Frozen Peaks

Frozen Peaks

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Frozen peaks are snowy mountain peak biomes made out of ice and packed ice covered by snow blocks.

Frozen peaks only generate on high mountain peaks in the coldest to medium temperature ranges. Depending on the continentalness, erosion, and weirdness, frozen peaks can take on many different shapes; small hilltops not much higher than Y=160, large singular mountain peaks, rings of peaks surrounding a valley, or extreme mountainous terrain with rugged terrain up to the generation limit of Y=256.

As mountain peaks, they are often surrounded by layered slope biomes, bordering groves and snowy slopes with plateau biomes like meadows, cherry groves, and pale gardens underneath, but they may also directly border medium biomes.

Frozen peaks are separated from jagged peaks by river valleys and usually have slightly tamer terrain.

They never generate close to swamps or windswept hills. When near an ocean, the surrounding terrain gets cut off into massive cliffs. River valleys are either deep fjords, or have no river biome and consist of elevated land biomes.

Deep dark is guaranteed below frozen peaks, generating up to higher altitudes. Above this, dripstone caves are common, although lush caves may also generate.

The mountainous terrain of frozen peaks is covered by snow and snow blocks, with glaciers of packed ice and occasional small blobs of ice. Packed ice cliffs can generate in steep sides to the east or north with only a layer of snow covering them.‌^{[BE only]}

Like all other mountain biomes, emerald ore and infested stone commonly generates underground. Pillager outposts may generate on the steep cliffs, sometimes reaching above the terrain generation limit. The only passive mobs that spawn here are goats, as well as rabbits and polar bears in Bedrock Edition. Strays spawn here at night.

With Vibrant Visuals, frozen peaks use default environmental settings with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear icy blue. They use cold sunlight, which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Spider	100⁄515	4
Zombie	95⁄515	4
Zombie Villager	5⁄515	1
Skeleton	100⁄515	4
Creeper	100⁄515	4
Slime[note 1]	100⁄515	4
Enderman	10⁄515	1–4
Witch	5⁄515	1
Creature category
Goat	1	1–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

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In Bedrock Edition

Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime[note 1]	100	1
Spider	100	1
Stray	96	1–2
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	24	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Goat	5	1–3
Rabbit	4	2–3
Polar Bear	1	1–2

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These music tracks play while the player is in frozen peaks:

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Frozen Peaks	frozen_peaks	biome.minecraft.frozen_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	frozen_peaks	183

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 55​[until: Third Drop 2026]/56​[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

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

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  Frozen peaks In Java Edition without snow on the packed ice
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  A frozen peaks single biome world

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  Large mountains
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  A screenshot from a tall mountain peak. Note the elevation
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  Preview of mountain generation
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  Preview of mountain generation
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  Mountains seen in Minecraft Live 2020
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  Mountains rising above the clouds
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  Frozen and stony peaks surrounded by cliffs and forests
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  Ditto
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  Ditto
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  Very large mountains covered in spruce trees and snow
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  A snowy peak in the distance
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  Mountains in development
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  A frozen peaks mountaintop
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  A cabin in a forest surrounded by mountains
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  The same mountains in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition

• Mountains
• Meadow
• Grove
• Snowy Slopes
• Jagged Peaks
• Stony Peaks
• Cherry Grove

• "Around the Block: Frozen Peaks" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 11, 2022.