Blue Ice
| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
2.8 |
| Hardness |
2.8 |
| Luminant | |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
Blue ice is a solid block similar to packed ice and ice, but much more slippery.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Blue ice can be obtained using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, though a pickaxe is the fastest. Breaking the block without Silk Touch drops nothing.
| Block | Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2.8 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Default | 4.2 | |
| Wooden | 2.1 | |
| Stone | 1.05 | |
| Iron | 0.7 | |
| Diamond | 0.55 | |
| Netherite | 0.5 | |
| Golden | 0.35 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[edit]
Blue ice naturally generates on the bottom of the icebergs and as large arching structures in frozen ocean biomes.
Blue ice generates in some snowy tundra village houses.
Chest loot[edit]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Blue Ice | Village | Snowy house chest | 1 | 9.9% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Blue Ice | Village | Snowy house chest | 1 | 9.9% |
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Packed Ice |
Trading[edit]
Wandering traders have 1⁄6 chance to sell blue ice for 6 emeralds.
Usage[edit]
Blue ice is slippery, causing most entities to slide, including items. It is even more slippery (0.989) than ice or packed ice (0.98). This allows for increased speed of items in water currents by placing the blue ice under the water current. Mobs do not travel faster in water currents on blue ice.
In Java Edition, boats travel faster on blue ice than on either normal ice or packed ice, being able to reach a top speed of 75 m/s (as opposed to 40 m/s on ice and packed ice). Ice tracks built from blue ice, packed ice, or a combination are useful for long-range travel in all three dimensions.
Blue ice is a completely solid block and allows the placement of any objects on top.
Unlike normal ice, blue ice does not melt when placed near light sources.
Blue ice can be used to create basalt. When lava flows into a space which is above soul soil and next to blue ice, basalt is formed. Effectively a "basalt generator" when repeatedly produced.
Blue ice is not a storage block, as it cannot be crafted back into packed ice.
In Bedrock and Education editions, blue ice is capable of giving off a light level of 4.
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.glass.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.glass.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.glass.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.glass.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.glass.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Bedrock Edition: [needs in-game testing]
| Sound | Source[upcoming: BE 1.16.200] | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | ? | Breaking the block | dig.glass | ? | 0.8 |
| ? | ? | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.glass | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | Mining the block | hit.glass | ? | 0.5 |
| ? | ? | Jumping from the block | jump.glass | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.glass | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | Walking on the block | step.glass | ? | ? |
| ? | ? | Placing the block | use.glass | ? | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Block tags (JE) | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ice | blue_ice | ice | block.minecraft.blue_ice |
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ice | blue_ice | 266 | tile.blue_ice.name |
History[edit]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w15a | Added blue ice. | |||
| 18w16a | Blue ice is now slightly less slippery.[more information needed] | ||||
| 1.14 | 19w05a | Blue ice can now be bought from wandering traders. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w13a | When blue ice is placed next to lava on soul soil it now generates basalt. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Added blue ice.
| |||
| Blue ice can give off a light level of 4. | |||||
| 1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.1 | Blue ice is now more slippery. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Blue ice can now be bought from wandering traders. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Blue ice can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added blue ice. | ||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | Added blue ice.
| ||||
| Blue ice can give off a light level of 4. | |||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Blue Ice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
Naturally generated blue ice in an iceberg.
Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg.
Naturally generated blue ice in an arch.
Bedrock Edition[edit]
Blue ice as seen luminous in a dark space.
