Frozen Peaks

Frozen Peaks

Structures	Pillager Outpost
Blocks	Snow Stone Snow Block Ice Packed Ice Emerald Ore Infested Stone
Climate
Temperature	-0.7
Downfall	0.9
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Water color	#3F76E4‌  #44AFF5‌

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Frozen peaks are a snowy mountainous biome defined by their large ice-covered peaks.

Description

The frozen peaks are covered by snow, snow blocks, with glaciers of packed ice and occasional small blobs of ice. Packed ice cliffs can generate in steep sides to the east or north with only a layer of snow covering them. Because this biome generates in positive weirdness, this biome usually generates in smaller and smoother hills, but it can also generate on taller and more jagged and pointy peaks but less compared to the jagged peaks biome. Frozen peaks generate in temperate, cold, and snowy biome temperature ranges. Frozen peaks generate in positive weirdness. This biome generates next to most plains, sunflower plains, flower forests, most forests, birch forests, dark forests, taigas, old growth taigas, snowy plains, ice spikes, and snowy taigas.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Goat	1	1–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄535	1
Slime	100⁄535	1
Spider	100⁄535	1
Stray	96⁄535	1–2
Zombie	95⁄535	2–4
Skeleton	24⁄535	1–2
Enderman	10⁄535	1–2
Witch	5⁄535	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄535	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10⁄20	2–4
Goat	5⁄20	1–3
Rabbit	4⁄20	2–3
Polar Bear	1⁄20	1–2

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Sounds

Music

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
piano1.ogg	The Overworld	"Dry Hands"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12		1
piano2.ogg	The Overworld	"Wet Hands"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13		1
piano3.ogg	The Overworld	"Mice on Venus"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11		1
hal1.ogg	The Overworld	"Subwoofer Lullaby"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3		1
hal2.ogg	The Overworld	"Living Mice"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5		1
hal3.ogg	The Overworld	"Haggstrom"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7		1
hal4.ogg	The Overworld	"Danny"	Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21		1
stand_tall.ogg	Stony Peaks, Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks, and Menu screen	"Stand Tall"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1		2
one_more_day.ogg	Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld, and Menu screen	"One More Day"	Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6		1

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Frozen Peaks	frozen_peaks	biome.minecraft.frozen_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	frozen_peaks	183

History

September 28, 2019							During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020							The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.
[hide]Java Edition
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Added snowcapped peaks.
			experimental snapshot 2				Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in snowcapped peaks.
			experimental snapshot 3				Snowcapped peaks no longer generate with dirt under snow layer.
							Pillager outposts now generate in snowcapped peaks.
							Goats now spawn in snowcapped peaks.
			experimental snapshot 5				Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
							Mountain areas and peak biomes now are slightly larger on average.
							Raised the average mountain height.
							Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
			21w40a				"Snowcapped Peaks" has been renamed to "Frozen Peaks".
			21w41a				The sky color of frozen peaks has been changed from  #79a6ff to  #859dff.
			21w44a				Powder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.
							Frozen peaks are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" can now be played in frozen peaks.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.200 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.200.52				Added goats, which currently spawn in extreme hills as a placeholder.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.50				Added the snowcapped peaks biome.
			beta 1.16.220.52				The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y=256.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.20.22				Goats no longer spawn in snowcapped peaks.
			beta 1.17.20.23				Hostile mobs can now spawn in snowcapped peaks.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.40.20				Infested stone now generates in snowcapped peaks.
							Goats now spawn in snowcapped peaks again.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Frozen peaks can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
							Villagers, rabbits, and foxes spawned in the Frozen Peaks biomes now spawn as their respective snowy variants.
							Goats now spawn in the frozen peaks.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.18.32			1.18.10.04				Added the frozen peaks.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.18			21w40a				The ID snowcapped_peaks has been changed to frozen_peaks.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.24				Changed the biome ID snow_capped_peaks to frozen_peaks.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  Large mountains.

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  A screenshot from a tall mountain peak. Note the elevation.

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  Preview of mountain generation.

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  Preview of mountain generation.

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  Mountains seen in Minecraft Live 2020.

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  Mountains rising above the clouds.

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  Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests.

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  Ditto.

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  Ditto.

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  Very large mountains covered in spruce trees and snow.

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  A snowy peak in the distance.

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  Mountains in development.

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  A frozen peaks mountaintop.

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  A cabin in a forest surrounded by mountains.

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  The same mountains in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

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  Frozen peaks.

See also

• Mountains
• Meadow
• Grove
• Snowy Slopes
• Jagged Peaks
• Stony Peaks
• Cherry Grove
• Badlands
• Windswept Hills
• Snowy Taiga
• Windswept Savanna
• Stony Shore
• Flower Forest
• Mangrove Swamp

External links

• "Around the Block: Frozen Peaks" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 11, 2022.