Cold Ocean Ruins

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Cold Ocean Ruins
underwater ruin cold.png: Infobox image for Minecraft structure 'Cold Ocean Ruins'

Cold ocean ruins are variants of ocean ruins. They are underwater structures primarily composed of stone bricks. They are found in ocean biomes and rarely on beaches, and are inhabited by drowned and sometimes zombie nautiluses alongside them. They contain chests and suspicious gravel that contain a variety of loot, most notably buried treasure maps, exclusive pottery sherds, nautilus armor and emeralds.

Generation

Cold ocean ruins generate in normal, cold, and frozen ocean biomes or in their deep variants. They are composed of stone materials and contain some suspicious gravel blocks that can be excavated using a brush.

Ocean ruins may at times be at least partially buried, including with their airspaces. During generation, all air blocks and structure blocks act as structure voids. This means that their associated suspicious blocks are also located under layers of usual gravel, and even stone.

Suspicious gravel randomly replaces normal gravel during generation, and are not part of the structure definition.

Although most ocean ruins generate underwater, they sometimes generate on land, bordering a beach or another seaside biome. 30% of ocean ruins generate as large ocean ruins; the other 70% generate as small ruins. If the ocean ruin is large, there is a 90% chance for 4-8 (inclusive) small ocean ruins to generate around it in a cluster. The "brick" variant of the chosen structure type generates with a structure integrity of 0.9 if large and 0.8 if small. The "cracked" variant generates with a structure integrity of 0.7 and the "mossy" variant generates with a structure integrity of 0.5, both regardless of size. Reduced structure integrity may also remove drowned and zombie nautiluses from the structures.

Structure

The shape and size of cold ocean ruins varies greatly, and they often generate together in groups to create ruined villages.

All but two of the structures contain a loot chest with loot inside. The chest contains loot for specifically either a small or large sized ocean ruin structure and may be buried under blocks such as gravel.

Cold ocean ruins are primarily composed of stone bricks, gravel, and suspicious gravel, and they also contain prismarine, sand, magma blocks, sea lanterns, polished granite, glazed terracotta, bricks, planks, cobblestone, mossy cobblestone, stone brick stairs, obsidian, or a chest with loot in it.

Natural cold ocean ruins generate following the rules above and may not exactly match the stored structures.

The structures below are located in the folder client.jar/data/minecraft/structures/underwater_ruin. The following is a complete table of the structures with their filenames, descriptions and what they consist of.

Each structure block indicates either a chest with random loot or the spawn location of a drowned/zombie nautilus mob.

Mobs

A zombie nautilus jockey near a cold ocean ruin.
Drowned Zombie Nautilus

Upon world generation, many of the structures spawn with drowned (usually one or two, though a few structures have three or four). These drowned are persistent, and do not despawn. Adult drowned wielding tridents may also also spawn riding a zombie nautilus as a zombie nautilus jockey.

Zombie nautiluses spawned from ruins are also persistent and will even spawn on Peaceful difficulty, despite being monsters, as the mobs spawned from ocean ruins count as part of the structure and ignore conventional spawning mechanics, leaving the zombie nautilus spawning on Peaceful by itself.[1]

Types

Structure name Description Consists of Images
underwater_ruin/big_brick_1
underwater_ruin/big_cracked_1
underwater_ruin/big_mossy_1
A chunk-sized structure with a mostly gravel floor and a large, multidimensional arch. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-2 Drowned always generate here.

215–239 Gravel
97 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
8 Chiseled Stone Bricks
4–5 Prismarine
3–4 Magma Block
1 Sand
1 Chest (random loot)
1–2 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/big_brick_2
underwater_ruin/big_cracked_2
underwater_ruin/big_mossy_2
A chunk-sized structure consisting of two connected rooms, one taller than the other. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-2 Drowned always generate here.

209 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
192–206 Gravel
39 Chiseled Stone Bricks
15 Polished Granite
5–7 Prismarine
4 Purple Glazed Terracotta
2 Sea Lantern
1–5 Magma Block
1 Chest (random loot)
1–2 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/big_brick_3
underwater_ruin/big_cracked_3
underwater_ruin/big_mossy_3
A chunk-sized structure consisting of two large unconnected rooms, one much taller than the other and having an open top. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-3 Drowned always generate here.

301 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
205–217 Gravel
55 Chiseled Stone Bricks
17 Polished Granite
10 Bricks
2–8 Sand
2 Sea Lantern
1–2 Magma Block
1 Chest (random loot)
1–3 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/big_brick_8
underwater_ruin/big_cracked_8
underwater_ruin/big_mossy_8
A chunk-sized structure with not much height, looks similar to a floorplan of a large building. Remnants of wooden floors are present. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-2 Drowned always generate here.

