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# Vanilla-UP 1.6.0 — Winter Update ❄️

Explore frozen caves, face a new undead threat, and discover new blocks and items!

New Biome: Ice Caves

• Added underground ice caves beneath snowy biomes.
• Generate at Y=0 and above, never below Y=0.
• Feature ice-covered floors, walls, and ceilings, with naturally generated icicles and ice crystals.
• Improved cave decoration and biome transitions.

New Mob: Frostbite

• Added a frozen zombie with the behavior and attacks of a regular zombie.
• Applies Weakness when it successfully hits a target.
• Features a snowy outer texture layer and classic zombie arm animations.
• Drops standard zombie loot, with an additional 20% chance to drop an Ice Ball.

New Item: Ice Ball

• Can be thrown like a snowball.
• Deals 2–3 damage on impact.
• Can also be launched from dispensers.

New Block: Icicle

• Generates naturally in Ice Caves.
• Can be placed on top of blocks or suspended beneath them.
• Connects into longer formations when stacked.
• Hanging icicles fall when their support is removed, damaging entities they hit and shattering on impact.
• Features a flat inventory icon.

New Block: Ice Crystal

• Generates naturally in Ice Caves.
• Emits a soft glow.
• Can be placed on floors, walls, and ceilings.
• Supports waterlogging.

Improvements and Fixes

• Added Icicles and Ice Crystals to the InteractiveUP creative tab.
• Fixed icicle orientation when extending formations.
• Improved snowy-biome and underground generation checks.
• Kept the existing ice_cawes biome ID.
• Optimized world generation to reduce excessive CPU usage and long world creation times.