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Best Minecraft seeds for 26.1 (May 2026)

Find Ancient Cities, easy diamonds, and spectacular landscapes with the best Minecraft seeds for 26.1

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Village built on the side of a Badlands hill.
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Minecraft worlds are practically infinite in size, and they're all procedurally generated by a string of numbers and letters called a seed. Pick the same seed as someone else, and you'll spawn in a copy of the same world. That means we get to share with you the very best Minecraft seeds we've found so you can enjoy them too!

If you're thinking of starting a new Minecraft adventure, no matter what it is, we likely have the perfect starting seed for you here. I've spent over half a decade curating and improving this Minecraft seeds list, and we've ended up with a collection of 50 of the very best seeds for Java 26.1 that can be found anywhere online.

These seeds cover a wide array of different starts and key starting biomes and resources. Want to spawn next to a village, or get easy access to the Nether, or diamonds, or an Ancient City? Want a challenging island start with no trees nearby, or the most incredible caves to explore? We've got a Minecraft seed for just about everyone here!

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What are Minecraft seeds?

Minecraft seeds are strings of numbers which the game uses to generate a Minecraft world. Everything you see in your world - the landscape, the biomes, the structures above and the caves below - are created from this simple string of numbers.

Even though Minecraft worlds are procedurally generated and no two worlds are the same, players like you and me can share the seed used to generate our world, which allows others to play in their own version of the exact same world.

To use one of the Minecraft seeds in our list below, simply launch Minecraft and click Singleplayer and then Create New World. Then click the "World" tab at the top of your screen, and paste your chosen seed into the "Seed" text box. Now you're set: just click "Create New World" at the bottom, and you're done!

Frequently asked questions about Minecraft seeds...
"How do I find out the seed of my Minecraft world?"
In-game, hit Enter to bring up the chat window, and then type /seed and hit Enter again. This will paste your world's seed in the chat window. You can then open the chat window again and click on the seed to copy it to your clipboard.

"What if I leave my Minecraft seed blank?"
If you leave your seed box blank when creating a new world, it will randomly generate a seed with which to create your world.

"Can I use letters as well as numbers for my seed?"
Yes, you can! Whatever you type into the seed box, whether it's numbers, letters, or a phrase like "RockPaperShotgun", will be converted into its own unique string of numbers which is then used as the seed for your world.

Here are the best Minecraft seeds for 26.1

The best Minecraft seeds in version 26.1 include the Incredible Hollow Mountain, which features the most remarkable underground Lush Cave I've come across, and the Pale Mansion, with its stunning hilltop mansion giving you a perfect base of operations from day one. The Grand Canyon seed is also one of our most popular seeds, giving you a great opportunity to explore some of Minecraft's most incredible terrain generation in a survival setting.

To learn more about these spectacular Minecraft seeds, or to discover more seeds to try out yourself, browse our full list below:

  1. Incredible Hollow Mountain
  2. The Pale Mansion
  3. Grand Canyon
  4. Giant Pale Garden
  5. Sakura Season
  6. Pink and White
  7. Giant Treeless Desert
  8. A Tale Of Two Villages
  9. Easy Diamonds
  10. Easy Diamonds 2
  11. Easy Diamonds 3
  12. Easy Diamonds 4
  13. Mooshroom Island
  14. Intriguing Desert Island Start
  15. Beautiful Hillside Village
  16. Extreme Highs And Lows
  17. Frozen Edge Of The World
  18. Orange Savanna Village
  19. Wooded Badlands Hill
  20. Bamboo Jungle Nether Rush
  21. Delve Below The Mountain
  22. Savanna Plateau River
  23. Bamboo Jungle & Buried Treasure
  24. Giant Mangrove Swamp
  25. Deep Dark and Ancient Cities
  26. Mountains and Deep Dark
  27. Immediate Ancient City
  28. Crater Lake
  29. Snowcapped Mountains
  30. Giant Cavern Spawn
  31. Savanna Hillside Village
  32. Villages & Pyramids
  33. Flat Building Area
  34. Two-Tree Desert Island
  35. Instant Lush Caves
  36. Plains & Surface Lava
  37. Coastal Rock Formation
  38. Two-Tone Island
  39. Desert Badlands Coast
  40. Dripstone Ravine
  41. Forest Cliffs
  42. Badlands Mountain
  43. Old Growth Pine Taiga
  44. Ocean Of Ice Spikes
  45. Savanna & Desert Village
  46. Plains Above, Deepslate Below
  47. Two Pyramids, One Tree
  48. Cherry Grove Mountain
  49. Swamp Life
  50. Warm Desert Ocean

For all 50 of these seeds, we've included below a list of their key features (and coordinates for each one); a description of what makes this seed so unique and worthy of our list; a copy-to-clipboard button next to each seed for easy copying; and a screenshot both of the seed spawn area and the map of the initial surroundings, taken using the handy site MCSeedMap.

