Ice Bomb

The ice bomb is a throwable projectile that is used to freeze water into ice.

Ice Bomb

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (16)
Size	Height: 0.25 blocks Width: 0.25 blocks

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Obtaining

Lab table

Result	Materials needed
Ice Bomb
	Sodium Acetate x4

Usage

Ice bombs can be thrown by using them, similar to an egg. They are affected by gravity.

Similar to ender pearls, there is a short cooldown before the player can throw another ice bomb. The cooldown is shown in the hotbar by a white overlay that shrinks before the player is able to use it again.

Ice bombs explode upon hitting most blocks, including non-solid blocks, but not air. They also explode upon hitting other entities, but they do not take any damage, and unlike eggs and snowballs, the impact is not considered an attack and does no damage or knockback. When exploding, any water (including flowing water, but not waterlogged blocks) in a 3×3×3 cube around the ice bomb freezes into ice. Ice bombs can be used to contain and displace mobs in ice under water.

While endermen teleport away from arrows shot at them, they can be hit by ice bombs.

Throwing an ice bomb while underwater encloses the player in ice.

In Minecraft Education, breezes are able to deflect ice bombs.

Ice bomb arrangement table

x y	-2	-1	0	1	2
64	Air	Air	Air	Air	Air
63	Air	Air	Ice bomb	Air	Air
62	Water	Ice	Ice	Ice	Water
61	Water	Ice	Ice	Ice	Water
60	Water	Water	Water	Water	Water

Dispensers

Ice bombs can be shot from dispensers.

Sounds

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Hostile Creatures	When an ice bomb is created by a lab table	mob.wither.break_block	0.5	1.1/1.3
	Blocks	When an ice bomb impacts something	random.glass	1.0	1.4/1.6

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	[hide]Translation key
Ice Bomb	ice_bomb	595	Item	item.ice_bomb.name

Ice Bomb	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Entity	ice_bomb	106	entity.ice_bomb.name

History

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Added ice bombs.
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.21				Ice bombs now appear in the Creative inventory when the Education edition toggle is on.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.0.27							Added ice bombs.
1.21.03			Preview 1.21.01.0				Ice bombs now appear in the Creative inventory.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In real life, mixing a sufficient amount of sodium acetate in water does solidify it, but creates hot ice (sodium acetate trihydrate) instead of normal ice.