The best Minecraft seeds for 1.21.11 December 2025

We’ve got the latest Minecraft seeds for both Bedrock 1.21.1 and Java 1.21.11 editions, from glorious Pale Garden lakes to giant cheese caves.

The best Minecraft seeds in 1.20 and 1.21

What are the best Minecraft seeds? If you thought Minecraft generation was random, think again. Well, technically it is, but that RNG is saved under a Minecraft seed, which can then be replicated time and time again. If you or your friends have found an incredible seed, you can restart it or share it as much as you want.

With the Minecraft seeds we've shared below, you can find Minecraft villages at spawn and easy-access strongholds for speedrunning, beautiful landscapes for building, or rare structures for looting in the sandbox game. Given the infinite nature of Minecraft seeds, we've scoured the internet and tested our own to find the coolest and most demanded seeds.

Here are the best Minecraft seeds for 1.21.11:

Blacksmith Village

Seed: -6538881557616133407
Important Coordinates:

Diamond Vein 25, -41, 83
Village 134, 115, 71
Trial Chambers 80, 11, 718

They say the perfect seed for both building and survival doesn't exist, but they probably haven't checked out this Blacksmith Village seed, discovered by YouTuber Lunry. The default spawn puts you close to early game loot, and we've included the coordinates for a nearby diamond vein that will help you tackle the game's biggest threats. There are multiple Trial Chambers nearby, ensuring your inventory is packed with powerful items once you clear them.

Ice Rink

Seed: -123456793079414942
Important Coordinates:

Ice Rink 691, 120, 116

Get into the winter spirit with Dipsler's Ice Rink seed (Java), featuring a perfect pool of water surrounded by mountains. This is similar to the Tiny Ocean seed further down in the list, except this ice-rink-style pool gives you the perfect environment to create a Christmas village. Getting to the water requires you to trek for quite a bit, but you can use our coordinates to get to the location in our screenshot right away.

Desert Surrounded By Ice

Seed: 8888929339822832972
Important Coordinates:

Desert Center -343, 72

Props to ZennithMc for posting their self-dubbed 'Desert Paradise' seed on Reddit, giving us a first-hand look at one of the most interesting layouts we've ever seen. Our recommendation would be to build a massive tower in the middle of the desert, providing a spectacular view of the surrounding ice areas. The starting spot when loading this seed is quite far away from the desert, so we've included the coordinates if you want to hop to the dry land right away.

A view of a lush grotto from the side of a Pale Garden lake in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Lush Pale Garden Lake

Seed: 2231252140388046750
Important Coordinates:

Pale Garden Lake -200, 500
Ancient City -312, 584
Woodland Mansion -600, 600
Nearest Village 830, 880

We have to give huge kudos to Shade on Reddit for this incredible find, which might just be the best Pale Garden seed we've seen so far. Just look at that stunning Lush Cave grotto! There are so many options for building a base here, whether you choose to reside on the mountains among the Pale Garden and its Creakers, on top of the lake itself, or even in the lush cave.

Wherever you choose to build, the other good news is that this area is only 500 blocks from spawn, so you can start right away. The only downside with the seed is that the nearest villages are quite far, but the view nearly makes up for it, while the nearby Woodland Mansion and Ancient City definitely do.

A tiny round ocean with an adjacent nether portal ruin in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Tiny Ocean

Seed: -1996523481016217001
Important coordinates:

Shipwreck -360, 2,712
Ruined Portal -312, 2,632

We found this cool Minecraft Tiny Ocean seed over on Reddit, with thanks to TahtaBalta for sharing their find. What sets this seed apart from the best is its very specific location, approximately 2,000 blocks south of spawn. Here, you'll find a small, round ocean biome, complete with an underwater shipwreck.

There's the potential for some seriously amazing builds here. As the Reddit comments suggest, perhaps a fishing village around the edge or an abandoned town, lost to time and encroached upon by Mother Nature. We're sure the options are endless.

A naturally generated question mark in the sand in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

The Question Mark

Seed: -39006482427340374
Important coordinates:

Question Mark -1,854, -11,407

This seed isn't going to help you with survival, getting to The End, or speedrunning, but it's another one of those really cool Minecraft sights, and it's worth seeing for yourself. This is a naturally generated question mark dug into the sand. What does this Minecraft seed want to know?

