Powder Snow

Powder Snow is a special block in Minecraft, first introduced in version 1.17. It primarily generates in snowy slopes and grove biomes, and can also be found in trial chambers or collected using cauldrons during snowfall. Players and most mobs will fall through powder snow and take freezing damage, but wearing leather boots allows standing and walking on it, as well as granting freezing immunity. Powder snow can only be obtained and placed using a bucket. It is widely used for traps and technical purposes. Powder snow does not drop any items when mined, and tools do not speed up mining. It can be broken by water or lava, or by arrows from a Flame-enchanted bow. Similar to water, powder snow can be used to negate fall damage. When submerged in powder snow, players experience a frost vignette and a decrease in FOV, eventually taking freezing damage. Wearing any piece of leather armor will stop the freezing effect and reverse the damage. Some mobs, such as snow golems, strays, polar bears, withers, and ender dragons are immune to freezing damage. Powder snow can be pushed and pulled by pistons, and is the only block that can be placed and retrieved by dispensers.