Minecraft:Blue Ice: Difference between revisions

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Blue ice is a solid Minecraft:block similar to Minecraft:packed ice and Minecraft:ice, but much more slippery. It is the fastest ice type for Minecraft:boat riding and can be used to generate Minecraft:basalt in conjunction with soul soil and Minecraft:lava, and Minecraft:brittle ice with water.Template:Upcoming It does not melt when placed near light sources.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blue ice can be obtained using any Minecraft:tool enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch, although a Minecraft:pickaxe is the fastest. Breaking the Minecraft:block without Silk Touch drops nothing. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

Blue ice naturally generates on the bottom of icebergs and as large arching structures in Minecraft:frozen ocean Minecraft:biomes. It also generates as Minecraft:piles in some Minecraft:snowy plains village houses, and in ancient cities. Rarely, an iceberg generates entirely made of blue ice.

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Generated loot

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Crafting

Template:Crafting It takes 81 regular Minecraft:ice made into packed ice to create a single blue ice block.

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders occasionally sell blue ice for 6 Minecraft:emeralds. Template:Trade sources

Mob loot

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 1 blue ice when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Usage

Blue ice is slippery, causing most entities to slide, including Minecraft:items. It is even more slippery (0.989) than Minecraft:ice or Minecraft:packed ice (0.98). This allows for increased speed of items in Minecraft:water currents by placing the blue ice under the water current. Minecraft:Mobs do not travel faster in water currents on blue ice.

Minecraft:Boats can travel even faster on blue ice than on either normal ice or packed ice, being able to reach a top speed of 72.73 m/s (as opposed to 40 m/s on ice and packed ice). Ice tracks built from blue ice, packed ice, or a combination are useful for long-range travel in all three dimensions.

Blue ice is a completely solid Minecraft:block and allows the placement of any objects on top.

Unlike normal ice, blue ice does not melt when placed near Minecraft:light sources.

Blue ice can be used to create Minecraft:basalt. When Minecraft:lava flows into a space above soul soil and next to blue ice, basalt is formed. This can be used in a basalt generator.

It can also be used to create Minecraft:brittle ice Template:Upcoming. When water occupies one of the block spaces horizontally adjacent to a blue ice block, it will turn into brittle ice. This can be used in a brittle ice generator.

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

Sounds

Template:Sound table/Block/Glass Template:In development Template:Sound table/Block/Blue Ice

Data values

ID

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History

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Issues

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Gallery

Screenshots

Naturally generated blue ice in an Minecraft:iceberg

Naturally generated blue ice in an Minecraft:iceberg
Naturally generated blue ice in an arch

Naturally generated blue ice in an arch
Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg

Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg

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-'''Blue ice''' is a solid [[Minecraft:block]] similar to [[Minecraft:packed ice]] and [[Minecraft:ice]], but much more slippery. It is the fastest [[Minecraft:Ice (disambiguation)|ice type]] for [[Minecraft:boat]] riding and can be used to generate [[Minecraft:basalt]] in conjunction with [[Minecraft:Soul Soil|soul soil]] and [[Minecraft:lava]]. It does not melt when placed near light sources.
+'''Blue ice''' is a solid [[Minecraft:block]] similar to [[Minecraft:packed ice]] and [[Minecraft:ice]], but much more slippery. It is the fastest [[Minecraft:Ice (disambiguation)|ice type]] for [[Minecraft:boat]] riding and can be used to generate [[Minecraft:basalt]] in conjunction with [[Minecraft:Soul Soil|soul soil]] and [[Minecraft:lava]], and [[Minecraft:brittle ice]] with water.{{upcoming|Fourth Drop 2026}} It does not melt when placed near light sources.
 == Obtaining ==
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 === Mob loot ===
-{{IN|bedrock}}, [[Minecraft:wandering traders]] have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of [[Minecraft:Looting]]) to drop 1 blue ice when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].
+{{IN|bedrock}}, [[Minecraft:wandering traders]] have a chance of 25% (increased by 1% per level of [[Minecraft:Looting]]) to drop 1 blue ice when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].
 == Usage ==
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 Blue ice can be used to create [[Minecraft:basalt]]. When [[Minecraft:lava]] flows into a space above [[Minecraft:Soul Soil|soul soil]] and next to blue ice, basalt is formed. This can be used in a [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Basalt farming|basalt generator]].
+It can also be used to create [[Minecraft:brittle ice]]{{upcoming|Fourth Drop 2026}}. When water occupies one of the block spaces horizontally adjacent to a blue ice block, it will turn into brittle ice. This can be used in a [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Brittle Ice farming|brittle ice generator]].
 Blue ice is not a storage block, as it cannot be crafted back into packed ice.
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 == Sounds ==
 {{Sound table/Block/Glass}}
+{{in development|drop=Fourth Drop 2026|section=1}}
+{{Sound table/Block/Blue_Ice}}
 == Data values ==
 === ID ===
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 == History ==
+{{more sounds|section=1|type=old|Sounds before 26.4 snapshot 4}}
 === ''Java Edition'' ===
 {{HistoryTable
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 |{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w13a|Blue ice now generates in [[Minecraft:ancient city|ancient cities]].}}
 |{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb blue ice, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.4|dev=snap4|Added unique sounds for blue ice. Previously, it used the same sounds as [[Minecraft:glass]].
+|When water touches blue ice, it now creates [[Minecraft:brittle ice]].}}
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 |{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb blue ice, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||26.30|dev=Preview 26.30.20|Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.70|dev=Preview 26.70.20|When water touches blue ice, it now creates [[Minecraft:brittle ice]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 26.70.21|Added unique sounds for blue ice. Previously, it used the same sounds as [[Minecraft:glass]].}}
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 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-File:Natural blue ice.png|Naturally generated blue ice in an [[Minecraft:iceberg]].
+File:Natural blue ice.png|Naturally generated blue ice in an [[Minecraft:iceberg]]
-File:Blue ice arch.png|Naturally generated blue ice in an arch.
+File:Blue ice arch.png|Naturally generated blue ice in an arch
-File:Snowy iceberg.png|Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg.
+File:Snowy iceberg.png|Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg
 </gallery>