Where do you find snowballs in Minecraft?

Snowballs are found in snowy biomes like Taiga, Snowy Tundra, and Snowy Plains. You need to mine snow blocks with a shovel to get them. Each snow block drops 4 snowballs.

Can you craft snowballs in Minecraft?

No, you cannot craft snowballs at a workbench or furnace. The only way to get them is by mining snow blocks with a shovel in snowy biomes, or by using the /give command.

What do snowballs do in Minecraft?

Snowballs deal 3 damage to blazes, making them useful in the Nether. You can throw them at other mobs and players, but they won't hurt most mobs. You can also craft 4 snowballs into 1 snow block.

Do snowballs stack in Minecraft?

Yes, snowballs stack up to 16 per stack in your inventory. This is lower than most items, which stack to 64.

How many snowballs do you get from one snow block?

One snow block drops 4 snowballs when mined with a shovel. Using a higher-tier shovel won't give you more snowballs.

How to Get Snowballs in Minecraft

Snowballs are throwable items in Minecraft. You can’t craft them at a workbench, but you can dig them up from snow blocks with a shovel. They’re useful for dealing damage to blazes and they stack up to 16 in your inventory.

How to Get Snowballs in Survival Mode

The only way to get snowballs in survival is to mine snow blocks with a shovel. When you break a snow block, it drops 4 snowballs.

Step 1: Find Snow

Head to a snowy biome. Look for white snow blocks on the ground in Taiga, Snowy Tundra, Snowy Plains, or Frozen Ocean biomes. Snow covers the grass in cold areas.

Step 2: Get a Shovel

Any shovel works. You can use wood, stone, iron, gold, diamond, or netherite. If you don’t have one, craft a wooden shovel with sticks and planks.

Step 3: Mine the Snow

Hold your shovel and mine the snow block. On Java Edition, left-click and hold. On Bedrock, press and hold the trigger button. The snow will break and drop 4 snowballs.

Step 4: Pick Up Your Snowballs

Walk over the snowballs to add them to your inventory. Keep digging until you have as many as you need.

Finding Snowballs in Creative Mode

Java Edition

In Java Edition 1.8 through 1.19, snowballs are in the Miscellaneous tab. In 1.19.3 and later, they moved to the Combat tab.

Bedrock Edition

Snowballs are in the Nature category in the creative inventory.

Item ID and Commands

Snowball ID

The item ID is minecraft:snowball in modern versions. In Java Edition 1.8-1.12, the numerical ID was 332.

Give Command

To spawn snowballs with a command:

Java Edition (1.13+): /give @s snowball 1
Java Edition (1.8-1.12): /give @p snowball 1 0

What to Do With Snowballs

Snowballs deal 3 damage to blazes, making them useful in the Nether. You can throw them at mobs and players just for fun. Some players build snowmen for decoration using snow blocks, and snowballs are part of that. You can also craft snow blocks from snowballs if you have 4 of them.