The Ice Warrior
by shimik
The Ice Warrior is a boss datapack that adds a frozen mid-game boss, encased in ice inside a tower, to Minecraft Java Edition.
What it does
The boss is found in a guard tower built in the ice spikes biome, where the Ice Warrior waits encased in ice. Releasing it takes a lava bucket: right-clicking the ice with lava melts it. The fight has two phases and 170 health. The first phase uses an ice claw, and the second uses a trident once the boss drops to 50% of its maximum health. A stronger variant is only summoned after the enraged Ice Warrior has been defeated.
The datapack is built with Animated Java, and its config is reached through the admin config function. Summoning works anywhere in the world with the admin summon function, or inside ice with the boss summoner function. Every hit taken raises a combo counter that resets to zero, and the boss dodges and parries attacks. Items can melt the boss's ice room, and mobs can be set to aggro the boss. Advancements guide players through the content the datapack offers.
The mod requires the launch command, and is published for Fabric and NeoForge. The datapack is server required with an optional client, and is released under the MIT License, so the code is open source. Files cover 1.21, 1.21.1 and 26.3, and snapshot builds are published.
Key features
Two-phase boss fight
The Ice Warrior switches attacks at 50% health, moving from an ice claw to a trident.
Combo counter
Each hit taken raises a combo counter, which resets to zero after the boss dodges.
Ice guard tower
The boss waits encased in ice inside a tower in the ice spikes biome and is freed with lava.
Enraged variant
A stronger version of the boss is only summoned after the enraged Ice Warrior is defeated.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
How it compares
Boss AI Tweaks is client and server, released under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, and covers Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1. Stray Spawn is server-side only, with All rights reserved and files for 1.16.5 – 26.3 across four loaders, so it changes spawns rather than fights a boss.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ice Warrior | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-10-07 |
| Boss AI Tweaks | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-05-10 |
| Stray Spawn | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
Questions
Does The Ice Warrior need the launch command?
Does the server need the mod, and does the client?
Which game versions does The Ice Warrior support?
In the catalog
The Ice Warrior is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This datapack whas made using Animated Java (note: I'm terrible at animation) look like I need to update this for 26.4...
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/the-ice-warrior
- Owner
- shimik
- Published
- 2025-08-01
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-07
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15