Frozen River

This article is about the frozen river. For the regular variant of the river, see River.
Frozen River

Frozen River.png: Infobox image for Frozen River the biome in Minecraft

Frozen River Vibrant Visuals.png: Infobox image for Frozen River the biome in Minecraft

Features

Disk

Blocks

Ice
Water
Grass Block
Dirt
Clay
Sand
Gravel
Bush
Sugar Cane[Note 1]
Oak Log
Leaves

Climate

Temperature

0.0

Downfall

0.5

Precipitation

Yes

Colors

Grass color


 #80B497

Foliage color


 #60A17B

Water color


 #3938C9‌

 #185390‌ 

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A frozen river is an ice topped variant of the river that replaces it in cold regions.

Description

In a frozen river biome, the water is completely covered in a layer of ice. Riverbeds consist of dirt, sand, gravel, and clay, and are one of the few places where clay generates, alongside lakes, swamps, lush caves and in the shallow variants of frozen, cold and lukewarm oceans, as well as normal oceans. Seagrass does not generate on the riverbed. While sugar cane can generate alongside a frozen riverbank, it often uproots itself after generation due to the water being frozen. Oak trees and grass can still generate here if this biome generates on land. Sometimes, frozen rivers can generate next to regular taiga biomes, as these are able to generate in the same temperature range as frozen rivers.[1]

Mobs

Strays, a variant of skeletons can spawn here‌. In Bedrock Edition, like some other cold biomes, only strays, skeletons and slimes can spawn as well as drowned. Salmon spawn in the water here. In Java Edition, no land based passive mobs spawn. In Bedrock Edition however, rabbits and polar bears spawn on land here. The following mobs are naturally spawned here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper100⁄5164
Skeleton100⁄5164
Slime[note 1]100⁄5164
Spider100⁄5164
Zombie95⁄5164
Enderman10⁄5161–4
Witch5⁄5161
Zombie Villager5⁄5161
Drowned1⁄5161
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
Water creature category
Squid11–4
Water ambient category
Salmon11–5
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Slime[note 1]100⁄2251
Stray96⁄2251–2
Skeleton24⁄2251–2
Drowned5⁄2252–4
Creature category
Glow Squid10⁄232–4
Squid8⁄232–4
Rabbit4⁄232–3
Polar Bear1⁄231–2
Water creature category
Salmon13–5
  1. ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks. 
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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
BiomeSprite frozen-river.png: Sprite image for frozen-river in Minecraft Frozen Riverfrozen_riverbiome.minecraft.frozen_river

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite frozen-river.png: Sprite image for frozen-river in Minecraft [No displayed name]frozen_river11

History

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseAdded FrozenRiver.
1.7.213w36aFrozen river is now required for the new "Adventuring Time" achievement.
1.1318w16aRenamed "FrozenRiver" to "Frozen River".
1.21.525w05aAdded bushes, which can generate in frozen rivers.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0Added many biomes, including frozen rivers.
v0.13.0build 1Added rabbits, which can spawn in frozen rivers.
v0.15.0build 1Added strays, which spawn in frozen river biomes.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added polar bears, which can spawn in frozen rivers.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.13beta 1.2.13.8Added drowned, which spawn in frozen river biomes.
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Added salmon, which spawn in frozen rivers.
Frozen rivers now generate with seagrass.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Squid can now spawn in frozen rivers.
1.21.70
Experiment
Drop 1 2025		Preview 1.21.70.20Added bushes, which can generate in frozen rivers.
1.21.90Preview 1.21.90.26Added cold atmospherics, color grading, fog, and lighting to frozen rivers in Vibrant Visuals.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1317w47aIf numeric IDs for biomes were ever deprecated, it was most likely in this version.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

  • A frozen river in a cold biome.
    A frozen river in a cold biome.
  • A frozen river single biome world before 1.18.
    A frozen river single biome world before 1.18.
  • Frozen river carved a fjord through mountainous terrain.
    Frozen river carved a fjord through mountainous terrain.
  • A frozen river that continued through a taiga, leading to odd-looking generation.
    A frozen river that continued through a taiga, leading to odd-looking generation.
  • A frozen river in Bedrock Edition.
    A frozen river in Bedrock Edition.
  • A frozen river with ray tracing.
    A frozen river with ray tracing.

In other media

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ While sugar cane can generate alongside a frozen riverbank, it often uproots itself after generation due to the water being frozen.

References

  1. ↑ MC-239444 — Frozen rivers can generate in the middle of taiga biomes — resolved as "Works As Intended".

External links

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