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Frozen Ocean

👁 Frozen Ocean.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Frozen Ocean'

👁 Frozen Ocean Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Frozen Ocean'

Climate
Structures	👁 Image Shipwreck 👁 Image Ocean ruins
Features	👁 Image Iceberg 👁 Image Blue ice
Blocks	👁 Image Ice 👁 Image Packed Ice 👁 Image Snow Block 👁 Image Snow 👁 Image Grass Block 👁 Image Gravel‌^{[JE only]}
Temperature	0.0 (0.2 in some ocean areas)
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	Yes
Snow accumulation‌^{[BE only]}	0.125-0.25
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Dry foliage color	#8F7A5A
Water color	#3938C9‌^{[JE only]} #2570B5‌^{[BE only]}
Water fog color	#050533‌^{[JE only]} #174985‌^{[BE only]}
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Cold

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The frozen ocean is an icy variant of oceans covered by icebergs. The water's surface is partially covered with ice, where snowfall may occur and polar bears can spawn.

Generation

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Frozen oceans generate as shallow ocean biomes in the frozen temperature zones, near snowy plains, snowy taigas, regular taigas, and ice spikes. They may be separated from land biomes by snowy beaches, non-frozen stony shores, and frozen rivers, though they may also border land biomes directly. They can generate close to mountains with groves and snowy slopes forming tall oceanic cliffs.

Frozen oceans border their deep variant far from land, and cold oceans near higher temperatures.

Description

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👁 Image

The separate colors of each ocean variant in Java Edition

Unlike other oceans, frozen oceans do not have a gravel seabed and directly expose stone and variants.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Neither seagrass nor kelp generates on the seafloor, leaving it entirely barren. The surface is widely covered with ice, while large icebergs made of snow blocks, packed ice and a bit of blue ice frequently generate.

Shipwrecks and cold ocean ruins generate here, often inside icebergs. Occasional islands in frozen oceans are also covered with stone, however, some patches of grass blocks generate in between.

Fewer mobs spawn here than in any other ocean variant, only cod and salmon.‌^{[BE only]} On the surface, however, polar bears and rabbits may also spawn in Bedrock Edition, while some skeletons are replaced by strays.

Frozen oceans have varying temperatures across their landscapes. Colder patches generate snowfall and freeze water on any altitude, while some patches only allow snowfall above Y=120±8, creating rainfall and unfrozen water on the ocean's surface.

With Vibrant Visuals, frozen oceans use default environmental settings with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear colder blue. They use cold sunlight, which is slightly stronger at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

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The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
👁 Image Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
👁 Image Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
👁 Image Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
👁 Image Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₂₀	4
👁 Image Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₂₀	1–4
👁 Image Drowned^{[note 2]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
👁 Image Witch	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
👁 Image Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Creature category
👁 Image Polar Bear	1	1–2
Underground water creature category
👁 Image Glow Squid	1	4–6
Water creature category
👁 Image Nautilus	³⁄₆	1
👁 Image Squid	³⁄₆	1–4
Water ambient category
👁 Image Salmon	1	1–5
Ambient category
👁 Image Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ Adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.

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In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
👁 Image Creeper	100	1
👁 Image Drowned^{[note 1]}	100	2–4
👁 Image Slime^{[note 2]}	100	1
👁 Image Spider	100	1
👁 Image Stray	96	1–2
👁 Image Zombie	95	2–4
👁 Image Skeleton	24	1–2
👁 Image Enderman	10	1–2
👁 Image Witch	5	1
👁 Image Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
👁 Image Glow Squid	10	2–4
👁 Image Nautilus	8	1
👁 Image Squid	8	2–4
👁 Image Polar Bear	5	1–2
👁 Image Rabbit	4	2–3
Water creature category
👁 Image Cod	75	4–7
👁 Image Salmon	26	3–5

↑ Adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

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Sounds

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Music

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In Bedrock Edition, these music tracks when the player is underwater in a frozen ocean:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Axolotl	—	—	1	33.33%
Dragon Fish	—	—	1	33.33%
Shuniji	—	—	1	33.33%

These music tracks play while the player is not underwater in a frozen ocean:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
A Familiar Room	1	2.70%	—	—
Below and Above	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Broken Clocks	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Clark	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Comforting Memories	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Danny	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Dry Hands	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Ebb	2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Featherfall	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Fireflies	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Floating Dream	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Haggstrom	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Home	2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Key	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
komorebi	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Left to Bloom	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Lilypad	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Living Mice	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Memories	2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Mice on Venus	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Minecraft	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Nightly	2	5.41%	2	5.56%
One More Day	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
O's Piano	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Oxygène	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Puzzlebox	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Shores	2	5.41%	2	5.56%
Subwoofer Lullaby	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Sweden	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Watcher	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
Wet Hands	1	2.70%	1	2.78%
yakusoku	1	2.70%	1	2.78%