Whether you have the answers or not, this is sadly a difficult sight to see in survival Minecraft, being over 10,000 blocks from spawn. You can always play in Creative and use Minecraft commands to teleport to the location shown above. If you're dedicated, you can still find this site in Survival, it might just take some time and commitment.

Unfortunately, we don't know who originally found this Minecraft seed. If you do, feel free to join the PCGN community Discord and let us know!

A view of the inside of an Ancient City at spawn in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Ancient City Spawn

Seed: 1606377695512438131
Important coordinates:

Cherry Grove Village 173, -12
Mineshaft -80, 31, -33
Trial Chamber -238, -16, -20

We don't mean to alarm you, but we might have a new contender for the best Minecraft seed we've ever seen. Redditor Frangrant_Result was the lucky one who stumbled upon this remarkable seed that spawns you in an Ancient City.

If you weren't aware, there's a chance you can spawn close to bedrock if there's nothing but air above you, and thus the first solid ground at those coordinates is on a low y-level. That's precisely what happens here as you spawn in on y-level -49 with natural light pouring down to illuminate the Ancient City (and diamonds) around you. Just don't forget to go quietly if you would rather not awaken the deadly Minecraft Warden.

A top-down view of a ground fissure in one of the best Minecraft seeds, that leads down to an open lush cave.

Lush Cave Fissure

Seed: 5458610690093579921
Important coordinates:

Lush Cave Fissure 5, -15
Village 368, 144

You spawn into an old-growth spruce taiga, with some snowy taiga above a fissure in the ground. Not quite a ravine, these fissures were new to the Caves and Cliffs update and are narrow cracks in the ground. This leads down into a glorious cave.

This in itself isn't too unusual, but the reason we love this seed is the shape and layout of the fissure, which, we think, would make the perfect base location. We already love a ravine base, and this would be a similar idea, just with more ledges and natural structures to work from. Check out our Minecraft house ideas guide for more on turning a crack in the ground into a home.

A huge cave inside a mountain in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Giant Cheese Cave

Seed: -5172090044501194762
Important coordinates:

Giant Cave Entrance -100, 60, 130
Trial Chamber 39, -9
Closest Village 832, -240

We've taken a look at this seed found by Redditor Pablo, and it's quite something. Since the Caves and Cliffs update, we've seen some pretty big cheese caves, but this might just be the biggest yet.

Just off spawn, this is the perfect cave for those of us who get a bit too scared in those dark caves, as you can make your way down to diamond with daylight still streaming in. Okay, of course, it's still pretty dark at the bottom, but it's a lot easier to roam around this cave than normal, and it's much easier to find your way back out of it.

A Dark Forest leads into a Pale Garden, and a Ruined Portal stands between the two, in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Pale Garden Nether Portal

Seed: -3930782522362688416
Important coordinates:

Village -304, 0
Nether Portal -296, 216
Pale Garden -296, 216

The Pale Garden is a new biome that arrived with the Winter drop in December 2024. The update added not only this creepy, dynamic new biome but also a new mob to boot. The Pale Garden biome is fairly rare and usually small, but this seed features a decent-sized Pale Garden, plus it's combined with one of our other favorite biomes in beautiful surroundings.

Through the Dark Forest just to the southwest of spawn, you'll soon stumble across a ruined Nether portal that marks the border between the forest and the Pale Garden. This in itself is pretty useful; even if you don't use it to later enter the Nether, there's an almost full set of enchanted golden armor in there, which is great for a starter set. There's also a village to the west of spawn, so you could take a detour through there for an even better survival head start.

An aerial screenshot of one of the best Minecraft seeds, split directly down the middle between a desert and jungle biome at spawn.

Temple Lake

Seed: -2332803749585407299
Important coordinates:

Desert Pyramid 42, 60
Village 80, 90
Lake Island -39, 73
Jungle Temple -218, -200

We have to thank Reddit user imbadatmakinguserna for finding this one. First, there's that jungle lake with a little island that would make a great base location. Then there's the jungle temple just 200 blocks northwest of the lake. Back at spawn, there's a desert temple and village in one. Then, if that wasn't enough, head into that crevice in the village, and you'll find a huge, stunning, lush cave that we'll leave you to discover.

One of the best Minecraft seeds features a circular island surrounded by a river, surrounded by more land.

