Ink Sac

| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
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An ink sac is an item dropped by a squid upon death used to create black dye, dark prismarine,[BE only] as well as books and quills.
Obtaining
Mob loot
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Squid | 1–3 | 100.00% | 2.00 | 1–4 | 100.00% | 2.50 | 1–5 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1–6 | 100.00% | 3.50 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Squid | 1–3 | 1 | 2 | 1–4 | 1 | 5⁄2 | 1–5 | 1 | 3 | 1–6 | 1 | 7⁄2 | |
| Mob | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Squid | 1 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | 1⁄18 (5.56%) | |
| 2 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 5⁄18 (27.78%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 5⁄18 (27.78%) | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 2 (2.00) | 5⁄2 (2.50) | 3 (3.00) | 7⁄2 (3.50) | ||
| Drops | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mob | Expected Number of Kills | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Squid | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.29 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Squid | 1–3 | 100.00% | 2.00 | 1–4 | 100.00% | 2.50 | 1–5 | 100.00% | 3.00 | 1–6 | 100.00% | 3.50 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Squid | 1–3 | 1 | 2 | 1–4 | 1 | 5⁄2 | 1–5 | 1 | 3 | 1–6 | 1 | 7⁄2 | |
| Mob | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Squid | 1 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | 1⁄18 (5.56%) | |
| 2 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 5⁄18 (27.78%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 5⁄18 (27.78%) | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | ||
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 2 (2.00) | 5⁄2 (2.50) | 3 (3.00) | 7⁄2 (3.50) | ||
| Drops | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mob | Expected Number of Kills | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Squid | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.29 | |
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 40%{ "item": "Ink Sac", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.40018245990447665, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Storeroom chest" }
| ||
Fishing
A stack of 10 ink sacs can be obtained as a "junk" item from fishing. Ink sacs are the rarest fishing loot, with a 1⁄1000 chance of obtaining them from fishing with an unenchanted fishing rod. The Luck of the Sea enchantment decreases the chances of obtaining ink sacs.
Trading
Wandering traders can sell 3 ink sacs for an emerald in Bedrock Edition.[verify]
Compound creation
Ink sac can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
| Name | Elements | Example recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Ink sac | 1 Iron 1 Sulfur 4 Oxygen |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
In Bedrock Edition, ink sacs can be also used in banner patterns:
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Black Banner pattern | Ink Sac + Banner |
|
| Black Banner image | Ink Sac + Banner + Vines or Bricks or Creeper Head or Wither Skeleton Skull or Oxeye Daisy or Enchanted Golden Apple |
Loom ingredient
Dye
In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, ink sac can be:
- Applied to sheep to dye their wool, which can then be sheared for 1–3 blocks of black wool.
- Applied to tamed wolves to dye their collars.
- Applied to tamed cats to dye their collars.
- Used to dye or stain wool, leather armor, beds, glass, terracotta, shulker boxes, candles, and harnesses.
- Combined with gunpowder to make a firework star.
- Combined with a firework star to create a fade-to-color effect.
- Used to add patterns to banners.
- Used to dye shulkers in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
- Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | ||||||
| 10% | 10% | 5 × | 12 | 20 | |||
Signs
Ink sacs can be applied to signs or hanging signs to revert glowing text back to default.
Sounds
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Ink Sac splotches | Blocks | When an ink sac is used on a sign | item | subtitles | 1.0 | varies [sound 1] | 16 | |
- ↑ Each sound can be 0.85, 0.88, or 0.9
| Sounds | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Sound | When an ink sac is used on a sign | sign | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
ink_sac | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ink_sac | dye / 0 | 413 | Item | item |
Video
History
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | |||||||
| 1.2_02 | "Ink Sack" has been renamed to "Ink Sac". | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w17a | Ink sacs are now used to craft books and quills. | |||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Added the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars. | |||||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Ink sacs can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w19a | Stained clay can now be crafted. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Ink sacs can now be obtained by fishing. | |||||
| 13w41a | Stained glass can now be crafted. | ||||||
| 1.8 | 14w25a | Ink sacs are now used to craft dark prismarine. | |||||
| 14w30a | Added banners, which can be dyed with ink sacs. | ||||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Ink sacs can now be used to dye shulker boxes. | |||||
| 1.12 | 17w06a | Ink sacs are now used to craft black concrete powder. | |||||
| 17w15a | Ink sacs can now be used to dye beds. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye. | |||||
| Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye. | |||||||
| All of the dye-related functions and crafting recipes of ink sac (except books and quills and dark prismarine) have been transferred to black dye. | |||||||
| 19w11a | Librarian villagers now buy 5 ink sacs for 1 emerald. | ||||||
| 1.15 | Pre-release 1 | Ink sacs are no longer used to craft dark prismarine. | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w03a | Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a sign. | |||||
| 1.19.3 Experiment | 22w42a | Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a hanging sign. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.3.0 | |||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | Ink sacs can now be used to craft cocoa beans. | |||||
| build 3 | Ink sacs are now available in Creative. | ||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Ink sacs now generate in village and stronghold chests. | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Ink sacs can now be obtained from squid. | |||||
| Ink sacs can now be obtained as a junk item from fishing. | |||||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Ink sacs now can now be used to dye water in cauldrons. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 1 | Ink sacs are no longer used to craft cocoa beans. | |||||
| Ink sacs can now be used to craft dark prismarine. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Ink sacs can now be used to dye shulkers. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Ink sacs are now used to re-dye beds. | |||||
| Ink sacs can now be used to dye shulker boxes. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Ink sacs can now be used to craft book and quills. | |||||
| Added banners, which can be dyed with ink sacs. | |||||||
| Ink sacs can now be crafted with gunpowder to create firework stars. | |||||||
| Ink sacs can now be used to craft black concrete powder. | |||||||
| Stained glass can now be crafted. | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Ink sacs can now be crafted from iron, sulfur, and 4 oxygen in the compound creators. | |||||
| Ink sacs can now be used to craft balloons and glow sticks. | |||||||
| 1.8.0 | beta 1.8.0.10 | Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Ink sacs can now be bought from wandering traders. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Ink sacs can now be sold to librarian villagers. | |||||
| 1.16.210 | beta 1.16.210.59 | Ink sacs can now be used to revert glowing text on signs to normal. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU14 | 1.04 | Ink sacs can now be used to dye leather armor and wolf collars. | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Ink sacs can now be used to craft black stained clay.. | ||
| Ink sacs can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star. | |||||||
| TU25 | CU14 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.17 | Ink sacs can now be used to craft black stained glass. | ||
| Ink sacs are now used to craft books and quills. | |||||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Ink sacs can now be obtained by fishing. | |
| Ink sacs are now used to craft dark prismarine. | |||||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added banners, which can be dyed with ink sacs. | |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | 1.50 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Ink sacs can now be used to dye shulker boxes. |
| Can now be used to craft black concrete powder. | |||||||
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Added the ability to dye beds. |
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Ink sacs can now be used to dye leather horse armor. |
| Ink sacs can now be used to dye water in a cauldron to dye leather armor. | |||||||
| Ink sacs can now be found in chests in strongholds. | |||||||
| 1.83 | Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye. | ||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Ink sacs can now be bought from wandering traders. | ||||||
| Ink sacs can now be sold to librarian villagers. | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the dye ID have been split up into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351. | |||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of ink sacs has been changed from dye/0 to ink_sac. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Ink Sac" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
References
External links
- Taking Inventory: Ink Sac – Minecraft.net on July 12, 2018