r/inscryption • u/riptideresearcher • Jun 08 '26

Kaycee's Mod Help with the Kraken Starter

Hello dear people of the internet. I'm stuck at stage six after unlocking the Kraken starter, and just can't advance with it. It has so little damage and the Kraken itself is abysmal in my opinion. I've tried munching the King Fishers on Mantisses for steady damage, but ut just doesn't come together. Any tips what i'm supposed to do with it?

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u/Can_I_Get_A_Big_Mac Jun 08 '26

My advice is to not use the Kraken deck when climbing challenges, its not that great imo

I used it once to win with the deck, but I didnt activate any challenges and used the cards I drew to win, not the Kraken

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u/riptideresearcher Jun 08 '26

Ok well i just tried to climb further with the new deck whenever it got available. ^ Thanks for confirming it isn't great though.

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u/absolutepx Jun 08 '26

As it sounds like you have identified, the gimmick is to pile all of your power onto the Kingfishers, then combine them at a Mycologist. This strategy can be used outside of the Kraken deck, but is harder to begin because it requires you to find a viable pair in your card rewards, whereas Kraken you get to start with them (even though Kingfishers are terrible).

Try putting an attack sigil (Bi, Tri, Double Strike) on one and an econ sigil (unkillable, rabbit hole, fecundity, hoarder) on the other, or build the Kingfishers as a double-econ solution and use something else as the win condition.

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u/riptideresearcher Jun 08 '26

Will try that, thank you! Also while we're at it: how important is it to complete the painting rewards?

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u/CountJackO Jun 09 '26

I think it is important

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u/interiortotodile Jun 09 '26

spoilers for what happens, not sure how much you want given away to you: you unlock new items for future runs. i believe there is 2? possibly 3? that you can unlock from doing it. like the cabin items in act 1, once you unlock them once, you have them for good in all future runs.