How to gather Packed Ice in Survival Mode Find a Block of Packed Ice. First, find a block of packed ice in your Minecraft world. 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: Mine the Packed Ice. Pick up the Packed Ice.

Can you craft blue ice?

Blue ice is not a storage block, as it cannot be crafted back into packed ice.

How do you get more packed ice in Minecraft?

Sources. Packed ice can be found naturally in the rare Ice Plains Spikes Biome or in snowy tundra villages. Packed ice can found in icebergs. The only way to obtain it naturally is to mine it using a tool enchanted with silk touch.