How to use the Ocean Ruin Finder
Ocean ruins generate as small clusters of stone or sandstone structures underwater. Since 1.20 they contain suspicious sand and gravel for archaeology.
- Type or paste your seed in the seed box (numbers and text seeds both work), then pick your edition and version.
- Ocean ruins are marked on the map automatically. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and hover an icon to see its coordinates.
- Click an icon to copy the coordinates or a ready-made /tp command, and tick "Completed" to keep track of the ones you have visited.
- Use the "Nearest" list in the sidebar to jump straight to the closest ones to spawn or to any X/Z you enter.
Warm and cold ruins
On Java, ocean ruins use regions of 20×20 chunks with an 8-chunk separation, the densest spacing of any ocean structure. The ocean type at the start decides the style: warm, lukewarm and deep lukewarm oceans get sandstone ruins, while every other ocean gets stone brick (cold) ruins. Some ruins are large, and many spawn as a cluster of smaller pieces around the main one.
Drowned spawn around ocean ruins, and a few of them carry tridents. Ruins are a good place to farm drowned for copper, nautilus shells and the occasional trident.
Loot and archaeology
Chests in ocean ruins can hold buried treasure maps, emeralds, gold, enchanted fishing rods and books. Since 1.20, warm ruins contain suspicious sand and cold ruins contain suspicious gravel. Brushing it gives pottery sherds, and warm ocean ruins are the only place to find sniffer eggs.
Editions and versions
| Dimension | Overworld |
|---|---|
| Java Edition | 1.13 – 26.3, exact positions |
| Bedrock Edition | 1.18 – 26.3, exact positions |
Questions
What's the difference between warm and cold ruins?
Warm ocean ruins are sandstone and appear in warm and lukewarm oceans. Cold ruins are stone brick and appear in other oceans. The type follows the biome.
Are ruins big?
Ruins are small: a single structure or a cluster of up to about nine. The marker is the cluster origin.
Where do I find sniffer eggs?
By brushing suspicious sand in warm ocean ruins. Highlight warm or lukewarm oceans on the map and pick sandstone ruins.
Are ocean ruins exact on Bedrock?
Yes. The finder implements Bedrock's ocean ruin placement, so pick Bedrock in the edition selector.
What command finds an ocean ruin?
With cheats on, /locate structure minecraft:ocean_ruin_warm or ocean_ruin_cold on Java, or /locate structure ruins on Bedrock.
Updated · data for Minecraft Java & Bedrock up to 26.3