Blue Ice

Frequently asked questions about Blue Ice

1. 

   How do you get Blue Ice in Minecraft?

   Blue Ice is crafted from Packed Ice at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from mining with Silk Touch, and Blue Ice from found naturally in icebergs and frozen oceans, not just the recipe above.

2. 

   Where do you find Blue Ice in chests?

   Blue Ice is chest loot in one place and one only: snowy village houses (roughly 1 in 10). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

3. 

   How long does Blue Ice take to break?

   The two numbers behind Blue Ice are 2.8 for mining and 2.8 against explosions. The pair on Blue Ice being level means it has no hidden strength against explosives. Use a pickaxe on Blue Ice to speed it up; no particular tier is required. Java 26.2 sets Blue Ice at these values, and we copied them onto it.

4. 

   How many Blue Ice can you stack?

   64 Blue Ice fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Packed Ice, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Blue Ice comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

5. 

   What is Blue Ice used for?

   Blue Ice is a dense, slippery ice block that is even more slippery than packed ice. Boats travel extremely fast across it, making it ideal for high-speed ice roads.

6. 

   When was Blue Ice added to Minecraft?

   Blue Ice was added in version 1.13.