Note: Bedrock and Java Minecraft seeds spawn with mostly the same terrain, but different features (such as caves) and structures. So if you're playing on mobile, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, or anything else that doesn't use Java, then check out our list of the best Minecraft Bedrock seeds instead!

1. Incredible Hollow Mountain

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing the spectacular Lush Caves interior of a hollowed-out mountain.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 8486672581758651406

This is possibly the most jaw-dropping Minecraft seed I've ever had the pleasure to come across. Here you'll spawn in a Roofed Forest next to a mountain. Approach the mountain and you'll find a crack in the side, which leads into a truly magical place. Turns out the entire mountain is hollow and filled with Lush Caves, stalactites, abandoned mineshafts, and all sorts of other weird and wonderful features leading all the way down to deepslate and beyond. It's truly a sight to behold.

Key Features:

  • Hollow Mountain (30, 60)
  • Woodland Mansion (88, 424)
  • Mineshaft (152, 40)
  • Mineshaft (-136, -24)
  • Ruined Portal (392, 8)
  • Plains Village (-800, 320)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

2. The Pale Mansion

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Woodland Mansion in the middle of a Pale Garden biome.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -7286370756041736131

The Pale Mansion holds more than a few secrets. Sitting proudly atop a gorgeous Pale Garden hill, this Woodland Mansion sits atop colossal cobblestone foundations (visible from the back) which stretch down into the cave system below. As you explore deeper, you'll find that this cave system is massive indeed, stretching down to Diamond-level and beyond.

Key Features:

  • Woodland Mansion (96, 80)
  • Ruined Portal (80, 96)
  • Mineshaft (80, -16)
  • Village (96, -384)
  • Trial Chambers (144, 320)
  • Trial Chambers (80, -256)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

3. Grand Canyon

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a massive crater in the middle of a Mesa biome.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -7775094310068025774

This stunning Minecraft seed will spawn you within the heart of a Badlands biome, with plenty of other warm-climate biomes nearby - including River, Desert, Savanna, Plains, and Jungle biomes. The most impressive thing about this seed though is the terrain formation in the Badlands, which forms a massive crater inside which you'll find the carved out entrance to a colossal Cheese Cave.

Key Features:

  • Cheese Cave (-8, -24)
  • Lava-Flooded Cave (24, 24)
  • Amethyst Geode (-29, -9)
  • Cheese Cave (96, -8)
  • Skeleton Dungeon (-42, -45)
  • Mineshaft (264, 152)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

4. Giant Pale Garden

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Pale Garden on the top of a large forested hill.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -1106759604738884840

The Pale Garden is one of the newest biomes, and it's a haunting forest atmosphere full of trees laden with grey and the gentle fall of leaves. This is a top-notch environment for soaking in some gothic peace, and it's a good one for also building a creepy Haunted House or two. But Pale Gardens tend to be few and far between on most seeds that we've seen aside from this one, which includes some nicely-sized stretches of pale that are perfect for cultivating into your own deary garden spaces. The first time I spawned via this seed, I ended up smack dab in the middle of a Pale Garden, and it was quite the ethereal experience.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (-8, 888)
  • Trial Chamber (-361, -21)
  • Ancient City (-296, -51)
  • Ancient City (-184, -51)
  • Plains Village (-864, 736)
  • Buried Treasure (-1287, 1369)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

5. Sakura Season

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a large Cherry Grove built across several hills.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -5584399987456711267

Minecraft's 1.20 update introduced the Cherry Grove as its sole new biome, but these cherry blossoms are some of the most beautiful environmental additions in the entire game. This seed gives you a great view of Minecraft's Cherry Groves, planting you right on the edge of a cherry blossom forest that makes for the perfect idyllic backdrop for all of your crafting experiments. Why not take inspiration from your surroundings and try your hand at building a Japanese-style house?

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (-248, 88)
  • Ancient City (-312, 72)
  • Mineshaft (-360, -392)
  • Mineshaft (-248, -376)
  • Savanna Village (96, 320)
  • Savanna Village (48, 624)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

6. Pink and White

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Cherry Grove next to a snow-topped mountain.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 5063885805507972583

Here's another example of Minecraft's Cherry Grove biome, combined with a smattering of Snowy Slopes. You'll spawn right at the base of the slopes with cherry trees all around you, and the striking collage of colours makes this location quite the looker for survival and gathering adventures. A plains village lies just on the other side of the snow-covered mountain, so you'll have easy access to trading as you claim this beautiful juxtaposition of pink and white as your base.

Key Features:

  • Plains Village (240, 48)
  • Mineshaft (408, 172)
  • Mineshaft (328, 168)
  • Ruined Portal (360, 312)
  • Plains Village (-160, 768)
  • Ruined Portal (8, 792)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

7. Giant Treeless Desert

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a treeless Desert biome as far as the eye can see.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -8631174543717435159

If you want a challenging start, then why not test your skills against this coastal desert seed. You'll be hard-pressed to find much in the way of trees for your early wooden tools here. Thankfully there's a desert village in the distance, but will it give you enough to survive? Only one way to find out.

