Cold Ocean in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Cold Ocean biome with screenshots.

In Minecraft, you will spawn into worlds with unique weather, animals, and plants. These regions are known as biomes. Let's explore the Cold Ocean biome in Minecraft.

Background

In Minecraft, the Cold Ocean is a biome in the Overworld. It is a water world with a shallower cold ocean. In this biome, there is lots of underwater vegetation and a few cod or salmon swimming around.

cold ocean biome

Let's explore the characteristics of the Cold Ocean biome.

Weather

The Cold Ocean biome is under water, so weather does not apply.

Trees

There are no trees in the Cold Ocean biome.

Vegetation

The vegetation found in the Cold Ocean biome consists of seagrass and kelp growing in the water:

Item Description
seagrass Seagrass
kelp Kelp

Blocks

In this biome, you will find blocks such as gravel, sand, and dirt:

Item Description
gravel Gravel
sand Sand
sand Dirt

Other Standard Blocks

If you dig down far enough in the Cold Ocean biome, you will find the standard Minecraft building blocks such as stone, coal ore, iron ore, gold ore, diamond ore, redstone ore, copper ore:

stone coal ore iron ore gold ore diamond ore redstone ore copper ore

Mobs

In the Cold Ocean biome, you can find wildlife such as cod, salmon, and squid swimming in the water:

cod salmon squid

TIP: When you are exploring the Cold Ocean biome, it is handy to have a Potion of Water Breathing.

Biome ID for Cold Ocean

Cold Ocean Seeds

You can use a seed to create a world where you spawn in a Cold Ocean biome: