Updated 25 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Ink Sac in Minecraft: How to Get It and Uses
An ink sac drops from squid and crafts black dye, books and quills, and on Bedrock dark prismarine. A glow ink sac drops from glow squid and makes sign text glow and crafts glow item frames.
How do you get an ink sac?
Kill squid for ink sacs and glow squid for glow ink sacs. Ink sacs also come as rare fishing junk in stacks of 10.
What is it used for?
- Black dye
- Books and quills
- Glowing sign text (glow ink sac)
- Glow item frames (glow ink sac)
More about it
On Bedrock you can dye sheep and wolf collars with an ink sac directly. Glow ink on a sign also outlines the text so it is readable in the dark. A book and quill needs a book, an ink sac and a feather. Glow squid live in dark water deep underground, so look in flooded caves.
Tip
Use a normal ink sac on a glowing sign to turn the glow off again.
Items and recipes
Most items stack to 64 in one inventory slot; tools, armor, potions and a few others do not stack at all. The recipe book in your crafting screen shows every recipe you have unlocked, and picking up a new item unlocks the recipes that use it. In Creative mode every item is in the creative inventory, and with cheats on the /give command hands you any item by its ID. Items you drop disappear after 5 minutes on the ground, so pick up rare drops quickly. See crafting and squid.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a glow ink sac do?
It makes sign text glow and crafts glow item frames.
Sources
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