Sfreeze
by friedkeenan
Sfreeze lets powder snow turn stacks of raw items into a frozen, unsmelted form, adding a new kind of cursed recipe to the game.
What it does
Items that sit inside powder snow for long enough are sfreezed, which turns them back into their uncooked form. The name is derived from smelt, with the melt part replaced by freeze, since the two words are etymologically related. A stack of items has a chance of disappearing once it is sfreezed, and that chance depends on how many items are in the stack. A stack of 64 items always makes the powder snow vanish.
The mod also makes powder snow easier to obtain. A snow golem that is damaged inside a cauldron has a chance to shed some snow into it, which raises the cauldron's level. Sfreezing is implemented as a new recipe type, defined in JSON in the same way vanilla cooking recipes are, so pack authors can add their own sfreezing recipes. Sfreeze is published for Fabric only, for 1.19.2 – 1.20.2, and the code is open source under the ISC License.
Key features
Unsmelting through powder snow
Items placed inside powder snow for long enough are returned to their uncooked form.
Stack-based disappearance
The chance that a sfreezed stack vanishes grows with its size, and a full stack of 64 always vanishes.
Snow from golems and cauldrons
Damaging a snow golem inside a cauldron can shed snow into it and raise the cauldron's level.
Custom sfreezing recipes
A JSON recipe type lets pack authors define their own sfreezing recipes, the same way vanilla cooking recipes are written.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Cursed survival builds
Players who enjoy odd mechanics can route items through powder snow and see which stacks survive the freezing.
Custom pack recipes
Pack authors can add sfreezing recipes for their own items using the same JSON structure as vanilla cooking recipes.
Who it’s for: Players who want an unusual item mechanic, and pack authors who want to add their own recipes to powder snow.
How it compares
Snowy Snow Golems is a server-side option that needs the server and does not need the player to install it, and it is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only. Breaking Bedrock is client and server, released with All rights reserved for 1.20.1 – 1.20.6. Compact Golems is client and server and open source under the MIT License, for 1.21 – 1.21.4. Sfreeze itself is client and server, open source under the ISC License and published for Fabric only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sfreeze | Fabric | 1.19.2 – 1.20.2 | Client and server | 2023-10-26 |
| Snowy Snow Golems | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.5 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-11 |
| Breaking Bedrock | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.6 | Client and server | 2026-06-27 |
| Compact Golems | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-02-02 |
Questions
Does Sfreeze need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader and versions does Sfreeze support?
Can pack authors add their own sfreezing recipes?
In the catalog
Sfreeze is one of 7,555 Cursed mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,235 Cursed mods for Fabric. 12,076 mods support Minecraft 1.20.2.
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What the author says
When an item is within a block of powder snow for long enough, it will sfreeze the stack of items into an uncooked form. Depending on the amount of items in the stack, the powder snow has a chance of disappearing after sfreezing the stack. A stack of 64 items will always cause the powder snow to disappear…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sfreeze
- Owner
- friedkeenan
- Published
- 2022-10-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-10-26
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15