Veteran Karka

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Veteran Karka

Image(s)

Karka (75% health).jpg

Appearance at 75% health.

Karka (50% health).jpg

Appearance at 50% health.

Karka (25% health).jpg

Appearance at 25% health.

Karka (unarmored).jpg

Appearance without Defiance.png Armored.

Veteran Karka are large karkas that lay eggs which spawn Karka Hatchlings and transfers conditions. It also has two phases: Armored & Exposed. While armored the Veteran Karka can apply retaliation as well as perform a rolling knockdown attack. When exposed, the Veteran Karka will have another full life bar and loses the ability to apply retaliation and roll, but will attack slightly faster.

Locations[edit]

Crystal Desert
Kryta
Ring of Fire

Combat abilities[edit]

Behavior
  • Karka have two health bars; the first acts as their shell's "durability", while the second is their actual health. Each time the shell loses 25% of its total durability, the karka will evade for 2 seconds and gain Aegis.png Aegis, Resolution.png Resolution or Regeneration.png Regeneration for 30 seconds.
  • Once the shell's durability has been depleted, it will break, replacing Defiance.png Armored with Unshakable.png Broken Armor, exposing the karka's health, which will be 50% of the armor.
Effects

Egg variant[edit]

Abilities
  • Lays Eggs
  • Immobilizes
Skills
  • Lay Eggs -
  • Spit -
  • Stomp -

Roller variant[edit]

Abilities
  • Immobilizes
  • Poisons
  • Transfers Conditions
Skills
  • Rolling Charge -
  • Spit -
  • Throw Goo -

Drops[edit]

Name Type Rarity Quantity
Crabmeat.png Chunk of Crabmeat Trophy Junk 1
Spiral Shell.png Spiral Shell Trophy Junk 1-2
Karka Shell.png Karka Shell Crafting material Rare 1-2
Vial of Potent Blood.png Vial of Potent Blood Crafting material Fine 1
Vial of Powerful Blood.png Vial of Powerful Blood Crafting material Rare 1

Notes[edit]

Downed players may rally from the removal of a Karka's armor (i.e., depletion of its first health bar), but may not rally from its death.

See also[edit]

Associated items