Ice Caves

minecraft:ice_caves

Ice Caves data for Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5, read straight from the game files.

Mobs that spawn here

Category	Mob	Weight	Group size
ambient	Bat	10	8
monster	Creeper	100	4
monster	Skeleton	90	4
monster	Stray	10	4
monster	Frostbite	50	4
monster	Slime	100	4
monster	Spider	100	4
monster	Zombie	50	4
monster	Enderman	10	random 1–4
monster	Witch	5	1
monster	Zombie Villager	5	1
underground water creature	Glow Squid	10	random 2–4

Climate

Temperature	0
Downfall	0
Precipitation	True
Sky colour	#7fa1ff
Water colour	#14559b

Data

From data/minecraft/worldgen/biome/ice_caves.json.

attributes

audio/background_music	`{"default": {"max_delay": 24000, "min_delay": 12000, "sound": "minecraft:music.overworld.sulfur_caves"}}`
gameplay/natural_mob_spawns	`{"argument": {"spawn_costs": {}, "spawns_by_category": {"ambient": [{"type": "minecraft:bat", "count": 8, "weight": 10}], "monster": [{"type": "minecraft:creeper", "count": 4, "weight": 100}, {"type": "minecraft:skeleton", "count": 4, "weight": 90}, {"type": …`
visual/fog_color	#14559b
visual/sky_color	#7fa1ff
visual/water_fog_color	#14559b

carvers ["minecraft:cave", "minecraft:cave_extra_underground", "minecraft:canyon"]

downfall 0.0

effects {"water_color": "#14559b"}

features [[], ["minecraft:lake_lava_underground", "minecraft:lake_lava_surface"], ["minecraft:amethyst_geode", "minecraft:large_icicle"], ["minecraft:monster_room", "minecraft:monster_room_deep"], [], [], ["minecraft:ore_gravel", "minecraft:ore_diorite_upper", "minecr…

has_precipitation true

temperature 0.0

Extracted from Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5 on 22 October 2026. 9Minecraft is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.