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VOOZH | about |
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | π Invicon Wooden Shovel.png: Sprite image for Wooden Shovel in Minecraft |
| Blast resistance | 0.2 |
| Hardness | 0.2 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | No |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color | 8 SNOW |
| Note block instrument | Default (Harp) |
| Sulfur cube archetype | Fast Sliding |
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A snow block is a full-sized block of snow.
To obtain a snow block or snowballs, the block must be broken with a shovel; otherwise, the breaking time is greater, and the block drops nothing.
A snow block drops four snowballs when broken by a tool without Silk Touch.
A snow block drops itself when broken by a tool with Silk Touch.
Snow blocks generate on the ground in the ice spikes, grove, snowy slopes, frozen peaks and jagged peaks biomes, they form the walls of igloos and some snowy plains village houses and can also generate on top of some icebergs.
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition and Bedrock Edition | ||||
| π Image |
π Image Village |
Snowy house chest | 1 | 34.5%{ "item": "Snow Block", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.3446794399357004, "structure": "Village", "container": "Snowy house chest" }
|
A snow block can also be obtained by breaking 8 snow layers with a Silk Touch shovel.[1]
Unlike snow, snow blocks do not melt when a heat blockβ[BE & edu only] or a light-emitting block is nearby, nor will they melt in dry biomes.
Snow blocks can be used to make snow golems by putting 2 snow blocks on top of another and a carved pumpkin or jack o'lantern on the top as the head. Note that the carved pumpkin has to be placed last for this to work. This can be done sideways and upside-down, as well.
π BlockSprite snow-block.png: Sprite image for snow-block in Minecraftsnow sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| βBlock broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.snow.break | subtitles.block.generic.breakβ | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| βBlock placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.snow.place | subtitles.block.generic.placeβ | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| βBlock breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.snow.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hitβ | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| βSomething falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.snow.fall | subtitles.block.generic.fallβ | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| βFootsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block.snow.step | subtitles.block.generic.footstepsβ | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
π BlockSprite snow-block.png: Sprite image for snow-block in Minecraftsnow sound type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| β ? | Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.snow | β ? | 1.0 | 0.8β1.0 | |
| β ? | Blocks | When the block is placed | dig.snow | β ? | 1.0 | 0.8β1.0 | |
| β ? | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.snow | β ? | 0.35 | 0.5 | |
| β ? | Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.snow | β ? | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| β ? | Players | Walking on the block | step.snow | β ? | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| β ? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.snow | β ? | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| β ? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.snow | β ? | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| π BlockSprite snow-block.png: Sprite image for snow-block in Minecraft Snow Block | snow_block | Block & Item | snowmineable/shovel |
block.minecraft.snow_block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| π BlockSprite snow-block.png: Sprite image for snow-block in Minecraft Snow Block | snow | 80 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.snow.name |
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.5 | π Image Added snow blocks. | ||||||
| Snow blocks drop 6 snowballs instead of 4. | |||||||
| v1.0.5_01 | A shovel is now required to obtain snowballs from snow. | ||||||
| Snow blocks on top of top snow cover no longer look unusual. | |||||||
| v1.0.6 | Snow blocks now require only 4 snowballs to craft instead of 9. This allows for infinite amounts of snow blocks and snowballs as snow blocks still drop 6 snowballs instead of 4. | ||||||
| v1.1.1 | The infinite snowball glitch has now been fixed; solid snow blocks now drop only 4 snowballs. | ||||||
| v1.2.0 | preview | With the removal of winter mode, snow and snow blocks have become temporarily non-renewable. | |||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.5 | With the addition of weather, snow and snow blocks have become renewable. | ||||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Snow no longer generates in cold biomes, making snow blocks temporarily unobtainable. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Added ice plains, making snow obtainable again. | |||||
| Snow blocks can now be used to create snow golems. | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w38a | Snow has now been given a new block breaking sound. | |||||
| 1.5 | 13w05a | A crafting recipe for snow cover has now been added. | |||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Added the ice plains spikes biome, which generates snow blocks on the surface. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Snow blocks now generate as part of igloos. | |||||
| 1.12 | 17w15a | Snow can now be placed correctly on upside-down stairs. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | "Snow" has now been renamed to "Snow Block". | |||||
| 17w48a | Mining 8 layers of snow with a Silk Touch shovel now yields a snow block.[1] | ||||||
| 18w15a | Added icebergs to frozen oceans, which contain snow blocks. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Prior to this snapshot, snow blocks were capable of spontaneously melting under specific conditions. This no longer happens.[2] | |||||
| π Image The texture of snow blocks has now been changed. | |||||||
| 18w49a | Snow blocks now generate as part of some houses in the newly added snowy tundra villages. | ||||||
| Snow block items can now be found in chests in snowy village houses. | |||||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Plants can now be placed on snow blocks. | |||||
| 21w37a | Reverted change allowing plants to be placed on snow blocks. | ||||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb snow blocks, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.2.0 | π Image Added snow blocks. | ||||||
| v0.3.0 | Snow blocks are now craftable, and drop snowballs when mined. | ||||||
| v0.3.3 | Snow blocks are now available in the creative inventory. | ||||||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Snow blocks now generate naturally in ice spike biomes. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Snow is now renewable. | |||||
| Snow can now be used to create snow golems. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Snow blocks now generate as part of igloos. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Snow blocks now generate naturally in icebergs. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | π Image The texture of snow blocks has now been changed. | |||||
| Snow blocks now generate in snowy tundra villages. | |||||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Snow blocks can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests. | |||||
| 1.16.220 Experiment | beta 1.16.220.50 | Snow blocks now generate in mountain grove, snowy slopes, snow capped peaks and lofty peaks biomes. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.22 | Changed name from "Snow" to "Snow Block" to match Java Edition. | |||||
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb snow blocks, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | π Image Added snow blocks. |
| TU7 | Snow blocks can now be used to create snow golems. | ||||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Snow blocks now generate as part of igloos. | |
| 1.90 | π Image The texture of snow blocks has now been changed. | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 14w06a | Snow blocks now use the newly-implemented model json file models/block/cube.json; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID of snow blocks has now been changed from snow to snow_block.
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| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 80. | |||||||
Issues relating to "Snow Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
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