Squid

Squid

Health points	10HP
Behavior	Passive
Mob type	Animal • Aquatic
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Adult: Height: 0.8 blocks Width: 0.8 blocks Baby: Height: 0.4 blocks Width: 0.4 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Adult: Height: 0.95 blocks Width: 0.95 blocks Baby: Height: 0.475 blocks Width: 0.475 blocks
Knockback resistance	85%
Spawn	§ Spawning
Usable items	Lead

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A squid is a common aquatic passive mob that spawns in rivers and oceans.

Spawning

In Java Edition, 2 to 4 squid can spawn in water or waterlogged block from Y-level 50 to 63 (inclusive), as long as the biome is a river or ocean variant. The block above must also be water, and the block below must be water or waterlogged.^{[s 1]} Squid share the water creature mob cap with dolphins and nautiluses.

In Bedrock Edition, 2 to 4 squid can spawn in ocean biomes, and two can spawn in river biomes. In addition, squid spawn only on the surface, i.e. there must not be a solid or spawnable block above the spawn location.

Squid have a 5% chance of spawning as babies.

Squid spawns in:

Category: Water creature‌[JE only] Creature‌[BE only]	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Frozen River	2⁄2	100%	1–4	8	2–4
River	2⁄2	100%	1–4	8	2
Lukewarm Ocean	10⁄14	71.43%	1–2	8	2–4
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	8⁄12	66.67%	1–4	8	2–4
Cold Ocean	3⁄6	50%	1–4	8	2–4
Deep Cold Ocean	3⁄6	50%	1–4	8	2–4
Deep Frozen Ocean	3⁄6	50%	1–4	8	2–4
Frozen Ocean	3⁄6	50%	1–4	8	2–4
Warm Ocean	10⁄22	45.45%	4	8	2–4
Deep Ocean	1⁄3	33.33%	1–4	8	2–4
Ocean	1⁄3	33.33%	1–4	8	2–4
File:BiomeSprite ocean-biomes.pngOcean biomes	1⁄3	33.33%	1–4	8	2–4
File:BiomeSprite ocean-biomes.pngOcean biomes	—	—	—	8	2–4

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Ink Sac	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00	1–6	100.00%	3.50

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Ink Sac	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	5⁄2	1–5	1	3	1–6	1	7⁄2

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Ink Sac	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)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Ink Sac	2.00	2.50	3.00	3.50

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Ink Sac	1–3	100.00%	2.00	1–4	100.00%	2.50	1–5	100.00%	3.00	1–6	100.00%	3.50

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Ink Sac	1–3	1	2	1–4	1	5⁄2	1–5	1	3	1–6	1	7⁄2

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Ink Sac	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)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Ink Sac	2.00	2.50	3.00	3.50

• 1–3XP experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf.

Like other passive baby mobs, killing a baby squid yields no items or experience.

Behavior

Squid are passive toward the player. They are not attracted to light and do not deliberately interact with the player. Squid sometimes beach themselves and suffocate on the banks of rivers and occasionally on ocean beaches. These behaviors are shared with the glow squid.

Squid wander around aimlessly in three dimensions as long as they are in the water, opening and closing their tentacles, which gives them the appearance of pushing themselves leisurely forward.

A squid's hitbox does not include its tentacles, and therefore they cannot be damaged by attacking its tentacles.

Squid suffocate when out of water, dying after 15 seconds (300 game ticks). While on land, they remain stationary until they suffocate.^[1] They can take fall damage and burn like any other land mob, but they cannot drown. When out of the water, squid are extremely resistant to knockback.

Squid cannot swim in lava, even if inflicted with Fire Resistance. They simply pass through the lava and behave as if on land.

In Bedrock Edition, squid can survive on land with Water Breathing. However, they still cannot move.

Unlike land-based mobs, squid can swim against a current and not get pushed by it.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Guardians and elder guardians attack squid in the same manner as they would a player, even if the squid is affected by Invisibility. Axolotls also attack squid.

Squid are affected by the Impaling enchantment — In Java Edition because they are aquatic mobs; In Bedrock Edition as long as they touch water.

Squid produce a cloud of black ink particles and swim away when attacked. They also produce unique dark blue bubble particles when hit. The ink remains visible when the squid has the Invisibility status effect.

Squid sometimes accidentally beach themselves.^[2]

If the player is in Spectator mode or is far away from a squid (often when it is in an unloaded chunk), it remains stationary. When attacked in this state, squid cannot flee.^[3]

Like land-based mobs, squid can be picked up by a minecart.

Unlike most 'animal' mobs, squid cannot breed. Baby squid can only be found when they naturally spawn. A baby squid eventually turns into an adult after 24000 ticks (20 minutes), and their growth cannot be sped up.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags	Translation key
Squid	squid	aquatic axolotl_hunt_targets can_breathe_under_water not_scary_for_pufferfish sensitive_to_impaling	entity.minecraft.squid

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Squid	squid	17	entity.squid.name

Entity data

Squid have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob​[upcoming JE 1.21.11]	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear.	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