Key Features:

  • Ruin (-200, 104)
  • Desert Village (-256, -224)
  • Desert Temple (152, 328)
  • Desert Temple (-168, -440)
  • Mineshaft (136, -184)
  • Shipwreck (520, -456)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

8. A Tale Of Two Villages

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a large hilly plains biome with a river cutting through it, and a village on either side of the river.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -5831362641909587104

This straightforward, paradise-esque survival seed gives you a very kind start into the world of Minecraft. Featuring a lovely hilly Meadows biome between Plains and Forest, the seed also places you in close proximity to two Villages which you can ransack for handy early materials.

Key Features:

  • Village (-160, 16)
  • Village (48, 192)
  • Trial Chambers (112, 224)
  • Trial Chambers (-224, 272)
  • Ruined Portal (112, 320)
  • Mineshaft (-160, -64)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

9. Easy Diamonds

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a beautiful plains biome with lakes and rivers at the base of a hill.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -4361528937055201680

This lovely starting seed plants you on the border between a meadow and a savanna, atop one of the many characterful winding hills added with Minecraft 1.18. But perhaps more excitingly, there are several prominent gaping holes in the ground around you, each of which leads far below sea level, through expansive caverns filled with dripstone, diamond, copper, and other useful resources.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (8, -56)
  • Savanna Village (240, -160)
  • Plains Village (-288, -224)
  • Igloo (-840, -296)
  • Ruined Portal (264, 120)
  • Jungle Temple (72, 728)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

10. Easy Diamonds 2

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing an interestingly curved ravine built into the ground in a Birch Forest.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -7723232821704547830

What an aesthetically pleasing curve on that there ravine, don't you agree? It's like the entire landscape is smiling at you, beckoning you to climb inside its mouth and delve into the subterranean depths below. It's always nice when you start next to the opening to such a giant cave system, because you can easily get down to the Y-Level you need and start strip-mining for diamonds and other essentials from day one.

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (296, 8)
  • Mineshaft (-264, 72)
  • Buried Treasure (393, -423)
  • Plains Village (-928, 96)
  • Mineshaft (280, -56)
  • Shipwreck (168, 600)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

11. Easy Diamonds 3

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Birch Forest growing across the side of a large snow-capped mountain.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -8169697951202909253

A seed of towering heights and plummeting depths, this one. You'll spawn on a forest next to an ominous snow-capped mountain, which makes for a pretty cool seed in itself. But the key here is to head down that tiny cave entrance right next to where you spawn. It may look like it leads nowhere at first, and then it'll keep going, and going, and then it'll suddenly widen out into a spectacular cavern which dips down to nearly bedrock level. From there you can easily find all the diamonds and other deep-world riches your heart desires.

Key Features:

  • Ancient City (-232, 56)
  • Mineshaft (-104, -40)
  • Ruined Portal (200, 168)
  • Taiga Village (-528, -384)
  • Ancient City (-216, -536)
  • Ancient City (552, -344)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

12. Easy Diamonds 4

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a ravine in the ground leading down into a cave below, with both water and lava spilling down the ravine.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -198600772450851689

It's not every day you can see the sunlight shining against deepslate. This Birch Forest seed plants you next to a gaping hole in the world, down which pours a waterfall from a nearby river. Enter the cave and you'll quickly descend beyond Level 0 and into deepslate territory and far beyond. An excellent seed for fast diamond excavation if I've ever seen one.

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (40, 88)
  • Mineshaft (200, -120)
  • Plains Village (-288, 144)
  • Plains Village (-368, 544)
  • Pillager Outpost (128, 720)
  • Plains Village (-464, -384)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

13. Mooshroom Island

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a massive Mooshroom Island.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 7749012223532925400

This seed may not seem particularly noteworthy - just a beach on the edge of some Taiga and plains. But once you're set up with the basics, take a boat out to the south-west and you'll quickly run into one of the largest Mooshroom biomes I've come across. So for those who really like their fungi, this seed is for you!

Key Features:

  • Mooshroom Island (300, 300)
  • Ocean Monument (664, 136)
  • Ruin (728, 40)
  • Buried Treasure (1177, -151)
  • Plains Village (1216, 656)
  • Mineshaft (824, 88)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

14. Intriguing Desert Island Start

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Zombie Village on a large Desert island.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 1833280291927865410

Island starts are almosat a thing of the past these days in Minecraft, as world generation nowadays only puts you on areas of large landmass. Which means any island seeds you do find tend to house fairly large islands. This is one such seed, but nevertheless a very intriguing one - a Desert island with no trees nearby, but a Zombie Village, a Ruined Portal, some surface lava, and a Desert Pyramid very nearby.

