Frosted ice is a translucent solid block.
Obtaining
In Java Edition, frosted ice cannot be obtained as an item, and can be placed only using commands such as /setblock, but in Bedrock Edition, it can obtained using /give. It can be placed with commands in Bedrock Edition.
Creation
Frosted ice is generated by players walking near water while wearing boots with the Frost Walker enchantment. Frost Walker II creates a larger area of frosted ice.
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 1⁄3 chance succeeds or the block has fewer than 4 frosted ice blocks in the 6 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, such as inside caves or at night, it never melts naturally.
Frosted ice can be easily destroyed without tools. Breaking it with Silk Touch drops nothing, while breaking in any other manner produces water in the same way ice does.
When a frosted ice block melts or is broken, any adjacent frosted ice block immediately melts if it has fewer than 2 frosted ice blocks remaining in the 6 blocks surrounding it.
Sugar cane and other crops do not break when frosted ice is formed, and frosted ice does not form on water occupied by another entity.
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 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.glass.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 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 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.glass.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block.glass.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | random.glass | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.stone | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frosted Ice | frosted_ice | Block | ice | block.minecraft.frosted_ice |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frosted Ice | frosted_ice | 207 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.frosted_ice.name |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| age | 0
| 0 | Freshly generated ice. |
123 | Ice with spreading cracks. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| age | 0x10x2 | 0
| 0 | 0 | Freshly generated ice. |
123 | 123 | Ice with spreading cracks. | |||
456789101112131415 | Unsupported | Unused |
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 ocean | — | 20G | Bronze | ||
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 15w42a |     Added frosted ice. | |||
| 16w05a | Boats now travel extremely fast on frosted ice. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 212. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |     The texture of frosted ice has been changed. As a result, new frosted ice now looks slightly different from ice. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Added frosted ice. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Frosted ice is now transparent. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of frosted ice has been changed. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | 1.0.1 | Added frosted ice. |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | The texture of frosted ice has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 1.9.19 | Added frosted ice. | ||||
Frosted ice "item"
- The following content is transcluded from Technical blocks/Frosted Ice.
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Frosted ice exists as an item. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | 1.0.1 | Frosted ice exists as an item. |
| Frosted ice can be obtained with Silk Touch.[1] | |||||
| TU48 | CU38 | 1.41 | Patch 17 | Frosted ice can no longer be obtained with Silk Touch. | |
Names
- ? - ?: tile.frosted_ice.name
Issues
Issues relating to "Frosted Ice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
Dinnerbone shows a picture of frosted ice.[citation needed]
