Deep Frozen Ocean
| Structures |  Ocean Monument Shipwreck Ocean Ruins
|
|---|---|
| Features |  Iceberg Blue ice
|
| Blocks |  Snow Block Packed Ice Snow Grass Block Gravel[JE only]
|
|
Climate | |
| Temperature | 0.5 (0.2 in some ocean areas) |
| Downfall | 0.5 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
|
Colors | |
| Grass color | #8EB971 |
| Foliage color | #71A74D |
| Dry foliage color | #A17448 |
| Water color | #3938C9[JE only] #2570B5[BE only] |
| Water fog color | #050533[JE only] #1A4879[BE only] |
|
Vibrant Visuals | |
| Atmospherics | Default |
| Lighting | Cold |
| Volumetric fog | Default |
| Color grading | Cold |
The deep frozen ocean is a deep variant of the frozen ocean. 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 deep oceans at the coldest temperature zones, bordering frozen oceans or mushroom fields, but no other land biomes. They are twice as deep as regular frozen oceans, and may border deep cold oceans near higher temperatures.
Description
Like any other deep ocean, ocean monuments generate here. 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 one layer of gravel,[JE only] followed by stone and variants without any vegetation, and few aquatic mobs spawn. Rare islands are also stony but may have some 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 snowfall above Y=120±8, while at warm areas it rains everywhere. Due to the unfrozen water, polar bears, strays, frostbites,[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] and rabbits[BE only] are much rarer, but may still spawn.
With 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:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
 Creeper | 100⁄545 | 4 |
 Skeleton | 100⁄545 | 4 |
 Slime[note 1] | 100⁄545 | 4 |
 Spider | 100⁄545 | 4 |
 Zombie | 95⁄545 | 4 |
 Frostbite[note 2] | 25⁄545 | 4 |
 Enderman | 10⁄545 | 1–4 |
 Drowned[note 3] | 5⁄545 | 1 |
 Witch | 5⁄545 | 1 |
 Zombie Villager | 5⁄545 | 1 |
| Creature category | ||
 Polar Bear | 1 | 1–2 |
| Underground water creature category | ||
 Glow Squid | 1 | 4–6 |
| Water creature category | ||
 Nautilus | 3⁄6 | 1–3 |
 Squid | 3⁄6 | 1–4 |
| Water ambient category | ||
 Salmon | 1 | 1–5 |
| Ambient category | ||
 Bat | 1 | 8 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
- ↑ [upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
- ↑ Adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
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| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| Creeper | 100 | 1 |
| Drowned[note 1] | 100 | 2–4 |
| Slime[note 2] | 100 | 1 |
| Spider | 100 | 1 |
 Stray | 96 | 1–2 |
| Zombie | 95 | 2–4 |
| Frostbite[note 3] | 45 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 24 | 1–2 |
| Enderman | 10 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5 | 1 |
| Zombie Villager | 5 | 2–4 |
| Creature category | ||
| Glow Squid | 10 | 2–4 |
| Nautilus | 8 | 1–3 |
| Squid | 8 | 2–4 |
| Polar Bear | 5 | 1–2 |
 Rabbit | 4 | 2–3 |
| Water creature category | ||
 Cod | 75 | 4–7 |
| Salmon | 26 | 3–5 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 1 | 2 |
- ↑ Adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
- ↑ [upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
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Sounds
Music
In Bedrock Edition, these music tracks when the player is underwater in a deep frozen ocean:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| Axolotl | — | — | 1 | 33.33% | |
| Dragon Fish | — | — | 1 | 33.33% | |
| Shuniji | — | — | 1 | 33.33% | |
These music tracks play while the player is not underwater in a deep frozen ocean:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| A Familiar Room | 1 | 2.70% | — | — | |
| Below and Above | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Broken Clocks | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Clark | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Comforting Memories | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Danny | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Dry Hands | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Ebb | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Featherfall | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Fireflies | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Floating Dream | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Haggstrom | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Home | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Key | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| komorebi | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Left to Bloom | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Lilypad | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Living Mice | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Memories | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Mice on Venus | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Minecraft | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Nightly | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| One More Day | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| O's Piano | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Oxygène | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Puzzlebox | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Shores | 2 | 5.41% | 2 | 5.56% | |
| Subwoofer Lullaby | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Sweden | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Watcher | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| Wet Hands | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
| yakusoku | 1 | 2.70% | 1 | 2.78% | |
In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:
| Title | Preview | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Probability | Weight | Probability | ||
