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Glow Squid

Mobs

Glow Squid — mob.

Spawning

Glow squids spawn in schools of four to six in Overworld water at complete darkness. Their spawn position is at Y 30 or below, the water block itself must be present, and the spawn check excludes sulfur caves and the deep dark. The local rule uses a sea-level-relative limit, which resolves to the same height for the current world.

Data: Spawning
Group size4–6
Height limitY ≤ 30
Light level0
Spawn mediumWater source or flowing water
Spawn weight10

Drops

When killed by a player or tamed wolf, a glow squid drops one to three glow ink sacs. Looting can add up to one extra sac to the roll.

Data: Drops
Glow ink sacs1–3
Looting bonus0–1 additional

Sounds

The entity uses separate ambient, hurt, death, and squirt sound events from the glow-squid family.

Data: Sounds
Ambiententity.glow_squid.ambient
Hurtentity.glow_squid.hurt
Deathentity.glow_squid.death
Squirtentity.glow_squid.squirt

Behavior

Glow squids are passive and swim freely in three dimensions while they remain in water. They do not create block light. After taking damage they release a turquoise ink cloud and their visible glow is suppressed for five seconds; on land they stop moving and suffocate after about fifteen seconds.

Data: Behavior
Categorypassive
Max health10
Width0.8
Height0.8
SummonableYes
Fire immuneNo
TemperamentPassive
Damage responseTurquoise ink cloud and five-second dimming
Out of waterStationary, then suffocates
BreedingNot breedable

Data values

The entity uses `minecraft:glow_squid` and has a 0.8 by 0.8 hitbox. Its ink particle is `minecraft:glow_squid_ink`.

Data: Data values
Identifierminecraft:glow_squid
VersionMinecraft 26.2
Entity IDminecraft:glow_squid
Hitbox0.8 × 0.8 blocks
Ink particleminecraft:glow_squid_ink
Glow Squid mob image — Glow squid
Glow squid · Local asset
Glow Squid mob image — Baby glow squid
Baby glow squid · Local asset
Glow Squid mob image — Glow squid spawn egg
Glow squid spawn egg · Local asset
Glow Squid mob image — Glow ink sac
Glow ink sac · Local asset

References

The page combines the Glow Squid entity implementation with its spawn data, loot table, registry entry and the local ink-particle and damage behavior definitions.

Data: References
Local sourceGlow Squidglow_squid
Entity implementation`net/minecraft/world/entity/animal/squid/GlowSquid.java`
Entity registration`net/minecraft/world/entity/EntityType.java`
Entity loot`data/minecraft/loot_table/entities/glow_squid.json`
Spawn data`data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/badlands.json`
Ink item registration`net/minecraft/world/item/Items.java`
Renderer particle contract`net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/GlowSquidRenderer.java`
Ink particle definition`assets/minecraft/particles/glow_squid_ink.json`
Spawn placement`net/minecraft/world/entity/SpawnPlacements.java`
Spawn biome data`data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/badlands.json`

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Facts

Categorypassive
Max health10
Width0.8
Height0.8
SummonableYes
Fire immuneNo
Data source59d26e3b8736bb2cd939226dd306edc38b0e2b70231682dd5850ab51e5f3037e

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Entity identifier
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