Ancient City Seeds

An ancient city within 600 blocks of spawn.

Ancient cities hold some of the best loot in the game, including Swift Sneak books and enchanted golden apples, but they sit deep in the deep dark below Y 0 and the Warden guards them.

Every seed here has an ancient city within 600 blocks of spawn. The coordinates are where the city is; dig down to around Y −51 to reach it.

Java 26.3 seeds

Ancient city matched about 1 in 4 random seeds we checked; these are the 9 with the best seed score.

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#1-806855072099611699A · 77
Spawn in Savanna at 16, -48
- Ancient City 238 blocks from spawn at 96, 176
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#24551743199934332179A · 76
Spawn in Sparse Jungle at 0, 0
- Ancient City 195 blocks from spawn at 160, 112
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#3-1385367040768150510A · 75
Spawn in Forest at -32, 0
- Ancient City 366 blocks from spawn at -368, 144
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#4702678806620367803A · 74
Spawn in Forest at 0, 0
- Ancient City 208 blocks from spawn at 0, 208
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#5-1094835784069335934A · 74
Spawn in Forest at 0, 0
- Ancient City 227 blocks from spawn at -176, -144
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#6-3171996518968311700A · 74
Spawn in Forest at 0, 0
- Ancient City 285 blocks from spawn at 176, 224
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#7-6844618121734148198A · 74
Spawn in Birch Forest at 0, 0
- Ancient City 329 blocks from spawn at -160, -288
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#85068559660801655202A · 74
Spawn in Savanna at 16, -48
- Ancient City 448 blocks from spawn at 384, 208
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#9-6724366741419282818A · 74
Spawn in Forest at 16, 80
- Ancient City 464 blocks from spawn at -304, 416
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Bedrock 26.3 seeds

Ancient city matched about 1 in 5 random seeds we checked; these are the 9 with the best seed score.

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#1-155219215A · 82
Spawn in Forest at 0, 0 (estimated)
- Ancient City 573 blocks from spawn at 152, 552
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#2-880794772A · 81
Spawn in Plains at 0, 48 (estimated)
- Ancient City 194 blocks from spawn at 120, 200
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#31864230614A · 81
Spawn in Meadow at 0, 0 (estimated)
- Ancient City 277 blocks from spawn at -152, -232
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#4-434266060A · 78
Spawn in Forest at 0, 0 (estimated)
- Ancient City 206 blocks from spawn at 120, 168
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#5-418276325A · 78
Spawn in Forest at 0, 0 (estimated)
- Ancient City 593 blocks from spawn at -312, 504
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#6-1256206691A · 77
Spawn in Plains at -16, 16 (estimated)
- Ancient City 557 blocks from spawn at 536, 88
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#71115536820A · 76
Spawn in Forest at 160, 80 (estimated)
- Ancient City 424 blocks from spawn at 152, 504
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#8-1926274680A · 75
Spawn in Dark Forest at 0, 0 (estimated)
- Ancient City 490 blocks from spawn at 440, -216
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#9-1617146063A · 75
Spawn in Birch Forest at -16, 16 (estimated)
- Ancient City 567 blocks from spawn at 168, 552
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First things to do

Go in with wool to place on sculk sensors, and sneak everywhere.
Do not break shriekers by walking on them; four shrieks call the Warden.
Keep the echo shards from the chests: eight of them and a compass make a recovery compass.

How these seeds were found

We ran our seed finder over random seeds with this exact quick pick, using the same world generator as the seed map, and kept the matches with the highest seed score. Every coordinate on this page comes from that check, for 26.3. Older or newer versions can place things differently, so check a seed on the map for your version. Last updated 2026-11-02.

Questions

How deep is the ancient city?

Ancient cities generate at about Y −51 in the deep dark under mountains and hills.

Are Bedrock coordinates exact?

Bedrock ancient city placement is approximate in our engine, so check the area on the seed map before digging.