A number of people have mentioned a bug where if you get too high above water it causes Squids to start spawning and unspawning repeatedly which causes huge amounts of unnecessary server/client spam causing lag.
To fix this I made a little server side mod which prevents squids spawning in regions where they would instantly despawn
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Squidless is a free Minecraft Java mod. Downloaded 937,904 times (via CurseForge). Download it and open it directly in the game.