Spawn Events for Squid in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the spawn events that you can use for a squid in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition.

Background

In the latest version of Minecraft Bedrock Edition and Education Edition, the entity value for a squid is squid. The squid entity has a unique set of spawn events that can be used in Minecraft commands such as: /summon and /event. (The spawn event parameter is called spawnEvent in the Minecraft help for the /summon command and eventName in the Minecraft help for the /event command.)

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What is a Spawn Event?

Spawn events allow you to trigger certain in-game events for an entity in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Education Edition. Currently, you can only trigger one spawn event at a time when you use the /summon or /event commands.

List of Spawn Events

Here is a list of the spawn events that you can use for a squid in Minecraft Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) and Minecraft Education Edition:

Minecraft ID	Description	Bedrock Edition (Added in)
minecraft:entity_spawned	Squid has spawned	1.12.0

Definitions

Minecraft ID is the Internal code for the spawn event that would be used in game commands.
Description is the description of the spawn event.
Bedrock Edition (Added in) is the version of Bedrock Edition that the spawn event was first introduced.

Spawn Event Example

To summon a squid that has spawned in Bedrock Edition (PE, Win10, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch) or Education Edition:

/summon squid ~ ~ ~ minecraft:entity_spawned

Next, learn how to use the game commands in Minecraft.

Command Examples

Here are some game command examples for a squid in Minecraft:

How to Summon a Squid

Command Generators

If you need help, you can use these tools to automatically generate commands for you:

Summon Mob Generator

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