Deep Frozen Ocean biome in Minecraft
The Deep Frozen Ocean is the deep version of the Frozen Ocean: icebergs of packed ice rise over dark water, polar bears roam the ice and salmon are the only fish. It is the only frozen sea where an ocean monument can generate, and one of the best places to stock up on blue ice.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s 1248 85 -128 180 18Climate
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Temperature
- 0.5
- Downfall
- 0.5
- Weather
- Rain
How to find a Deep Frozen Ocean
/locate biome minecraft:deep_frozen_oceanMap by Chunkbase, shown as a companion to this guide. Without your seed, it shows an example world. Results depend on the edition and version you pick.
Deep Frozen Ocean in numbers
- Share of the world
- 1.2%of the Overworld surface
- Rarity rank
- 28 / 521 = the rarest
- Distance from spawn
- ~2,390 blocksmedian, 1,000 worlds
- Within 1,000 blocks
- 18.7%of worlds
// 1,000 random seeds, normal world. Java 26.2 world generation computed with cubiomes, plus the 26.3 Dappled Forest rule. Estimates, not exact 26.3 values.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s 1264 48 -128 65 5Mobs in the Deep Frozen Ocean
Structures in the Deep Frozen Ocean
A frozen sea over deep water
Icebergs, Polar Bears and salmon are the same as in the shallow Frozen Ocean, but the floor lies much lower. The Gravel down there is bare: like every frozen sea, it has no kelp and no seagrass. Squid, nautiluses and drowned share the dark water, and dolphins never show up. Polar bears can spawn right on the ice, far from any coast, so keep an eye out for cubs when you land on a floe.
Harvesting blue ice
Most icebergs are Packed Ice, and a rare few are made entirely of Blue Ice. Blue Ice also forms in clusters under the waterline against the icebergs, so dive along their sides. Bring a pickaxe with Silk Touch: without it, every ice block breaks into nothing.
Blue Ice is worth the trip. It never melts, even next to a light source, and boats slide on it faster than on any other block, which makes it the material of choice for long ice roads. If you only find packed ice, craft nine of it into one Blue Ice.
A monument under the ice
Because it is a deep ocean biome, this is the only frozen sea that can hide an Ocean Monument. As in every deep sea, it only generates where the surroundings are ocean or river as well. The fight is the same as in warmer water: guardians, three Elder Guardians and their Mining Fatigue. Each Elder Guardian drops a wet sponge that you can dry in a furnace. Stone brick Ocean Ruins lie on the floor as well. Pack a Potion of Water Breathing, since the monument sits far below the surface.
✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026
Deep Frozen Ocean — FAQ
Can an ocean monument spawn in a Frozen Ocean?
Not in the shallow one. Monuments need a deep ocean biome, so among the frozen seas only the Deep Frozen Ocean can have one.
Why does blue ice disappear when I mine it?
Without Silk Touch, Blue Ice drops nothing. Use a Silk Touch pickaxe, or craft Blue Ice from nine Packed Ice.
Which mobs spawn in the Deep Frozen Ocean?
Polar Bear, Spider, Skeleton, Creeper, Slime, Zombie, Enderman, Zombie Villager, Witch, Drowned, Bat, Nautilus, Squid, Glow Squid and Salmon. Frostbite: Coming in 26.4.
Which structures generate in the Deep Frozen Ocean?
Mineshaft, Ocean Monument, Ocean Ruins, Ruined Portal, Shipwreck, Stronghold and Trial Chambers.
How do you find the Deep Frozen Ocean?
With cheats on, /locate biome minecraft:deep_frozen_ocean gives the coordinates of the nearest one. Without cheats, a seed map of your world shows where it is.
