Entity Stats
🔍 Where to Find
- Biome: Swamp / Foggy Wetlands.
- Landmark: Near tangled roots, flooded clearings, or broken trees.
- Audio Cue: Soft bubbling sounds or faint sobbing.
- Time: Can appear Day or Night (Day strongly recommended).
⚠️ Nearby Threats
- Hostile Entities: Guarded by 2 Bears.
- Movement Penalty: Enemies frequently emerge from blind spots.
- Low Visibility: Similar-looking terrain makes escape confusing.
- Escape Risk: Wet ground slows movement and drains stamina faster.
💬 Interaction
- Behavior: Squid Kid stays crouched and does not flee.
- Action: Approach carefully and Press ‘E’ to rescue.
- Result: He despawns immediately (Progress: 3/4).
In 99 Nights in the Forest, Squid Kid is a high-risk missing child whose difficulty comes from extreme visibility loss and disorientation mechanics. While he is non-hostile and cannot harm the player directly, the environment he spawns in is intentionally confusing and dangerous. Squid Kid’s rescue tests a player’s navigation skills, patience, and ability to stay calm under pressure rather than raw combat ability.
Squid Kid is typically located in damp, shadow-heavy areas where lighting is unreliable, and enemies can blend into the surroundings. These zones are designed to break player focus, making it easy to get lost, cornered, or ambushed while attempting a rescue.
Tips to safely find and rescue Squid Kid
- Increase brightness or carry reliable light sources
- Move slowly and avoid sprinting blindly through fog
- Memorize landmarks before approaching the spawn area
- Clear nearby enemies first—panic leads to mistakes
- Always keep stamina above half before interacting
Badges:
Orienteering
- Bring the four Missing Children to your camp for the first time.
- Difficulty: 2.5
- Rewards: 4 Diamonds
Self-Preservation
- Reach 99 day mark without rescuing any children.
- Difficulty: 3
- Rewards: 4 Diamonds
Checkout all badges of 99 Nights in the Forest here and details how to earn them.