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The deep frozen ocean is a deep variant of frozen oceans. Unlike the regular frozen ocean, the water surface is not covered with ice, though icebergs still generate in the water.

Generation

Deep frozen oceans replace Minecraft:deep oceans in the frozen temperature zones, next to frozen oceans and Minecraft:mushroom fields. They are twice as deep as regular frozen oceans, and may border Minecraft:deep cold oceans near higher temperatures.

Description

Like any other deep ocean, Minecraft:ocean monuments generate here. Minecraft:Icebergs generate like in normal frozen oceans, but unlike the normal frozen ocean, the water's surface is not frozen. The ocean floor consists of Minecraft:stone and variants without any vegetation, and few aquatic mobs spawn. Rare islands are also stony but may have some Minecraft:grass blocks with vegetation.

Similar to frozen oceans, deep frozen oceans have a temperature gradient. However, this is much warmer; at the cold areas it allows Minecraft:snowfall above Y=120±8, while at warm areas it Minecraft:rains everywhere. Due to the unfrozen water, Minecraft:polar bears, Minecraft:strays, and Minecraft:rabbits Template:Only are much rarer, but may still spawn.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, deep 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 brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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Sounds

When in any ocean biome, unique ocean Minecraft:ambience play randomly. Normal overworld tracks also play, alongside "Axolotl", "Dragon Fish" and "Shuniji", as the requirements for those are merely to be underwater rather than biome-determined.

Ambience

List
Name	Sound	Group
Underwater Ambience	File:Underwater Ambience.ogg	Loop
Bubbles 1	File:Bubbles1.ogg	Loop Additions
Bubbles 2	File:Bubbles2.ogg
Bubbles 3	File:Bubbles3.ogg
Bubbles 4	File:Bubbles4.ogg
Bubbles 5	File:Bubbles5.ogg
Bubbles 6	File:Bubbles6.ogg
Water 1	File:Water1.ogg
Water 2	File:Water2.ogg
Animal 1	File:Animal1.ogg	Rare Loop Additions
Bass Whale 1	File:Bass Whale1.ogg
Bass Whale 2	File:Bass Whale2.ogg
Crackles 1	File:Crackles1.ogg
Crackles 2	File:Crackles2.ogg
Driplets 1	File:Driplets1.ogg
Driplets 2	File:Driplets2.ogg
Earth Crack	File:Earth Crack.ogg
Animal 2	File:Animal2.ogg	Ultra Rare Loop Additions
Dark 1	File:Dark1.ogg
Dark 2	File:Dark2.ogg
Dark 3	File:Dark3.ogg
Dark 4	File:Dark4.ogg

Music

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Filename in Minecraft	Minecraft:Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview
axolotl.ogg	Underwater	"Axolotl"	Template:Sort	File:Axolotl.ogg
dragon_fish.ogg	Underwater	"Minecraft:Dragon Fish"	Template:Sort	File:Dragon Fish.ogg
shuniji.ogg	Underwater	"Minecraft:Shuniji"	Template:Sort	File:Shuniji.ogg

Data values

ID

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Achievements

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Advancements

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Videos

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History

Issues

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Trivia

Before Minecraft:1.18, regular and deep frozen oceans could generate near any kind of biome. It was somewhat common to see an Minecraft:iceberg bordering a Minecraft:desert, Minecraft:savanna or Minecraft:badlands in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition. Until 1.18, frozen oceans had a rough regular ocean border to minimize this effect in Minecraft:Java Edition.

Gallery

Screenshots

A deep frozen ocean Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18.

A deep frozen ocean Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18.
A deep frozen ocean with Minecraft:ray tracing.

A deep frozen ocean with Minecraft:ray tracing.

References

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Navigation

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 {{Infobox biome
-| title = Deep Frozen Ocean
 | group = Regular
 | 1-1 = Deep Frozen Ocean.png
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 | watercolor = {{color|#3938C9}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#2570B5}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
 | underwaterfogcolor = {{color|#050533}}{{only|java|short=y}}<br>{{color|#1A4879}}{{only|bedrock|short=y}}
-| structures = {{EnvLink|Ocean Monument}}<br>{{EnvLink|Shipwreck}}<br>{{EnvLink|Ocean ruins}}<br>{{EnvLink|Mineshaft}}<br>{{EnvLink|Trial Chambers}}
+| structures = {{EnvLink|Ocean Monument}}<br>{{EnvLink|Shipwreck}}<br>{{EnvLink|Ocean ruins}}
 | features = {{EnvLink|Iceberg}}<br>{{BlockLink|Blue ice|link=Blue Ice (feature)}}
-| blocks = {{BlockLink|Water}}<br>{{BlockLink|Snow Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Packed Ice}}<br>
+| blocks = {{BlockLink|Snow Block}}<br>{{BlockLink|Packed Ice}}<br>{{BlockLink|Snow}}<br>{{BlockLink|Grass Block}}
-{{BlockLink|Blue Ice}}<br>
-{{BlockLink|Gravel}}
 |atmospherics = Default
 |lighting = Cold
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 The '''deep frozen ocean''' is a deep variant of [[Minecraft:Frozen Oceans|frozen oceans]]. Unlike the regular frozen ocean, the water surface is not covered with ice, though [[Minecraft:Iceberg (feature)|icebergs]] still generate in the water.
+== Generation ==
+Deep frozen oceans replace [[Minecraft:deep ocean]]s in the frozen temperature zones, next to frozen oceans and [[Minecraft:mushroom fields]]. They are twice as deep as regular frozen oceans, and may border [[Minecraft:deep cold ocean]]s near higher temperatures.
 == Description ==
-[[File:Ocean colors.png|thumb|200px|The separate colors of each ocean variant {{in|java}}.]]
+Like any other deep ocean,  [[Minecraft:ocean monument]]s generate here. [[Minecraft:Iceberg]]s generate like in normal frozen oceans, but unlike the normal frozen ocean, the water's surface is not frozen. The ocean floor consists of [[Minecraft:stone]] and variants without any vegetation, and few aquatic mobs spawn. Rare islands are also stony but may have some [[Minecraft:grass block]]s with vegetation.
-The deep frozen ocean is the rarest ocean biome, covering 1.12% of the [[Minecraft:Overworld|Overworld's]] surface area and 3.78% of the total ocean area.
-The deep frozen ocean biome generates at deeper waters and can also contain [[Minecraft:ocean monument]]s. [[Minecraft:Iceberg]]s may still generate, but unlike the normal frozen ocean, the water's surface is not frozen.<ref>{{bug|MC-131587|resolution=WAI}}</ref>
+Similar to frozen oceans, deep frozen oceans have a temperature gradient. However, this is much warmer; at the cold areas it allows [[Minecraft:snowfall]] above Y=120±8, while at warm areas it [[Minecraft:rain]]s everywhere. Due to the unfrozen water, [[Minecraft:polar bear]]s, [[Minecraft:stray]]s, and [[Minecraft:rabbit]]s{{only|be|short=1}} are much rarer, but may still spawn.
 With [[Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals]], deep 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 brighter at dusk and dawn.