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Desert and Badlands with a Near Ancient City

🔥 Nether Fortress💎 Loot

A seed for explorers, with an Ancient City just over 900 blocks from spawn.

A bird's eye view of a desert landscape near a large body of water, with a small spawn marker in the center. Patches of badlands and green forests are visible in the distance.
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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
24, 168
Spawn biome
Desert
Seed 2141575500371681250

You spawn in a desert at (24, 168), right next to a river leading to a warm ocean. While the immediate spawn is rather plain, an Ancient City lies about 911 blocks away at (880, 480). This makes it a solid option for players looking to explore the deep dark early.

What you land in

You appear at (24, 168) in a Desert biome, at a surface height of y=66.

Structures nearest to spawn

The closest structures include an Amethyst Geode (41 blocks away) and a Mineshaft (91 blocks away). For larger finds, a Village is about 219 blocks away, and a Trial Chambers structure is about 305 blocks from spawn.

StructureCoordinates (X, Z)Blocks from spawn
💜 Amethyst Geode ↘ SE60, 188 41
⛏️ Mineshaft ↓ S0, 256 91
⚓ Shipwreck ← W-80, 144 107
⛲ Desert Well ↓ S68, 311 150
🏘️ Village ↘ SE224, 256 219
🌊 Ocean Ruin ← W-208, 144 233
🌋 Ruined Portal → E304, 176 280
⚔️ Trial Chambers ↗ NE288, 16 305
💰 Buried Treasure ↗ NE329, -87 398
🔱 Ocean Monument ↗ NE224, -208 426
🏚️ Ancient City → E880, 480 911
🐪 Desert Pyramid ↙ SW-816, 768 1,032
🏰 Woodland Mansion ↖ NW-800, -688 1,188
🗼 Pillager Outpost ↙ SW-992, 1,248 1,483
🏺 Trail Ruins ↑ N-304, -1,344 1,547
🗿 Jungle Temple ↓ S-368, 2,208 2,077
🧙 Swamp Hut ↖ NW-2,448, -2,288 3,485
🧿 Stronghold ↑ N612, -1,516 1,784

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

Near spawn, the landscape is dominated by Desert, with a River about 32 blocks away. Further out, you will find Badlands and Wooded Badlands starting around 273 and 315 blocks away respectively, making up a significant portion of the surrounding area.

BiomeShareNearest patch (blocks)
Badlands 16.1% 273
Wooded Badlands 15.9% 315
Desert 13.6% 0
Deep Lukewarm Ocean 10.9% 258
Lukewarm Ocean 7.7% 163
Deep Ocean 6.4% 629
Warm Ocean 5.7% 64
River 4.5% 32
Ocean 4.4% 609
Savanna 3.2% 755
Plains 2.6% 455
Dark Forest 2.3% 1,087
Eroded Badlands 1.7% 516
Forest 1.5% 659

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?

Explorers and those who enjoy desert and badlands biomes with a close Ancient City.

Worth it for

  • Ancient City relatively close to spawn
  • Variety of desert and badlands biomes nearby
  • Nether fortress only 118 nether-blocks from spawn portal

Worth knowing

  • Spawn area is mostly flat desert
  • No rare biomes directly at spawn
  • Some highly sought-after structures are over 1000 blocks away