Blue Ice

# How to make Blue Ice in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft blue ice with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, there are two ways to add blue ice to your inventory. You can either craft this item with a crafting table or you can find and gather this item in the game. Gathering blue ice is a bit tricky because you need to mine it with a tool that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

Let's explore how to add blue ice to your inventory.

## Supported Platforms

Blue ice is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

 Pocket Edition (PE)
 Xbox 360
 Xbox One
 PS3
 PS4
 Wii U
 Nintendo Switch
 Windows 10 Edition
 Education Edition

\* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.

NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

## Where to find Blue Ice in Creative Mode

* Java
* PE
* Xbox
* PS
* Nintendo
* Win10
* Edu

### Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find blue ice in the Creative Inventory menu:

 Java Edition (PC/Mac)

#### Definitions

* Platform is the platform that applies.
* Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (*we have tested and confirmed this version number*).
* Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

## Required Materials to make Blue Ice

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft blue ice:

## How to craft Blue Ice using a Crafting Table in Survival Mode

### 1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

### 2. Add Items to make Blue Ice

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make blue ice, place 9 packed ice in the 3x3 crafting grid.

When making blue ice, it is important that the packed ice are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 3 packed ice. In the second row, there should be 3 packed ice. In the third row, there should be 3 packed ice. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for blue ice.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, blue ice will appear in the box to the right.

### 3. Move the Blue Ice to Inventory

Once you have crafted blue ice, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made blue ice in Minecraft!

## How to gather Blue Ice in Survival Mode

You can add blue ice to your inventory in Survival mode by mining blue ice with a tool that has been enchanted with Silk Touch. So let's get started!

### 1. Find a Block of Blue Ice

First, you need to find a block of blue ice in your Minecraft world. Blue ice is usually found in the Frozen Ocean or Deep Frozen Ocean biomes.

#### Deep Frozen Ocean

This is what a block of blue ice looks like:

### 2. Hold a Tool with Silk Touch

To mine the blue ice, you need to use a tool with Silk Touch such as pickaxe, shovel, or axe:

#### Axe

In this example, we are going to use an iron shovel that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

### 3. Mine the Blue Ice

The game control to mine the blue ice depends on the version of Minecraft:

* For Java Edition (PC/Mac), left click and hold on the blue ice.
* For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap and hold on the blue ice.
* For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press and hold the RT button on the Xbox controller.
* For PS3 and PS4, press and hold the R2 button on the PS controller.
* For Wii U, press and hold the ZR button on the gamepad.
* For Nintendo Switch, press and hold the ZR button on the controller.
* For Windows 10 Edition, left click and hold on the blue ice.
* For Education Edition, left click and hold on the blue ice.

The blue ice will break and a smaller block of blue ice will float on the ground.

TIP: Normally when you mine blue ice, the blue ice will shatter. However, when you mine the blue ice using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, you will get the blue ice as a drop.

### 4. Pick up the Blue Ice

Make sure you pick up the blue ice before it disappears.

Once you pick up the blue ice, it will appear in your hotbar.

Blue ice is useful item and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

## Item ID and Name

* Java
* PE
* Xbox
* PS
* Nintendo
* Win10
* Edu

### Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, blue ice has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

(*Minecraft ID Name*)
(*minecraft:blue\_ice*)

#### Definitions

* Description is what the item is called and (*Minecraft ID Name*) is the string value that is used in game commands.
* Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
* Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (*NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.*)
* Platform is the platform that applies.
* Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

## Give Command for Blue Ice

* Java
* PE
* Xbox
* PS
* Nintendo
* Win10
* Edu

### Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.20, the /give command for Blue Ice is:

```
/give @p blue_ice 1

```