Glow Squid

Glow Squid

Health points	10HP
Behavior	Passive
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Height: 0.8 blocks Width: 0.8 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Adult: Height: 0.95 blocks Width: 0.95 blocks Baby: Height: 0.475 blocks Width: 0.475 blocks
Spawn	§ Spawning

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The glow squid is a variant of squid with an aqua luminescent texture.

Spawning

Groups of 2-4 glow squid spawn underground in water below the layer 63 in any land biome.

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.
• 1–3XP Experience when killed by a player or tamed wolf.
• As with all other baby animals, killing a baby glow squid yields no items or experience.‌

Behavior

Ink cloud produced by a glow squid.

Glow squid, like regular squid, wander around aimlessly in three dimensions as long as they are in water, opening and closing their tentacles, which gives them the appearance of pushing themselves leisurely forward.

Glow squid suffocate when out of water, dying after 300 game ticks (15 seconds). While on land, they remain stationary until they suffocate. They can take fall damage and burn like any other land mob, but they cannot drown. When out of the water, glow squid are extremely resistant to knockback.

Glow squid are passive toward the player. They are not attracted to light and do not deliberately interact with the player.

Glow squid seem to glow, which doesn't actually affect the light level and is purely aesthetic. When attacked, they will stop glowing for 5 seconds (100 game ticks).

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

Unlike land-based mobs, glow squid can swim against a current and not get pushed by it.‌‌

Guardians and elder guardians attack glow squid in the same manner as they would do to a player or regular squid.

In Java Edition, glow squids are aquatic mobs, hence are affected by the Impaling enchantment‌.

Glow squid constantly produce star-shaped particles around them as well as a cloud of turquoise ink particles and swim away covering much longer distances when attacked, both of which remain visible when the glow squid has the invisibility effect.

Glow squid sometimes beach themselves and suffocate on the banks of rivers and occasionally on ocean beaches. This is a behavior shared with normal squids due to long lasting bugs in their AI.

Glow squid are attacked by axolotls.

If the player is in spectator mode or is far away from a glow squid,​ they remain stationary. When attacked in this state, glow squid cannot flee.

Although glow squids have a baby variant in Bedrock Edition, there is currently no way to breed them.

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Glow Squid swims	Friendly Creatures	Randomly when in water	entity.glow_squid.ambient	subtitles.entity.glow_squid.ambient​	?	?	? { "sounds": [ "Glow Squid ambient1.ogg", "Glow Squid ambient2.ogg", "Glow Squid ambient3.ogg", "Glow Squid ambient4.ogg", "Glow Squid ambient5.ogg" ], "subtitle": "​Glow Squid swims", "source": "Friendly Creatures", "id": "entity.glow_squid.ambient", "desc": "Randomly when in water", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.glow_squid.ambient" }
	​Glow Squid dies	Friendly Creatures	Dying	entity.glow_squid.death	subtitles.entity.glow_squid.death​	?	?	? { "sounds": [ "Glow Squid death1.ogg", "Glow Squid death2.ogg", "Glow Squid death3.ogg" ], "subtitle": "​Glow Squid dies", "source": "Friendly Creatures", "id": "entity.glow_squid.death", "desc": "Dying", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.glow_squid.death" }
	​Glow Squid hurts	Friendly Creatures	Taking damage	entity.glow_squid.hurt	subtitles.entity.glow_squid.hurt​	?	?	? { "sounds": [ "Glow Squid hurt1.ogg", "Glow Squid hurt2.ogg", "Glow Squid hurt3.ogg", "Glow Squid hurt4.ogg" ], "subtitle": "​Glow Squid hurts", "source": "Friendly Creatures", "id": "entity.glow_squid.hurt", "desc": "Taking damage", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.glow_squid.hurt" }
	​Glow Squid shoots ink	Friendly Creatures	Shooting ink	entity.glow_squid.squirt	subtitles.entity.glow_squid.squirt​	?	?	? { "sounds": [ "Glow Squid squirt1.ogg", "Glow Squid squirt2.ogg", "Glow Squid squirt3.ogg" ], "subtitle": "​Glow Squid shoots ink", "source": "Friendly Creatures", "id": "entity.glow_squid.squirt", "desc": "Shooting ink", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.glow_squid.squirt" }

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Entity tags (JE)	[hide]Translation key
Glow Squid	glow_squid	axolotl_always_hostiles	?

