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Seed map

Stronghold Finder

On 10,000 seeds of Java 26.3, the nearest one lies a median 1,658 blocks from the world spawn, and within 2,078 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. No seed? Find it with an Eye of Ender.

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)

Generating…

No seed? Two throws of an Eye of Ender

Throw an Eye of Ender and look along its flight: note your X, your Z and the first number after “Facing” on the F3 screen. Walk a few hundred blocks to the side, throw again and note the same. The stronghold lies where the two lines cross.

Throw 1
Throw 2

Enter both throws: the stronghold shows here.

How the game places it

Dimension
Overworld
Placement
128 in the world, on rings around its centre (0, 0); the first ring holds 3.
Biomes
Every Overworld biome.
Nearest to the spawn
Median 1,658 blocks; within 1,386 in 1 world out of 10, within 2,078 in 9 out of 10.Measured on 10,000 seeds of Java 26.3 with the map’s own generator.
Command
  • /locate structure minecraft:stronghold

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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