Frozen Ocean

Frozen Ocean

Structures	Shipwreck Ocean ruins Mineshaft Trial Chambers
Features	Iceberg Blue ice
Blocks	Water Ice Snow Block Packed Ice Blue Ice Gravel Sand Clay Dirt
Climate
Temperature	0.0 (In Java Edition, 0.2 in some ocean areas)
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Water color	#3938C9‌  #2570B5‌
Underwater fog color	#050533‌  #174985‌

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The frozen ocean is a frozen variant of oceans.

Description

The separate colors of each ocean variant in Java Edition.

The frozen ocean has low temperature and often borders snowy beaches. They generate next to snowy plains, ice spikes, and snowy taigas usually, but they can also generate next to regular taiga biomes, resulting in incorrect and weird generation. Like the standard and cold oceans, it has a gravel seabed, though the water's surface is mostly‌/completely‌ frozen. Neither seagrass nor kelp generates on the seafloor, leaving it entirely barren and reminiscent of pre-Update Aquatic oceans. Large icebergs made of snow blocks, packed ice and a bit of blue ice frequently generate on the surface.

In Java Edition, frozen oceans have varying temperatures across their landscapes, and have a more noticeable effect in that colder patches have snowfall and ice sheets, while warmer patches have rainfall (up to a certain height) and unfrozen water. See also Biome#Temperature.

Mobs

The following mobs are naturally spawned here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄520	4
Skeleton	100⁄520	4
Slime	100⁄520	4
Spider	100⁄520	4
Zombie	95⁄520	4
Enderman	10⁄520	1–4
Drowned	5⁄520	1
Witch	5⁄520	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄520	1
Creature category
Polar Bear	1	1–2
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Water creature category
Squid	1	1–4
Water ambient category
Salmon	1	1–5
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄635	1
Drowned	100⁄635	2–4
Slime	100⁄635	1
Spider	100⁄635	1
Stray	96⁄635	1–2
Zombie	95⁄635	2–4
Skeleton	24⁄635	1–2
Enderman	10⁄635	1–2
Witch	5⁄635	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄635	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10⁄27	2–4
Squid	8⁄27	2–4
Polar Bear	5⁄27	1–2
Rabbit	4⁄27	2–3
Water creature category
Cod	75⁄101	4–7
Salmon	26⁄101	3–5

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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

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:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Frozen Ocean	frozen_ocean	biome.minecraft.frozen_ocean

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	frozen_ocean	10

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		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

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added FrozenOcean. 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.
1.7.2			13w36a				Frozen ocean no longer generates naturally.
							Frozen ocean is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.8			14w17a				Frozen ocean is no longer required for the "Adventuring Time" achievement, making it possible to obtain in normal gameplay.
1.13			18w08a				Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before.
			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".
1.16			20w06a				Underwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer.
1.17			21w06a				All ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a sand or gravel floor.
			21w15a				All oceans generate with a sand or gravel floor once again.
1.18			21w44a				Frozen ocean is once again required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added the frozen ocean biome, although it remained unused like in Java Edition 1.7.2.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				There are new frozen oceans.
							Added shipwrecks, and icebergs.
			beta 1.2.20.1				Added underwater ruins.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.56				All oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a sand or gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle. This does not occur in the Old world type.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.30.23				All oceans generate with a sand or gravel floor once again.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Frozen oceans now generate near snowy biomes.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.23				Frozen ocean no longer generate seagrass.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7							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.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Frozen oceans no longer generate.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Frozen ocean biome now generates naturally again, though differently from before.
							Added shipwrecks, underwater ruins, and icebergs.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				If numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Before 1.18, regular and deep frozen oceans could generate near any kind of biome. It was somewhat common to see an iceberg bordering a desert, savanna or badlands in Bedrock Edition. Until 1.18, frozen oceans had a rough regular ocean border to minimize this effect in Java Edition.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  View of an old pre-Java Edition 1.13 frozen ocean.

• 

  Another view of a frozen ocean.

• 

  An example of the random temperature variation within frozen oceans. The darker areas are colder, and have snowfall and ice sheets; the lighter areas are warmer, have rainfall and unfrozen water.

• 

  Same as the previous image, edited for better visibility.

• 

  A wrecked ship in an iceberg at a frozen ocean.

• 

  A frozen ocean biome.

• 

  A frozen ocean near a forest.

• 

  Salmon beneath icebergs.

• 

  A frozen ocean single biome world before 1.18.

See also

• Tutorial:Island survival
• Beach
• Snowy Beach
• Stony Shore
• River
• Mushroom Fields

External links

• "Around the Block: Frozen Ocean" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 28, 2021.