Ink Sac
An ink sac is an item dropped by a squid upon death. Ink sacs are used to create black dye.
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Obtaining[edit]
Mob loot[edit]
Squid[edit]
Squid drop 1–3 ink sacs upon death.
Fishing[edit]
Ink sacs can be obtained as a "junk" item from fishing. Luck of the Sea decreases the chance.
Natural generation[edit]
Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Bedrock Edition | ||||
Ink Sac | Stronghold | Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 40% |
Compound creation[edit]
Ink sacs can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Name | Elements | Example recipe |
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Ink Sac | 1 Iron 1 Sulfur 4 Oxygen |
Trading[edit]
Wandering traders sell 3 ink sacs for an emerald.[Bedrock Edition only]
Usage[edit]
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
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Black Balloon | Latex + Ink Sac + Helium + Lead |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Bed | Any Bed + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Carpet | White Carpet + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Concrete Powder | Ink Sac + Sand + Gravel |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Dye | Ink Sac | ||
Black Firework Star | Gunpowder + Ink Sac + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
Black Firework Star | Black Firework Star + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] Adds a "fade to color" effect to the firework star, overwriting any existing fades. Up to eight dyes can be added. | |
Black Shulker Box | Any Shulker Box + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Stained Glass | Glass + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Stained Glass Pane | Glass Pane + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Terracotta | Terracotta + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Black Wool | Any Wool + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Book and Quill | Book + Ink Sac + Feather |
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Dark Prismarine | Prismarine Shard + Ink Sac |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] | |
Gray Dye | Ink Sac + Bone Meal or White Dye |
[Bedrock and Education editions only] |
In Bedrock Edition, ink sacs can be also used in banner patterns:
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Black Banner pattern | Ink Sac + Banner |
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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[edit]
Dye[edit]
In Bedrock and Education editions, 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 and shulker boxes.
- 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 and Education editions.
- Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock and Education editions.
- Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
- Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock and Education editions.
- Each type of dark prismarine can be crafted using varying amounts of 8 prismarine shards.
Trading[edit]
Journeyman-level Librarian villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 5 ink sacs for an emerald in Java Edition. They always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Signs[edit]
Ink sacs can be applied to signs to revert glowing text back to default.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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Ink Sac splotches | Blocks | Using ink sac on the block[upcoming: JE 1.17] | item.ink_sac.use | subtitles.item.ink_sac.use | ? | ? | ? |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
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Ink Sac | ink_sac | Item | item.minecraft.ink_sac |
Name | Namespaced ID | Alias ID (BE) | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Ink Sac | ink_sac | dye / 0 | 351 | Item | item.dye.black.name |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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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 book 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 | 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. | ||||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the dye ID have been split up into their own IDs.
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Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351. | |||||
1.14 | 18w43a | Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye. | |||
Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye. | |||||
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1.15 | Pre-release 1 | Ink sacs are no longer used to craft dark prismarine. | |||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 21w03a | Ink sacs can now be used to remove the text's glowing effect of a sign. | |||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.3.0 | ![]() | ||||
Ink sacs are currently unobtainable. | |||||
v0.8.0 | build 2 | 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. | |||
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1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Ink sacs can now be sold to librarian villagers. | |||
1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of ink sacs has been changed from dye/0 to ink_sac . | |||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
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 | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
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