Key Features:

  • Zombie Village (80, 48)
  • Ruined Portal (96, 160)
  • Surface Lava (116, 118)
  • Desert Pyramid (320, 64)
  • Shipwreck (32, -208)
  • Mineshaft (128, -16)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

15. Beautiful Hillside Village

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing an idyllic Village built by the coast on the edge of a hill.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -2197368822535229394

This seed spawns you next to one of the most aesthetically pleasing Villages I've ever come across, spread across the side of a hill in a most satisfying manner. All around you are Extreme Hills biomes (to use the archaic term) of varying levels of impressiveness, but honestly all I want to do here is live a simple life alongside the Villagers on that hill.

Key Features:

  • Village (80, 32)
  • Swamp Hut (-288, 80)
  • Trial Chambers (160, 80)
  • Mineshaft (256, -80)
  • Mineshaft (-256, 80)
  • Ruined Portal (112, 336)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

16. Extreme Highs And Lows

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a massive snow-topped mountain overlooking some plains and hills.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 1401374351468221841

The name says it all with this vertically imposing Minecraft seed. Giant Jagged Peaks tower above you as you spawn, while surface-level cave systems peeking out from the Jagged Peaks will lead you down, down, deeper and down into the Deep Dark biome and ominous Ancient City below.

Key Features:

  • Ancient City (0, 208)
  • Village (-144, 96)
  • Mineshaft (-32, 48)
  • Mineshaft (96, 48)
  • Ruined Portal (-288, 144)
  • Trial Chambers (272, 128)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

17. Frozen Edge Of The World

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a large Ice Spikes biome on the edge of a snowy Taiga Forest.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -1754216045272489466

This seed starts you in front of a remote swath of frozen ocean with a variety of frosty structures rising from the deep waters before you. You'll really feel like an explorer standing on the edge of the world, and if you've ever read At the Mountains of Madness, H.P. Lovecraft's science-fiction romp about a group of travellers in the Arctic who stumble upon ancient horrors, you might also feel unnerved by the imposing geometrical shapes of the ice before you. There's even a submerged ocean monument not too far from your spawning location, if you dare to brave the deep, frozen waters. Who knows, maybe that's where Cthulhu lies sleeping!

Key Features:

  • Buried Treasure (-631, 313)
  • Mineshaft (-488, 408)
  • Shipwreck (312, 88)
  • Ocean Monument (-344, 232)
  • Ruins (-184, 328)
  • Mineshaft (-200, 200)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

18. Orange Savanna Village

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a Village built around an interesting tall rock formation.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: -2429048941048277130

This seed spawns you right in front of a savanna village with a striking feature - a vertical rock formation that looms above the town, almost like an ancient sundial. Not only is this a visually appealing starting location at the intersection of a wide variety of biomes, but it's also a great place to begin your Minecraft adventure, with accessible trading in a peaceful community that sits right on the cusp of the badlands.

Key Features:

  • Savanna Village (16, 352)
  • Shipwreck (104, 248)
  • Buried Treasure (-471, 201)
  • Ruined Portal (-376, 184)
  • Mineshaft (280, 408)
  • Ruined Portal (328, 360)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

19. Wooded Badlands Hill

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a beautiful Badlands biome at dawn.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 69374766118730977

I'm always partial to the more rustic of Minecraft's many biomes, and the Wooded Badlands is one of my favourites. If you're of a similar mind, you'll love this seed for starting you off in the middle of a Wooded Badlands hill, with easy access down to a massive cave that descends down to Deep Dark levels.

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (272, 112)
  • Ruined Portal (-272, 176)
  • Mineshaft (160, 64)
  • Mineshaft (-160, -64)
  • Village (256, -544)
  • Ancient City (64, -624)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

20. Bamboo Jungle Nether Rush

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a massive Bamboo Jungle.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 7334458263249260829

Try not to be overwhelmed by your surroundings as you spawn inside this large and very dense Bamboo Jungle. Towering terrain oddities break up the landscape around you, but if you bypass them and cross the nearby river to the east, you'll find a Ruined Portal and - not far away - some surface lava. Perfect for a quick trip to the Nether!

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (96, 16)
  • Surface Lava (90, -112)
  • Trial Chambers (48, 0)
  • Shipwreck (224, 176)
  • Mineshaft (-96, -16)
  • Buried Treasure (425, -55)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

21. Delve Below The Mountain

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a large snow-covered hill with a massive ravine carved through its side.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/MCSeedMap/Mojang

Seed: 7617681512144096967

Hopefully you're not bored of Ancient Cities beneath massive snow-topped mountains, because here's another one. This seed spawns you in front of a large, snowy hill, with a massive cave mouth gouged through it. The mountain gapes its maw at you expectantly, as if beckoning you into itself in exchange for the Deep Dark rewards within.