River Ring

Seed: -6018321323546593994
Important coordinates:

River Ring Island -300, -20

This stunning river ring seed has been shared around the Minecraft community a fair amount, and we unfortunately don't know who originally discovered it, but it's a truly remarkable location for your next build. It's close to spawn, and it's available on both Java and Bedrock editions.

The sun sets over two villages and a desert temple in one of the best Minecraft seeds in 1.21.

Ultimate Desert Seed

Seed: 486362209
Important coordinates:

Village 1 -192, 32
Village 2 -144, -176
Village 3 48, -144
Desert Temple 1 -136, 24
Desert Temple 2 24, -232

We had a couple of seeds on this list for desert villages and pyramids previously, but we've replaced them with the ultimate desert seed. Within 300 blocks from spawn, there are four desert villages and two desert pyramids to boot. To give you an idea of how close everything is, you can see villages 1 and 2 and desert temple 1 in the image above.

There are also mineshafts under the surface here, so there's plenty of great loot to be found within just a few chunks of launching the world. Desert pyramids are a great way to get started with Minecraft archeology as well, so make sure you craft a Minecraft brush as soon as you can.

A cliffside plains village in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Cliffside Village

Seed: 6391130274229160289
Important coordinates:

Spawn Village 112, -144
Cliffside Village 5404, 64
Pillager Outpost 5330, -215

This may not look all that spectacular, but it's all about the vision, especially if you're into terraforming the land. Look at this seed, found by mariiecx on Reddit. Now imagine that cliffside being sculpted into a ragged, stony, zig-zagged staircase. Maybe add a small sandy beach? Then rework the buildings. We'd also make that midway village meeting area the focal point of your new village home.

A large lake in the middle of a red desert in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Badlands Lake

Seed: 7598363429859286340
Important coordinates: 

Badlands Lake 0, 72
Jungle Chests 20, 69
Ruined Portal -6, 212
Exposed Lush Cave -96, 236

Sure, there are plenty of stunning icy views and expansive cherry groves you can go after for a beautiful base location, but we're not sure we've seen a cooler place for building in Minecraft than this Badlands lake shared by Scared_Fruit_8452 on Reddit. The flat land around the lake, against a background of steep terracotta cliffs, makes for the perfect building canvas, while the aesthetic of the location itself is entirely different from anything we've seen before.

A large village sits on a lake under a cherry grove in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Cherry Grove Lake

Seed: 69420018030897796
Bedrock Seed: -2032795982907864146
Important coordinates:

Village 64, 48

Stofix on YouTube found a great seed for Cherry Grove lovers, as this huge lake village is located just below a large cherry blossom biome. Even better is that YourLocalKnight on Reddit has found the Bedrock equivalent, too, so you can enjoy a cherry grove lake village seed on whichever platform you play.

A village located at the bottom of a huge cave, surrounded by lava, in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Underground Village

Seed: 712252439217434
Version: 1.19.2
Important coordinates:

Village -960, -480

While looking for the above seed, we also came across another incredible discovery by Stofix. This remarkable find features a village at the bottom of a large cave, at y-level -52, which is incredibly rare, and is a great place to build a dangerous but seriously cool (or hot) base. Unfortunately, this was fixed after 1.19.2, and the village instead spawns floating in the ocean (which is still pretty cool), so you must run this in 1.19.2 to see what we've shown in the image above.

A savanna village, a pillager outpost, and a ruined portal all within a few blocks of one another in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Pillagers and Villagers

Seed: 8110137054462309706
Important coordinates:

Village 225, 0
Pillager Outpost 215, 261
Ruined Portal 347, 242
Second Village 523, 266
Cherry Grove 202, -382
Bamboo Jungle 524, -299

If you want a challenge as soon as you spawn in, this seed is a good way to test your mettle. Head east from spawn to find a handy savanna village to get started and find some loot before turning your attention south, where you can find a pillager outpost and ruined portal. Those pillagers will be on you almost as soon as you spawn in.

What makes this seed even better is that you can get to know the recent armadillo mob addition in the spawn savanna biome, and there are some incredibly interesting cave entrances all around this dangerous area. There are also loads of surface ore nearby and plenty of passive mob spawns to keep you fed.

