Frozen Peaks

This article is about the frozen peaks biome. For an overview of all mountain biomes, see Mountains.
Frozen Peaks

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

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

Structures

Pillager Outpost

Blocks

Snow
Powder Snow
Stone
Snow Block
Ice
Packed Ice
Emerald Ore
Infested Stone

Climate

Temperature

-0.7

Downfall

0.9

Precipitation

Yes

Colors

Grass color


 #80B497

Foliage color


 #60A17B

Water color


 #3F76E4
[JE only]

 #44AFF5
[BE only]

Frozen peaks are snowy mountain peak biomes made out of ice and packed ice covered by snow blocks.

Description

The frozen peaks are covered by snow, snow blocks, with glaciers of packed ice and occasional small blobs of ice. Packed ice cliffs can generate in steep sides to the east or north with only a layer of snow covering them. Because this biome generates in positive weirdness, this biome usually generates in smaller and smoother hills, but it can also generate on taller and more jagged and pointy peaks but less compared to the jagged peaks biome. Frozen peaks generate in temperate, cold, and snowy biome temperature ranges. Frozen peaks generate in positive weirdness. This biome generates next to most plains, sunflower plains, flower forests, most forests, birch forests, dark forests, taigas, old growth taigas, snowy plains, ice spikes, and snowy taigas.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here:

In Java Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Spider1005154
Zombie955154
Zombie Villager55151
Skeleton1005154
Creeper1005154
Slime[note 1]1005154
Enderman105151–4
Witch55151
Creature category
Goat11–3
Underground water creature category
Glow Squid14–6
Ambient category
Bat18
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
In Bedrock Edition
MobSpawn weightGroup size
Monster category
Creeper1001
Slime[note 1]1001
Spider1001
Stray961–2
Zombie952–4
Skeleton241–2
Enderman101–2
Witch51
Zombie Villager52–4
Creature category
Glow Squid102–4
Goat51–3
Rabbit42–3
Polar Bear11–2
  1. Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.

Sounds

Music

Previews of tracks in Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "11" and "Magnetic Circuit" are exempt from this.
Filename
in Minecraft
Gameplay Soundtrack Title Soundtrack Track preview Weight
piano1.ogg The Overworld "Dry Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 12 1
piano2.ogg The Overworld "Wet Hands" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 13 1
piano3.ogg The Overworld "Mice on Venus" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 11 1
hal1.ogg The Overworld "Subwoofer Lullaby" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 1
hal2.ogg The Overworld "Living Mice" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 5 1
hal3.ogg The Overworld "Haggstrom" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 7 1
hal4.ogg The Overworld "Danny" Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 1
stand_tall.ogg Stony Peaks, Snowy Slopes, Jagged Peaks, Frozen Peaks "Stand Tall" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1 2
one_more_day.ogg Lush Caves, Meadow, Snowy Slopes, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld "One More Day" Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 6 1
lilypad.ogg Grove, Frozen Peaks, the Overworld and Main menu "Lilypad" Minecraft: Chase the Skies (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 1

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
BiomeSprite frozen-peaks.png: Sprite image for frozen-peaks in Minecraft Frozen Peaksfrozen_peaksbiome.minecraft.frozen_peaks

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID
BiomeSprite frozen-peaks.png: Sprite image for frozen-peaks in Minecraft [No displayed name]frozen_peaks183

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Adventuring TimeDiscover 17 biomes.Visit any 17 biomes. Does not have to be in a single world.40Silver

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Adventuring TimeDiscover every biome The advancement is only for Overworld biomes. Other biomes may also be visited, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Announcement

September 28, 2019During MINECON Live 2019, the mountains won the community biome vote; additions were improved terrain generation, powder snow, and goats.
October 3, 2020The Caves & Cliffs update was announced at Minecraft Live 2020, showing a sneak peek at goats and the new mountain generation.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.18Experimental Snapshot 1Added snowcapped peaks.
experimental snapshot 2Infested stone and emerald ore now generate in snowcapped peaks.
experimental snapshot 3Snowcapped peaks no longer generate with dirt under snow layer.
Pillager outposts now generate in snowcapped peaks.
Goats now spawn in snowcapped peaks.
experimental snapshot 5Mountain tops are now more jagged and pointy.
Mountain areas and peak biomes are now slightly larger on average.
Raised the average mountain height.
Fixed an unintentional change from snapshot 4 that made mountains lower and smoother.
21w40a"Snowcapped Peaks" has been renamed to "Frozen Peaks".
21w41aThe sky color of frozen peaks has been changed from
 #79a6ff
to
 #859dff
.
21w44aPowder snow strips are now exposed to the surface, instead of covering by a layer of snow blocks.[1]
Frozen peaks are now required for the "Adventuring Time" advancement.
1.2023w17a"A Familiar Room" can now be played in frozen peaks.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.220
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.16.220.50Added the snowcapped peaks biome.
beta 1.16.220.52The terrain of the new mountains is now cut off at Y=256.
1.17.30
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.17.20.22Goats no longer spawn in snowcapped peaks.
beta 1.17.20.23Hostile mobs can now spawn in snowcapped peaks.
1.17.40
Experiment
Caves and Cliffs
beta 1.17.40.20Infested stone now generates in snowcapped peaks.
Goats now spawn in snowcapped peaks again.
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.20Frozen peaks can now generate by default without enabling experimental gameplay.
Villagers, rabbits, and foxes spawned in the Frozen Peaks biomes now spawn as their respective snowy variants.[2]
Goats now spawn in the frozen peaks.[3]
1.21.90Preview 1.21.90.26Added cold atmospherics, color grading, fog, and lighting to frozen peaks in Vibrant Visuals.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.18.321.18.10.04Added the frozen peaks.

Data history

Java Edition
1.1821w37aPrior to the removal of numerical biome IDs, this biome's numerical ID was 180.
21w40aThe ID snowcapped_peaks has been changed to frozen_peaks.
Bedrock Edition
1.18.0beta 1.18.0.24Changed the biome ID snow_capped_peaks to frozen_peaks.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

See also

References

External links

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