Frozen River
Frozen River — biome.
Obtaining
Natural generation
A frozen river forms a cold water channel between landmasses. Like a normal river it cuts a long valley below sea level, can make a fjord or a loop, and may end inland rather than reaching the ocean. It is selected for the coldest climate zones and can replace a swamp; frozen rivers commonly meet a frozen ocean at their outlet.
| Temperature | 0 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.5 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
Sounds
The biome uses the normal overworld and creative tracks on land, with the underwater music set while the player is submerged. The sound selection is part of the biome attributes rather than a separate block sound.
| Default track | music.game |
|---|---|
| Creative track | music.creative |
| Underwater track | music.under_water |
Climate and environment
Ice covers the water surface and snow collects on the banks, while seagrass remains on the river bed. Bushes, sugar cane, firefly bushes and the ordinary river features can still generate, although sugar cane often uproots when its water freezes. Salmon and squids inhabit the water. The local spawn lists also include bats, spiders, zombies, skeletons, creepers, witches, endermen, drowned, glow squids and slimes; slimes are still limited by slime chunks.
| Water color | #3938c9 |
|---|---|
| Sky color | #7fa1ff |
| Temperature | 0.0 |
| Downfall | 0.5 |
| Precipitation | Rain and snow |
| Salmon group | 1–5 |
| Glow squid group | 4–6 |
| Ambient bat group | 8 |
| Monster groups | Spider, zombie, skeleton, creeper, witch, enderman and drowned entries |
| Freeze feature | freeze_top_layer |
Data values
The biome uses a cold climate profile, true precipitation, a blue sky tint, and the stable `minecraft:frozen_river` identifier. Its feature pipeline includes caves, ores, amethyst, monster rooms, springs, river vegetation and the final freeze-top-layer pass.
| Identifier | minecraft:frozen_river |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Local source | Frozen Riverfrozen_river |
| Source path | data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/frozen_river.json |
| Surface | Ice over water near the shore |
| Feature set | Caves, ores, seagrass, bushes, sugar cane and freeze-top-layer |
| Spawn rule | Cold overworld river biome |
| Sky color | #7fa1ff |
| Carvers | Cave, extra underground cave and canyon |
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See also
References
The page is assembled from the biome record and the shared overworld feature
builders, so the generated facts can be checked without an editorial mirror.
| Local source | Frozen Riverfrozen_river |
|---|---|
| Biome record | data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/frozen_river.json |
| Biome registration | net/minecraft/data/worldgen/biome/BiomeData.java |
| Biome builder | net/minecraft/data/worldgen/biome/OverworldBiomes.java |
| Feature defaults | net/minecraft/data/worldgen/BiomeDefaultFeatures.java |
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Data and provenance
minecraft:frozen_river
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Facts
| Temperature | 0 |
|---|---|
| Downfall | 0.5 |
| Precipitation | Yes |
| Biome effects | {"waterColor":"#3938c9","skyColor":"#7fa1ff"} |
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