A stronghold portal room intersects an Ancient City structure in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Ancient Stronghold

Seed: 2814259876962170059
Important coordinates:

Stronghold Portal Room 62, -45, 1,857
Village Near Spawn -176, 160
Another Ancient City 88, -51, 808
Cherry Grove 70, 1,094

We have another seed a little further down in which a Stronghold intersects with an Ancient City, but this one is like the hardcore version. This Stronghold portal room has generated right in the middle of an Ancient City structure, so if you want to get to the End, you're going to have to contend with the terrifying threat of the Warden first.

If you want to play this world in a normal, vanilla, survival style, we recommend heading South from spawn and playing as normal that way for a while, as that will just get you a bit closer to this final destination. For a few more hints, there are some important coordinates above. Thanks to KoPlrLol on Reddit for finding this one.

A Nether Portal next to a village in one of the best Minecraft seeds in 1.21.

Trial Chamber

Seed: -7417157268905316998
Version: 1.21
Important coordinates:

Village 315, 343
Ruined Portal 297, 340
Trial Chamber 294, 2, 290
Ocean Ruins 435, 661

We love an easy Minecraft survival seed. That's why we love this seed. A village is always the perfect place to find early on so that you can set a spawn point, sleep through the night, and hide from terrifying mobs. This plains village is just a short walk southeast from spawn. What we also love about this seed is the village's proximity to some important structures and the variety of biomes around you.

There is a ruined portal in the village, so you have easy and safe access to the Nether. If the worst happens, you know you won't spawn too far from your home and portal. As one last thought, we personally love that ravine in the village too, perfect for building a unique ravine base.

A large Minecraft taiga village on a frozen river in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Frozen River Village

Seed: 9009245503860775875
Version: 1.21
Important Coordinates:

Taiga Village 0, -368
Swamp Biome 136, 20
Underground Ruined Portal 85, 16, -264

We love a snowy taiga village; it's our favorite place to set up an early game home in Minecraft, but they're not always that easy to find, and we often find ourselves settling for a savanna or plains village. Well, this seed changes that.

This cute, large, snowy taiga village is nestled in a normal taiga biome but gathers a light dusting of snow thanks to being perched on a frozen river. It might not be the safest place to build houses, but it looks gorgeous and allows for a bit of ice skating in your spare time, too.

A desert temple in the middle of a lava lake in a lush cave in one of the coolest Minecraft seeds in 1.21.

Underground Lava Temple

Seed: 2482490754905255652
Version: 1.18+
Important coordinates:

Desert Temple in Lava 21, -46, 16
Nearest Village 281, -281
Trial Chamber 176, -512

Yep, that's a desert temple floating in lava in a lush cave. What's more, this abomination is directly beneath you at spawn. Thanks to DylanDC14 on YouTube for finding this one. They found it back in 2022, but we've checked it in Java edition in 1.21 and can confirm it's still as awesome.

There are lush caves for miles around, mineshafts and amethyst geodes aplenty, and the nearest Trial Chamber is only 300 blocks away. You have to go a little further to your closest village, but it's still not too bad.

A Trial Chamber and an Ancient City next to one another in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Ancient Trial Stronghold

Seed: 1669984371247603308
Version: 1.21+
Important Coordinates:

Ancient City 8,920, -51, 6,648
Trial Chamber 8,951, 6,631
Stronghold 8,676, 6,756

This amazing seed puts the three rarest and most valuable overworld structures together in one place: an Ancient City, a Trial Chamber, and even a Stronghold. What you can't see is the Stronghold just 300 blocks behind you to the northwest. Once you've kitted yourself out in your best armor and are ready to face the Ender Dragon, you can kill two birds with one stone, or explore three structures in one adventure.

Two smithing templates in an outpost chest in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Armor Trims

Seed: -3700836276160199646
Important coordinates:

Outpost -192, 80
Ruined Portal -328, 120
Village -496, 176
Nether Fortress 27, 27
Bastion Treasure Room 288, -160

Minecraft armor trims arrived with the Minecraft 1.20 update and allow you to flex an armor fit as you battle monsters and mine precious ores. Getting these armor trims, or the smithing templates used to forge your armor, is no easy task. Most are looted from well-protected chests in dangerous locations. Thanks to shady_bookworm on Reddit for finding this one.

If you don't want to stray too far from your base, or even spawn, for some of the most hard-to-find smithing templates, then this seed makes things easy and has a lot more to offer, too. Just a short walk to the southwest, you find an Outpost on an island, the significance of the island being that it makes this outpost much safer to be near, as pillagers struggle to cross water.

