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Packed Ice
Other names Compressed Ice (GB)
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool πŸ‘ SlotSprite Pickaxe Required.png: Sprite image for Pickaxe Required in Minecraft
Blast resistance 0.5
Hardness 0.5
Luminous No
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava
No
Map color
 5 ICE
Note block instrument Chime
Sulfur cube archetype Fast Sliding
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Packed ice[a] is a variant of ice that functions almost identically, but does not melt and is opaque instead of transparent. Like other types of ice, it can only be obtained using a Silk Touch tool.

Obtaining

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Breaking

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Packed ice can be obtained using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, though a pickaxe is the fastest. Without Silk Touch, breaking it drops nothing. Unlike normal ice, packed ice never turns into water when broken.

  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking Β§ Speed.

Natural generation

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Packed ice is found in the rare ice spikes biome. It also forms icebergs found in frozen oceans. Packed ice also generates in frozen peaks and in ice patches.

Packed ice generates as windows in igloos.β€Œ[Bedrock Edition only]

Packed ice generates as piles (and in some houses or meeting points) in villages in snowy plains biome.

Packed ice also generates in ancient cities and in trial chambers surrounding stray spawners.

Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
πŸ‘ Image
πŸ‘ Image
Ancient City
Ice box chest 2–6 80.5%
{ "item": "Packed Ice", "stacksize": "2–6", "chance": 0.8052527828203967, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Ice box chest" }

Crafting

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Ingredients Crafting recipe
Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Ice with description: Ice

πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice

Trading

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Wandering traders can occasionally sell a block of packed ice for a single emerald.

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock
Villager
experience
Price
multiplier
JEBE
πŸ‘ Image
Wandering Trader
Special13%13%πŸ‘ Image
Emerald
πŸ‘ Image
6β€”β€”

Mob loot

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In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 packed ice when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Usage

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Crafting ingredient

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Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Blue Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice
πŸ‘ Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Packed Ice

πŸ‘ Invicon Blue Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Ice with description: Blue Ice

Speed

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Packed ice is slippery, causing most entities to slide, including items. This also allows for increased speed of items in water currents by placing the packed ice under the water current. Mobs do not travel faster in water currents on packed ice.

In Java Edition, when a non-full block of half-block or less in height is placed on top of packed ice, the block inherits the same 'slipperiness' as the ice below it for most entities, not including boats due to a bug.[1] Additionally, any non-full block inherits the 'slipperiness' for items.

Boats can travel on packed ice with a top speed of 40 m/s. Ice tracks built from blue ice, packed ice, or a combination are useful for long-range travel in all three dimensions.

Mobs can spawn on packed ice. This can allow for compact mob farms that rely on the tendency of pushed mobs to slide off the ice in some way.

Packed ice is a completely solid block, and allows placement of any objects on top.

Unlike normal ice, packed ice does not melt if placed near light sources.

Packed ice is not a storage block, as it cannot be crafted back into ice.

Sounds

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Java Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite glass.png: Sprite image for glass in Minecraft
glass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.glass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.glass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.glass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.glass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.glass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

πŸ‘ BlockSprite glass.png: Sprite image for glass in Minecraft
glass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksOnce the block has brokenrandom.glass​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.stone​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​ ?BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone​ ?0.40.6
​ ?PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone​ ?0.41.0
​ ?PlayersWalking on the blockstep.stone​ ?0.31.0
​ ?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.stone​ ?0.121.0
​ ?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone​ ?0.221.0


Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite packed-ice.png: Sprite image for packed-ice in Minecraft
Packed Ice
packed_iceBlock & Itemice
mineable/pickaxe
geode_invalid_blocks
block.minecraft.packed_ice

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
πŸ‘ BlockSprite packed-ice.png: Sprite image for packed-ice in Minecraft
Packed Ice
packed_ice174Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.packed_ice.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.7.213w36aπŸ‘ Image
Added packed ice.
The ice plains spikes biome is currently the only source of packed ice.
1.814w26cEfficiency on tools not speeding up the mining of packed ice has been fixed.
1.916w05aBoats now travel extremely fast on ice and packed ice.
1.1217w17aPacked ice can now be used to play the chime if they are under note blocks.
1.1318w15aPacked ice can now be used to craft blue ice.
Added icebergs to frozen oceans, which contain packed ice.
pre2Packed ice can now be crafted from 9 ice, making it renewable.
1.1418w43aπŸ‘ Image
The texture of packed ice has been changed.
18w49aPacked ice now generate in the updated villages in snowy tundra biomes.
19w05aAdded wandering traders, which sell packed ice.
1.1519w41aPacked ice is now only slippery through non-full blocks that are 0.5 blocks tall or less. Previously it applied through any block that is less than 1 block tall such as grass path or farmland.[2]
1.1922w13aPacked ice now generate as part of ancient cities.
Packed ice may now be found in ancient city chests.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21
23w45aPacked ice can now generate in trial chambers.
26.2snap1Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb packed ice, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1πŸ‘ Image
Added packed ice.
v0.12.1build 1πŸ‘ Image
The texture of packed ice has been changed.
Packed ice is now available in the Creative inventory.
build 11Packed ice is now obtainable by mining it with a Silk Touch-enchanted tool.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Packed ice now generates as part of igloos.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Packed ice now generates naturally in icebergs.
Packed ice is now used to craft blue ice.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10Packed ice can now be crafted using 9 ice, making it renewable.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Packed ice now generates in villages in snowy tundra biomes.
Packed ice is now sold by the new wandering traders.
πŸ‘ Image
The texture of packed ice has been changed.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Packed ice can now be used to play the chime if they are under note blocks.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026
Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb packed ice, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 31.0.1πŸ‘ Image
Added packed ice.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Boats now travel extremely fast on ice and packed ice.
TU53CU431.491.501.49Patch 231.0.3Packed ice can now be used to play the chime if they are under note blocks.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Packed ice can now be used to craft blue ice.
Packed ice now generates naturally in icebergs.
1.83 Packed ice can now be crafted using 9 ice, making it renewable.
1.90πŸ‘ Image
The texture of packed ice has been changed.
1.91Added wandering traders, which sell packed ice.
Packed ice now generates in villages in snowy tundra biomes.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0πŸ‘ Image
Added packed ice.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.814w06aPacked ice now uses the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 174.

Issues

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

Gallery

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Also known as compressed ice in British English.

References

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