Frozen Ocean biome in Minecraft
The Frozen Ocean is the coldest sea in the Overworld. Snow falls on it, much of its surface freezes into ice, icebergs of packed ice rise from the water and polar bears walk across the floes. Below the surface it is almost empty: no kelp, no seagrass, and salmon as the only fish.
/execute in minecraft:overworld run tp @s 824 90 200 180 20Climate
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Temperature
- 0
- Downfall
- 0.5
- Weather
- Snow
How to find a Frozen Ocean
/locate biome minecraft: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.
Frozen Ocean in numbers
- Share of the world
- 2.2%of the Overworld surface
- Rarity rank
- 37 / 521 = the rarest
- Distance from spawn
- ~1,950 blocksmedian, 1,000 worlds
- Within 1,000 blocks
- 25.6%of worlds
Deep Frozen Ocean31%
Snowy Beach21.8%
Snowy Plains9.3%
Stony Shore8.6%Frozen River6.6%// 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 840 64 152 180 -2Mobs in the Frozen Ocean
Structures in the Frozen Ocean
Ice, icebergs and snow
The Frozen Ocean is cold enough for snow and for the water surface to freeze into Ice, so you cross wide sheets of it broken by open water. Icebergs stand out above it. Most are made of Packed Ice; a rare few are solid Blue Ice. Blue Ice also grows in small clusters under the waterline, stuck to the underside of icebergs.
All three ice blocks drop nothing unless you mine them with Silk Touch. Break normal ice above water without it and it turns back into water, which can open a hole right under your feet. Packed Ice is the better building block: unlike normal ice, it never melts, even next to torches.
Polar bears on the floes
This sea and the Deep Frozen Ocean are the only biomes where Polar Bears can spawn on ice, so you meet them far from land. Adults leave you alone, but they attack if you get close to a cub or if you hit them. When killed, they drop raw cod or Raw Salmon.
Getting across
There are no dolphins, kelp or seagrass here, and salmon are the only fish. Travel by boat: an Oak Boat slides fast on ice and still floats in open water, so you can cross floes and gaps without getting out. Frost Walker boots freeze a path across the water as you walk. The shores around are usually snowy, like a Snowy Beach or Snowy Plains.
✓ Checked in Java Edition 26.3 · updated 1 November 2026
Frozen Ocean — FAQ
Are polar bears hostile in the Frozen Ocean?
Not usually. An adult attacks when you get close to its cub or when you hit it, so give bears with cubs a wide berth.
How do you cross a Frozen Ocean quickly?
By boat. Boats slide fast on ice and float in the gaps, so you can stay seated across floes and open water. Frost Walker boots are the alternative on foot.
Which mobs spawn in the 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 Frozen Ocean?
Mineshaft, Ocean Ruins, Ruined Portal, Shipwreck, Stronghold and Trial Chambers.
How do you find the Frozen Ocean?
With cheats on, /locate biome minecraft:frozen_ocean gives the coordinates of the nearest one. Without cheats, a seed map of your world shows where it is.
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