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Deep Cold Ocean

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For other variants, see Ocean (disambiguation).

The deep cold ocean is a deep cold variant of oceans.

Deep Cold Ocean
Deep_Cold_Ocean.png: Infobox image for Deep Cold Ocean the biome in Minecraft
Structures

Ocean Monument
Shipwreck
Ocean ruins
Mineshaft
Trial Chambers

Blocks

Water
Gravel
Seagrass
Kelp

Climate

Temperature

0.5

Downfall

0.5

Precipitation

Yes

Colors

Grass color


 #8EB971

Foliage color


 #71A74D

Water color


 #3D57D6‌[JE only]

 #2080C9‌[BE only]

Underwater fog color


 #050533‌[JE only]

 #185390‌[BE only] 

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Description

The separate colors of each ocean variant in Java Edition.

The deep cold ocean generates in deeper waters. Being twice as deep, ocean monuments can generate, and there are higher amounts of tall seagrass.

Mobs

The following mobs are naturally spawned here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper100⁄5204
Skeleton100⁄5204
Slime[note 1]100⁄5204
Spider100⁄5204
Zombie95⁄5204
Enderman10⁄5201–4
Drowned5⁄5201
Witch5⁄5201
Zombie Villager5⁄5201
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
Water creature category
Squid11–4
Water ambient category
Cod15⁄303–6
Salmon15⁄301–5
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
{ "hasNotes": true, "notes": { "Slime": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks." }, "1": { "totalWeight": 520, "mobs": [ { "size": "4", "mob": "Creeper", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Skeleton", "weight": 100 }, { "note": "Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.", "mob": "Slime", "weight": 100, "notename": "Slime", "size": "4" }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Spider", "weight": 100 }, { "size": "4", "mob": "Zombie", "weight": 95 }, { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Enderman", "weight": 10 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Drowned", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Witch", "weight": 5 }, { "size": "1", "mob": "Zombie Villager", "weight": 5 } ], "category": "monster" }, "2": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "4-6", "mob": "Glow Squid", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "underground" }, "3": { "totalWeight": 3, "mobs": [ { "size": "1-4", "mob": "Squid", "weight": 3 } ], "category": "watercreature" }, "4": { "totalWeight": 30, "mobs": [ { "size": "3-6", "mob": "Cod", "weight": 15 }, { "size": "1-5", "mob": "Salmon", "weight": 15 } ], "category": "waterambient" }, "5": { "totalWeight": 10, "mobs": [ { "size": "8", "mob": "Bat", "weight": 10 } ], "category": "ambient" } }
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper100⁄5951
Drowned100⁄5952–4
Slime[note 1]100⁄5951
Spider100⁄5951
Zombie95⁄5952–4
Skeleton80⁄5951–2
Enderman10⁄5951–2
Witch5⁄5951
Zombie Villager5⁄5952–4
Creature category
Glow Squid10⁄252–4
Squid8⁄252–4
Dolphin7⁄253–5
Water creature category
Cod75⁄1014–7
Salmon26⁄1013–5
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Sounds

When in any ocean biome, unique ocean 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 Loop
Bubbles 1 Loop Additions
Bubbles 2
Bubbles 3
Bubbles 4
Bubbles 5
Bubbles 6
Water 1
Water 2
Animal 1 Rare Loop Additions
Bass Whale 1
Bass Whale 2
Crackles 1
Crackles 2
Driplets 1
Driplets 2
Earth Crack
Animal 2 Ultra Rare Loop Additions
Dark 1
Dark 2
Dark 3
Dark 4

Music

Previews of tracks in Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "11" and "calm4.ogg" are exempt from this.
Filename
in Minecraft 		Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview
Axolotl Underwater "Axolotl" —
Dragon Fish Underwater "Dragon Fish" —
Shuniji Underwater "Shuniji" —

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifier[hide]Translation key
BiomeSprite deep-cold-ocean.png: Sprite image for deep-cold-ocean in Minecraft Deep Cold Oceandeep_cold_oceanbiome.minecraft.deep_cold_ocean

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifier[hide]Numeric ID
BiomeSprite deep-cold-ocean.png: Sprite image for deep-cold-ocean in Minecraft [No displayed name]deep_cold_ocean49

Achievements

[hide]
IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Sail the 7 SeasVisit all ocean biomesVisit all ocean biomes except the deep warm ocean/legacy frozen ocean (as they are unused).40Gold

Video

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.1318w08aAdded ocean variants, including cold deep ocean.
18w09aAdded underwater ruin structures, which generate in all oceans.
18w10aCold deep ocean is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
18w11aAdded shipwrecks, which generate in all oceans.
18w15aOcean variants now have their own water colors.
18w19aRenamed Cold Deep Ocean to Deep Cold Ocean.
1.1620w06aUnderwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer.
1.1721w06aAll ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a sand or gravel floor.[1]
21w15aAll oceans generate with a sand or gravel floor once again.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Added deep cold oceans.
Added shipwrecks.
beta 1.2.20.1Added underwater ruins.
1.17.0
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs		beta 1.16.230.56All oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a sand or 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 1.17.30.23All oceans generate with a sand or gravel floor once again.
1.21.60Preview 1.21.60.23Kelp now generates more frequently and in denser patches.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added ocean variants, including cold deep oceans.
Added shipwrecks, and underwater ruins.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13pre5Changed the ID cold_deep_ocean to deep_cold_ocean.

Issues

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

Gallery

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

External links

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