Packed Ice Wiki Guide

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

In Minecraft, there are two ways to add packed 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 packed 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 packed ice to your inventory.

Where to find Packed Ice in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

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

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.19	Building Blocks
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.19.4	Natural Blocks

• 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 Packed Ice

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

9 Ice

How to craft Packed Ice using a Crafting Table in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

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

2. Add Items to make Packed Ice

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

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

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

3. Move the Packed Ice to Inventory

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

Congratulations, you have made packed ice in Minecraft!

How to gather Packed Ice in Survival Mode

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

1. Find a Block of Packed Ice

First, find a block of packed ice in your Minecraft world. Packed ice can be found in the Ice Spikes and Frozen Peaks biomes.

Ice Spikes

Frozen Peaks

This is what packed ice looks like:

2. Hold a Tool with Silk Touch

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

Pickaxe

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Shovel

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Axe

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

3. Mine the Packed Ice

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

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), left click and hold on the packed ice.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap and hold on the packed 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 packed ice.
• For Education Edition, left click and hold on the packed ice.

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

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

4. Pick up the Packed Ice

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

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

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

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

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

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Packed Ice (minecraft:packed_ice)	0	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Packed Ice (minecraft:packed_ice)		64	Java	1.13 – 1.19.4

• 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 Packed Ice

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 1.19.4, the /give command for Packed Ice is:

/give @p packed_ice 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Packed Ice is:

/give @p packed_ice 1 0

Things to Make with Packed Ice

You can use packed ice to make items in Minecraft such as:

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