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Blue Ice

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Blue Ice
Blue Ice.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Blue Ice'
Invicon Blue Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Blue Ice
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Blue ice is a solid block similar to packed ice and ice, but much more slippery. It is the fastest ice type for boat riding and can be used to generate basalt in conjunction with soul soil and lava.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blue ice can be obtained using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, although a pickaxe is the fastest. Breaking the block without Silk Touch drops nothing.

Block Blue Ice
Hardness 2.8
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 4.2
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 2.1
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 1.05
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.85
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.7
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.55
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.5
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.35
Options
Efficiency
000
Haste
001
1JEBE
Legend
  • incorrect tool, drops nothing
  • correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
  • correct tool, drops the block itself
  • italicized can be instant mined
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

Blue ice naturally generates on the bottom of icebergs and as large arching structures in frozen ocean biomes. It also generates as piles in some snowy plains village houses, and in ancient cities. Rarely, an iceberg generates entirely made of blue ice.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Blue Ice Village Snowy house chest 1 9.9%
{ "item": "Blue Ice", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0989873657501581, "structure": "Village", "container": "Snowy house chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Packed Ice
Invicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed IceInvicon Packed Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Packed Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Packed Ice with description: Packed Ice
Invicon Blue Ice.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Ice in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Blue Ice

It takes 81 regular ice made into packed ice to create a single blue ice block.

Trading

Wandering traders occasionally sell blue ice for 6 emeralds.

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Wandering TraderSpecial13%13%6 × EmeraldBlue Ice6——

Mob loot

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 blue ice when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Usage

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.

Boats can travel even faster on blue ice than on either normal ice or packed ice, being able to reach a top speed of 72.73 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 above soul soil and next to blue ice, basalt is formed. This can be used in a basalt generator.

Blue ice is not a storage block, as it cannot be crafted back into packed ice.

Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite glass.png: Sprite image for glass in Minecraft glass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.glass.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.glass.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.glass.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.glass.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.glass.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite glass.png: Sprite image for glass in Minecraft glass sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenrandom.glass​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placeddig.stone​ ?1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone​ ?0.40.6
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone​ ?0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stone​ ?0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stone​ ?0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone​ ?0.221.0


Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite blue-ice.png: Sprite image for blue-ice in Minecraft Blue Iceblue_iceBlock & Itemice
mineable/pickaxe
geode_invalid_blocks		 block.minecraft.blue_ice

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite blue-ice.png: Sprite image for blue-ice in Minecraft Blue Iceblue_ice266Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]
(Numeric: -11)		 tile.blue_ice.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1318w15a Added blue ice.
Blue ice generates on the bottom of icebergs in frozen ocean biomes.
18w16aBlue ice slipperiness has been changed from 0.999 to 0.989
pre2Blue ice is now renewable, as its crafting ingredient, packed ice, can now be crafted from normal ice.
1.1418w49aBlue ice now generates in the updated snowy tundra villages.
19w05aAdded wandering traders, which sell blue ice.
1.1519w41aBlue ice is now only slippery through non-full blocks that are 0.5 blocks tall or less. Previously it applied through any block that is less than 1 block tall such as grass path or farmland.[1]
1.1620w13aWhen blue ice is placed next to lava on soul soil it now generates basalt.
1.1922w13aBlue ice now generates in ancient cities.
26.2snap1Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blue ice, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Added blue ice.
Blue ice can give off a light level of 4.
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.1Blue ice is now more slippery.
1.8.0beta 1.8.0.10Blue ice is now renewable, as its crafting ingredient, packed ice, can now be crafted from normal ice.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Blue ice can now be bought from wandering traders.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Blue ice can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57When blue ice is placed next to lava on soul soil it now generates basalt.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.22 Blue ice no longer emits light.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blue ice, providing the hockey puck/fast sliding effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added blue ice.
1.83 Blue ice is now renewable, as its crafting ingredient, packed ice, can now be crafted from normal ice.
1.91Added wandering traders, which sell blue ice.
Blue ice now generates in the updated snowy tundra villages.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.4.0 Added blue ice.
Blue ice can give off a light level of 4.
1.17.31 Blue ice no longer emits light.

Issues

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

Screenshots

  • Naturally generated blue ice in an iceberg.
    Naturally generated blue ice in an iceberg.
  • Naturally generated blue ice in an arch.
    Naturally generated blue ice in an arch.
  • Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg.
    Naturally generated blue ice as seen in a snowy iceberg.

References

  1. ↑ MC-197072

Sources