Ice Upgrades
by Tommy_Boy
Ice Upgrades is a Fabric equipment mod that adds ice-based ingredients, armor, tools and food, plus an upgrade template for crafting them.
What it does
The mod upgrades items with ice in the way ice armor and ice tools work in the base game. It adds Ice Clump, Ice Ingot and Ice Nugget as intermediate materials, then Ice Armor and Ice Tools made from them. Ice Ore and Deepslate Ice Ore are new blocks that generate in the world, and an Ice Upgrade Template is crafted to make upgrades. Food is covered too, with Ice Apple, Ice Carrot and Golden Apple variants, and a Water Bucket variant.
An Ice Totem works like a normal totem with a stack of two in total. The Ice Mace deals more damage in cold biomes. Freezing items gives them a different item, and a fridge block works like a furnace, smelting two of the same item faster. Two fridges can be stacked on top of each other, and a villager can be obtained with a fridge. The mod is published for Fabric only, for Minecraft 1.21 and 1.21.1, and it runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Ice materials
Ice Clump, Ice Ingot and Ice Nugget serve as the base materials for the ice gear.
Ice armor and tools
Ice Armor and Ice Tools are crafted from the ice materials, with the Ice Mace as a weapon that hits harder in cold biomes.
Fridge smelting
A fridge works like a furnace and smelts two identical items faster, and two fridges can stack on each other.
Ice food and totem
Ice Apple, Ice Carrot and Ice Totem add ice variants of food and a totem that stacks two at a time.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Apples is a Fabric option for 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 under the zlib License, and it is not open source. More Than Apples is open source under the MIT License and covers 1.21.1 – 26.3, a range that includes the versions Ice Upgrades targets. Easy Recipes is server-side only and open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, so players can join without installing it.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Upgrades | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-06 |
| Apples | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.10 | Client and server | 2025-10-29 |
| More Than Apples | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
| Easy Recipes | Fabric | 1.21.10 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2026-09-28 |
Questions
Does Ice Upgrades need Fabric API?
Does Ice Upgrades have to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does Ice Upgrades support?
In the catalog
Ice Upgrades is one of 17,631 Equipment mods on ModsFinder, and one of 8,894 Equipment mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
Similar mods
What the author says
Ice Totem: It works just like a normal totem, but you can stack it to 2 in total! Ice Mace: It is just a mace, but you do more damage in cold biomes!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ice-upgrades
- Owner
- Tommy_Boy
- Published
- 2026-03-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15