Krakaren
Names: Krakarenthe Apothecary
First appears in Book 1: Dungeon Crawler Carl, chapter 32 (32)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook
- Ch 10Elle reports a Krakaren borough boss at one of the fifth stations, a relative of a boss Carl fought before.
- Ch 12Imani reports a Krakaren boss produces race-specific drug vials that Pooka bosses hand to mobs every five stations, keeping them addicted.
- Ch 27The Krakaren is a lonely alien apothecary creature who learned to make clones of herself and eventually forms a telepathic collective mind.
- Ch 30Mordecai says the Krakaren is a real collective-mind creature; its name is a negative twist on 'the Apothecary'.
Book 5: The Butcher’s Masquerade
- Ch 16Carl suspects the Apothecary is the real Krakaren, a collective mind rumoured to be silent partner of the Plenty's tunneling company.
Connections
- leadsRev-Up
- copied intoKrakaren Crotch Dumpling
- related toApitoCarl suspects a connection
- ally ofTaranis
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 12Imani explains the drug system
Imani and Elle report that mobs disembark every five stops to collect drug vials from Pooka bosses supplied by a Krakaren.
- Book 3 · Ch 27Krakaren clones hatch
The exploded monster releases thousands of Krakaren Crotch Dumplings, revealing the DTs spread Krakaren clones; Carl burns the hatchlings.
- Book 3 · Ch 30Carl figures out the trap
Recalling the size of the empty space inside the circle of stairwells, Carl realises how the Krakaren swarm will strike.
- Book 8 · Ch 105Samantha reveals her plan
Samantha messages Louis that she slipped away from Taranis and Krakaren to kill the demon mother and her son.