Frozen Peaks

Frozen Peaks
Structures	Pillager Outpost
Blocks	Snow; Snow Block; Ice; Packed Ice; Emerald Ore; Infested Stone
Climate
Temperature	-0.7
Downfall	0.9
Precipitation	Yes
Snow; accumulation‌[BE only]	0.125-0.25
Colors
Grass color	; #80B497
Foliage color	; #60A17B
Dry foliage color	; #8F7A5A
Water color	; #3F76E4‌[JE only]; ; #44AFF5‌[BE only]
Vibrant Visuals
Atmospherics	Default
Lighting	Cold
Volumetric fog	Default
Color grading	Cold

Frozen peaks are snowy mountain peak biomes covered by snow blocks, containing large amounts of ice and packed ice.

Generation

Frozen peaks generate at the highest points of the surrounding terrain where erosion is low, temperatures are low to moderate, and weirdness is positive. They generate as small hilltops, a large singular peak, a ring of peaks surrounding a valley, or as a large range reaching the generation height limit of Y=256.

As a mountain peak biome, they are often surrounded by slope biomes such as groves and snowy slopes, which may act as transitionary boundaries between the frozen peaks and plateau biomes like meadows, cherry groves, or pale gardens. They may also directly border these plateau biomes instead, as well as forests, plains, and birch forests, and taigas. Frozen peaks rarely border stony peaks when temperature increases.

Frozen peaks are separated from jagged peaks by valleys. Rarely, frozen peaks can generate coastally, where surrounding terrain may get cut off into massive cliffs.

The deep dark is extremely common below frozen peaks. Above this, dripstone caves are common, though lush caves may generate instead if humidity is high. Ice caves sometimes generate if temperatures are low.^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

Description

The mountainous terrain of frozen peaks is covered by snow and snow blocks, with glaciers of packed ice and occasional small blobs of ice. Packed ice cliffs can generate in steep sides to the east or north with only a layer of snow covering them.‌^{[BE only]}

Like all other mountain biomes, emerald ore and infested stone commonly generates underground. Pillager outposts may generate on the steep cliffs, sometimes reaching above the terrain generation limit. The only passive mobs that spawn here are goats, as well as rabbits and polar bears in Bedrock Edition. Strays and frostbites^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]} spawn here at night or during thunderstorms in Bedrock Edition.

With Vibrant Visuals, frozen peaks use default environmental settings with a strong cold color grading, making the biome appear icy blue. They use cold sunlight, which is slightly brighter at dusk and dawn.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₄₀	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₄₀	4
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₄₀	1
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₄₀	4
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₄₀	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₄₀	4
Frostbite^{[note 2]}	²⁵⁄₅₄₀	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₄₀	1–4
Witch	⁵⁄₅₄₀	1
Creature category
Goat	1	1–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ ^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Slime^{[note 1]}	100	1
Spider	100	1
Stray	96	1–2
Zombie	95	2–4
Frostbite^{[note 2]}	45	2–4
Skeleton	24	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Goat	5	1–3
Rabbit	4	2–3
Polar Bear	1	1–2
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ ^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in frozen peaks:

Title	Preview	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Title	Preview	Weight	Probability	Weight	Probability
Ebb		2	13.33%	2	13.33%
Home		2	13.33%	2	13.33%
Nightly		2	13.33%	2	13.33%
Danny		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Dry Hands		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Haggstrom		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Lilypad		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Living Mice		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Mice on Venus		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Stand Tall		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Subwoofer Lullaby		1	6.67%	1	6.67%
Wet Hands		1	6.67%	1	6.67%

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Frozen Peaks	`frozen_peaks`	`biome.minecraft.frozen_peaks`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`frozen_peaks`	`183`

Biome definition

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Achievements


Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Adventuring Time	Discover 17 biomes.	Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.	40	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 56^{[until: Fourth Drop 2026]}/57^[upcoming] biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean Dappled Forest Dark Forest Deep Cold Ocean Deep Dark Deep Frozen Ocean Deep Lukewarm Ocean Deep Ocean Desert Dripstone Caves Eroded Badlands Flower Forest Forest Frozen Ocean Frozen Peaks Frozen River Grove Ice Caves Ice Spikes Jagged Peaks Jungle Lukewarm Ocean Lush Caves Mangrove Swamp Meadow Mushroom Fields Ocean Old Growth Birch Forest Old Growth Pine Taiga Old Growth Spruce Taiga Pale Garden Plains River Savanna Savanna Plateau Snowy Beach Snowy Plains Snowy Slopes Snowy Taiga Sparse Jungle Stony Peaks Stony Shore Sunflower Plains Sulfur Caves Swamp Taiga Warm Ocean Windswept Forest Windswept Gravelly Hills Windswept Hills Windswept Savanna Wooded Badlands The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Announcement

September 28, 2019							During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020							The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.18	Experimental Snapshot 1	Added snowcapped peaks.
	experimental snapshot 2	Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in snowcapped peaks.
	experimental snapshot 3	Snowcapped peaks no longer generate with dirt under snow layer.
		Pillager outposts now generate in snowcapped peaks.
		Goats now spawn in snowcapped peaks.
	experimental snapshot 5	Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
		Mountain areas and peak biomes are now slightly larger on average.
		Raised the average mountain height.
		Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
	21w37a	Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 180.
	21w40a	"Snowcapped Peaks" has been renamed to "Frozen Peaks".
	21w40a	The ID `snowcapped_peaks` has been changed to `frozen_peaks`.
	21w41a	The sky color of frozen peaks has been changed from #79a6ff to #859dff.
	21w44a	Powder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.^[1]
	21w44a	Frozen peaks are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.20	23w17a	"A Familiar Room" can now be played in frozen peaks.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.220.50	Added the snowcapped peaks biome.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.220.52	The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y=256.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.20.22	Goats no longer spawn in snowcapped peaks.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.20.23	Hostile mobs can now spawn in snowcapped peaks.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.40.20	Infested stone now generates in snowcapped peaks.
1.17.40 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.40.20	Goats now spawn in snowcapped peaks again.
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.20	Frozen peaks can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
		Villagers, rabbits, and foxes spawned in the Frozen Peaks biomes now spawn as their respective snowy variants.^[2]
		Goats now spawn in the frozen peaks.^[3]
	beta 1.18.0.24	Changed the biome ID `snow_capped_peaks` to `frozen_peaks`.
1.21.90	Preview 1.21.90.26	Added cold color grading and lighting to frozen peaks in Vibrant Visuals.
26.50	Preview 26.50.22	Bats now spawn in frozen peaks.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.60 Experiment Drop 4 of 2026	Preview 26.60.29	Added frostbites, which can spawn in frozen peaks.