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.
Contents
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[]
Sound | 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 |
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[]
Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Packed Ice | packed_ice | Block & Item | ice mineable/pickaxe geode_invalid_blocks | block.minecraft.packed_ice |
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 |
History[]
Java Edition | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | ||||
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 | ![]() | |||
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. | |||
Packed ice may now be found in ancient city chests. | |||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.9.0 | build 1 | ![]() | |||
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. | |||
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. | |||||
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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 | ![]() |
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Packed Ice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.