210–224 Gravel
88 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
8–12 Sand
9 Spruce Planks
8 Dark Oak Planks
3 Magma Block
1 Chest (random loot)
1–2 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_1
underwater_ruin/cracked_1
underwater_ruin/mossy_1
A small building without a roof. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. A Drowned has a chance to generate here.

36–38 Gravel
32–37 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
17–19 Mossy Cobblestone
1 Sea Lantern
0–1 Magma Block
0–1 Chest (random loot)
0–1 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_2
underwater_ruin/cracked_2
underwater_ruin/mossy_2
A small structure with not much height. Consists of randomly placed stone bricks and mossy cobblestone. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-2 Drowned have a chance to generate here.

30–39 Gravel
9 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
6–10 Mossy Cobblestone
2 Magma Block
1 Chest (random loot)
0–2 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_3
underwater_ruin/cracked_3
underwater_ruin/mossy_3
A small structure featuring a stone brick arch. These 3 generate as an integrated whole.

30–35 Gravel
20–21 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
2 Stone Brick Stairs
1–2 Chiseled Stone Bricks
1–2 Magma Block
1–5 Sand
1 Cobblestone
0–1 Obsidian
1 Chest (random loot)

underwater_ruin/brick_4
underwater_ruin/cracked_4
underwater_ruin/mossy_4
A small structure featuring a small, domed building. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-2 Drowned have a chance to generate here.

70–71 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
27–35 Gravel
3–6 Sand
1–6 Dark Oak Planks
0–4 Magma Block
0–2 Spruce Planks
1 Chest (random loot)
0–2 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_5
underwater_ruin/cracked_5
underwater_ruin/mossy_5
A small structure with a small, cuboid building. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. A Drowned has a chance to generate here.

37–39 Gravel
35 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
9 Polished Granite
8 Chiseled Stone Bricks
1 Chest (random loot)
0–1 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_6
underwater_ruin/cracked_6
underwater_ruin/mossy_6
A small structure that looks similar to a castle tower. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. 1-4 Drowned have a chance to generate here.

58 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
41–43 Gravel
24 Stone Brick Stairs
2 Chiseled Stone Bricks
2 Polished Granite
0–3 Mossy Cobblestone
0–1 Magma Block
1 Chest (random loot)
0–4 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_7
underwater_ruin/cracked_7
underwater_ruin/mossy_7
A small structure that resembles brick_5/cracked_5/mossy_5, although with a slightly taller roof. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. A Drowned has a chance to generate here.

40 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
35 Gravel
6 Mossy Cobblestone
4 Chiseled Stone Bricks
1 Magma Block
1 Polished Granite
1 Chest (random loot)
0–1 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned
underwater_ruin/brick_8
underwater_ruin/cracked_8
underwater_ruin/mossy_8
A small structure that looks similar to an igloo, although made of stone materials. These 3 generate as an integrated whole. A Drowned has a chance to generate here.

41 in total Stone Bricks, Cracked, Mossy
25–28 Gravel
11 Chiseled Stone Bricks
3–5 Dark Oak Planks
1–2 Magma Block
0–1 Obsidian
1 Chest (random loot)
0–1 Drowned

  • Zombie Nautilus - Has a chance of spawning alongside a trident-wielding Drowned

Loot

In Java Edition, each underwater ruin big chest contains items drawn from 3 pools, with the following distribution:

Item Stack Size [A] Weight [B] Chance [C] Avg.
per chest
[D]
Avg. # chests
to search
[E]
2–8× 1× 1× 2–8× 1× 1×
BlockSprite air.png: Sprite image for air in MinecraftNothing[F] ——1——148⁄18580.0%0.8001.2
Coal 1–4——10⁄33——78.9%3.7881.3
Wheat 2–3——10⁄33——78.9%3.7881.3
Gold Nugget 1–3——10⁄33——78.9%3.0301.3
Buried Treasure Map —1——10⁄23—43.5%0.4352.3
Stone Spear 1——2⁄33——26.3%0.3033.8
Enchanted Book[G] —1——5⁄23—21.7%0.2174.6
Enchanted Fishing Rod[G] —1——5⁄23—21.7%0.2174.6
Emerald 1——1⁄33——14.1%0.1527.1
Copper Nautilus Armor ——1——20⁄18510.8%0.1089.2
Iron Nautilus Armor ——1——10⁄1855.4%0.05418.5
Leather Tunic —1——1⁄23—4.3%0.04323.0
Golden Apple —1——1⁄23—4.3%0.04323.0
Golden Helmet —1——1⁄23—4.3%0.04323.0
Golden Nautilus Armor ——1——5⁄1852.7%0.02737.0
Diamond Nautilus Armor ——1——2⁄1851.1%0.01192.5