History

Development

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.2							Added squid.
							The squid is the first aquatic mob added to the game.
							Squid can be milked with an empty bucket, just like cows.
1.3							Squid now have the ability to move in three dimensions (rather than only along the bottom of the body of water).
							Squid can no longer be milked.
1.5							Squid are now incapable of swimming upward. When they do manage to swim upward, they drift down with a zero net gain in altitude, resulting in a jittery animation.
1.7							Squid have been made to despawn like other mobs.
							Until this version, squid would not despawn like other mobs. This made squid a popular pet as once harvested they could be put in aquariums and kept there. However, this has been corrected because of their downward movement (at the time) caused them to pool in relatively deep crevices in the ocean or lakes, thus making ink sacs hard to acquire as further squid would not spawn until the local population had been lowered.
1.8			Pre-release 2 ;)				Squid now drop experience orbs when killed by the player.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Squid now spawn only between layers 45 and 63.
1.4.4			pre				Squid now suffocate when exposed to air.
1.6.1			13w16a				Added leads, which can be used to leash squid.
1.8			14w06a				Squid have been updated with a new AI system. They previously could not swim upward, and eventually collected at the bottoms of lakes. They can now swim upward and in all directions more fluently.
1.8.2			pre7				Squid spawn below sea level, rather than a constant Y=63.
1.9			15w39a				Squid are slightly smaller (0.8 blocks square rather than 0.95).
			15w50a				Added sounds entity.squid.ambient, entity.squid.hurt and entity.squid.death
1.13			18w07a				Squid now produce a cloud of floating black ink particles plus dark blue bubbling particles when attacked.
			18w08a				Added a sound effect when squid shoot ink.
			18w15a				Squid can no longer be leashed.
1.13.1			18w31a				Squid now spawn only in rivers and oceans.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of squid has been changed.
1.15			19w34a				Squid now take damage on magma blocks.
1.17			20w51a				Added axolotls, which attack squid.
			21w19a				Squid can now be leashed again.[4]
1.18			21w40a				Squid now spawn only between y=50 and y=64.
1.21.2			24w33a				Added baby squid variants.
			24w36a				Squid spawn eggs now spawn only adult squid.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.11.0			build 1				Added squid and baby squid. Baby squid are a version exclusive.
							Squid produce a cloud of floating black ink particles when attacked.
v0.14.0			build 5				Squid now have bubbling particles.
v0.16.0			build 1				Added new sounds for squid.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The textures of squid and baby squid have been changed.
1.13.0			beta 1.13.0.9				Squid can now spawn in rivers.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.54				Added a sound when a squid shoots out ink.

Legacy Console Edition

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	Added squid.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Added sounds for squid.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	The squid spawn limit has been increased from 13[verify] to 38.[is this the correct version?]
TU57	CU49	1.57	1.56	1.56	Patch 27	1.0.7	Squid now produce a cloud of floating black ink particles when attacked.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Squid now share their spawn limit category with fish.
							A squid now emits bubble particles when underwater.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added squid.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Squid" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• When Jeb first added squid to Minecraft, he used the code for cows as a basis for squid. He accidentally forgot to remove the milking feature, which led to squid being able to be milked.^[5]
  • He also made a mistake in the squid's movement code, causing a server-client desync over the squid's position, which led to the "flying squid" bug.
• Hitting a squid underwater causes it to rise approximately ¹⁄₃–¹⁄₂ block.
• Squid don't have a death animation.^[6]
• The squid's idle sound is barely audible.
• In Bedrock Edition, if a squid is out of the water, its tentacles swing more slowly as its oxygen meter goes down. When 15 seconds have passed, its tentacles stop swinging and the squid begins to suffocate.
• In-game squid have eight arms, but in real life they also have two additional long tentacles. The in-game squid is more like an octopus.
• In-game squid have a gaping, tooth-lined mouth, but as passive mobs they are completely harmless. Real-life squid, like all cephalopods, have a beak instead of teeth.
• In Java Edition, squid are not affected by the "Dinnerbone" and "Grumm" name tag easter egg.^[7]
• According to minecraft education, squid ink is actually ferrous sulfate, unlike real squid ink which is mostly mucus and melanin.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A squid swimming.
• 
  A squid suffocating.
• 
  A squid under ice.
• 
  The underside of a squid.
• 
  A squid riding a minecart.
• 
  Flying squid.
• 
  Squid that have spawned from the side of a hill.
• 
  A squid beached on the land. After a few seconds, it dies.
• 
  A squid that has spawned in a village farm.
• 
  A squid compared to a baby squid in Bedrock Edition.
• 
  A squid squirting ink to blind the attacking player.
• 
  Squid and baby squid in Bedrock Edition, along with an 'ink cloud'.
• 
  A squid taking suffocation damage from being out of the water.
• 
  A squid, along with some fish and a turtle.
• 
  A guardian attacking a squid.
• 
  The mouth of a squid.
• 
  A squid stranded out of water.
• 
  A squid inside a cave.
• 
  Squid in the Nether.
• 
  The squid in a cave.
• 
  A former bug that allowed squid to appear flying.
• 
  A squid stranded inside a cave.
• 
  A squid atop a tree.
• 
  Several squid underwater.
• 
  In early game versions, it was possible to get water to the Nether, in which squid could spawn.
• 
  A baby squid.

Textures

• 
  Squid texture file.

In other media

• 
  Artwork.
• 
  Artwork of a squid by a swimming Steve.
• 
  A squid in official artwork for The Wild Update.
• 
  Artwork of a squid.
• 
  A squid gnawing on a camel.
• 
  The Squid Uprising, as depicted in The Last Ten Years.
• 
  A squid in Minecraft: Story Mode.
• 
  Lego Minecraft Squid.
• 
  Squid from Minecraft Plus.
• 
  Official T-shirt artwork "Rumor Has It" made by JINX.
• 
  Official T-shirt artwork "Squid Pro Quo" made by JINX. The name of the art is a reference to the noun: quid pro quo.
• 
  Official T-shirt artwork "Flying Squid" made by JINX.
• 
  Squid plush made by JINX.
• 
  Squid plush on the ground.
• 
  Squid art.
• 
  A squid hidden in the water in concept art for A Minecraft Movie.

See also

• Tutorials/Squid farming

References

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