How do you get Ink Sac in Minecraft?

Kill squids in rivers and oceans - they drop 1-3 ink sacs, more with Looting Fish: a stack of 10 ink sacs is the rarest junk catch at 1-in-1000 with a plain rod Squid farms at river mouths or ocean monuments make ink fully automatic

What is Ink Sac used for?

Craft black dye for wool, glass, terracotta and banners Craft dark prismarine (8 prismarine shards + 1 ink sac), the moodiest block in the game Craft a book and quill, and dye sign text black by clicking the sign with one Trade them to wandering traders when you are swimming in the stuff

Ink Sac

Material Stack: 64 Since Beta 1.2

Quick answer: Kill squids in rivers and oceans - they drop 1-3 ink sacs, more with Looting.

How to get it

Kill squids in rivers and oceans - they drop 1-3 ink sacs, more with Looting
Fish: a stack of 10 ink sacs is the rarest junk catch at 1-in-1000 with a plain rod
Squid farms at river mouths or ocean monuments make ink fully automatic

Uses

Craft black dye for wool, glass, terracotta and banners
Craft dark prismarine (8 prismarine shards + 1 ink sac), the moodiest block in the game
Craft a book and quill, and dye sign text black by clicking the sign with one
Trade them to wandering traders when you are swimming in the stuff

Renewability

Renewable: squids keep spawning in rivers and oceans.

Java vs Bedrock

Identical in Java and Bedrock.

Related: Prismarine Shard Bone

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