A beautiful broken, floating cove in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Broken Cove

Seed: 11297487
Important coordinates:

Cove 83, 23
Ruined Portal 68, 138
Village 224, 576

In perhaps the most beautiful landscape we've seen in Minecraft in our ten-plus years of playing, this majestic broken cove features floating pieces of land, multiple waterfalls, and even a ruined portal floating in the center of the water below.

This location gives us so many ideas for stunning builds we don't know where to start, but the first step is loading our next new world here. What makes this even better is that you don't have to go far to find it, as this cove is situated right at spawn, and we have sevenhundredmiles on Reddit to thank for finding this treasure.

A taiga village partly spawned in a swamp biome in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Rare Swamp Village

Seed: -2295595817529477063
Important coordinates:

Swamp Village 704, 672

In case you're unaware, swamp and jungle villages don't spawn naturally in Minecraft, but they do have unique villager trades. This might seem unfair, but these villagers can be forced to spawn as long as they are 'born' in these biomes, for example, via a villager farm. This usually means you either have to be lucky enough to find your 'parent' villagers close to one of these biomes, or transport them via Nether portal, boat, minecart, or a combination of all three. Boring.

In this rare seed, however, a normal taiga village just happens to generate at the edge of the biome, overlapping with a swamp. Not only does this make it easy to create a villager farm in the swamp, but it also means swamp villagers, with a unique look, may even spawn naturally, making this a very handy seed. Thanks to Nt0splat on Reddit for finding it.

An island that looks like a skull in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Skull Island

Seed: 1040934860
Important coordinates:

Village -160, -144

This incredibly cool find was discovered by DPS3 on Reddit features a large island that looks like a skull, complete with a cute little opening for a nose. What makes this even better is that the skull island houses a gorgeous Minecraft lush cave, which looks beautiful and is home to some rare loot.

Still not enough to sell it to you? Well, how about the fact that you spawn directly on top of this cool seed into a massive desert village? Oh, and there's a mineshaft below ground. You can get just about everything you need for an easy start to your survival adventure right here on skull island.

A Nether portal appears inside a Nether Fortress in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Easy Nether

Seed: -4517475607999363428
Important coordinates:

Fortress 13, 27
Bastion 25, -119

Don't take us too seriously when we say "easy"; nothing in the Nether is ever easy, but this seed certainly sets you up for success. When launching into this world, found by PainterAccording on Reddit, you spawn on a small island, which itself is home to some vital resources like coal, iron, and gravel.

Place a Nether Portal on this island, and you'll find yourself right inside (or close to) a Nether Fortress. That's not all, as there's also a Bastion Remnant located just 100 blocks to the North. Just make sure you're kitted out with gold, armor, and other essentials before you try to venture into the underworld.

The contents of a treasure chest on the backdrop of a shipwreck in open ocean in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Shipwreck Survival

Seed: -8065848147699287859
Important coordinates:

Spawn 64, -544

While finding shipwrecks is one of the best ways of gathering valuable resources early on, there's still a significant challenge involved in being stranded on a shipwreck in a completely open ocean, and that's precisely what this seed offers. Thanks to Jmims1983 on Reddit for finding this challenging survival Minecraft seed on 1.20, in which you really do spawn on a shipwreck mast, with no land in sight.

Carefully go underwater to loot the shipwreck's chests for all you can get, which does, thankfully, include some iron; grab some of its wood to make a boat, and see how far you can make it.

A large, flat, Minecraft seed with lots of biomes, perfect for building.

Perfect Building

Seed: -3899835130120818196
Important coordinates:

Village -144, -144

For a seed that offers building locations and survivability right at spawn, we've got you covered. This perfect seed spawns you right near a plains village, where you can pick up plenty of materials to get you started. However, the real draw of this seed is the large surrounding plains, which offer perfect plateaus for building on.

This plains biome is surrounded by tiny cherry grove, forest, and even jungle biomes as well, so you can gather most of the wood types without straying too far from your home base.

A top down image of a Minecraft map showing 25 Ancient Cities in a 5,000 block radius in one of the best Minecraft seeds.

Mega Ancient City

Seed: 111111111111111111
Important coordinates:

Village 0, -464
Mineshaft -203, -26, -653
First Ancient City -210, -52, -700

We're calling this the Mega Ancient City, but do let it be known that there is some space between some of them, so you might think it a little misleading. That said, there's still no denying that 26 Ancient Cities within 5,000 blocks is spectacular, especially considering how big each individual structure is.

