Mojang Confirms Minecraft Ice Caves Update, Adding 1 New Mob and Throwable Ice Balls
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Updated · IGN · Sep 26
Mojang Confirms Minecraft Ice Caves Update, Adding 1 New Mob and Throwable Ice Balls
3 articles · Updated · IGN · Sep 26
Summary
Minecraft’s next game drop will add Ice Caves, a rare underground extension of cold biomes revealed by Mojang at Minecraft LIVE.
The new biome brings glowing ice crystals and a hostile Frozen Zombie that stacks freezing with melee hits and throws ice balls that deal damage and knockback.
Ice balls will also become player tools: Frozen drop them on death, they can be crafted as weapons, and they can brew a new potion that freezes players.
Normal zombies can convert into Frozen when exposed to powder snow, extending Minecraft’s mob-conversion system and opening new possibilities for advanced mob farms.
Mojang framed the update as a way to deepen cold-biome exploration, with placeable ice crystals that work horizontally or vertically and can also serve as light sources.