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Seed map

Ancient City Finder

On 10,000 seeds of Java 26.3, the nearest one lies a median 1,362 blocks from the world spawn, and within 2,611 blocks in nine worlds out of ten.

Enter your seed: the map shows them all, and the list under it gives the 8 nearest to your spawn or to your own coordinates. Tap one to see it on the map.

Dimension

Drag to move, scroll or pinch to zoom, tap a structure or a place for its coordinates. Keys: arrows, + and −, 0 for spawn.

Tap a structure or a place on the map: its coordinates, its biome and how far it is from spawn show here.

Nearest first

Measure from your coordinates (F3)

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How the game places it

Dimension
Overworld
Placement
One try per region of 24 × 24 chunks (384 × 384 blocks), at least 8 chunks from the next region’s try.
Biomes
Deep Dark
Height
Starts at Y -27.
Nearest to the spawn
Median 1,362 blocks; within 426 in 1 world out of 10, within 2,611 in 9 out of 10.Measured on 10,000 seeds of Java 26.3 with the map’s own generator.
Command
  • /locate structure minecraft:ancient_city

With cheats on, the game gives the nearest one to where you stand.

What it holds

Every item its loot tables can give, as the game’s files list them. A link leads to the item’s recipe.

Chests and other containers

Every structure

From the game files: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3. Distances: the seed map’s generator (cubiomes 18edd56), on 10,000 seeds.

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