Key Features:

  • Ancient City (128, 96)
  • Mineshaft (128, 112)
  • Ruined Portal (48, 256)
  • Trial Chambers (208, 224)
  • Trial Chambers (112, -272)
  • Jungle Temple (16, -448)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

22. Savanna Plateau River

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing a large hilly plains biome with plenty of valleys and a large mountain in the distance.
Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Mojang
A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
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Seed: 5101553622029575588

This seed places you on a high savanna plateau overlooking a canyon river, with another striking plateau on the other side. The river acts as a hotbed of activity here, with multiple ravines leading down into dark dungeons for explorers who want to battle skeletons and zombies, and a peaceful savanna village located on a cliffside by the lake that the river spills into. It's an inspiring array of scenery to begin your Minecraft explorations, especially if you're bold, enjoy traversing difficult terrain, and are immediately interested in delving into the depths below the surface.

  • Savanna Village (240, 64)
  • Mineshaft (136, 24)
  • Mineshaft (-40, -152)
  • Savanna Village (32, -544)
  • Mineshaft (56, 168)
  • Ruined Portal (120, 392)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

23. Bamboo Jungle & Buried Treasure

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Seed: -4813269715648826820

This lush jungle start gives you an instant supply of jungle wood and bamboo. Look around when you spawn, and you'll also find a fairly self-contained and safe ravine which gives you easy access to basic ores such as coal and copper. For the real bounty though, have a dig around the shore for 4 (4!) buried treasure chests scattered nearby - or check the coordinates below to make things easier.

Key Features:

  • Buried Treasure (153, 89)
  • Buried Treasure (201, 57)
  • Buried Treasure (217, 73)
  • Buried Treasure (249, 89)
  • Jungle Temple (360, 8)
  • Ruin (56, -152)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

24. Giant Mangrove Swamp

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Seed: 4025804172371830787

Swamps have been among the least interesting biomes you can come across in a Minecraft world for many years. But with the release of the Wild Update, they finally got some love with the Mangrove Swamp sub-biome. With this seed you'll start on the coast of a colossal, sprawling Mangrove Swamp filled with trees, lilypads, water, and doubtless plenty of adorable little frogs, too.

Key Features:

  • Buried Treasure (153, 57)
  • Mineshaft (184, 72)
  • Shipwreck (280, -152)
  • Ocean Monument (-184, 200)
  • Desert Village (-544, 688)
  • Stronghold (500, 1332)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

25. Deep Dark and Ancient Cities

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Seed: -2909343002793827664

The forboding Deep Dark, introduced to Minecraft's worlds with the 1.19 update, remains one of the most popular and intriguing biomes of the game, full of secrets to uncover and Ancient Cities to explore. This seed parks you right on the edge of a large Deep Dark biome which you can easily access from the idyllic (and apt) Dark Forest on the surface above.

Key Features:

  • Deep Dark Biome (0, 0)
  • Ancient City (-296, 152)
  • Savanna Village (-384, -432)
  • Plains Village (-160, 688)
  • Bamboo Jungle (300, 125)
  • Buried Treasure (313, -471)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

26. Mountains And Deep Dark

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Seed: 7644964991330705060

Another seed which gives you easy access to the Deep Dark biome, here you're presented with the gorgeous vista of a snowcapped mountain range surrounded by forest. Delve deep, and you'll find yourself in the centre of a truly colossal Deep Dark biome filled with numerous Ancient Cities. Have fun exploring - just be wary of the Warden!

Key Features:

  • Deep Dark Biome (0, 0)
  • Ruined Portal (56, 40)
  • Ancient City (-280, -136)
  • Ancient City (24, -344)
  • Plains Village (-400, 352)
  • Pillager Outpost (240, -672)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

27. Immediate Ancient City

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Seed: -4651105460712845864

This world gives you a great start thanks to a nearby taiga village, from which you can dive down into the ravine below. Keep going, and you'll soon start to see pockets of Deep Dark biome, followed by another majestic and ominous Ancient City dotted with lavafalls, chests filled with goodies, and mineshafts. It's a dangerous place down there.

Key Features:

  • Deep Dark Biome (0, 0)
  • Taiga Village (48, 48)
  • Ancient City (152, 8)
  • Pillager Outpost (224, 224)
  • Mineshaft (264, -24)
  • Zombie Plains Village (368, -368)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

28. Crater Lake

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Seed: 2871403647318577477

Massive craters aren't a terribly uncommon sight in modern Minecraft world generation, and they're always a pleasure to behold. This seed in particular caught my eye for being just a wonderfully put together crater of tall stony hills around a tranquil lake. It's a perfect place for several magnificent builds, and also a great survival seed for any adventurer thanks to its many open cave systems and exposed ores.

