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Glow Ink Sac

Glow Ink Sac

A glow ink sac is an item dropped by a glow squid upon death. It can be used on signs to make the text glow and can be used to craft glow item frames.

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Contents (14)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Mob loot
  3. Usage
  4. Crafting ingredient
  5. Signs
  6. Sounds
  7. Data values
  8. ID
  9. Advancements
  10. History
  11. Java Edition
  12. Bedrock Edition
  13. Issues
  14. External links
Glow Ink Sac
Glow Ink Sac.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Glow Ink Sac'
Invicon Glow Ink Sac.png: Inventory sprite for Glow Ink Sac in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Glow Ink Sac
Rarity tier
  Common
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)

A glow ink sac is an item dropped by a glow squid upon death. It can be used on signs to make the text glow and can be used to craft glow item frames.

Obtaining

Mob loot

Java Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid1–3100.00%2.001–4100.00%2.501–5100.00%3.001–6100.00%3.50
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid1–3121–415⁄21–5131–617⁄2
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid11⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄18 (5.56%)
21⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
31⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄3 (33.33%)5⁄18 (27.78%)
401⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄4 (25.00%)5⁄18 (27.78%)
5001⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
60001⁄18 (5.56%)
Average2 (2.00)5⁄2 (2.50)3 (3.00)7⁄2 (3.50)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid0.500.400.330.29

Bedrock Edition:

MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid1–3100.00%2.001–4100.00%2.501–5100.00%3.001–6100.00%3.50
MobQuantity / Chance / Average
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid1–3121–415⁄21–5131–617⁄2
MobAmountProbability
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid11⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄18 (5.56%)
21⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄4 (25.00%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
31⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄3 (33.33%)1⁄3 (33.33%)5⁄18 (27.78%)
401⁄6 (16.67%)1⁄4 (25.00%)5⁄18 (27.78%)
5001⁄12 (8.33%)1⁄6 (16.67%)
60001⁄18 (5.56%)
Average2 (2.00)5⁄2 (2.50)3 (3.00)7⁄2 (3.50)
Drops1
MobExpected Number of Kills
DefaultLooting ILooting IILooting III
Glow Squid0.500.400.330.29

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Glow Item Frame Glow Ink Sac +
Item Frame
Invicon Glow Ink Sac.png: Inventory sprite for Glow Ink Sac in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Glow Ink SacInvicon Item Frame.png: Inventory sprite for Item Frame in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Item Frame with description: Item Frame
Invicon Glow Item Frame.png: Inventory sprite for Glow Item Frame in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glow Item Frame with description: Glow Item Frame

Signs

An oak sign with a glow ink sac used on it.

Glow ink sacs can be used on signs or hanging signs to make their text brighter in low light levels. This also adds an outline around the text on the sign, the color of which is based on the color of the sign's text. The text does not emit any light, it is only more visible in darkness, similarly to the eyes of spiders and endermen. Normal ink sacs can be applied to revert glowing text back to default. Breaking the sign removes the glowing text.

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Sounds

Java Edition

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Glow Ink Sac splotchesBlocksWhen a glow ink sac is used on a signitem.glow_ink_sac.usesubtitles.item.glow_ink_sac.use​1.0varies [sound 1]16
  1. ↑ Can be 1.0, 0.95, or 1.05

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?SoundWhen a glow ink sac is used on a signsign.ink_sac.use​ ?1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite glow-ink-sac.png: Sprite image for glow-ink-sac in Minecraft Glow Ink Sacglow_ink_sacItem item.minecraft.glow_ink_sac

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite glow-ink-sac.png: Sprite image for glow-ink-sac in Minecraft Glow Ink Sacglow_ink_sac503Item item.glow_ink_sac.name

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Glow and Behold!Make the text of any kind of sign glowUse a glow ink sac on a sign or a hanging sign.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1721w03a Added glow ink sacs.
1.17.1pre1 Zombies, husks, zombie villagers, and drowned no longer pick up glow ink sacs, to prevent them from not despawning.
1.19.3
Experiment
Update 1.20		22w42a Glow ink sacs can now be used to make the text glow on a hanging sign.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.16.210.59 Added glow ink sacs.
beta 1.16.210.60 Glow ink sacs have been removed temporarily.
beta 1.16.220.50 Re-added glow ink sacs.
1.17.0beta 1.17.0.52 Glow ink sacs are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
1.17.30beta 1.17.30.20 Zombies, husks, zombie villagers, and drowned no longer pick up glow ink sacs, to prevent them from not despawning.
1.19.50
Experiment
Next Major Update		Preview 1.19.50.21 Glow ink sacs can now be used to make the text glow on a hanging sign.

Issues

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

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