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Frozen Ocean

Frozen Ocean

The frozen ocean is an icy variant of ocean covered by icebergs. The water's surface is partially covered with ice, where snowfall may occur and polar…

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Contents (22)
  1. Generation
  2. Description
  3. Mobs
  4. Sounds
  5. Music
  6. Data values
  7. ID
  8. Biome definition
  9. Achievements
  10. Advancements
  11. Videos
  12. History
  13. Java Edition
  14. Bedrock Edition
  15. Legacy Console Edition
  16. Data history
  17. Issues
  18. Gallery
  19. Screenshots
  20. See also
  21. References
  22. External links
Frozen Ocean
Frozen Ocean.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Frozen Ocean'
Frozen Ocean Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Frozen Ocean'
Structures Shipwreck
Ocean Ruins
Features Iceberg
Blue ice
Blocks Ice
Packed Ice
Snow Block
Snow
Grass Block
Gravel‌[JE only]

Climate

Temperature 0.0 (0.2 in some ocean areas)
Downfall 0.5
Precipitation Yes
Snow
accumulation
‌[BE only]
0.125-0.25

Colors

Grass color
 #80B497
Foliage color
 #60A17B
Dry foliage color
 #8F7A5A
Water color
 #3938C9
‌[JE only]

 #2570B5
‌[BE only]
Water fog color
 #050533
‌[JE only]

 #174985
‌[BE only]

Vibrant Visuals

Atmospherics Default
Lighting Cold
Volumetric fog Default
Color grading Cold

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

Generation

Frozen oceans generate as shallow ocean biomes at the coldest temperature zones, often near snowy plains, snowy taigas, regular taigas, and ice spikes. They are sometimes, but not always, separated from land biomes by snowy beaches, stony shores, or frozen rivers. They can generate close to mountains with groves and snowy slopes forming tall oceanic cliffs.

Frozen oceans border deep frozen oceans as continentalness decreases, and cold oceans near higher temperatures.

Description

The separate colors of each ocean variant in Java Edition

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

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

Fewer mobs spawn here than in any other ocean variant, only cod and salmon.‌[BE only] On the surface, however, polar bears and rabbits may also spawn in Bedrock Edition, while some skeletons are replaced by strays and some zombies with frostbites.​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]

Frozen oceans have varying temperatures across their landscapes. Colder patches generate 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 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:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper100⁄5454
Skeleton100⁄5454
Slime[note 1]100⁄5454
Spider100⁄5454
Zombie95⁄5454
Frostbite[note 2]25⁄5454
Enderman10⁄5451–4
Drowned[note 3]5⁄5451
Witch5⁄5451
Zombie Villager5⁄5451
Creature category
Polar Bear11–2
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
Water creature category
Nautilus3⁄61
Squid3⁄61–4
Water ambient category
Salmon11–5
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
  2. ↑ ​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
  3. ↑ Adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1001
Drowned[note 1]1002–4
Slime[note 2]1001
Spider1001
Stray961–2
Zombie952–4
Frostbite[note 3]452–4
Skeleton241–2
Enderman101–2
Witch51
Zombie Villager52–4
Creature category
Glow Squid102–4
Nautilus81
Squid82–4
Polar Bear51–2
Rabbit42–3
Water creature category
Cod754–7
Salmon263–5
Ambient category
Bat12
  1. ↑ Adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
  2. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
  3. ↑ ​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]

Sounds

Music

In Bedrock Edition, these music tracks play when the player is underwater in a frozen ocean:

TitlePreviewJava EditionBedrock Edition
WeightProbabilityWeightProbability
Axolotl——133.33%
Dragon Fish——133.33%
Shuniji——133.33%

These music tracks play while the player is not underwater in a frozen ocean:

In Creative mode, the following tracks can play:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifier Translation key
BiomeSprite frozen-ocean.png: Sprite image for frozen-ocean in Minecraft Frozen Oceanfrozen_ocean biome.minecraft.frozen_ocean

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite frozen-ocean.png: Sprite image for frozen-ocean in Minecraft [No displayed name]frozen_ocean10

Biome definition

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Adventuring TimeDiscover 17 biomes.Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.40Silver
Sail the 7 SeasVisit all ocean biomesVisit all ocean biomes except the deep warm ocean/legacy frozen ocean (as they are unused).40Gold

Advancements

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease Added FrozenOcean, which was unused at the time.
When generated through buffet, it appears as a regular ocean with a lower temperature, freezing the entire surface.
1.112w01a Frozen oceans now generate naturally. Generates around snowy plains biomes with frozen river biomes.
1.7.213w36a Frozen ocean is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.814w17a Frozen ocean is no longer required for the "Adventuring Time" achievement, making it possible to obtain in normal gameplay.
1.1318w08a Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before. The temperature fluctuates between freezing and fluid water.
18w09a Added underwater ruin structures, which generate in all oceans.
18w11a Added shipwrecks, which generate in all oceans.
18w15a Added icebergs, which generate in frozen oceans.
Ocean variants now have their own water colors.
18w16a Renamed "FrozenOcean" to "Frozen Ocean".
1.1620w06a Underwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer.
1.1721w06a Frozen ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a gravel floor.[1]
21w15a Frozen oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.
1.1821w44a Frozen ocean is once again required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0build 1 Added the frozen ocean biome, although it remained unused like in Java Edition.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Added the new frozen oceans as a separate biome. The old biome remains unused as legacy frozen ocean.
Added shipwrecks, and icebergs.
beta 1.2.20.1 Added underwater ruins.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.230.56 Frozen oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.[2] This does not occur in the Old world type.
1.17.30
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.17.30.23 Frozen oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.
?? Frozen oceans no longer generate with a gravel floor.
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.20 Frozen oceans now generate near snowy biomes.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.23 Frozen ocean no longer generate seagrass.
1.21.90Preview 1.21.90.26 Added cold color grading and cold lighting to frozen oceans with Vibrant Visuals.
1.21.100Preview 1.21.100.20 The surface is no longer entirely covered by ice and now features patches of open water.
Icebergs now generate with a shape and frequency that more closely matches Java Edition.
26.50Preview 26.50.22 Bats now spawn in frozen oceans.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.60
Experiment
Drop 4 of 2026
Preview 26.60.29 Added frostbites, which can spawn in frozen oceans.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU7CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Frozen ocean biome added. 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.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 Frozen oceans no longer generate.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before.
Added shipwrecks, underwater ruins, and icebergs.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1821w37a Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 10.

Issues

Issues relating to "Frozen Ocean" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

Historical screenshots

See also

References

  1. ↑ MC-214783 – Oceans generate with stone floors – resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ MCPE-125235 – Ocean floors are generated with stone floors
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