What makes this seed even better is that these underground structures start quite close to spawn, and there's a picturesque snowy village on your way to the first. Stop here, make yourself at home, and prepare for your adventure, then head underground towards -210, -700 to start your ancient city exploration. Head west, and the majority of the cities are on a straight line.

Minecraft speedrun seed, The end poem credits scene from Minecraft.

Speedrun

Seed: 7499203634667178692
Important coordinates:

Stronghold 38, -485

If you want to test your mettle as a speedrunner, this is the random seed used by current record holder Zylenox, who we've also listed as one of our favorite Minecraft YouTubers for their speedrun record. It might not appear the best with those Stronghold co-ords above, but we'd highly recommend taking a look at Zylenoz's speedrun raw recording to see how it's done by the very best and give it a practice in the seed itself.

A vast, icy landscape in one of the best Minecraft seeds for 1.20, with a circular green meadow surrounded by towering white icy mountains.

Beautiful Snowy

Seed: 7050622155736149866
Important coordinates:

Vantage Point 93, 2,655
Cherry Grove -694, 2,846

This seed was originally found by Redditor Hanazeri in 1.19, and what makes this even better after 1.20 is the addition of a Cherry Grove biome right next to one of the icy mountains. The vantage point above can be found at coordinates x=93, z=2,655, while the snowy mountain and cherry blossom combo can be found a short walk along the x-axis to x=-694, z=2,846.

There's no prettier color combo than pink and white, right? So grab a few saplings and pink petals from the Cherry Grove, head back to the gorgeous building plot above, and turn that circular meadow into a snowy pink wonderland.

A zombie villager trapped in an igloo basement in one of the best Minecraft seeds in 1.20.

Zombie Villager

Seed: 8014621782944328921
Important coordinates:

Igloo 168, -136
Shipwreck 5, 126

If you're someone who worries about having somewhere to rest your head on your first Minecraft night, and you like to find rare structures, then look no further than this Minecraft seed with an igloo at spawn. With a bed, a chest, some food, and even a villager to trade with, you're off to a good start with this seed before you've really even started.

From here, we recommend heading southwest, either underground or above ground, but you'll find a mineshaft ripe for looting if you travel underground. There's a shipwreck just under the water's surface, full of other valuable gear, including a treasure map and armor-smithing templates.

Minecraft seeds: diamonds seed - a large vein of diamonds surrounded by deepslate.

Easy Diamonds

Seed: 3057310577815726585
Important coordinates:

Diamond Vein 90, -31, -250

Digging for diamonds can be a frustrating task, but not if you know the exact location of a 21-piece diamond vein, as spotted by Redditor u/PurelyPog. Although it's technically a diamond vein of 18 blocks plus a second one of three blocks, either way you look at it, it's massive.

To find it, start by walking towards the northeast, where you'll find a Plains village. Stand on block x=90, z=-250, then dig straight down until you enter a cave at y=-24. Watch out for the monsters! Once you get rid of them, dig a bit further down (y=-31) to find the 18-piece diamond vein. The second one is a few blocks lower. As a bonus, you'll find plenty of other ore types in this cave area..

Best Minecraft seeds: An infinitely long mineshafts sprawls east and west under a lush cave.

Infinite Mineshaft

Seed: 107038380838084
Important coordinates:

Mineshaft Intersection 0, 8

Create a new world in version 1.20 and head underground at spawn or anywhere on the z-axis 8.0, and you'll find one long mineshaft that spans the world's entire x-axis. Right near spawn, it even opens into a lush cave, lighting the path ahead with glow berries. Thanks to Cynix747 for sharing this incredible find on Reddit. Our only advice: try not to get lost.

Minecraft Christmas seeds - 5488656216511509290: sun rays pour over snow-topped mountains and a frozen lake.

Beautiful Frozen Lake

Seed: 5488656216511509290
Important coordinates:

Frozen Lake -170, -204
Pillager Outpost -192, 117

We might be nearing the end of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but even if you're not looking for a Minecraft Christmas guide right now, this winter wonderland seed is still beautiful for any time of year, surrounding you with ice and snow as far as the eye can see.