In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Aria Math	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Biome Fest	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Blind Spots	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Dreiton	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Haunt Muskie	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Taswell	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Key	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Subwoofer Lullaby	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Living Mice	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Haggstrom	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Minecraft	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Oxygène	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Mice on Venus	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Dry Hands	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Wet Hands	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Clark	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Sweden	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Danny	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Left to Bloom	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
One More Day	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Floating Dream	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Comforting Memories	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
A Familiar Room	1	3.03%	—	—
Featherfall	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Watcher	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Puzzlebox	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
komorebi	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
yakusoku	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Lilypad	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Below and Above	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
O's Piano	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Broken Clocks	1	3.03%	1	3.13%
Fireflies	1	3.03%	1	3.13%

Data values

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ID

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Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
👁 BiomeSprite frozen-ocean.png: Sprite image for frozen-ocean in Minecraft Frozen Ocean	`frozen_ocean`	`biome.minecraft.frozen_ocean`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite frozen-ocean.png: Sprite image for frozen-ocean in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`frozen_ocean`	`10`

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
👁 Image	👁 Image	Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver
👁 Image	👁 Image	Sail the 7 Seas	Visit all ocean biomes	Visit all ocean biomes except the deep warm ocean/legacy frozen ocean (as they are unused).	40	Gold

Advancements

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Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
👁 Image 👁 Image	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 55^{[until: Third Drop 2026]}/56^[upcoming] biomes: 👁 Image Badlands 👁 Image Bamboo Jungle 👁 Image Beach 👁 Image Birch Forest 👁 Image Cherry Grove 👁 Image Cold Ocean 👁 Image Dark Forest 👁 Image Deep Cold Ocean 👁 Image Deep Dark 👁 Image Deep Frozen Ocean 👁 Image Deep Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Deep Ocean 👁 Image Desert 👁 Image Dripstone Caves 👁 Image Eroded Badlands 👁 Image Flower Forest 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image 👁 Image Frozen Peaks 👁 Image Frozen River 👁 Image Grove 👁 Image Ice Spikes 👁 Image Jagged Peaks 👁 Image Jungle 👁 Image Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Lush Caves 👁 Image Mangrove Swamp 👁 Image Meadow 👁 Image Mushroom Fields 👁 Image Ocean 👁 Image Old Growth Birch Forest 👁 Image Old Growth Pine Taiga 👁 Image Old Growth Spruce Taiga 👁 Image Pale Garden 👁 Image Plains 👁 Image River 👁 Image Savanna 👁 Image Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Snowy Beach 👁 Image Snowy Plains 👁 Image Snowy Slopes 👁 Image Snowy Taiga 👁 Image Sparse Jungle 👁 Image Stony Peaks 👁 Image Stony Shore 👁 Image Sunflower Plains 👁 Image Sulfur Caves 👁 Image Swamp 👁 Image Taiga 👁 Image Warm Ocean 👁 Image Windswept Forest 👁 Image Windswept Gravelly Hills 👁 Image Windswept Hills 👁 Image Windswept Savanna 👁 Image Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

Videos

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History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	Added FrozenOcean, which was unused at the time.
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	When generated through buffet, it appears as a regular ocean with a lower temperature, freezing the entire surface.
1.1	12w50a	Frozen oceans now generate naturally. Generates around Snowy Plains biomes with frozen river biomes.
1.7.2	13w36a	Frozen ocean is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.8	14w17a	Frozen ocean is no longer required for the "Adventuring Time" achievement, making it possible to obtain in normal gameplay.
1.13	18w08a	Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before. The temperature fluctuates between freezing and fluid water.
	18w09a	Added underwater ruin structures, which generate in all oceans.
	18w11a	Added shipwrecks, which generate in all oceans.
	18w15a	Added icebergs, which generate in frozen oceans.
	18w15a	Ocean variants now have their own water colors.
	18w16a	Renamed "FrozenOcean" to "Frozen Ocean".
1.16	20w06a	Underwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer.
1.17	21w06a	Frozen ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a gravel floor.^[1]
1.17	21w15a	Frozen oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.
1.18	21w44a	Frozen ocean is once again required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0	build 1	Added the frozen ocean biome, although it remained unused like in Java Edition.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Added the new frozen oceans as a separate biome. The old biome remains unused as legacy frozen ocean.
	beta 1.2.14.2	Added shipwrecks, and icebergs.
	beta 1.2.20.1	Added underwater ruins.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.230.56	Frozen oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.^[2] This does not occur in the Old world type.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.30.23	Frozen oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.
?	?	Frozen oceans no longer generate with a gravel floor.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.20	Frozen oceans now generate near snowy biomes.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.23	Frozen ocean no longer generate seagrass.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added cold color grading and cold lighting to frozen oceans with Vibrant Visuals.
1.21.100	Preview 1.21.100.20	The surface is no longer entirely covered by ice and now features patches of open water.
1.21.100	Preview 1.21.100.20	Icebergs now generate with a shape and frequency that more closely matches Java Edition.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Frozen ocean biome added. At this time, it generates as an ocean with a solid layer of ice at the surface. It also generates in small patches alongside the shore of the new snowy biomes.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Frozen oceans no longer generate.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added shipwrecks, underwater ruins, and icebergs.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 10.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Frozen Ocean" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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Screenshots

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👁 A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean

A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean
👁 A frozen ocean near a forest

