I have a Monster Spawner block that has been set to spawn squids. How do I have to place it for it to spawn them?

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A spawner will attempt to spawn mobs at random locations inside a cuboid with side lengths of 9 blocks in both horizontal directions and a height of 3 blocks.

Thank you to IQAndreas for this additional information:

Note that those "cuboid" restrictions can be changed with map editors such as MCEdit, allowing you to much more heavily customize where and with what properties squids will spawn.

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For the mob to actually spawn, this randomly chosen location must meet certain criteria, otherwise no mob is spawned at this location.

The criteria for squids are:

• The squid must not collide with other entities. It can, however, spawn inside a block.
• The location must be in layer 46-62.

If there is at least one block inside that cuboid that meets these criteria, it is possible for squids to spawn.

Reference: Minecraftwiki article "Monster Spawner"

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Squid Spawners work for me, they spawn. But very shortly after they start to die, because I put them on land. All the Spawners work, you need to stand about 10-15 blocks away for it to work. Well that's what works for me. Hope this helped. 😁