How do you get Snowball in Minecraft?

Snowball is obtained through mining. There is no recipe for Snowball, but 1 recipe asks for it.

Where do you find Snowball in chests?

Snowball is chest loot in the ancient city ice box (about 97%, 2 to 6 at a time) and snowy village houses (about 66%, 1 to 7 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

How many Snowball can you stack?

Snowball at 16 a slot, and Snow Block takes 4 per craft, so a full slot is 4 Snow Block with nothing left over. A shulker box of Snowball comes to 432, over 27 slots.

What is Snowball used for?

Snowball is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Snow Block.

When was Snowball added to Minecraft?

Snowball was added in the early Alpha development period.

Miscellaneous

Snowball

A throwable item obtained by digging snow layers or mining snow blocks without Silk Touch. Thrown snowballs knock back targets and deal damage only to blazes and the ender dragon.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Snowball at a glance

Snowball, an item out of mining, sits under Miscellaneous. A slot of Snowball holds 16, nine slots hold 144, and 432 fill a chest.

Snowball additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Snow Block. Of the 2 kinds of generated chest that can hold Snowball, the ancient city ice box is the best bet at about 97% per chest. It sits between Snout Armor Trim Smithing Template and Spire Armor Trim in Miscellaneous, number 120 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Snow Block is the one recipe that asks for Snowball, and the link below opens that grid. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Snowball.

Snow Block

How to obtain

Mining

Mobs that drop it

Snow Golem drops 0 to 15 of them.

Notes

Not a block; stacks to 16. Four snowballs craft a snow block. Snow golems throw them automatically.

Frequently asked questions about Snowball

How do you get Snowball in Minecraft?
Snowball is obtained through mining. There is no recipe for Snowball, but 1 recipe asks for it.
Where do you find Snowball in chests?
Snowball is chest loot in the ancient city ice box (about 97%, 2 to 6 at a time) and snowy village houses (about 66%, 1 to 7 at a time). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
How many Snowball can you stack?
Snowball at 16 a slot, and Snow Block takes 4 per craft, so a full slot is 4 Snow Block with nothing left over. A shulker box of Snowball comes to 432, over 27 slots.
Which mobs drop Snowball?
Snow Golem drops 0 to 15 of them.
What is Snowball used for?
Snowball is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Snow Block.
When was Snowball added to Minecraft?
Snowball was added in the early Alpha development period.

Building with it

Snowballs come from shovelling snow, and four make a snow block. Thrown they do no damage to most things but knock back, and against blazes they actually hurt, which makes a stack of snowballs a legitimate weapon in a fortress.

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