Key Features:

  • Ancient City (96, -576)
  • Ruined Portal (272, -416)
  • Ancient City (384, -384)
  • Mineshaft (-16, -512)
  • Mineshaft (-64, -400)
  • Trail Ruin (336, -528)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

29. Snowcapped Mountains

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Seed: -7649949940957896961

As you might guess, snowcapped mountains dominate the landscape in this Minecraft seed. Follow the strip of snow to the west and you'll see that the peaks only get higher and higher. But this is also a starting seed of lows as well as highs: right next to where you spawn is the opening to a colossal cave system which descends far below, all the way down to bedrock. Expect plenty of opportunities for early Minecraft diamond mining and enchanting here!

Key Features:

  • Jagged Peaks Biome (-600, -50)
  • Plains Village (288, 256)
  • Savanna Village (-432, 304)
  • Ruin (120, 392)
  • Ancient City (-376, -152)
  • Ancient City (-520, 24)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

30. Giant Cavern Spawn

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Seed: 7445395903252703439

This incredible Minecraft seed provides an interesting challenge: how to get out of the giant cavern you've spawned in! That's right, this seed spawns you at Y-Level 24, way below sea level, surrounded by winding cave systems and dripstone. You'll need to show some serious spelunking skill if you want to climb out of this cavern in order to harvest your first planks of wood from the snowy plains high above.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (-8, -56)
  • Snowy Village (-288, -288)
  • Snowy Village (-256, 128)
  • Ruin (376, -312)
  • Buried Treasure (121, -455)
  • Igloo (-488, 24)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

31. Savanna Hillside Village

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Seed: -698247204184653391

What a great place for a village. This group of villagers decided to build their huts and structures spread out across the side of a large savanna hill, leading to a really lovely-looking landscape. But that's not all: there's also a gigantic stone-topped mountain that looms large over the village, so you can pick whether to expand the village or to rule above it with your first build.

Key Features:

  • Savanna Village (-400, 0)
  • Ruin (-216, 8)
  • Shipwreck (-120, -88)
  • Mineshaft (-312, -72)
  • Ruined Portal (-280, 56)
  • Ancient City (-600, -232)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

32. Villages & Pyramids

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Seed: 6630997395534342573

This desert seed is absolutely littered with structures. You'll start with two villages on either side of you in close proximity, but have a wander around and you'll find plenty more, alongside desert pyramids and even a temple or two in the jungles across the water. If you're looking for early access to all sorts of useful contraptions and resources, then this is one of the best seeds we've found.

Key Features:

  • Desert Village (64, 0)
  • Desert Village (-160, -144)
  • Desert Temple (-472, -216)
  • Desert Temple (136, 296)
  • Ruin (56, 88)
  • Jungle Temple (-888, 232)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

33. Flat Building Area

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Seed: 4504535438041489910

If you're looking for a nice, flat, beautiful area on which to construct a massive Minecraft build, then you'll love this seed for its sheer simplicity. Here you begin your adventure atop a meadows hill with just a handful of trees dotted about for some easy initial wood. My favourite thing about this location is the way the rivers carve their way through the landscape, giving an otherwise uninteresting patch of land some incredible vistas - particularly if you play with some of the best Minecraft shaders enabled!

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (0, 0)
  • Ancient City (232, 232)
  • Plains Village (-352, 160)
  • Plains Village (112, 400)
  • Ancient City (152, 424)
  • Ancient City (392, 232)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

34. Two-Tree Desert Island

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Seed: -7740300553320684095

Sadly you no longer spawn on this island, but it's worth a short boat ride (or swim) if you want to recapture the glory days of starting on a tiny island! Well, it's actually a rather large starting island, but the fact that there are only a couple of trees across the entire landmass may make you ponder your chances of survival a little more.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (0, 500)
  • Shipwreck (-88, 216)
  • Ruin (24, 328)
  • Pillager Outpost (-704, 128)
  • Desert Village (-912, 208)
  • Desert Village (176, 912)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

35. Instant Lush Caves

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Seed: -6002410844389446864

Above ground, this seed is nothing extraordinary (although it does feature some rather excellent ice spikes). What makes this seed a favourite is that if you head closer to 0,0 you can easily delve below ground and find a particularly beautiful, sprawling Lush Caves biome, covered in dripleaf and lichen and all sorts of other weird and wonderful subterranean quirks.

Key Features:

  • Lush Caves Biome (0, 0)
  • Ocean Monument (-200, 312)
  • Shipwreck (72, 216)
  • Buried Treasure (473, 441)
  • Ruined Portal (72, 72)
  • Ocean Monument (168, 648)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

36. Plains & Surface Lava

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Seed: -1718501946501227358

This idyllic Minecraft starting seed has a little bit of everything. Two plains Minecraft villages right next to spawn; steep savanna peaks to the northwest; surface lava for an early Nether rush; cows and other Minecraft mobs nearby for early food... What more could you ask for in order to get set up quickly in a new Minecraft world?

