Minecraft:Frozen River

Template:Infobox biome A frozen river is an ice topped variant of the Minecraft:river that replaces the river in frozen regions.

Generation

Frozen rivers generate in place of Minecraft:rivers in the coldest temperatures. They often cut through biomes like Minecraft:snowy plains, Minecraft:snowy taigas, and Minecraft:ice spikes, but sometimes also non-snowy Minecraft:taigas where the edges of the river are not frozen.

Like rivers, they can generate in many forms such as deep fjords, wide areas, or sometimes fall dry. They divide higher landmasses, serving as a division between two distinct biomes, and they sometimes end in elevated terrain.

Frozen rivers often end in Minecraft:frozen oceans, although they can form loops or lakes. They sometimes cut through Minecraft:snowy beaches or Minecraft:stony shores near oceans.

Description

In a frozen river biome, the water is completely covered in a layer of Minecraft:ice. Patches of land or river coasts are covered in Minecraft:snow.

Minecraft:Seagrass generates on the riverbed but cannot replace ice, and Minecraft:bushes can generate on land atop Minecraft:grass blocks. The rest of the frozen river biome generates exactly the same as any other biome, however, due to the extended coastlines, Minecraft:firefly bushes and sugar cane are more common, the latter uprooting itself due to the freezing water. When cutting through an ice spikes biome, Minecraft:spruce trees are often placed on land in the frozen river, although the biome itself does not generate them.

Minecraft:Salmon spawn in the water here, as well as Minecraft:rabbits and Minecraft:polar bears Template:In. In Bedrock Edition, like some other cold biomes, only Minecraft:strays, skeletons, and Minecraft:frostbites Template:Upcoming can spawn at nighttime or during thunderstorms, as well as Minecraft:drowned underwater and Minecraft:slimes on slime chunks.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, frozen rivers use default atmospherics with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear colder blue. They use cold sunlight, which appears slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.