Minecraft:Frozen Ocean

The frozen ocean is a cold 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.

Description

File:Ocean colors.png

The separate colors of each ocean variant Template:In.

The frozen ocean has low temperature and often borders Minecraft:snowy beaches. They generate next to Minecraft:snowy plains, Minecraft:ice spikes, and Minecraft:snowy taigas usually, but they can also generate next to regular Minecraft:taiga biomes, resulting in incorrect and weird generation. Like the standard and cold oceans, it has a gravel seabed, though the water's surface is mostly frozen. Neither seagrass nor kelp generates on the seafloor, leaving it entirely barren and reminiscent of pre-Minecraft:Update Aquatic oceans. Large Minecraft:icebergs made of Minecraft:snow blocks, Minecraft:packed ice and a bit of Minecraft:blue ice frequently generate on the surface.

Frozen oceans have varying temperatures across their landscapes, and have a more noticeable effect in that colder patches have snowfall and ice sheets, while warmer patches have rainfall (up to a certain height) and unfrozen water. See also Minecraft:Biome#Temperature.

With Minecraft:Vibrant Visuals, frozen oceans use default environmental settings with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear colder blue.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

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

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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History

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

• View of an old pre-Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13 frozen ocean.
  View of an old pre-Minecraft:Java Edition 1.13 frozen ocean.
• Another view of a frozen ocean.
  Another view of a frozen ocean.
• 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.
  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.
• Same as the previous image, edited for better visibility.
  Same as the previous image, edited for better visibility.
• A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean.
  A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean.
• A frozen ocean biome.
  A frozen ocean biome.
• A frozen ocean near a forest.
  A frozen ocean near a forest.
• 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.

See also

• Minecraft:Tutorial:Island survival
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External links

• Template:Mcnet