In Bedrock Edition, each underwater ruin big chest contains items drawn from 3 pools, with the following distribution:

Item Stack Size [A] Weight [B] Chance [C] Avg.
per chest
[D]
Avg. # chests
to search
[E]
2–8× 1× 1× 2–8× 1× 1×
BlockSprite air.png: Sprite image for air in MinecraftNothing[F] ——1——925⁄111083.3%0.8331.2
Coal 1–4——10⁄33——78.9%3.7881.3
Wheat 2–3——10⁄33——78.9%3.7881.3
Gold Nugget 1–3——10⁄33——78.9%3.0301.3
Buried Treasure Map —1——10⁄23—43.5%0.4352.3
Stone Spear 1——2⁄33——26.3%0.3033.8
Enchanted Book[G] —1——5⁄23—21.7%0.2174.6
Enchanted Fishing Rod[G] —1——5⁄23—21.7%0.2174.6
Emerald 1——1⁄33——14.1%0.1527.1
Copper Nautilus Armor ——1——100⁄11109.0%0.09011.1
Iron Nautilus Armor ——1——50⁄11104.5%0.04522.2
Leather Tunic —1——1⁄23—4.3%0.04323.0
Golden Apple —1——1⁄23—4.3%0.04323.0
Golden Helmet —1——1⁄23—4.3%0.04323.0
Golden Nautilus Armor ——1——25⁄11102.3%0.02344.4
Diamond Nautilus Armor ——1——10⁄11100.9%0.009111.0
  1. ↑ a b The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
  2. ↑ a b The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
  3. ↑ a b The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
  4. ↑ a b The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
  5. ↑ a b The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.
  6. ↑ a b 'Nothing' does not refer to the chance of an empty chest. Instead, it refers to the chance that the random loot generator does not add any loot on a single roll.
  7. ↑ a b c d All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

In Java Edition, each underwater ruin small chest contains items drawn from 3 pools, with the following distribution:

Item Stack Size [A] Weight [B] Chance [C] Avg.
per chest
[D]
Avg. # chests
to search
[E]
2–8× 1× 1× 2–8× 1× 1×
Coal 1–4——10⁄30——82.1%4.1671.2
Wheat 2–3——10⁄30——82.1%4.1671.2
BlockSprite air.png: Sprite image for air in MinecraftNothing[F] ——1——148⁄18580.0%0.8001.2
Rotten Flesh 1——5⁄30——57.1%0.8331.8
Buried Treasure Map —1——5⁄12—41.7%0.4172.4
Enchanted Fishing Rod[G] —1——5⁄12—41.7%0.4172.4
Stone Axe 1——2⁄30——28.5%0.3333.5
Stone Spear 1——2⁄30——28.5%0.3333.5
Emerald 1——1⁄30——15.4%0.1676.5
Copper Nautilus Armor ——1——20⁄18510.8%0.1089.2
Leather Tunic —1——1⁄12—8.3%0.08312.0
Golden Helmet —1——1⁄12—8.3%0.08312.0
Iron Nautilus Armor ——1——10⁄1855.4%0.05418.5
Golden Nautilus Armor ——1——5⁄1852.7%0.02737.0
Diamond Nautilus Armor ——1——2⁄1851.1%0.01192.5

In Bedrock Edition, each underwater ruin small chest contains items drawn from 3 pools, with the following distribution:

