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This article is about the block created by the Frost Walker enchantment. For normal ice, see Ice. For the block found in the Ice Spikes biome, see Packed Ice.

Frosted ice is a translucent solid block.

Obtaining

Frosted ice can be easily destroyed without tools. Breaking it with Silk Touch drops nothing‌[Java Edition only] or the block‌[Legacy Console Edition only], while breaking in any other manner produces water in the same way ice does.

Block Frosted Ice
Hardness 0.5
Breaking time (secs)
Default 2.5

Frost Walker

Frosted ice is generated by players walking near water while wearing boots with the Frost Walker enchantment.

Usage

Frosted ice behaves in most ways like ice: it is slightly slippery, causing entities to slide, including items.

Frosted ice naturally melts fairly quickly. The block is created with an age of 0, and is ticked every 1–2 seconds. If a 13 chance succeeds or the block has fewer than 4 frosted ice blocks in the 8 blocks surrounding it, and the light level (including light from the sun) at the block would be greater than 11 minus the age, the age is incremented. When the age reaches 4, the block turns into water and all adjacent blocks have their age incremented (but if these blocks melt also, the effect does not continue to cascade). This does mean that in places with low light levels, like inside caves, it will never melt naturally.

When a frosted ice block melts or is broken, any adjacent frosted ice block that has fewer than 2 frosted ice blocks remaining in the 8 blocks surrounding it will immediately melt.

It also does not cause sugar cane or crops to fall when ice forms.

Data values

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition

Name Default value Allowed values Description
age0 0Freshly generated ice.
1
2
3
Ice with spreading cracks.

Bedrock Edition

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
age0x1
0x2
0 00Freshly generated ice.
1
2
3
1
2
3
Ice with spreading cracks.
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
UnsupportedUnused

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Let It Go!Using the Frost Walker boots, walk on at least 1 block on frozen water on a deep ocean20GBronze

History

release
1.915w42aAdded frosted ice.
Pocket Edition
1.1build 1Added frosted ice.
Bedrock Edition
1.2build 1Frosted ice is now transparent.
Legacy Console Edition
TU43CU33 1.36 Patch 13Added frosted ice.

Issues

Issues relating to "Frosted Ice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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