Packed Ice

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Packed ice is an opaque solid block variant of ice. Unlike regular ice, it does not melt near bright light sources.

Obtaining[]

Packed ice can be obtained using any tool enchanted with Silk Touch, though a pickaxe is the fastest. Without Silk Touch, breaking it drops nothing. Unlike normal ice, packed ice never turns into water when broken.

Block	Packed Ice
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	0.75
Wooden	0.4
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.15
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.1

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Natural generation[]

Packed ice is found in the rare ice spikes biome. It also forms icebergs found in frozen oceans. Packed ice also generates in frozen peaks biome and in ice patch.

Packed ice generates as windows in igloos.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Packed ice generates in snowy plains villages.

Packed ice also generates in ancient city.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Ice

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition 1.19^[upcoming]
Packed Ice	Ancient City	Ice box chest	2–6	80.5%
Bedrock Edition 1.19.0^[upcoming]
Packed Ice	Ancient City	Ice box chest	2–6	80.5%

Trading[]

Wandering traders have ¹⁄₆ chance to sell packed ice for 3 emeralds.

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blue Ice	Packed Ice

Packed ice is slippery, causing most entities to slide, including items. This also allows for increased speed of items in water currents by placing the packed ice under the water current. Mobs do not travel faster in water currents on packed ice.

When a non-full block is placed on top of packed ice, the block has the same 'slipperiness' as the ice below it; although, if packed ice is placed below soul sand, it amplifies the slowing effect of the soul sand rather than making it slippery.

Boats can travel on packed ice with a top speed of 40 m/s. Ice tracks built from blue ice, packed ice, or a combination are useful for long-range travel in all three dimensions.

Mobs can spawn on packed ice. This can allow for compact mob farms that rely on the tendency of pushed mobs to slide off the ice in some way.

Packed ice is a completely solid block, and allows placement of any objects on top.

Unlike normal ice, packed ice does not melt if placed near light sources.

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

Note block[]

Packed ice can be placed under note blocks to produce chime sounds.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.glass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.glass.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.glass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.glass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.glass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.glass`	?	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.glass`	?	?
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.glass`	?	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.glass`	?	?
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.glass`	?	?
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	`step.glass`	?	?
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	`use.glass`	?	0.8

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Packed Ice	`packed_ice`	Block & Item	`ice` `mineable/pickaxe` `geode_invalid_blocks`	`block.minecraft.packed_ice`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Packed Ice	`packed_ice`	`174`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.packed_ice.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

History[]

Java Edition
1.7.2		13w36a			Added packed ice.
1.7.2		13w36a			The ice plains spikes biome is currently the only source of packed ice.
1.8		14w26c			Efficiency on tools not speeding up the mining of packed ice has been fixed.
1.9		16w05a			Boats now travel extremely fast on ice and packed ice.
1.12		17w17a			Packed ice can now be used to play the chime if they are under note blocks.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 174.
		18w15a			Packed ice can now be used to craft blue ice.
		18w15a			Added icebergs to frozen oceans, which contain packed ice.
		pre2			Packed ice can now be crafted from 9 ice, making it renewable.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of packed ice has been changed.
		18w49a			Added snowy tundra villages, where some houses are made of packed ice.
		19w05a			Added wandering traders, which sell packed ice.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.19		22w13a			Packed ice now generate as part of ancient city.
1.19		22w13a			Packed ice may now be found in ancient city chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0		build 1			Added packed ice.
v0.12.1		build 1			The texture of packed ice has been changed.
v0.12.1		build 1			Packed ice is now available in the creative inventory.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Packed ice now generates as part of igloos.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Packed ice now generates naturally in iceberg biomes.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Packed ice is now used to craft blue ice.
1.8.0		beta 1.8.0.10			Packed ice can now be crafted using 9 ice.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Packed ice now generates in snowy tundra villages.
					Packed ice is now sold by the new wandering traders.
					The texture of packed ice has been changed.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Packed ice can now be used to play the chime if they are under note blocks.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added packed ice.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of packed ice has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added packed ice.

Issues[]

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

Gallery[]

Naturally generated packed ice in an ice spikes biome.
Another view of naturally generated packed ice in an ice spikes biome.
Naturally generated packed ice in a frozen ocean.
Naturally generated packed ice in a deep frozen ocean.
Large amounts of naturally generated packed ice in a cave system.
Packed ice generating in frozen peaks.

[breakingtimenote-1] Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bugMC-177082-2] MC-177082

[3] ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.

[4] Available with /give command.

[5] The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

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