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Forest Spawn with Nearby Ancient City and Badlands

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A seed for Java 26+ that drops you into a Forest with an Ancient City just over 350 blocks away.

An aerial view of varied terrain, with a central spawn marker in a green forest area, flanked by grey mountains, orange badlands, yellow savannas, and blue rivers and lakes.
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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
8, 8
Spawn biome
Forest
Seed 3743223253461894169

You spawn in a tranquil Forest biome, but the real highlight here is an Ancient City located about 364 blocks from spawn at (240, -272). This makes for a relatively quick journey to a valuable late-game structure. If you need a village, one is about 284 blocks away.

What you land in

You spawn at (8, 8) in a Forest biome at y=120, surrounded by trees and gentle slopes.

Structures nearest to spawn

The nearest structure is an Amethyst Geode at (-5, 14), only 14 blocks from spawn. A Mineshaft is also quite close at (-16, 48), just 47 blocks away. For more significant finds, a Trial Chambers is about 171 blocks away at (112, 144).

StructureCoordinates (X, Z)Blocks from spawn
💜 Amethyst Geode ↙ SW-5, 14 14
⛏️ Mineshaft ↙ SW-16, 48 47
⚔️ Trial Chambers ↘ SE112, 144 171
🏘️ Village ↘ SE224, 192 284
🌋 Ruined Portal ← W-320, 64 333
🏚️ Ancient City ↗ NE240, -272 364
💰 Buried Treasure ↘ SE313, 361 467
🐪 Desert Pyramid ↓ S32, 512 505
🌊 Ocean Ruin ↘ SE464, 384 591
⛲ Desert Well ↓ S-107, 655 657
⚓ Shipwreck ↓ S128, 656 659
🔱 Ocean Monument ↘ SE1,264, 784 1,476
🏺 Trail Ruins → E1,696, -224 1,704
🗼 Pillager Outpost ↗ NE1,808, -864 2,000
❄️ Igloo ↗ NE1,744, -1,392 2,230
🗿 Jungle Temple ↘ SE2,384, 1,664 2,896
🧿 Stronghold → E1,540, -76 1,534

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 spawn in a Forest is immediately adjacent to Plains (about 32 blocks away) and Savanna (about 45 blocks away). A River biome is also close, about 91 blocks away, winding through the landscape. Further out, you'll find extensive Badlands and Wooded Badlands starting around 300-320 blocks from spawn.

BiomeShareNearest patch (blocks)
Warm Ocean 15.5% 560
Forest 14.6% 0
Wooded Badlands 11% 304
Savanna 9.4% 45
River 9.2% 91
Plains 8.9% 32
Badlands 8.1% 315
Lukewarm Ocean 3.7% 566
Eroded Badlands 3.6% 352
Jungle 3.5% 136
Sparse Jungle 2.9% 91
Cherry Grove 2.4% 905
Desert 2% 427
Savanna Plateau 1.4% 160
Stony Shore 1.3% 608
Meadow 1.1% 635

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 looking for an early Ancient City and diverse biomes within a manageable distance.

Worth it for

  • Relatively close Ancient City
  • Good mix of biomes near spawn for resources
  • Mineshaft very close for early ore access

Worth knowing

  • Spawn area is not particularly dramatic or unique
  • No rare biomes directly at spawn
  • Ocean Monument is quite far out