Frosted Ice

Frosted Ice

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)‌[BE only] N/A‌[JE only]
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	JE: Partial (-1 to light) BE: Partial (diffuses sky light, -2 to light)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	5 ICE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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Frosted ice is a translucent block created when a mob or entity wearing Frost Walker-enchanted boots moves over water. It cannot be obtained as an item and will quickly crack and melt if exposed to light or sunlight.

Obtaining

Frosted ice only exists as an item in Bedrock Edition, where it can be obtained using /give. Otherwise it can be placed with /setblock or /fill.

Breaking

Frosted ice does not have a preferred tool, meaning it breaks at the same speed regardless of the tool used to mine it. Breaking it with Silk Touch drops nothing, while breaking in any other manner produces water in the same way ice does.

Block	Frosted Ice
Hardness	0.5
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Post-generation

Frosted ice is generated by players or mobs walking near water while wearing boots with the Frost Walker enchantment. Frost Walker II creates a larger area of frosted ice. It can also be created by armor stands equipped with Frost Walker boots if they are pushed near water.

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 internal light level at the block would be greater than 11 minus the age, then 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 underground, at night, or in the End, it never melts unless broken with few enough frosted ice blocks surrounding it.

The melting speed of frosted ice is affected by the random_tick_speed‌^{[JE only]} or randomtickspeed‌^{[BE only]} game rule: setting the value to 0 results in frosted ice not melting at all, while setting it to higher than default increases the melting speed.

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

Java Edition:

v t e glass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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​[until: JE 26.4]	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
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.glass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.glass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e glass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	random.glass	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.4	0.6
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Java Edition:

v t e frosted_ice sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.frosted_ice.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block is placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.frosted_ice.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.frosted_ice.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.frosted_ice.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.frosted_ice.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Frosted Ice	frosted_ice	Block	ice	block.minecraft.frosted_ice

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Frosted Ice	frosted_ice	207	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.frosted_ice.name

Block states

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
age	0x1 0x2	0	0	0	Freshly generated ice.
			1 2 3	1 2 3	Ice with spreading cracks.
			4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Unsupported	Unused

Models

This section is experimental - see Forum:Add blockstates definition data to the Data values section of block pages for more info

Model definition

Name	Parent	Assigned textures
block/frosted_ice_0	block/cube_all		all = block/frosted_ice_0
block/frosted_ice_1	block/cube_all		all = block/frosted_ice_1
block/frosted_ice_2	block/cube_all		all = block/frosted_ice_2
block/frosted_ice_3	block/cube_all		all = block/frosted_ice_3

Block states definition

Variants model system

Model	Modifiers			Apply when states
block/frosted_ice_0	N/A			age	=	0
block/frosted_ice_1	N/A			age	=	1
block/frosted_ice_2	N/A			age	=	2
block/frosted_ice_3	N/A			age	=	3

State combinations

All distinct block states

Appearance	When
	age	=	0
	age	=	1
	age	=	2
	age	=	3

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Let It Go!	Using the Frost Walker boots, walk on at least 1 block on frozen water on a deep ocean	Transform water into frosted ice using Frost Walker in a deep ocean biome.	20	Bronze

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.9			15w42a				Added frosted ice.
			16w05a				Boats now travel extremely fast on frosted ice.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of frosted ice has been changed.
1.15			19w41a				Frosted ice is now only slippery through non-full blocks that are 0.5 blocks tall or less. Previously it applied through any block that is less than 1 block tall such as grass path or farmland.
1.21			24w18a				The melting speed of frosted ice is now fully dependent on the game rule randomTickSpeed.
			24w19a				Frosted ice being placed by Frost Walker now emits a block_place vibration of frequency 13.
1.21.9			25w33a				Added sky light to the End, which melts frosted ice.
			25w34a				Sky light no longer melts frosted ice in the End.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4			snap4				Added unique sounds for frosted ice.
							Frosted ice now emits a vibration event when changing state.
							Frosted ice can no longer show their inside block faces when placed next to each other.​[more information needed]

Bedrock Edition

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.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.70			Preview 26.70.21				Added unique sounds for frosted ice.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	Added frosted ice.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		Boats now travel extremely fast on frosted ice.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Frosted ice can now be obtained as an item via pick block in creative mode.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Frosted ice can no longer be obtained as an item via pick block in creative mode.
			1.90				The texture of frosted ice has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.9.19							Added frosted ice.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 212.

Issues

Issues relating to "Frosted Ice" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 
  Dinnerbone shows a picture of frosted ice.

Screenshots

• 
  A side-by-side comparison of frosted ice and brittle ice

See also

• Brittle Ice
• Ice

External links

• "Block of the Month: Frosted Ice" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 31, 2025.