Load into a 1.19 world or newer, head up the mountain right next to you on spawn, and you can descend into a dripstone cave or build a festive town or icy-cool castle on the gorgeous frozen lake above. Plenty of rare structures near spawn, including a Pillager Outpost at -192, 117, also help you get essential loot in the early days.

Minecraft seeds: Woodland Mansion seed - a large woodland mansion surrounded by trees.

Woodland Mansion Spawn

Seed: 844424960210770
Important coordinates:

Woodland Mansion 24, 8

Why search for a Woodland Mansion if you can spawn on top of one? This Minecraft Woodland Mansion seed, found by Redditor Demonitized_Money, does exactly that. Moreover, the mansion is situated right in the middle of a river, with a large nearby cave area and easy access to the ocean. Just be careful when climbing down from the rooftop; the west side of the building offers the safest way to descend.

Minecraft seeds: Witch hut seed - A witch hut with a large woodland mansion close behind.

Witch Mansion

Seed: -9215772017318341931
Important coordinates:

Woodland Mansion 504, 456
Witch Hut 1 360, 376
Witch Hut 2 376, 520
Witch Hut 3 536, 536
Witch Hut 4 536, 344

This amazing Minecraft witch hut seed from Redditor Wasthereonce spawns four nearby witch huts. As a nice bonus, they surround a massive Woodland Mansion. All four huts are close to the Mansion (500, 420), so it's best to look for this hard-to-miss landmark first, just a one-minute walk south of the original spawn point. Once there, circle the swampland around the giant building to find the witch huts (north, south, and west of the Mansion).

Minecraft seeds: Island seed - a rare Minecraft island featuring a taiga biome, a village, a beach, and a woodland mansion.

Structure Island

Seed: -3420545464665791887
Important coordinates:

Woodland Mansion 120, 56
Village 128, 176

This Minecraft island seed, an incredible find by Redditor stofix_, provides one of the most challenging and unique places to start your game. Yup, it's only a small island… but it houses a large Taiga village and a Woodland Mansion. Thanks to the Taiga and Dark Forest biomes, you won't suffer from a shortage of trees.

Minecraft seeds: Jungle seed - A large jungle filled with bamboo with a rock face in the background.

Jungle Temple

Seed: 5247619261862256596
Important coordinates:

Jungle Temple 150, 150

This Minecraft Jungle seed drops you right in the middle of a lush green bamboo paradise. Besides Bamboo Jungle, you'll find a large patch of dense jungle to the north and a seemingly endless sparse jungle to the east. If you're looking for a Jungle Temple, you'll find that a bit further north as well (x=-150, z=-150).

However, the seed's biggest selling point is its beauty; the forest is spread out over little islands and gorgeous hills, including a particularly epic rock formation just northeast of the spawn point. If this still isn't enough greenery for you, you might want to cross the Plains and Savannah to the west. Once you've crossed the river, you'll find another huge jungle biome waiting to be explored (x=-1,000, z=0).

Best Minecraft seeds: a Minecraft 1.18 village built into a tall rocky island.

Village Monolith

Seed: -6537256334104833826
Important coordinates:

Village  -416, 128

You can find this peculiar village to the west of the island where you spawn. These intrepid villagers have made a home around a tall, jagged cliff jutting out of the sea, with harbors on every side, buildings perched on top, and farmland carved into the cliffside. While it looks cool, it'll take a while to scale this huge vertical island.

Minecraft seeds: seed with all biomes - plains, savannah, snowy hills, swamp, and more biomes can all be seen from the same place, at spawn.

All Biomes Near Spawn

Seed: 4405134068028
Important coordinates:

Dark Forest 192, 112
Taiga 150, 150
Mushroom Fields 0312, -112
Swamp -240, -662
Desert 950, -777
Badlands 819, -891
Cherry Grove 752, 81
Snowy Plains -731, 971

Don't want to be stuck in the same biome for too long, do we? This legendary Minecraft seed, originally posted by Redditor Jereaux, contains every biome within 1,000 meters of the original spawn point (yes, every single one).

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Overpowered Loot

Seed: 2059666523504992
Important coordinates:

Village 1 -176, 80
Village 2 128, 32
Village 3 144, -208

Found by YouTube channel Moment's Lab of Minecraft, this overpowered Minecraft seed hands you three nearby villages (and their valuable loot) on a silver platter. Village one is in the east (x=70, z=10), village two is in the southwest (x=-140, z=65), and village three is in the northeast (x=140, z=-200). They're close to trees, cave systems, water, and various other biomes so that you won't suffer any shortages.

