Ice Spikes

Ice Spikes

Features	Ice spike Ice Patch
Blocks	Packed Ice Snow Block Snow Dirt Ice
Climate
Temperature	0.0
Downfall	0.5‌ 1.0‌
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#80B497
Foliage color	#60A17B
Water color	#3F76E4‌  #14559B‌

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The ice spikes is a variant of the snowy plains, featuring ice spikes made of packed ice and other special features.

Description

The ice spikes features large numbers of ice spikes and ice patches dotting across its landscape. Additionally, all grass blocks are replaced with snow blocks so that no trees nor other vegetations can generate. Snow layers still form atop the snow blocks, making them seem taller than they actually are. Like in most biome, lava lakes generate, which melt surrounding snow, but not the snow blocks. The whole biome experiences snowfall instead of rainfall, and lightning never strikes within it. No surface structures generate in this biome. Ice Spikes are an excellent source of packed ice, which can be used for faster transportation, e.g. an unmeltable ice track for boats.

Generated in high weirdness, ice spikes are most commonly seperated from snowy plains by frozen rivers, and might border plains, snowy slopes, snowy beaches, stony shores, windswept gravelly hills, frozen oceans and rarely a cherry grove biome. Besides weirdness, ice spikes also require low temperatures as well as low humidity values during world generation.

Survival in ice spikes is more challenging than in most biomes, comparable to the difficulty of deserts, due to the absence of trees and villages. Food is also scarce, with farm animals not spawning in the biome and the only proper food sources being the semi-hostile polar bear and the timid rabbit. When under direct sky access, water also freezes when not provided with light, making above-ground farming more demanding. Finally, strays spawn on the surface at night among the usual hostile mobs, making nighttime slighly more difficult too.

Mobs

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime	100⁄515	4
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Stray	80⁄515	4
Skeleton	20⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Rabbit	10⁄11	2–3
Polar Bear	1⁄11	1–2
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	10⁄15	2–4
Rabbit	4⁄15	2–3
Polar Bear	1⁄15	1–2

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Ice spikes	ice_spikes	biome.minecraft.ice_spikes

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	ice_plains_spikes	140

History

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 mountains.​
							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.
			21w44a				Ice spikes are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20			23w17a				"A Familiar Room" can now be played in ice spikes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added ice spikes biome.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				If numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.
			pre5				Changed the ID mutated_ice_flats to 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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  Survival in the ice spikes biome was more difficult due to the steep terrain.

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  Another view of ice spikes.

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  Ice spikes that generate under overhangs can create "icefalls", such as this.

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  An ice spikes biome.

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  A narrow area of ice spikes containing small spikes.

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  Snowfall in an ice spikes biome.

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  An ice spikes biome surrounded by a large frozen lake.

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  Ice spikes on a mountain.

• 

  Narrator in an ice spike biome.

• 

  A mountain surrounded by ice spikes.

• 

  An ice spikes single biome world before 1.18.

See also

• Snowy Plains
• Snowy Taiga
• Frozen Ocean
• Windswept Hills
• Tundra
• Ice Desert

External links

• "Around the Block: Ice Spikes" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 29, 2021.