Not to be confused with Ice Spike.
Ice Spikes
| Features |  Ice Spike Ice Patch
|
|---|---|
| Blocks |  Packed Ice Snow Block Snow Dirt Ice
|
|
Climate | |
| Temperature | 0.0 |
| Downfall | 0.5[Java Edition only] 1.0[Bedrock Edition only] |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Snow accumulation[BE only] |
0.5-1.5 |
|
Colors | |
| Grass color | #80B497 |
| Foliage color | #60A17B |
| Dry foliage color | #8F7A5A |
| Water color | #3F76E4[JE only] #14559B[BE only] |
|
Vibrant Visuals | |
| Atmospherics | Ice Plains Spikes |
| Lighting | Ice Plains Spikes |
| Volumetric fog | Ice Plains Spikes |
| Color grading | Ice Plains Spikes |
The ice spikes or ice plains spikes biome is a variant of the snowy plains, featuring ice spikes made of packed ice and other special features.
Generation
Ice spikes generate in the lowest temperature zones and require very low humidity, bordering snowy plains much of the time. Generating in positive weirdness, they are often separated from snowy plains by frozen rivers, and they border dappled forests and cherry groves when temperature rises.
In areas of low erosion, ice spikes may fill valleys while rising terrain gives way to snowy slopes. Windswept gravelly hills may border ice spikes; near the coast, they can border snowy beaches, stony shores, and frozen oceans.
Description
The ice spikes features large numbers of ice spikes and ice patches dotted across its landscape. Instead of grass blocks, snow blocks cover the ground. Vegetation is extraordinarily scarce, as it can only appear in locations where the underlying dirt was exposed during terrain generation.
Because the whole biome experiences snowfall, lightning typically doesn't strike within it. Rabbits and polar bears spawn at daytime in Bedrock Edition and also nighttime in Java Edition, as well as most common hostile mobs plus strays, frostbites,[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] and zombie horsemen at night or during thunderstorms, the latter only on player-created grass blocks. This is unlike snowy plains in Bedrock Edition, where no mobs other than skeletons and strays can spawn.
Ice spikes have the highest snow accumulation upon generation of any biome in Bedrock Edition. On top of the terrain snow blocks, snow generates stacked in many layers which quickly adds up during snowfall.
Ice spikes have fully unique graphical settings for Vibrant Visuals. Atmospherics are gray, both at horizon and zenith, and there are barely any color changes during sunset and sunrise. Sunlight is half as bright, and tinted pale blue during the entire day. Volumetric fog effects increase these effects, and the biome has the coldest color grading temperature of all biomes.
Mobs
The following mobs naturally spawn here:
| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
 Creeper | 100⁄540 | 4 |
 Slime[note 1] | 100⁄540 | 4 |
 Spider | 100⁄540 | 4 |
 Zombie | 95⁄540 | 4 |
 Stray | 80⁄540 | 4 |
 Frostbite[note 2] | 25⁄540 | 4 |
 Skeleton | 20⁄540 | 4 |
 Enderman | 10⁄540 | 1–4 |
 Witch | 5⁄540 | 1 |
 Zombie Villager | 5⁄540 | 1 |
| Creature category | ||
 Rabbit | 10⁄11 | 2–3 |
 Polar Bear[note 3] | 1⁄11 | 1–2 |
| Underground water creature category | ||
 Glow Squid | 1 | 4–6 |
| Ambient category | ||
 Bat | 1 | 8 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
- ↑ [upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
- ↑ Despite attempts to spawn, it cannot spawn here in Java Edition.
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| Mob | Spawn weight | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Monster category | ||
| Creeper | 100 | 1 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100 | 1 |
| Spider | 100 | 1 |
| Stray | 96 | 1–2 |
| Zombie | 95 | 2–4 |
| Frostbite[note 2] | 45 | 2–4 |
| Skeleton | 24 | 1–2 |
| Enderman | 10 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5 | 1 |
 Zombie Horse[note 3] | 5 | 1 |
| Zombie Villager | 5 | 2–4 |
| Creature category | ||
| Glow Squid | 10 | 2–4 |
| Rabbit | 4 | 2–3 |
| Polar Bear | 1 | 1–2 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 1 | 2 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
- ↑ [upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]
- ↑ Always spawns ridden by a zombie with an iron spear.
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Sounds
Music
These music tracks play while the player is in an ice spikes biome:
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Ice spikes | ice_spikes |
biome |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | ice_plains_spikes | 140 |
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 |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
  | Adventuring Time | Discover every biome |
|
Videos
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Ice plains spikes has been added, along with many other biomes. Prior to the Update Aquatic, this biome was the only source of packed ice in the game. | |||||
| In addition to the ice spikes, the terrain in this biome is more erratic and taller than the snowy mountains, comparable to the extreme hills. | |||||||
| This biome tends to generate near snowy and cold biomes. | |||||||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Ice plains spikes no longer spawn most passive mobs. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w19a | Renamed "Ice Plains Spikes" to "Ice Spikes". | |||||
| pre5 | Changed the ID mutated_ice_flats to ice_spikes. | ||||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Ice spikes no longer generate. | |||||
| experimental snapshot 2 | Ice spikes generate once again. | ||||||
| 21w37a | Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 140. | ||||||
| 21w44a | Ice spikes are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement. | ||||||
| 1.20 | 23w17a | "A Familiar Room" can now be played in ice spikes. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Added ice spikes biome. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.21.90 | Preview 1.21.90.26 | Added unique icy cold atmospherics, lighting, volumetric fog, and color grading to ice spikes with Vibrant Visuals. | |||||
| 26.50 | Preview 26.50.22 | Bats now spawn in ice spikes. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 26.60 Experiment | Preview 26.60.29 | Added frostbites, which can spawn in ice spikes. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | 1.0.1 | Added ice spikes. |
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | Added ice spikes | ||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Ice Spikes" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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Ice spikes that generate under overhangs can create "icefalls", such as this in an amplified world. -
An ice spikes biome -
A narrow ice spikes biome in a mountain valley surrounded by snowy slopes -
Snowfall in ice spikes -
A village reaching into an ice spikes biome during snowfall -
Shattered terrain in an ice spikes biome -
The sky in ice spikes with Vibrant Visuals -
A mountain surrounded by ice spikes -
An ice spikes single biome world
Historical screenshots
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Survival in the ice spikes biome was more difficult due to the steep terrain before 1.18. -
Another view of old ice spikes -
An ice spikes single biome world before 1.18 -
Ice spikes with ray tracing -
A rare occurrence of ice spikes bordering eroded badlands -
Ice spikes in the Far Lands -
The Ice Spikes Village (seed preset) discountinued in Pocket Edition.
Mojang screenshots
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An ice spikes biome surrounded by a large frozen lake -
Ice spikes on a mountain -
Narrator in an ice spike biome
See also
External links
- "Around the Block: Ice Spikes" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 29, 2021.