Furthermore, there's a ton of buried treasure on the beach to the north and a Ruined Portal to the southeast (x=150, z=210). The Nether Portal spawns you right inside a Nether Fortress, making it easy to grab even more loot.

Minecraft seeds: Minecraft title screen seed - the same mangrove swamp that appears in the Minecraft loading screen.

Minecraft Title Screen

Seed: -1696067516
Important coordinates:

Minecraft Title Screen 3,820, 553

Finding title screen panorama seeds has become a new Minecraft tradition. YouTube channel MinecraftAtHome has found the original title screen using seed 2151901553968352745 (coordinates x=61, z=-68, in Minecraft beta 1.7), and they also discovered the version 1.19 title screen using seed -1696067516. If you try the latter, you'll find yourself in an all too familiar swamp biome at coordinates x=3820, z=553.

An igloo in one of the best Minecraft seeds for the holiday period.

Snowy Speedrun

Seed: -4496590507308278848
Important coordinates:

Igloo 648, 1,544
Stronghold 548, 1,540
Ancient City 548, 1,736

If you're looking for a chilly seed to speedrun through, then look no further than this Minecraft Christmas speedrun seed. Perfect for jumping into and completing while you're off for the holidays, or even just if you're not a fan of the summer, this seed has a basement igloo not too far from spawn, directly over not only an Ancient City but also a Stronghold, meaning you can check out three of the rarest Minecraft structures in quick succession and complete the game.

Of course, you also need a Nether Fortress to do this, but as luck would have it, head into the Nether from the coordinates above, and you are only a short walk from the nearest Nether Fortress, at x = 126, z = 274. To get back to your stronghold location, we recommend building your way to the fortress with a path that you can follow back to your portal.

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Herobrine

Seed: 478868574082066804
Version: Alpha 1.0.16_02
Important coordinates:

Herobrine Forest 5, -298

Here's one for the Minecraft folklore experts: the infamous Herobrine seed, aka where Minecraft-Ghost Herobrine was supposedly sighted. Discovered by MinecraftAtHome on YouTube, you can now visit the creepy forest yourself (x=5.16, z=-298.53) as long as you use Minecraft's Java Alpha 1.0.16_02 version. Of course, the myth of Herobrine is merely a decade-old copypasta, so we shouldn't expect to find an actual ghost here… Right?

Minecraft seeds: the sun shines over the horizon in a Minecraft seed with a badlands biome, a dead bush sits in the foreground

What is a Minecraft seed?

If you're new to Minecraft or just new to specific seeds, you might be wondering what we're even talking about. As we briefly touched upon in the intro, Minecraft worlds are procedurally generated; each one is completely random across millions of blocks, thousands of diamonds, and hundreds of structures.

However, when a new world is generated, it is given its own unique number: a seed. This number can then be entered into the game creation screen to recreate the same world generation again and again, so you and your friends alike can play the same world.

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How to load into a specific Minecraft seed

Most of the seeds in our guide can be entered into both Java and Bedrock editions thanks to a feature added to the game that introduced seed parity. As long as the seed is from version 1.18 and beyond, they should provide almost the same results.

How to enter a seed in Minecraft Java Edition:

  • Select 'Single Player' from the main menu.
  • Click Create New World.
  • Name your world and choose your game mode and difficulty.
  • Select 'More World Options' and enter your Minecraft seed.
  • Select any other required options, like resource packs.
  • Click 'Create New World'.

How to enter a seed in Bedrock Edition:

  • Click 'Create New', then select 'Create New World'.
  • Head to the 'Advanced options' menu and enter your Minecraft seed.
  • Choose any other required options for your world.
  • Click 'Create'.

Enjoy this selection of the best Minecraft seeds for 1.21.10, and get out for some brand-new Minecraft adventures. With an infinite number of worlds available, we're sure there are some even more spectacular ones just waiting to be discovered, and we'll update this list when they are.

Meanwhile, there's plenty to keep you busy exploring, but with something new to find around every corner, equip one of our favorite Minecraft skins and perhaps even load up one of the best Minecraft shaders to see one of the best PC games ever made in a whole new light, or browse our favorite Minecraft maps for something altogether different.

Additional contributions by Gina Lees and Marloes Valentina Stella.