In Minecraft, various world areas feature snowy and cold Biomes, with water bodies forming into ice if temperatures are frigid enough. This can prove to be an inconvenience, especially if you’re trying to farm, grow crops, or fish in these areas, made possible by nearby free-flowing water. In particular, snowy mountain tops suffer from this issue more often than not, significantly worsened by the height elevation.
Additionally, if the water source in question is exposed to the sky above, or if the light level adjacent to the water block is less than 13, freezing is known to occur. This guide will offer a workaround to this problem so that you’re not hindered due to the colder environments in Minecraft — here’s a couple of solutions.
How to stop water from freezing on minecraft builds
How water freezes
You will need to be in a Snowy Biome or in a Cold Biome at high altitudes to see water freezing. The Snowy biomes are:
And Cold biomes are :
Other than just being in these biomes, a water block will need to meet 3 conditions:
If you break an ice block it will turn into water (unless you are using a Silk Touch enchanted tool), but this will eventually freeze again if it will continue to meet the 3 conditions.
Knowing how ice forms, we can basically find two ways to prevent it: we can place blocks above or we can enlight the area.
How to stop water from freezing – placing blocks above
Note that it doesn’t matter how far up the block above water is. You can place it as far in the sky as you can and it will still be enough to stop the water below it from freezing.
This can be a good option if the water you are “protecting” is used in a farm. In farms you usually put one block of water in the middle of a 9×9 Dirt area (well, not for Sugarcane, but for almost everything else you do). In this case you just need to put one block (of whatever material) above that single water block and you won’t have consequent hydrating issues in your farm.
Place a light source around the area
The main way that looks good is by placing some sort of light source at most 15 blocks away from the water. The closer the better, but it does keep the water from freezing. For some reason, the Sun doesn’t stop the water from freezing so you actually have to put down something like a lantern. Most people like to place down Torches around the area, but you can use whatever you want.
Even Glowstone will work as well. You just need to be creative by making it fit with the aesthetic of your builds. If you don’t care about the look, just use whatever you can find. It doesn’t matter where you put it, as long as the source of light is within the proximity of the water source. Just make sure you are able to get around it without getting annoyed.
FAQ
How do you keep water from freezing?
- #1 Keep water bottles inside an insulated container.
- #2 Use wide mouth bottles.
- #3 Put your bottles into the ground.
- #4 Keep the bottles with you at all times.
- #5 Sleeping bag will keep your water bottles from freezing.
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