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Ice Desert

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Ice Desert
ice desert.png: Infobox image for Minecraft biome 'Ice Desert'
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    "title": "Ice Desert",
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            "label": "Blocks"
        },
        {
            "field": "",
            "label": "Climate"
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Ice deserts are a removed snow-covered biome, which existed prior to the Adventure Update. The biome consisted of large sand flats, with a snow layer cover.

Description

Ice deserts are similar in appearance to tundras, with fairly flat land and small hills. However, instead of grass, the surface is primarily made up of sand. Flowers and trees do not generate in this biome, and passive mobs do not spawn in it. The ice desert biome was supposed to generate around tundras, however, it does not get selected by the function which maps temperature and rainfall to biomes.

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0?Added ice deserts.
Java Edition Beta
1.8Pre-releaseIce deserts have been removed.
  • Comparison between ice desert and tundra biome (can be distinguished by its soil).
    Comparison between ice desert and tundra biome (can be distinguished by its soil).

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