Minecraft:Ice Caves

Template:For Template:In development Template:Planned Template:Wip Template:Infobox biome Ice caves are Minecraft:cave biomes composed of Minecraft:packed ice, Minecraft:snow, and Minecraft:calcite. Minecraft:Strays and Minecraft:frostbites spawn here, and they are the only place where Minecraft:icicles and Minecraft:ice crystals naturally generate.

Generation

Ice caves generate as Minecraft:cave biomes below snowy biomes such as Minecraft:snowy plains and Minecraft:snowy taigas at high Minecraft:weirdness values. This means that they can generate below Minecraft:ice spikes and are always on the other side of rivers from Minecraft:sulfur caves.

When the humidity or continentalness increases, ice caves are replaced by Minecraft:lush caves or Minecraft:dripstone caves.

Rarely, ice caves can generate on the surface at weirdness values above 1.25. They may also leak out of cave openings or ravines.

Description

The walls of ice caves consist of Minecraft:packed ice with some Minecraft:calcite blobs. The floor is covered with patches of Minecraft:snow and Minecraft:ice crystals, and Minecraft:icicles hang on the ceiling.

Blobs of stone and deepslate generate throughout the packed ice. This allows Minecraft:ores and other stone variants like Minecraft:diorite and Minecraft:andesite to generate. Minecraft:Glow lichen, Minecraft:dirt, and Minecraft:granite does not generate, unlike any other biome.

Minecraft:Water exposed to the sky freezes to Minecraft:ice, but in underground caves, the water from Minecraft:aquifers remains fluid. The light from Minecraft:lava lakes and ice crystals can sometimes cause icicles to fall down and damage mobs. Ice caves are a dry biome with no Minecraft:snowfall, but existing snow does not melt.

Minecraft:Frostbites and Minecraft:strays spawn in ice caves, as well as common cave monsters and Minecraft:glow squid in aquifers.

There appears to be a somewhat dense Minecraft:volumetric fog with Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals similar to Minecraft:sulfur caves. Fog in Fancy graphics is dark blue, and the water color is slightly darker.