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 as piles (and in some houses or meeting points) in snowy plains villages.
Packed ice also generates in ancient cities.
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Ice |
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Packed Ice | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 2–6 | 80.5% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| 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.
In Java Edition, when a non-full block of half-block or less in height is placed on top of packed ice, the block inherits the same 'slipperiness' as the ice below it for most entities, not including boats due to a bug.[1] Additionally, any non-full block inherits the 'slipperiness' for items.
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 | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | random | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.4 | 0.6 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
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 |  Added packed ice.
| |||
| 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 |  The texture of packed ice has been changed. | |||
| 18w49a | Packed ice now generate in the updated snowy tundra villages. | ||||
| 19w05a | Added wandering traders, which sell packed ice. | ||||
| 1.19 | 22w13a | Packed ice now generate as part of ancient cities. | |||
| 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.
| |||
| 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. | |||||
| 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.
Trivia[]
- Packed Ice is displayed as "Compressed Ice" in clients that use English (United Kingdom).
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.