Key Features:

  • Surface Lava (75, -40)
  • Plains Village (128, -176)
  • Plains Village (304, 32)
  • Ruined Portal (184, 216)
  • Mineshaft (0, 0)
  • Savanna Village (-208, -368)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

37. Coastal Rock Formation

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Seed: 5662255238676129291

This lovely-looking Minecraft landscape caught my eye thanks to the towering rock formation on the coast in the distance. I love formations like these, they're just crying out for a build of some sort. Maybe a lighthouse, or a mansion of some sort. Around you the landscape is just as characterful, with flower and sunflower forests dotted about, and a ruined portal in the water not at all far from spawn.

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (72, 104)
  • Ruin (-152, -200)
  • Shipwreck (-360, -280)
  • Plains Village (-320, 192)
  • Buried Treasure (-391, 89)
  • Mineshaft (90, 0)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

38. Two-Tone Island

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Seed: 1664128793606897522

Sadly the world generation nowadays no longer spawns you right on top of this island, but it's still just off the coast from where you begin life in this seed. This island has always struck me as a lovely little place to start a new home. It's quite distinctive, with one half covered in sand and the other in forest. As island starts (of sorts) go, this seed is fairly kind, giving you several dozen trees to help kickstart your journey. But it just looks like a wonderful foundation on which to build a rustic Minecraft house, don't you think?

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (56, 40)
  • Mineshaft (-232, -72)
  • Shipwreck (-232, -104)
  • Shipwreck (120, 8)
  • Ruin (56, -168)
  • Plains Village (-880, 224)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

39. Desert Badlands Coast

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Seed: 4479470260786833195

For those who love the sight of a Badlands hilltop or two, this starting seed gives you the wonderful sight of terracotta without the challenging lack of nearby trees that might otherwise hamper your early progress. Head to the top of the nearby mountain to find wood aplenty, and from there you can also take a look around at the sprawling desert landscape and see what sights take your interest.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (-56, -424)
  • Ruined Portal (8, -360)
  • Shipwreck (152, -328)
  • Desert Village (640, -752)
  • Zombie Desert Village (-480, -736)
  • Ruin (-200, -136)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

40. Dripstone Ravine

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Seed: 821163920768877950

This interesting seed plants you right on the edge of a fascinating-looking dripstone-covered ravine, and the more you look at it the more you'll realise that such terrain generation never would have been possible before the two-part Caves And Cliffs update was released. Poke your head above ground, and you'll find yourself surrounded by forests and swampland as far as the eye can see.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (-56, 40)
  • Ruined Portal (-312, 40)
  • Witch Hut (8, -408)
  • Witch Hut (-328, -376)
  • Taiga Village (-528, 80)
  • Buried Treasure (729, 169)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

41. Forest Cliffs

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Seed: -9163391121958459490

If you want to marvel at the peaks and troughs of Minecraft's terrain generation, this seed is a great place to start. Here you spawn near the peak of a large taiga mountain, looking down at the gorgeous valleys below. Be careful not to fall, as it's a very long way down nowadays!

Key Features:

  • Buried Treasure (201, -247)
  • Buried Treasure (201, -295)
  • Ruined Portal (136, 72)
  • Taiga Village (176, 256)
  • Ancient City (-712, 104)
  • Mineshaft (-120, 40)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

42. Badlands Mountain

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Seed: -932245979383499761

Terracotta lovers will be right at home with this seed, which starts you right on top of some glorious-looking badlands surrounded by desert. It's not the most challenging starting seed in the universe, but the lack of trees and wildlife in the immediate vicinity may give you pause if you choose to try your luck in this Minecraft world.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (-72, -120)
  • Desert Temple (-136, -408)
  • Desert Village (224, 336)
  • Desert Village (32, -448)
  • Pillager Outpost (-320, -480)
  • Desert Temple (584, -376)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

43. Old Growth Pine Taiga

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Seed: -5543523367840054503

Old Growth Pine Taiga biomes are one of my favourite biome types. There's something so fascinating and mysterious about these thick, towering forests. It's like something out of Lord Of The Rings. The land is also broken up by hills which bulge out from the ground, taking the forest canopy even higher. A good spot for a treehouse, perhaps?

Key Features:

  • Taiga Village (16, -336)
  • Mineshaft (-216, -40)
  • Ruined Portal (-424, 24)
  • Ocean Monument (-392, 296)
  • Buried Treasure (-695, -151)
  • Plains Village (656, 400)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

44. Ocean Of Ice Spikes

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Seed: -6909477426377259322

A twist on the typical island start, this fascinating seed plants you on a tiny snowy beach with a single tree, surrounded by an ocean of ice spikes. The only wildlife nearby are polar bears, and you'll have to slide your way out of this icy realm in order to find more hospitable climates.

