Legacy Frozen Ocean

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For the old unused frozen ocean variant in Java Edition that has been merged with new frozen oceans, see Frozen Ocean § History.

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This article describes content that has been officially made unobtainable in Bedrock Edition.

It can still be obtained using third-party software. However, this can cause unexpected behavior such as bugs and crashes.

Legacy Frozen Ocean

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

Climate
Blocks	👁 Image Ice 👁 Image Gravel 👁 Image Seagrass 👁 Image Kelp 👁 Image Snow
Temperature	0.0
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	#44aff5
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Cold

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The legacy frozen ocean is an unused frozen variant of oceans. It can only be obtained through single biome or add-ons.

Description

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The legacy frozen ocean variant is similar to frozen ocean biomes, but without icebergs, making it look like flatlands of ice. Like in frozen oceans, snowy rabbits, polar bears and strays spawn here.

No monsters other than drowned, strays, and skeletons can spawn here at night. This biome also generates kelp on a gravel floor, as well as seagrass which is unlike regular frozen oceans. Land generated in legacy frozen oceans does not have any terrain blocks and generates with the default stone, gravel, dirt, and variant blocks, covered with snow and occasionally some default vegetation like short grass.

Unlike in other oceans, shipwrecks and ocean ruins do not generate here.

With Vibrant Visuals, legacy frozen oceans use default atmospherics with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear icy blue. They have cold sunlight, which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

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Legacy frozen oceans use the same mob spawning chances as regular frozen oceans.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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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Normal Overworld tracks play in legacy frozen oceans, in addition to the following tracks when the player is underwater.

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack title	Soundtrack	Artist	Length
axolotl.ogg	Underwater in oceans or rivers	"Axolotl"	—	C418	5:03
dragon_fish.ogg	Underwater in oceans or rivers	"Dragon Fish"	—	C418	6:13
shuniji.ogg	Underwater in oceans or rivers	"Shuniji"	—	C418	4:04

Data values

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ID

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Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
👁 BiomeSprite legacy-frozen-ocean.png: Sprite image for legacy-frozen-ocean in Minecraft [No displayed name]	`legacy_frozen_ocean`	`43`

History

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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 1.7.2.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Changed ID of old frozen ocean to `legacy_frozen_ocean`.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.230.56	All oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a sand or gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.^[1] This does not occur in the Old world type.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.30.23	All oceans generate with a sand or gravel floor once again.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added cold color grading and lighting to legacy frozen oceans with Vibrant Visuals.

Issues

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

References

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↑ MCPE-125235 – Ocean floors are generated with stone floors

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