Blue Ice
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminant | |
| Blast resistance |
2.8 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava? |
No |
Blue ice is a solid block similar to packed ice.
Contents
Occurrence[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]
Loot[edit]
From block loot[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.
| Namespaced ID | Source | Default | Silk Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
blocks/blue_ice | Blue Ice | Nothing (100%) | 1 (100%) |
From chest loot[edit]
Blue ice can be found in 9.9% of snowy village house chests in stacks of 1.
Recipes[edit]
From crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Packed Ice |
From trading[edit]
Wandering traders have 1⁄6 chance to sell blue ice for 6 emeralds.
Usage[edit]
Info[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 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.
Breaking[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] | ||
| 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 in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Block loot[edit]
| Namespaced ID | Source | Default | Silk Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
blocks/blue_ice | Blue Ice | Nothing (100%) | 1 (100%) |
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Subtitle key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.glass.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| None | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.glass.fall | None | 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 |
| Sound | 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 | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Ice | blue_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. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 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.
A snowy iceberg generated with blue ice.
Blue ice can give off light (for Bedrock and Education Edition only).
