New Minecraft glow squids drop ink to light items in darkness Chris Burns - Feb 11, 2021, 2:58pm CST In the latest Beta Bedrock version of Minecraft on several platforms, a Glow Squid was released. This Glow Squid is lovely on its own, with sparkles and aqua color light amid 8 tentacles and swimmy goodness. But the real greatness of the Glow Squid is in the ingredient item it drops. Per Cory Scheviak, Gameplay Developer on the Vanilla team for Minecraft, “The glow squid is definitely the most well-lit water mob in the game, and it’s also tied for the most squid-like mob in the game with the squid.” They’re both… rather squid-like.