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Glow Squid	glow_squid	?	?

Entity data

Glow squids have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • [Int] 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, moobloom, and iceologer are announced as the mobs in the Minecraft Live 2020 mob vote, which consists of mobs from Minecraft's spin-off games, Minecraft Dungeons and Minecraft Earth. {"type": "", "version": "September 27, 2020", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "The glow squid, (link to moobloom article, displayed as moobloom), and (link to iceologer article, displayed as iceologer) are announced as the mobs in the Minecraft Live 2020 (link to Minecraft Live 2020#Mob Vote article, displayed as mob vote), which consists of mobs from Minecraft's spin-off games, ''(link to Minecraft Dungeons article, displayed as Minecraft Dungeons)'' and ''(link to Minecraft Earth article, displayed as Minecraft Earth)''."}
October 3, 2020							The glow squid wins the mob vote. {"type": "", "version": "October 3, 2020", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "The glow squid wins the mob vote."}
[hide]Upcoming Java Edition
1.17							Added the glow squid. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "1.17", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Glow Squid JE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Added the glow squid."}
							Glow squids now spawn in underground water sources. {"type": "java upcoming", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Glow squids now spawn in underground water sources."}
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.210							Added the glow squid. Ink particles are currently black as normal squid, unlike Java Edition. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.16.210", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Glow Squid BE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Added the glow squid. Ink particles are currently black as normal squid, unlike (link to Java Edition article, displayed as Java Edition)."}
1.16.210							The glow squid has been temporarily removed due to a crash. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.16.210", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "The glow squid has been temporarily removed due to a crash."}
1.16.220							Re-added glow squids. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.16.220", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Glow Squid BE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Re-added glow squids."}
							Glow Squids now squirt the same coloured particles when hit as on Java Edition. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.16.220", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Glow Squids now squirt the same coloured particles when hit as on Java Edition."}
							Glow squids have been made inaccessible in the full release. {"type": "bedrock", "version": "", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Glow squids have been made inaccessible in the full release."}
[hide]Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.17.0							Now spawn in any any biome and up to Y-63 instead of Y-30. {"type": "bedrock upcoming", "version": "1.17.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Now spawn in any any biome and up to Y-63 instead of Y-30."}
							Glow Squids are no longer available only through Experimental Gameplay. {"type": "bedrock upcoming", "version": "1.17.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Glow Squids are no longer available only through (link to Experimental Gameplay article, displayed as Experimental Gameplay)."}
1.17.0							Added a sound when glow squids shoot out ink. {"type": "bedrock upcoming", "version": "1.17.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "Added a sound when glow squids shoot out ink."}
[hide]Minecraft Earth
0.13.0							Added the glow squid. {"type": "earth", "version": "0.13.0", "exp": "", "snap": "", "content": "(link to File:Glow Squid MCE.png article, displayed as 32px) Added the (link to MCE:Glow Squid article, displayed as glow squid)."}

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  Glow Squid during development in Java Edition.

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  Glow Squid in Bedrock Edition beta 1.16.210.59.

Issues

Issues relating to "Glow Squid" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• The glow squid won the Minecraft Live 2020 mob vote, beating the Iceologer and Moobloom.
• Glow squids are one of the four mobs added as the result of community support, the others being phantoms, foxes, and goats.
• Neither Bedrock Edition nor Java Edition render glow squids with the pulsating animation they have in Minecraft Earth.
• The glow squid is the first mob from a spin-off game to be included in the base game. It is one of the two mobs remaining from Minecraft Earth after its shutdown on June 30th 2021, the other being the wooly cow, which is also part of the Howling Peaks DLC in Minecraft Dungeons.
• Like normal squids, glow squids remain stationary when the player is in spectator mode or is far enough from the squid for this behavior to occur. When attacked in this state, they are unable to flee.

Gallery

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  Multiple glow squids.

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  Three axolotls attacking a glow squid underwater.

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  A deep lukewarm ocean with glow squids clearly visible.

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  A screenshot of the Mob Vote 2020 featuring the glow squid.

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  Glow squid won the Mob Vote 2020.

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  Animation of glow squid winning in Mob Vote 2020.

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  Glow squid from Minecraft Plus.