| Aria Math | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Biome Fest | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Blind Spots | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Dreiton | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Haunt Muskie | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Taswell | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Key | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Subwoofer Lullaby | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Living Mice | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Haggstrom | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Minecraft | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Oxygène | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Mice on Venus | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Dry Hands | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Wet Hands | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Clark | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Sweden | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Danny | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Left to Bloom | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| One More Day | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Floating Dream | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Comforting Memories | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| A Familiar Room | 1 | 3.03% | — | — | |
| Featherfall | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Watcher | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Puzzlebox | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| komorebi | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| yakusoku | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Lilypad | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Below and Above | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| O's Piano | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Broken Clocks | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
| Fireflies | 1 | 3.03% | 1 | 3.13% | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
 Deep Frozen Ocean | deep_frozen_ocean |
biome |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | deep_frozen_ocean | 50 |
Biome definition
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Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
 |  | Adventuring Time | Discover 17 biomes. | Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world. | 40 | Silver |
 |  | Sail the 7 Seas | Visit all ocean biomes | Visit all ocean biomes except the deep warm ocean/legacy frozen ocean (as they are unused). | 40 | Gold |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Adventuring Time | Discover every biome |
|
Videos
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w08a | Added ocean variants, including frozen deep ocean. | |||||
| 18w09a | Added underwater ruin structures, which generate in all oceans. | ||||||
| 18w10a | Frozen deep ocean is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement. | ||||||
| 18w11a | Added shipwrecks, which generate in all oceans. | ||||||
| 18w15a | Added icebergs, which generate in frozen oceans. | ||||||
| Ocean variants now have their own water colors. | |||||||
| 18w19a | Renamed "Frozen Deep Ocean" to "Deep Frozen Ocean". | ||||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Underwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer. | |||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w28a | Deep frozen ocean now has a layer of ice on the surface.[1] | |||||
| 20w29a | Deep frozen oceans no longer have a layer of ice on the surface once again.[2] | ||||||
| 1.17 | 21w06a | Deep frozen ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a gravel floor.[3] | |||||
| 21w15a | Deep frozen oceans generate with a gravel floor once again. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Added deep frozen oceans. | |||||
| Added shipwrecks, and icebergs. | |||||||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | Added underwater ruins. | ||||||
| 1.17.0 Experiment | beta 1.16.230.56 | Deep frozen oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.[4] This does not occur in the Old world type. | |||||
| 1.17.30 Experiment | beta 1.17.30.23 | Deep frozen oceans generate with a gravel floor once again. | |||||
| ? | ? | Deep frozen oceans no longer generate with a gravel floor. | |||||
| 1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.20 | Deep frozen oceans now generate near snowy biomes. | |||||
| 1.21.90 | Preview 1.21.90.26 | Added cold color grading and cold lighting to deep frozen oceans with Vibrant Visuals. | |||||
| 1.21.100 | Preview 1.21.100.20 | The surface is no longer covered by ice and now consists entirely of open water. | |||||
| 26.50 | Preview 26.50.22 | Bats now spawn in deep frozen oceans. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 26.60 Experiment | Preview 26.60.29 | Added frostbites, which can spawn in deep frozen oceans. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added ocean variants, including frozen deep oceans. | ||
| Added shipwrecks, underwater ruins, and icebergs. | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | pre5 | Changed the ID frozen_deep_ocean to deep_frozen_ocean. | |||||
| 1.18 | 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 50. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Deep Frozen Ocean" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
-
A deep frozen ocean single biome world
Historical screenshots
-
A deep frozen ocean single biome world before 1.18 -
A deep frozen ocean with ray tracing
See also
- Tutorial:Island survival
Snowy Beach
Stony Shore
Frozen River
Mushroom Fields
References
- ↑ MC-131587 – Deep frozen ocean biome does not generate with ice on the surface
- ↑ https://bugs.mojang.com/browse/MC-131587?focusedCommentId=795166&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-795166
- ↑ MC-214783 – Oceans generate with stone floors – resolved as "Fixed".
- ↑ MCPE-125235 – Ocean floors are generated with stone floors
