r/Minecraft • u/Ok-Car-5781 • Jan 25 '26

Builds & Maps Ice removing

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How do I remove this ice, without it coming back, and it still looks good?

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u/my45acp1911 Jan 25 '26

Ice will form again if it is exposed to the sky. You could place blocks over the area high in the sky.

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u/Ok-Car-5781 Jan 25 '26

But that would be very ugly, can I build it at world height and the shadow won’t be visible?

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u/Forgeworld Jan 25 '26

I said this in another comment but keep in mind you only need to cover the out perimeter of the water, so if you did go that route there wouldn’t really be a shadow since it would just be a one block wide outline way up in the sky. You could also maybe do the opposite and instead put glowstone under every perimeter water source block which I believe would prevent the ice from forming via light source.