Ink sacs are items dropped by squid. They are used to create black dye.
Obtaining
Squid
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
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 |
Loom ingredient
Dye
In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, 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 Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to dye water contained in cauldrons in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Combined with sand and gravel to craft concrete powder.
- Combined with compounds to craft balloons or glow sticks in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education.
- Used to change the color of text on signs or hanging signs.
- Each type of dark prismarine can be crafted using varying amounts of 8 prismarine shards.
Trading
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.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Ink Sac | ink_sac | item.minecraft.ink_sac |
Bedrock Edition: [until BE 1.16.100]
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ink Sac | dye | 351 | item.dye.black.name |
[upcoming: BE 1.16.100]
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID (BE) | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ink Sac | ink_sac | dye / 0 | 351 | item.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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | |||||
| 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.
| |||
| 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. | |||||
| 1.15 | Pre-release 1 | Ink sacs are no longer used to craft dark prismarine. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| ? | |||||
| 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 | ? | 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. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Ink sacs can now be sold to librarian villagers. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
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