Blue Ice
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance | |
| Blast resistance |
14 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Drops |
None |
| Data value |
dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010 |
| Namespaced ID |
blue_ice |
Blue ice is a solid block similar to packed ice.
Contents
Occurence[edit]
Natural generation[edit]
Blue ice naturally generates on the bottom of the icebergs in frozen ocean biomes.
Blue ice generates in some snowy tundra village houses.
Obtaining[edit]
Blue ice can be obtained using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch or by crafting it with 9 packed ice blocks. Breaking the block without Silk Touch drops nothing.
| Block | Blue Ice | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2.8 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 4.2 | |
| Wooden | 2.1 | |
| Stone | 1.05 | |
| Iron | 0.7 | |
| Diamond | 0.55 | |
| Golden | 0.35 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Packed Ice |
Chest loot[edit]
Blue ice can be found in 9.9% of snowy village house chests in stacks of 1.
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 than ice or packed ice.[more information needed] This also 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.
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.
Boats travel faster on blue ice than on either normal ice or packed ice, being able to reach a top speed of 60.606 m/s (as opposed to 39.7 m/s on packed ice).
In Bedrock and Education editions, blue ice is capable of giving off a light level of 4.
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block breaking | block.glass.hit
|
subtitles.block.generic.hit
|
Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
| Block broken | block.glass.break
|
subtitles.block.generic.break
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed | block.glass.place
|
subtitles.block.generic.place
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | block.glass.step
|
subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
|
Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
| No subtitle | block.glass.fall
|
(Plays when fallen on from a height) | Blocks | 0.75 | 0.5 | 16 |
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. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Added blue ice, which 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, which 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.
A snowy iceberg generated with blue ice.
Blue ice can give a light (for Bedrock and Education Edition only).
