Squid

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Squid

Health points	10 ()
Spawn	1 or more blocks of water, any light level, spawning block must be between level 46 and 62, inclusive
First appearance	Beta 1.2
Network ID	94
Savegame ID	Squid
Drops	Ink Sac (1-3) upon death.
Experience	1 - 3

Squid are 8-armed mobs that spawn in water. Squid are always passive towards the player, akin to the other passive mobs found on land. They can be found in water from levels greater than 45 and lower than 63, and they can spawn in any biome or difficulty.

1 Appearance
2 Uses
3 Behavior
4 Farming
5 Video
6 History
7 Issues
8 Trivia
9 Gallery

Appearance

Squid have 8 tentacles, blueish-teal skin and teeth that can be found underneath the head. They have two eyes which appear wall-eyed. Despite being called squid in-game, their body arrangement is closer to that of a real-world octopus.

Uses

When killed, each squid will drop 1 - 3 ink sacs that can be used to dye wool. The ink sac, like a unit of dye, can be applied directly to a sheep before shearing to make black wool or mixed with varying proportions of bone meal beforehand to yield light gray and dark gray dyes. It is also possible to craft a book and quill using an ink sac, a feather, and a book.

Behavior

When moving about, the squid's tentacles open and close, giving them an appearance of pushing themselves forward. Squid will hover in place and wander around one layer aimlessly and do not deliberately interact with the player, except if attacked. It will try to swim away from the player.

Squid are prone to gather near light under water, such as a Redstone lamp, glowstone or Jack-O-Lanterns.

Squid could stay alive but become immobile when beached on the land until before 1.4.4pre. From that version they suffocate in air. They can take fall damage and burn like any land mob, but, due to being aquatic they cannot drown.

Squid cannot swim in lava, even if given a Fire Resistance potion. They simply pass through the lava and behave as if on land.

Squid (unlike land-based mobs) can swim against a current and not get pushed by it.

Farming

Squid, although able to swim against the current, can not swim up a waterfall. The simplest way to trap large numbers of squid is to dig an approximately 8x8 hole three blocks deep at the bottom of an ocean or large lake. The fall of water into the hole will trap squid that wander over it. Complicated funnel and channel systems can bring squid from multiple traps to a central location for the player to kill.
Here is a tutorial to a squid farm

Video

History

Beta
1.2		Added squid.
1.3		Squid now have the ability to move in three dimensions (rather than only along the bottom of the body of water).
1.4		A bug was fixed where using a bucket on a squid while the squid was not touching another block would yield milk.
1.5		Squid were now incapable of swimming upward. When they did manage to swim upward, they would drift down with a zero net gain in altitude, resulting in a jittery animation.
1.7		Fixed bug causing squid to be unable to swim upward.
1.7		Until Beta 1.7 squid did not de-spawn like other mobs. This made squid a popular pet as once harvested they could be put in aquariums and kept there until they were killed by a player. However this was corrected because of their downward movement (at the time) caused them to pool in relatively deep crevices in the ocean or lakes, thus making ink sacs hard to acquire as further squid would not spawn until the local population had been lowered. In 1.7 they were made to de-spawn like other mobs, likely in preparation for the much deeper oceans in the 1.8 update.
1.8pre1		Squid was now the only mob that did not drop experience orbs when killed by the player.
1.8pre2		Squid now drop experience orbs when killed by the player.
1.9pre5		Squid only spawn between layers 45 and 62.
Official release
1.4.4pre		Squid now suffocate when exposed to air.

Issues

Issues relating to "Squid" are maintained on Mojira. Report issues there.

Trivia

Squid are the first and so far the only water mob.
Hitting a squid underwater causes them to rise approximately 1/3 to 1/2 a block.
Squid cannot be damaged by attacking their tentacles.
Squid behave like some land mobs and attempt to ride a Minecart. However this is not always useful as rails and water cannot occupy the same block.
Squid are the first passive mob that spawn at any light level, in water, and without grass.
When the world is loaded, all squid are aligned with the tentacles facing east.
In RC2, when Squid came out of the water and were hurt, they made the new player hurt sounds.
Squid spawners will only spawn them on layer 60, as the large water bodies (such as oceans, rivers and ground lakes) appear only on that depth. This means squid can no longer spawn in mountain springs or underground lakes.
Squid and Bats are the only passive animal that cannot breed; due to this, however, they will spawn like the other animals used to.
It is possible for a squid to receive fall damage.
Squid, along with Ocelots and Bats are the only passive mobs that can despawn.
It is possible for squid to spawn in the fountains of Strongholds, underground lakes, wells, obsidian patches, cobblestone generators, and caves with water running through it.