Key Features:

  • Shipwreck (392, -472)
  • Ruined Portal (680, -344)
  • Buried Treasure (873, -407)
  • Mineshaft (632, -520)
  • Ocean Monument (216, -616)
  • Ruin (696, -280)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

45. Savanna & Desert Village

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Seed: -184311627141651860

If you love Savanna biomes as much as I do, then you'll adore this starting seed. Located right on the edge of a desert housing both a Pyramid and a Village in plain sight, this sprawling Savanna is also overlooked by a wonderful valley of forest mountains. These mountains would make for a fantastic spot to build a Minecraft castle or some other majestic build.

Key Features:

  • Desert Village (-352, 128)
  • Desert Temple (-328, 8)
  • Mineshaft (-88, -72)
  • Ruined Portal (88, 248)
  • Plains Village (-144, -800)
  • Buried Treasure (25, -855)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

46. Plains Above, Deepslate Below

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Seed: -1312751495452676979

This lovely Minecraft seed cuts to the core of what Minecraft has always been about for me. Above ground, you'll find a gorgeous plains biome upon which to build your home. It's not entirely flat either, so if the earlier seed was a bit too dull for you, there are some nice hills here on which to build. And just below as you spawn, you'll find the entrance to a massive cave system which allows you to descend all the way to deepslate without having to mine a thing.

Key Features:

  • Ruined Portal (16, 144)
  • Village (224, 224)
  • Mineshaft (64, -32)
  • Mineshaft (-64, 32)
  • Trial Chambers (48, -272)
  • Buried Treasure (441, -375)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

47. Two Pyramids, One Tree

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Seed: 4571223105962777273

I do love a quirky starting seed like this Desert spawn, which slaps you down next to the only tree in the vicinity, on the edge of an idyllic river. To ease your suffering, the Minecraft seed gods have seen fit to bestow two Desert Pyramids upon you, in very close proximity to your starting location. This is a seed that's bound to get you off to an unusual survival start.

Key Features:

  • Desert Pyramid (544, -192)
  • Desert Pyramid (304, -336)
  • Village (208, -384)
  • Ruined Portal (688, -336)
  • Mineshaft (576, -112)
  • Trial Chambers (752, -304)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

48. Cherry Grove Mountain

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Seed: 1003728067933603384

Another glorious "mountains and caves" seed, perfect for both a subterranean spelunking adventure and an ambitious hilltop build. Turn around as you spawn on the edge of this snow-topped mountain, and you'll see what I mean. And as an added bonus, you can crest the mountain to see another range of mountains, just as magnificent, on the edge of a gorgeous Cherry Grove biome.

Key Features:

  • Ancient City (-176, 96)
  • Mineshaft (-64, 128)
  • Mineshaft (144, 96)
  • Ocean Ruin (64, -240)
  • Ruined Portal (336, 240)
  • Village (400, 320)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

49. Swamp Life

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Seed: 2955477498265344442

If you've ever wanted to be Swamp Thing (or Shrek) then this seed's for you. You'll spawn right in the depths of a Mangrove Swamp, with a regular Swamp biome and a Jungle nearby. In fact, there are a whole lot of biome options at your disposal from the getgo, including the Plains, Beach, and Savannah, and you'll find mineshaft and geodes aplenty in the wet vicinity. Not a bad place to kick back and enjoy the swampy life - there's even a Witch Hut on the other side of the Swamp from your spawning grounds in case you want to get to know your neighbours.

Key Features:

  • Mineshaft (88, -24)
  • Mineshaft (120, -88)
  • Mineshaft (-72, 40)
  • Mineshaft (-104, 104)
  • Trial Chamber (201, 23)
  • Witch Hut (-472, 24)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

50. Warm Desert Ocean

A landscape screenshot of a Minecraft seed, showing the edge of a Desert biome with a single tree, and Mesa hills in the distance.
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A top-down render of a Minecraft seed map from MCSeedMap, showing the player's spawn point in the world and the surrounding terrain and features.
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Seed: 8549297683837371269

This seed plops you right on a desert coast near a warm ocean surrounded on nearly all sides. This oasis has a plethora of resources at its disposal, including a Shipwreck, a Ruined Portal, and a Trial Chamber. There are two Desert Villages on the outskirts of the ocean and Mineshafts throughout, so you can treat the surrounding land as a base for trading and exploration - and when you're ready and willing, you can dive into the depths.

Key Features:

  • Shipwreck (56, 24)
  • Ruined Portal (120, 24)
  • Trial Chamber (217, -9)
  • Trial Chamber (345, -217)
  • Desert Village (-192, -208)
  • Desert Village (128, -288)

Compatible Minecraft Versions: 26.1, 1.21, 1.20, 1.19, 1.18

Well, those are all the best Minecraft seeds we've got for now; hopefully you've found one or two worlds that match up with what you were after. To give your new world more of a visual pop, there are various texture packs available. And why stop with just the world? A new Minecraft journey deserves a new you, so take a look at our list of the best Minecraft skins while you're here, or even our list of the best Minecraft mods for a totally new experience!

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