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Ink sacs are items dropped by squid. They are used to create black dye.

Obtaining

Squid

See also: Squid farming

Squid drop 1–4 ink sacs upon death.

Fishing

10 Ink sacs can be obtained as a "junk" item from fishing. Luck of the Sea decreases the chance.

Natural generation

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Bedrock Edition
Ink Sac Stronghold Storeroom chest 1–3 40%

Compound creation

Ink sacs can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Name Elements Example recipe
Ink Sac 1 Iron
1 Sulfur
4 Oxygen

Trading

Wandering traders sell 3 ink sacs for an emerald.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Black Balloon Latex +
Ink Sac +
Helium +
Lead

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Bed Any Bed +
Ink Sac


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Carpet White Carpet +
Ink Sac

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Concrete Powder Ink Sac +
Sand +
Gravel
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Dye Ink Sac

Black Firework Star Gunpowder +
Ink Sac +
Head or
Gold Nugget or
Feather or
Fire Charge +
Glowstone Dust +
Diamond


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education 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 Edition and Minecraft Education 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 Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Stained Glass Glass +
Ink Sac
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Stained Glass Pane Glass Pane +
Ink Sac
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Terracotta Terracotta +
Ink Sac
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Black Wool Any Wool +
Ink Sac


[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Book and Quill Book +
Ink Sac +
Feather


Dark Prismarine Prismarine Shard +
Ink Sac

[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]
Gray Dye Ink Sac +
Bone Meal or
White Dye
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

In Bedrock Edition, ink sacs can be also used in banner patterns:

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Black Banner pattern Ink Sac +
Banner


Black Banner image Ink Sac +
Banner +
Vines or
Bricks or
Creeper Head or
Wither Skeleton Skull or
Oxeye Daisy or
Enchanted Golden Apple
Enchanted Golden Apple

Loom ingredient

Name Ingredients Loom recipe Description
Black Banner pattern White Banner +
Ink Sac

Field masoned banner and bordure indented banner don't require banner patterns.‌[Java Edition only]

Ink Sac can be used as a dye.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Note: The loom is using the Java Edition interface.

Black Banner image White Banner +
Ink Sac +
Banner Pattern

Exceptions:
  1. Field masoned and bordure indented banner patterns.‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Ink Sac can be used as a dye.‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Note: The loom is using the Java Edition interface.

Dye

In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, ink sac can be:

Trading

Journeyman-level Librarian villagers have a 23 chance to buy 5 ink sacs for an emerald in Java Edition. They always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Ink Sacink_sacitem.minecraft.ink_sac

Bedrock Edition: ‌[until BE 1.16.100]

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Ink Sacdye351item.dye.black.name

[upcoming: BE 1.16.100]

NameIdentifierAlias ID (BE)Numeric ID Translation key
Ink Sacink_sacdye / 0351item.dye.black.name

Item data

In Bedrock Edition, ink sacs have the ID name dye with data value 0. Template:Dyes

Video

Note: Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye in Java Edition.

History

beta
1.2Ink Sac JE1 BE1 Added ink sacks, together with all other dyes.
1.2_02"Ink Sack" has been renamed to "Ink Sac".
Java Edition
1.3.112w17aInk sacs are now used to craft book and quills.
1.4.212w34aAdded the ability to dye leather armor and wolf collars.
1.4.612w49aInk sacs can now be crafted with gunpowder to create a firework star.
1.6.113w19aStained clay can now be crafted.
1.7.213w41aStained glass can now be crafted.
1.814w25aInk sacs are now used to craft dark prismarine.
14w30aAdded banners, which can be dyed with ink sacs.
1.1116w39aInk sacs can now be used to dye shulker boxes.
1.1217w06aInk sacs are now used to craft black concrete powder.
17w15aInk sacs can now be used to dye beds.
1.1317w47aThe different data values for the dye ID have been split up into their own IDs.
Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 351.
1.1418w43aInk sacs can now be used to craft black dye.
Ink sacs can no longer be used as a dye.
Ink Sac JE2 BE2 The texture of ink sacs has been changed.
1.15Pre-release 1Ink sacs are no longer used to craft dark prismarine.
Pocket Edition Alpha
?Ink Sac JE1 BE1 Ink sacs have been implemented.
Ink sacs are currently unobtainable.
v0.8.0build 2Ink sacs can now be used to craft cocoa beans.
build 3Ink sacs are now available in creative.
v0.9.0?Ink sacs now generate in village and stronghold chests.
v0.11.0build 1Ink sacs can now be obtained from squid.
Ink sacs can now be obtained as a junk item from fishing.
v0.14.0build 1Ink sacs now can now be used to dye water in cauldrons.
v0.16.0build 1Ink sacs are no longer used to craft cocoa beans.
Ink sacs can now be used to craft dark prismarine.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Ink sacs can now be used to dye shulkers.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Ink sacs are now used to re-dye beds.
Ink sacs can now be used to dye shulker boxes.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Ink 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.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Ink 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.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10Ink sacs can now be used to craft black dye.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Ink sacs can now be bought from wandering traders.
Ink Sac JE2 BE2 The texture of ink sacs has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Ink sacs can now be sold to librarian villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 11.0.1Ink Sac JE1 BE1 Added ink sacs.
1.90 Ink Sac JE2 BE2 The texture of ink sacs has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Ink Sac JE1 BE1 Added ink sacs.

Issues

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