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Packed Ice in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Packed Ice is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Packed Ice.
What is Packed Ice?
Packed Ice is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 0.5 and a blast resistance of 0.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Packed Ice does not emit light. Packed Ice filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:packed_ice. Command: /give @p minecraft:packed_ice 1.
How to mine Packed Ice
Packed Ice can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.75 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 2.5 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Packed Ice drops
When broken, Packed Ice drops:
- Packed Ice (Silk Touch required)
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
What Packed Ice is used to craft
Packed Ice appears as an ingredient in 1 known Minecraft recipes:
Block tags & properties
- Opaque
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
- Silk Touch Sensitive
Packed Ice technical properties
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Packed Ice (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:packed_ice
- Material family: mineable/pickaxe
- Hardness: 0.5
- Blast resistance: 0.5
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: No
- Blocks light: 15
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:packed_ice 1
Overview
Packed Ice is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Prerequisites and materials
- Packed Ice can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Packed Ice (silk touch required) once it breaks.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Packed Ice can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- Expect to collect Packed Ice (silk touch required) once it breaks.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.75s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 2.5s.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:packed_ice 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
- Use a Silk Touch tool if you want the block itself instead of its normal drop.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Packed Ice?
Packed Ice can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Packed Ice drop when mined?
Breaking Packed Ice drops Packed Ice (silk touch required).
How hard is Packed Ice to mine?
Packed Ice has a hardness value of 0.5. That works out to roughly 0.75s with the correct tool or 2.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Packed Ice?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Packed Ice.
What is Packed Ice used to craft?
Packed Ice is used as an ingredient in 1 other recipe.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Packed Ice?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:packed_ice, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.