Minecraft:Frozen Ocean: Difference between revisions

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The frozen ocean is an icy variant of Minecraft:oceans covered by icebergs. The water's surface is partially covered with Minecraft:ice, where Minecraft:snowfall may occur and Minecraft:polar bears can spawn.

Generation

Frozen oceans generate as shallow ocean biomes in the frozen temperature zones, near Minecraft:snowy plains, Minecraft:snowy taigas, tegular Minecraft:taigas, and Minecraft:ice spikes. They may be separated from land biomes by Minecraft:snowy beaches, non-frozen Minecraft:stony shores, and Minecraft:frozen rivers, though they may also border land biomes directly. They can generate close to Minecraft:mountains with Minecraft:groves and Minecraft:snowy slopes forming tall oceanic cliffs.

Frozen oceans border their deep variant far from land, and Minecraft:cold oceans near higher temperatures.

Description

File:Ocean colors.png

The separate colors of each ocean variant Template:In

Unlike other oceans, frozen oceans do not have a Minecraft:gravel seabed and directly expose Minecraft:stone and variants. Neither seagrass nor kelp generates on the seafloor, leaving it entirely barren. The surface is widely covered with Minecraft:ice, while large Minecraft:icebergs made of Minecraft:snow blocks, Minecraft:packed ice and a bit of Minecraft:blue ice frequently generate.

Minecraft:Shipwrecks and Minecraft:cold ocean ruins generate here, often inside icebergs. Occasional islands in frozen oceans are also covered with stone, however, some patches of Minecraft:grass blocks generate in between.

Fewer mobs spawn here than in any other ocean variant, only Minecraft:cod and Minecraft:salmon.Template:Only On the surface, however, Minecraft:polar bears and Minecraft:rabbits may also spawn Template:In, while some Minecraft:skeletons are replaced by Minecraft:strays.

Frozen oceans have varying Minecraft:temperatures across their landscapes. Colder patches generate Minecraft:snowfall and freeze water on any altitude, while some patches only allow snowfall above Y=120±8, creating rainfall and unfrozen water on the ocean's surface.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, 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 stronger 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

Template:Music disclaimer

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

Template:Edition: Template:ID table

Achievements

Template:Load achievements

Advancements

Template:Load advancements

Videos

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History

Issues

Template:Issue list

Gallery

Screenshots

A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean

A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean
A frozen ocean near a forest

A frozen ocean near a forest
A frozen ocean Minecraft:single biome world

A frozen ocean Minecraft:single biome world

Historical screenshots

View of an old pre-Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13 single biome frozen ocean

View of an old pre-Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13 single biome frozen ocean
Another view of a frozen ocean

Another view of a frozen ocean
A frozen ocean biome

A frozen ocean biome
Salmon beneath icebergs

Salmon beneath icebergs
A frozen ocean Minecraft:single biome world before Minecraft:1.18

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

A frozen ocean with Minecraft:ray tracing

References

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External links

Template:Mcnet

Navigation

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 {{HistoryTable
 |{{HistoryLine|java}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Added FrozenOcean. At this time, it generates as an ocean with a solid layer of ice at the surface. It also generates in small patches alongside the shore of the new snowy biomes.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Added FrozenOcean, which was unused at the time.|When generated through [[Minecraft:buffet]], it appears as a regular ocean with a lower temperature, freezing the entire surface.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|Frozen ocean no longer generates naturally.
+|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w36a|Frozen ocean is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" [[Minecraft:achievement/Java Edition|achievement]].}}
-|Frozen ocean is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" [[Minecraft:achievement/Java Edition|achievement]].}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w17a|Frozen ocean is no longer required for the "Adventuring Time" achievement, making it possible to obtain in normal gameplay.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w08a|Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w08a|Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before. The temperature fluctuates between freezing and fluid water.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w09a|Added [[Minecraft:underwater ruin]] structures, which generate in all oceans.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w11a|Added [[Minecraft:shipwrecks]], which generate in all oceans.}}
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 {{HistoryTable
 |{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
-|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added the [[Minecraft:Legacy Frozen Ocean|frozen ocean]] biome, although it remained unused like in ''Java Edition'' 1.7.2.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Added the [[Minecraft:Legacy Frozen Ocean|frozen ocean]] biome, although it remained unused like in ''Java Edition''.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|Added the new frozen oceans as a separate biome. The old biome remains unused.
+|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|Added the new frozen oceans as a separate biome. The old biome remains unused as [[Minecraft:legacy frozen ocean]].|Added [[Minecraft:shipwreck]]s, and [[Minecraft:iceberg]]s.}}
-|Added [[Minecraft:shipwreck]]s, and [[Minecraft:iceberg]]s.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.2.20.1|Added [[Minecraft:underwater ruin]]s.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.56|Frozen oceans generate with a stone floor below Y{{=}}51 instead of a gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs [[Minecraft:experimental gameplay]] toggle.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-125235||Ocean floors are generated with stone floors}}</ref> This does not occur in the [[Minecraft:Old]] world type.}}
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 ==Issues==
 {{issue list}}
-== 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 ===
 <gallery>
-File:Old Frozen Ocean.png|View of an old pre-[[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13]] frozen ocean.
+File:Frozen Wrecked Ship.png|A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean
-File:Icebergs.png|Another view of a frozen ocean.
+File:Forest Icebergs.png|A frozen ocean near a forest
-File:Frozen Ocean Colors.png|An example of the random temperature variation within frozen oceans. The darker areas are colder, and have snowfall and ice sheets; the lighter areas are warmer, have rainfall and unfrozen water.
+File:Frozen Ocean single biome.png|A frozen ocean [[Minecraft:single biome]] world
-File:Frozen Ocean Colors 2.png|Same as the previous image, edited for better visibility.
+</gallery>
-File:Frozen Wrecked Ship.png|A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean.
-File:LadyAgnes Frozen Ocean.jpg|A frozen ocean biome.
+=== Historical screenshots ===
-File:Forest Icebergs.png|A frozen ocean near a forest.
+<gallery>
-File:Salmon Icebergs.jpg|Salmon beneath icebergs.
+File:Old Frozen Ocean.png|View of an old pre-[[Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13]] single biome frozen ocean
-File:Frozen Ocean single biome pre-1.18.png|A frozen ocean [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]].
+File:Icebergs.png|Another view of a frozen ocean
-File:Frozen Ocean RTX.png|A frozen ocean with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]].
+File:LadyAgnes Frozen Ocean.jpg|A frozen ocean biome
+File:Salmon Icebergs.jpg|Salmon beneath icebergs
+File:Frozen Ocean single biome pre-1.18.png|A frozen ocean [[Minecraft:single biome]] world before [[Minecraft:1.18]]
+File:Frozen Ocean RTX.png|A frozen ocean with [[Minecraft:ray tracing]]
 </gallery>