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Badlands with a Close Ancient City

🔥 Nether Fortress

A spawn in the Badlands with an Ancient City about 668 blocks away and a nearby Nether Fortress.

An aerial view of a varied landscape featuring a prominent river winding through a mix of desert and badlands biomes. There are scattered trees in some areas, and the terrain shows various elevations with sandy and terracotta-like blocks.
3D fly-over of the world around spawn, rendered from the seed. Click to open it in the interactive 3D map.
Version
Java 26.2
+11
26.226.1.226.1.126.11.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.81.21.71.21.61.21.51.21.4
Spawn
8, 8
Spawn biome
Desert
Seed -6771502757316595279

You spawn at Y=84 in a Desert, but the most distinctive feature is an Ancient City about 668 blocks from spawn. This is a rare find so close to your starting point, offering a significant early-game objective. Plus, under the spawn area, you'll find a decent spread of dripstone caves.

What you land in

You spawn directly in a Desert biome at coordinates (8, 8) at an elevation of y=84.

Structures nearest to spawn

The closest structure is an Amethyst Geode at (35, 23), about 31 blocks from spawn. A Mineshaft is also nearby at (64, 0), about 57 blocks away. For more significant finds, an Ancient City is located at (-544, -368), about 668 blocks from spawn, and a Nether Fortress is about 135 blocks (Nether-side) from your spawn portal.

StructureCoordinates (X, Z)Blocks from spawn
💜 Amethyst Geode ↘ SE35, 23 31
⛏️ Mineshaft → E64, 0 57
🌋 Ruined Portal ↘ SE224, 240 317
⚔️ Trial Chambers ↘ SE208, 336 384
⛲ Desert Well ↑ N-69, -596 609
🏚️ Ancient City ↖ NW-544, -368 668
⚓ Shipwreck ↑ N48, -752 761
🏘️ Village ← W-752, -192 786
🌊 Ocean Ruin ↑ N16, -816 824
🗼 Pillager Outpost ↖ NW-800, -464 936
🐪 Desert Pyramid ↙ SW-896, 592 1,076
💰 Buried Treasure ↗ NE1,193, -855 1,466
🏺 Trail Ruins ← W-1,584, -192 1,605
🔱 Ocean Monument ↓ S720, 1,792 1,921
🧿 Stronghold ↓ S-412, 1,396 1,450

Nearest instance of each type inside a 5,000-block box centred on spawn. Coordinates are the structure's origin; ancient cities and mineshafts sit far below the surface.

Biome mix around spawn

Your immediate spawn is in a Desert, but Badlands is very close, about 32 blocks away. The area within 2048 blocks is dominated by Badlands (25.7%), Wooded Badlands (17.5%), and Desert (15.7%). You'll also find River (7.4%) and Eroded Badlands (11.9%) close by. Lush Caves are under 2.2% of the underground area, and Dripstone Caves are under 3.2%.

BiomeShareNearest patch (blocks)
Badlands 25.7% 32
Warm Ocean 17.9% 580
Wooded Badlands 17.5% 231
Desert 15.7% 0
Eroded Badlands 11.9% 72
River 7.4% 45
Stony Shore 3.2% 512

Surface biome sampled on a grid across a 2,048×2,048 block box centred on spawn. Biomes under 1% share are omitted, except the biome you spawn in.

Is this seed for you?

Players seeking an early Ancient City challenge and diverse badlands terrain.

Worth it for

  • Ancient City relatively close to spawn
  • Nether Fortress accessible from spawn portal
  • Diverse badlands biomes nearby
  • Dripstone caves under the spawn area

Worth knowing

  • No village within 700 blocks
  • Sparse jungle biomes are very far away
  • No immediate rare surface biomes at spawn