Best 1.19 Ancient City Seeds

Ancient cities directly under or next to spawn — swift sneak, echo shards and the deep dark's best loot, minutes into a world.

Java Edition 1.19 · 15 verified seeds

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#1

7117521065649350118

An ancient city 32 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Snowy Slopes)
Stronghold
1,794 blocks
  • Ancient City32
  • Ruined Portal143
  • Village250
  • Woodland Mansion883

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · Dripstone Caves · River · Snowy Slopes

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#2

5895840140083413673

An ancient city 36 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,774 blocks
  • Ancient City36
  • Ruined Portal187
  • Village311

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Taiga · Plains · Forest · River

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#3

4090085321187183066

An ancient city 51 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
2,578 blocks
  • Ancient City51
  • Village260
  • Ruined Portal390
  • Woodland Mansion473

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Lush Caves · Old Growth Birch Forest · Forest · River · Jagged Peaks

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#4

-6781059565248794448

An ancient city 58 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
2,569 blocks
  • Ancient City58
  • Ruined Portal179
  • Village193
  • Pillager Outpost340
  • Woodland Mansion857

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Plains · Forest · Sparse Jungle · River · Meadow

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#5

-5862772107105280053

An ancient city 58 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Savanna Plateau)
Stronghold
2,268 blocks
  • Ancient City58
  • Village224
  • Jungle Temple464
  • Ruined Portal475

Nearby biomes: Savanna · Plains · Dripstone Caves · Savanna Plateau · Stony Peaks · Forest

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#6

4596921725121844035

An ancient city 66 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Jagged Peaks)
Stronghold
1,612 blocks
  • Ancient City66
  • Village250
  • Ruined Portal266
  • Pillager Outpost372

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Plains · Jagged Peaks · River · Forest

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#7

-1274825135359808994

An ancient city 66 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Snowy Taiga)
Stronghold
1,920 blocks
  • Ancient City66
  • Ruined Portal360

Nearby biomes: Snowy Taiga · Dripstone Caves · Grove · Snowy Plains · Frozen Ocean

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#8

-8594391069506660240

An ancient city 80 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,950 blocks
  • Ancient City80
  • Ruined Portal250

Nearby biomes: Snowy Taiga · Dripstone Caves · Frozen Ocean · Taiga · Grove · Lush Caves

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#9

-851866233168078488

An ancient city 82 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
-144, 112 (Frozen Peaks)
Stronghold
1,245 blocks
  • Ancient City82
  • Ruined Portal274
  • Ocean Monument372

Nearby biomes: Cold Ocean · Deep Ocean · Ocean · Stony Shore · Forest · Plains

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#10

1572037887345544335

An ancient city 93 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
-16, 16 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,747 blocks
  • Ancient City93
  • Village314
  • Ruined Portal324

Nearby biomes: Forest · Plains · River · Dripstone Caves · Birch Forest · Old Growth Birch Forest

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#11

-8796245047254368108

An ancient city 96 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
-144, 0 (Savanna)
Stronghold
2,504 blocks
  • Ancient City96
  • Village148
  • Pillager Outpost306
  • Ruined Portal360

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Savanna · Plains

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#12

-3442435365340637616

An ancient city 96 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Frozen Peaks)
Stronghold
2,541 blocks
  • Ancient City96
  • Ruined Portal152
  • Village481

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Forest · Taiga · Meadow · Frozen Peaks · Grove

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#13

223830406649465258

An ancient city 102 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
2,275 blocks
  • Ancient City102
  • Ruined Portal167

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Birch Forest · Forest · Dark Forest

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#14

-2244519492410088913

An ancient city 107 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Grove)
Stronghold
1,693 blocks
  • Ruined Portal48
  • Ancient City107

Nearby biomes: Forest · Taiga · Grove · River · Old Growth Spruce Taiga

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#15

2242594973474251674

An ancient city 112 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
16, -48 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,869 blocks
  • Ancient City112
  • Pillager Outpost158
  • Village253
  • Ruined Portal458

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · Dripstone Caves · River · Meadow · Jagged Peaks

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About these 1.19 seeds

Each seed here has an ancient city within 350 blocks of spawn horizontally — dig down carefully into the deep dark and you're there. Ancient cities generate deep underground (the city floor sits around Y -51), so the coordinates on the card are where to dig, not where to walk.

1.19 (The Wild Update) added the deep dark, ancient cities and mangrove swamps to world generation, and 1.19.2 remains a huge modded version. These seeds were verified on 1.19 – 1.19.2 generation itself. Note for 1.19.3 and 1.19.4 players: biome and structure layout is identical there, but 1.19.3 changed stronghold placement, so any stronghold distance on a card can differ on those two patches.

Verified for Java Edition 1.19 – 1.19.2 (The Wild Update) — the line most 1.19 modpacks pin. Biomes and structures match on 1.19.3 – 1.19.4 too, but stronghold positions shift there.

Playing the current version instead? See the latest ancient city seeds — or the same list for 26.3 · 1.20. All 1.19 lists live under best 1.19 seeds.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from the main ancient city seeds page?
Same criteria, different worldgen: these are separate seeds found and verified on 1.19's generation. Our main ancient city seeds list is verified on the current version, and seeds don't transfer exactly between the two.
Which releases do these seeds work on?
Verified on 1.19 – 1.19.2 (including 1.19.2 modpacks). On 1.19.3 – 1.19.4 the biomes and structures generate identically, but stronghold positions shift within their rings — so treat stronghold distances as 1.19 – 1.19.2 numbers.
Do these seeds work on Bedrock Edition?
No — Java and Bedrock generate different worlds from the same seed. These lists are Java Edition only.