Karamthulhu

This article is about a type of squid. For the summoning familiar, see Karam. overlord. For the variant encountered during Rocking Out, see Karamthulhu (Rocking Out).

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Karamthulhu
Release																				31 October 2005 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				Rum Deal
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				A sinister looking squid.
Values
Value																				1 coin
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Always kept outside dangerous area
Weight																				0.001 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				6716
Links																				MRID • recipe

Karamthulhu are a squid-like species that are sometimes obtained while fishing for slugs during the Rum Deal quest. They are also dropped by zombie pirates and zombie swabs.

Karamthulus can be used in addition to sluglings to make unsanitary swill. After the quest, any karamthulhus remaining in backpack will disappear, and an attempt to fish for them triggers the response, "You have no need to do that any more."

Fishing

Karamthulhu
Level required					50
Fishing XP					0 xp
Bait					N/A
Fishing spot					Fish
Required tool					Fishbowl and net

Fishing locations

Spot	Location	Members	Access requirements	Instances	Map
Braindeath Island	Braindeath Island		Rum Deal	3	Map

Drop sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Zombie pirate	35; 50	1	3/128
Zombie swab	47	1	3/128
Fishing spot (Braindeath Island)	50	1	Uncommon

Disassembly

Karamthulhu
Disassembly category					Default
Disassembly XP					0.1
Item quantity required					1
Material chance
Base junk chance					?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0% 2 49 96.0% 3 64 94.0% 4 69 92.0% 5 78 90.0% 6 83 87.1% 7 91 85.1% 8 95 82.1% 9 105 79.2%
Material count					1
Simple parts					99/100
Variable components					1/100
Advanced data
Raw category					default
Item level (for junk chance)					1

Update history

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• update 31 October 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Previously, if players tried to use an alchemy spell on it, they would get the message, "You cannot cast alchemy on your follower!"
• Karamthulhu is a portmanteau of Karambwan and Cthulhu, a fictional squid god and character in many of H. P. Lovecraft's stories.
• A glitch involving the summoning of a Karamthulhu was discovered on 12 January 2008, shortly before the release of the Summoning skill. If a player died while carrying a Karamthulhu, it would briefly appear as an NPC. The glitch was fixed the same day. It appears the issue had existed since the release of the Rum Deal quest. Mod Wilson later confirmed that he had been aware of the glitch, but few players had discovered it or taken much notice.