A frozen ocean near a forest
👁 A frozen ocean single biome world

A frozen ocean single biome world

Historical screenshots

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👁 View of an old pre-Java Edition 1.13 single biome frozen ocean

View of an old pre-Java Edition 1.13 single biome frozen ocean
👁 Another view of a frozen ocean

Another view of a frozen ocean
👁 A frozen ocean biome

A frozen ocean biome
👁 Salmon beneath icebergs

Salmon beneath icebergs
👁 A frozen ocean single biome world before 1.18

A frozen ocean single biome world before 1.18
👁 A frozen ocean with ray tracing

A frozen ocean with ray tracing

References

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↑ MC-214783 – Oceans generate with stone floors – resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MCPE-125235 – Ocean floors are generated with stone floors

External links

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"Around the Block: Frozen Ocean" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 28, 2021.

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Biomes	👁 Image Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Cold Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Warm Ocean
Environment	👁 Image Ruins 👁 Image Shipwreck 👁 Image Monument 👁 Image Coral Reef
Blocks	👁 Image Water 👁 Image Gravel 👁 Image Sand 👁 Image Ice 👁 Image Coral 👁 Image Coral Block 👁 Image Coral Fan 👁 Image Sea Pickle 👁 Image Seagrass 👁 Image Kelp 👁 Image Magma Block
Mobs	👁 Image Cod 👁 Image Tropical Fish 👁 Image Drowned 👁 Image Dolphin 👁 Image Pufferfish 👁 Image Nautilus 👁 Image Zombie Nautilus 👁 Image Coral 👁 Image Jockey

Biomes

👁 Image Overworld
Landforms	👁 Image Beach 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image Stony Shore 👁 Image River 👁 Image Frozen
Snowy	👁 Image Frozen Peaks 👁 Image Grove 👁 Image Jagged Peaks 👁 Image Snowy Plains 👁 Image Ice Spikes 👁 Image Snowy Slopes 👁 Image Snowy Taiga
Cold	👁 Image Taiga 👁 Image Old Growth Pine 👁 Image Old Growth Spruce 👁 Image Windswept Hills 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Gravelly 👁 Image Dappled Forest^{[upcoming: Third Drop 2026]}
Temperate	👁 Image Birch Forest 👁 Image Old Growth 👁 Image Cherry Grove 👁 Image Dark Forest 👁 Image Pale Garden 👁 Image Forest 👁 Image Flower 👁 Image Meadow 👁 Image Mushroom Fields 👁 Image Plains 👁 Image Sunflower 👁 Image Swamp
Warm	👁 Image Badlands 👁 Image Eroded 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Desert 👁 Image Jungle 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Sparse 👁 Image Mangrove Swamp 👁 Image Savanna 👁 Image Plateau 👁 Image Windswept 👁 Image Stony Peaks
Ocean	👁 Image 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Cold Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Lukewarm Ocean 👁 Image Deep 👁 Image Warm Ocean
Caves	👁 Image Deep Dark 👁 Image Dripstone Caves 👁 Image Lush Caves 👁 Image Sulfur Caves

👁 Image The Nether
👁 Image Basalt Deltas 👁 Image Crimson Forest 👁 Image Nether Wastes 👁 Image Soul Sand Valley 👁 Image Warped Forest

👁 Image
The End

Central	👁 Image The End
Outer	👁 Image End Barrens 👁 Image End Highlands 👁 Image End Midlands 👁 Image Small End Islands

👁 Image
The End

👁 BiomeSprite sky.png: Sprite image for sky in Minecraft
Other

Specialized

JE only	👁 Image The Void

Unused/removed

Hills	👁 Image Birch Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Hills 👁 Image Jungle Hills 👁 Image Bamboo 👁 Image Snowy Mountains 👁 Image Taiga Hills 👁 Image Giant Tree 👁 Image Snowy 👁 Image Wooded Hills
Modified	👁 Image Dark Forest Hills 👁 Image Desert Lakes 👁 Image Modified Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Wooded 👁 Image Modified Jungle 👁 Image Edge 👁 Image Swamp Hills 👁 Image Taiga Mountains 👁 Image Snowy
Modified hills	👁 Image Giant Spruce Taiga Hills 👁 Image Gravelly Mountains+ 👁 Image Shattered Savanna Plateau 👁 Image Tall Birch Hills
Other	👁 Image Badlands Plateau 👁 Image Deep Warm Ocean 👁 Image Mountain Edge 👁 Image Mushroom Field Shore
BE only	👁 Image Legacy Frozen Ocean

Proto-biomes

Removed	👁 Image Ice Desert 👁 Image Rainforest 👁 Image Seasonal Forest 👁 Image Shrubland 👁 Image Tundra
Unimplemented	👁 Image Sky

Joke

20w14∞	👁 Image `_generated:id` 👁 Image Between 👁 Image Biome For Player With No Time For Nonsense 👁 Image Shapes
24w14potato	👁 Image Arboretum 👁 Image Corruption 👁 Image Fields 👁 Image Hash 👁 Image Wasteland
Others	👁 Image Hub 👁 Image The Moon

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