapon.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese テイオウイカ
teiō ika		 Emperor squid[a]
Netherlands Dutch Monstermorfose Monstermorphosis[b]
CanadaFrance French Kraken royal Royal Kraken
Germany German Tintentyrann Ink Tyrant[c]
Italy Italian Kraken reale Royal Kraken
Russia Russian Тираннокракен
Tirannokraken		 Tyrannokraken
SpainMexico Spanish Calamar imperial Imperial Squid
China Chinese (Simplified) 帝王鱿鱼
dìwáng yóuyú		 Emperor squid
South Korea Korean 로열 크라켄
royeol keuraken		 Royal Kraken
 Internal SpCastle[5] Sp for special weapon. Castle has been localized.

Translation notes

  1. ↑ A reference to ダイオウイカ daiōika, the Japanese name of the original Kraken
  2. ↑ From monster and metamorfose ("metamorphosis")
  3. ↑ A reference to Tintentitan, the German name of the original Kraken

References

  1. ↑ GitHub Leanny on GitHub
  2. ↑ Twitter @SplatoonNA on Twitter
  3. ↑ Twitter @SplatoonNA on Twitter
  4. ↑ Twitter @NintendoEurope on Twitter
  5. ↑ GitHub Leanny on GitHub
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