Cold Ocean

Cold Ocean
Structures	Shipwreck; Ocean ruins; Mineshaft; Trial Chambers
Blocks	Water; Gravel; Dirt; Sand; Clay; Seagrass; Kelp
Climate
Temperature	0.5
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	; #8EB971
Foliage color	; #71A74D
Water color	; #3D57D6‌[JE only]; ; #2080C9‌[BE only]
Underwater fog color	; #050533‌[JE only]; ; #14559B‌[BE only]

The cold ocean is a cold variant of oceans.

Description

The separate colors of each ocean variant in *Java Edition*.

The cold ocean uses a dark indigo water color at the surface and often generates next to cold biomes like taigas and old growth taigas. Like regular oceans and frozen oceans, its floor is made up mainly of gravel. The vegetation in cold oceans also has less seagrass compared to other ocean variants.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In **Java Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Skeleton	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Slime^{[note 1]}	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Spider	¹⁰⁰⁄₅₂₀	4
Zombie	⁹⁵⁄₅₂₀	4
Enderman	¹⁰⁄₅₂₀	1–4
Drowned^{[note 2]}	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Witch	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Zombie Villager	⁵⁄₅₂₀	1
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid	1	4–6
Water creature category
Nautilus^{[note 3]}	³⁄₆	1–3
Squid	³⁄₆	1–4
Water ambient category
Cod	¹⁵⁄₃₀	3–6
Salmon	¹⁵⁄₃₀	1–5
Ambient category
Bat	1	8

↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
↑ ^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}

In **Bedrock Edition**
Mob	Spawn weight	Group size
Monster category
Creeper	100	1
Drowned^{[note 1]}	100	2–4
Slime^{[note 2]}	100	1
Spider	100	1
Zombie	95	2–4
Skeleton	80	1–2
Enderman	10	1–2
Witch	5	1
Zombie Villager	5	2–4
Creature category
Glow Squid	10	2–4
Nautilus^{[note 3]}	8	1–3
Squid	8	2–4
Dolphin	7	3–5
Water creature category
Cod	75	4–7
Salmon	26	3–5

↑ In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.
↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
↑ ^{[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}

Sounds

When in any ocean biome, unique ocean ambience play randomly. Normal overworld tracks also play, alongside "Axolotl", "Dragon Fish", and "Shuniji", as the requirements for those are merely to be underwater rather than biome-determined.

Ambience

List
Name	Sound	Group
Underwater Ambience		Loop
Bubbles 1		Loop Additions
Bubbles 2
Bubbles 3
Bubbles 4
Bubbles 5
Bubbles 6
Water 1
Water 2
Animal 1		Rare Loop Additions
Bass Whale 1
Bass Whale 2
Crackles 1
Crackles 2
Driplets 1
Driplets 2
Earth Crack
Animal 2		Ultra Rare Loop Additions
Dark 1
Dark 2
Dark 3
Dark 4

Music

Filename in Minecraft	Gameplay	Soundtrack Title	Soundtrack
axolotl.ogg	Underwater	"Axolotl"	—
dragon_fish.ogg	Underwater	"Dragon Fish"	—
shuniji.ogg	Underwater	"Shuniji"	—

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Cold Ocean	`cold_ocean`	`biome.minecraft.cold_ocean`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID
[No displayed name]	`cold_ocean`	`46`

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
		Sail the 7 Seas	Visit all ocean biomes	Visit all ocean biomes except the deep warm ocean/legacy frozen ocean (as they are unused).	40	Gold

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventuring Time	Discover every biome	Visit all of these 54 biomes: Badlands Bamboo Jungle Beach Birch Forest Cherry Grove Cold Ocean 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 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 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.

Video

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.13	18w08a	Added ocean variants, including cold ocean.
	18w09a	Added underwater ruin structures, which generate in all oceans.
	18w10a	Cold ocean is now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
	18w11a	Added shipwrecks, which generate in all oceans.
	18w15a	Ocean variants now have their own water colors.
1.16	20w06a	Underwater ruins and shipwrecks are now rarer.
1.17	21w06a	Cold ocean biomes generate with a stone floor below Y=50 instead of a gravel floor.^[1]
1.17	21w15a	Cold oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Added cold oceans.
	beta 1.2.14.2	Added shipwrecks.
	beta 1.2.20.1	Added underwater ruins.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.16.230.56	Cold oceans generate with a stone floor below Y=51 instead of a gravel floor behind the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle.^[2] This does not occur in the Old world type.
1.17.30 Experiment Caves and Cliffs	beta 1.17.30.23	Cold oceans generate with a gravel floor once again.
1.21.60	Preview 1.21.60.23	Kelp now generates more frequently and in denser patches.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added ocean variants, including cold oceans.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added shipwrecks, and underwater ruins.

Data history

Java Edition
1.18			21w37a				Prior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 46.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

A cold ocean single biome world before 1.18.
A cold ocean next to a taiga in the Taiga Bay seed template thumbnail.
A cold ocean with ray tracing.

References

↑ MC-214783 — Oceans generate with stone floors — resolved as "Fixed".
↑ MCPE-125235 — Ocean floors are generated with stone floors

External links

"Around the Block: Cold Ocean" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, March 3, 2023.

Navigation

[Slime-1] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Drowned-2] In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.

[Nautilus-3] {[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}

[Drowned-4] In Mounts of Mayhem^[upcoming], adult drowned wielding a trident have a 50% chance of spawning mounted on a zombie nautilus.

[Slime-5] Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

[Nautilus-6] {[upcoming Mounts of Mayhem]}

[7] MC-214783 — Oceans generate with stone floors — resolved as "Fixed".

[8] MCPE-125235 — Ocean floors are generated with stone floors

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Climate
Structures	Shipwreck Ocean ruins Mineshaft Trial Chambers
Blocks	Water Gravel Dirt Sand Clay Seagrass Kelp
Temperature	0.5
Downfall	0.5
Precipitation	Yes
Colors
Grass color	#8EB971
Foliage color	#71A74D
Water color	#3D57D6‌^{[JE only]} #2080C9‌^{[BE only]}
Underwater fog color	#050533‌^{[JE only]} #14559B‌^{[BE only]}