The glow squid is a variant of squid with an aqua luminescent texture.
Spawning
Glow squids do not spawn naturally yet but can be spawned using spawn eggs found in the Creative inventory or with the /summon command.
Drops
- 1–3 glow ink sacs. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1–6 with Looting III.
- 1–3 experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
Behavior
Ink cloud produced by a glow squid.
Glow squids behave like normal squids, swimming around in water aimlessly. They emit particles wherever they swim. They suffocate to death if they are beached on land for 300 game ticks (15 seconds), are targeted by guardians and axolotls, and are affected by the impaling enchantment. Glow squids on land will continue to use the swimming animation but will be unable to move more than 1 block.
When attacked, they will stop glowing for 100 game ticks (5 seconds) and flee at a speed much faster than that of the squid.
Glow squids are not affected by the NoAI NBT tag.[1]
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glow Squid swims | Friendly Creatures | Random | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Glow Squid dies | Friendly Creatures | Dying | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Glow Squid hurts | Friendly Creatures | Taking damage | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Glow Squid shoots ink | Friendly Creatures | Shooting ink | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | ? |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Entity tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glow Squid | glow_squid | axolotl_always_hostiles | entity.minecraft.glow_squid |
Entity data
Glow squids have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all mobs
- DarkTicksRemaining: Countdown of ticks remaining until the glow squid starts glowing. Not glowing while positive, glowing when countdown reaches zero.
History
| September 27, 2020 | The glow squid is announced as one of the three mobs in the Minecraft Live 2020 mob vote. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3, 2020 | The glow squid wins the mob vote. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w03a | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Glow Squid" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- The glow squid won the Minecraft Live 2020 mob vote, in a vote with 3 candidates: the Iceologer, the Moobloom, and the Glow Squid.
- Glow Squids "glow" in the same way as enderman eyes and magma cube cores.
- The glow squid is the first mob from a spin-off game to make it into the base game.




