Publication History
The kraken appeared in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual II (1983).
The kraken appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons Creature Catalogue (1986), and the Creature Catalog (1993).
The kraken appeared in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), under the "squid, giant" entry, and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993). The Zakharan kraken of the Al-Qadim setting appeared in Dragon #198 (October 1993).
The kraken appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003). The creature was further developed in Dragon #334 (August 2005).
The kraken is one of the monsters that will appear in the Monster Manual 3 (2010).
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