Item Stack Size [A] Weight [B] Chance [C] Avg.
per chest
[D]
Avg. # chests
to search
[E]
2–8× 1× 1× 2–8× 1× 1×
BlockSprite air.png: Sprite image for air in MinecraftNothing[F] ——1——925⁄111083.3%0.8331.2
Coal 1–4——10⁄30——82.1%4.1671.2
Wheat 2–3——10⁄30——82.1%4.1671.2
Rotten Flesh 1——5⁄30——57.1%0.8331.8
Buried Treasure Map —1——5⁄12—41.7%0.4172.4
Enchanted Fishing Rod[G] —1——5⁄12—41.7%0.4172.4
Stone Axe 1——2⁄30——28.5%0.3333.5
Stone Spear 1——2⁄30——28.5%0.3333.5
Emerald 1——1⁄30——15.4%0.1676.5
Copper Nautilus Armor ——1——100⁄11109.0%0.09011.1
Leather Tunic —1——1⁄12—8.3%0.08312.0
Golden Helmet —1——1⁄12—8.3%0.08312.0
Iron Nautilus Armor ——1——50⁄11104.5%0.04522.2
Golden Nautilus Armor ——1——25⁄11102.3%0.02344.4
Diamond Nautilus Armor ——1——10⁄11100.9%0.009111.0
  1. ↑ a b The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
  2. ↑ a b The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
  3. ↑ a b The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
  4. ↑ a b The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
  5. ↑ a b The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.
  6. ↑ a b 'Nothing' does not refer to the chance of an empty chest. Instead, it refers to the chance that the random loot generator does not add any loot on a single roll.
  7. ↑ a b All enchantments are equally probable, including treasure enchantments (except Soul Speed, Swift Sneak, and Wind Burst), and any level of the enchantment is equally probable.

Suspicious Blocks

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each cold ocean ruin's suspicious gravel contains 1 item stack, with the following distribution:

Item Stack Size [A] Weight [B] Chance [C] Avg.
per block
[D]
Avg. # blocks
to brush
[E]
Coal 12⁄1513.3%0.1337.5
Emerald 12⁄1513.3%0.1337.5
Wheat 12⁄1513.3%0.1337.5
Wooden Hoe 12⁄1513.3%0.1337.5
Gold Nugget 12⁄1513.3%0.1337.5
Blade Pottery Sherd 11⁄156.7%0.06715.0
Explorer Pottery Sherd 11⁄156.7%0.06715.0
Mourner Pottery Sherd 11⁄156.7%0.06715.0
Plenty Pottery Sherd 11⁄156.7%0.06715.0
Iron Axe 11⁄156.7%0.06715.0
  1. ↑ The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
  2. ↑ The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
  3. ↑ The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
  4. ↑ The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
  5. ↑ The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.

Data values

Java Edition:

Structure typeIdentifier
EnvSprite ocean-ruin.png: Sprite image for ocean-ruin in Minecraft Ocean Ruinocean_ruin
StructureIdentifier
EnvSprite ocean-ruin.png: Sprite image for ocean-ruin in Minecraft Cold Ocean Ruinocean_ruin_cold

Bedrock Edition:

StructureIdentifier Translation key
EnvSprite ocean-ruins.png: Sprite image for ocean-ruins in Minecraft Ocean Ruinsruins feature.ruins

Achievement

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Atlantis?Find an underwater ruin—20Silver

History

The first official image of underwater ruins.
The same image, brightened for clarity.

Teaser

December 27, 2017A picture was released on Minecraft.net, which shows a faint underwater ruins structure in the top right corner, more visible when the image is brightened.
February 15, 2018Minecraft's Instagram account posted a video clip showing the underwater ruins that were to be added in the Update Aquatic.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1318w09aAdded underwater ruins. They are found commonly.
18w10aBuried treasure explorer maps now generate in the chests of underwater ruins.
18w16aDrowned now spawn within underwater ruins.
1.1620w06aUnderwater ruins are now much less common.
1.2023w12aCold underwater ruins now generate with suspicious gravel.
1.21.1125w41aAdded zombie nautiluses, which can spawn on underwater ruins.
Ocean ruin chests can now contain stone spears.
Ocean ruin chests can now contain copper, iron, golden and diamond nautilus armor.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Added underwater ruins.
1.19.80
Experiment
Next Major Update
Preview 1.19.80.21Cold underwater ruins now generate with suspicious gravel.
1.21.130Preview 1.21.130.20Added zombie nautiluses, which can spawn on underwater ruins.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added underwater ruins.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.4.0Added underwater ruins.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cold Ocean Ruins" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

An ocean ruin in Bedrock Edition that generated completely on land. The water block above it that has not been updated.
An ocean ruin in Java Edition that also generated completely on land. The loot chest is not waterlogged and does not have a water block on top of it.
  • In Bedrock Edition, ocean ruins generate with approximately equal spacing in the X and Z directions.
  • In Bedrock Edition, the loot chest of ocean ruins generates with a water block above it.[2] This can be seen in the first image. In Java Edition, this is not the case, according to the second picture.[3]

References

  1. ↑ MC-304858 – Zombie nautiluses can spawn on peaceful by themselves, unlike skeleton/zombie horses and camel husks
  2. ↑ MCPE-179473 – Ocean ruins generated on land have a water source above the chest
  3. ↑ MC-136156 – resolved as "Invalid".

Sources