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Igloos are structures that are naturally generated Every specific group of blocks purposefully formed in Minecraft based on coding is part of a natural structure. Contents 1 The Overworld 1.1 Terrain 1.1.1 Mountain 1.1.2 Floating "island" 1.1.3 Hollows 1.1.4 Hill 1.1.5 Beach 
in snowy biomes. They are round structures constructed primarily of snow blocks Snow Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Snowball (4) Data value dec: 80 hex: 50 bin: 1010000 Name snow See the full block. For the 
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Trivia
- If you smelt a number of items in the igloo furnace, light generated by it will melt the igloo window, turning the ice into a water source block.Javaand Console editions
- In real life, the name "Igloo" comes from the Inuit word Iglu, which means "house".
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Generation
Igloos naturally generate in the Ice Plains and Cold Taiga biomes A river bisecting a jungle biome. At the top right is a forest. A river running through a mesa biome with mesa plateaus, with a savanna biome in the bottom right. “ In case you 
, but not in Ice Mountains, Ice Plains Spikes, Cold Taiga Hills, or other variants.
Structure
Igloos are composed of snow blocks, sheltering a carpeted interior containing a bed, furnace and crafting table.
In half of the igloos, a trapdoor can be found under the carpet, leading down a long ladder shaft to a basement. This passageway and the basement are built from stone brick Stone Bricks Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Experience Smelting Stone Bricks: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 98 hex: 62 bin: 1100010 Name stonebrick Stone bricks are one 
, some of which are monster eggs Monster Egg Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 3.75 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Spawns 1 Silverfish Data value dec: 97 hex: 61 bin: 1100001 Name monster_egg See the 
. In this basement is a brewing stand Brewing Stand Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 1 Blast resistance 2.5 Hardness 0.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See history Drops Brewing Stand (1) 
, a cauldron Cauldron Type Solid Block Requirements ? Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 10 Hardness 2 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops Cauldron (1) Block entity id 
, a chest Chest Type Block Entity Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 12.5 Hardness 2.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No, but catches fire from lava First appearances See History Drops Chest (1) 
, and beyond the far wall, behind iron bars Iron Bars Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 101 hex: 65 bin: 1100101 Name iron_bars See the decorative block. For the 
in two different cages, are a villager priest and a zombie villager priest. The zombie villager can be cured with a golden apple and a splash potion of weakness, both found inside the igloo. No other types of villagers can be found.
The cauldron Cauldron Type Solid Block Requirements ? Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 10 Hardness 2 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops Cauldron (1) Block entity id is 2⃢₁₄3 full, and the brewing stand Brewing Stand Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 1 Blast resistance 2.5 Hardness 0.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See history Drops Brewing Stand (1) contains a splash potion of weakness.
Loot
- See also: Chest loot
Each igloo chest contains 2 groups of 2–8 and 1 item stacks, with the following distribution:
| Stack Size | Weight | # Items | Chance | # Chests | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–8⃗ | 1⃗ | 2–8⃗ | 1⃗ | ||||
Golden @@@#@@@Apple(apple.com)###@### (Normal) | — | 1 | — | 1⁄1 | 1.000 | 100.0% | 1.0 |
Coal | 1–4 | — | 15⁄63 | — | 2.976 | 74.3% | 1.3 |
Apple | 1–3 | — | 15⁄63 | — | 2.381 | 74.3% | 1.3 |
Wheat | 2–3 | — | 10⁄63 | — | 1.984 | 57.9% | 1.7 |
Gold Nugget | 1–3 | — | 10⁄63 | — | 1.587 | 57.9% | 1.7 |
Rotten Flesh | 1 | — | 10⁄63 | — | 0.794 | 57.9% | 1.7 |
Stone Axe | 1 | — | 2⁄63 | — | 0.159 | 14.9% | 6.7 |
Emerald | 1 | — | 1⁄63 | — | 0.079 | 7.7% | 13.0 |
History
| Official release | |||||
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| 1.9 | Oct. 20, 2015 | Searge reveals he is working on a new structure to showcase the new `loot table` feature. | |||
| 15w43a | Added igloos. | ||||
| 15w43b | Golden apples in the igloo chests now have a 100% chance of appearing, where previously they would often not appear – it was moved from the structure file to the loot table. | ||||
| Golden apples originally would always be found in the central slot when they were found at all; now they can be found in any slot. | |||||
| 15w43c | Glass bottle was removed from brewing stand. | ||||
| Cobweb is now found in the basement. | |||||
Sign in the basement previously read: ---> and now reads:⃗⃗⃗⃗- ⃗⃗⃗-- --⃗⃗ ⃗-⃗ ⃗-⃗⃗ -⃗⃗ --⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗-- | |||||
| 15w44a | The red carpet in the basement now hides a block of polished andesite. | ||||
| Sign in the basement changed to: | |||||
| Console Edition | |||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added igloos. | |
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0 | build 1 | Added igloos. | |||
| 1.1 | build 1 | Igloos spawned in ice plains now have a white bed instead of red bed and igloos spawned in cold taiga now have brown bed instead of red bed. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to ⃢₀ₜIgloo⃢₀ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
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The igloo from the outside.
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Inside.
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Inside, facing the exit.
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Inside an igloo`s basement.
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An igloo with an Ice Mountains biome behind it.
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The trapdoor revealed in an igloo; get in by taking out carpet.
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An igloo generated above a river.
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An igloo generated over a lake, thus taking chunks off of it.
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An igloo`s basement passageway in a river.
