Best 26.3 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 26.3 · 15 verified seeds

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#1

8539452366700254544

An ancient city 0 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
2,369 blocks
  • Ancient City0
  • Trial Chambers295
  • Ruined Portal380
  • Village405

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

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#2

7030237909045046375

An ancient city 16 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Cherry Grove)
Stronghold
1,965 blocks
  • Ancient City16
  • Ruined Portal326
  • Trial Chambers330
  • Village379

Nearby biomes: Sunflower Plains · Dripstone Caves · Plains · Savanna · Dappled Forest · Forest

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#3

-6688462227680767956

An ancient city 23 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
16, 0 (Taiga)
Stronghold
2,391 blocks
  • Ancient City23
  • Ruined Portal200
  • Woodland Mansion972

Nearby biomes: Lush Caves · Taiga · Grove · Old Growth Pine Taiga · Cold Ocean · Jagged Peaks

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#4

-3596393461101681195

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

Spawn
0, 0 (Stony Peaks)
Stronghold
2,316 blocks
  • Ancient City32
  • Ruined Portal273
  • Trial Chambers328
  • Village387

Nearby biomes: Forest · Lukewarm Ocean · Deep Lukewarm Ocean · Plains · Savanna · Stony Shore

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#5

3309138528973141153

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

Spawn
0, 0 (Deep Dark)
Stronghold
2,500 blocks
  • Ancient City32
  • Trial Chambers167
  • Ruined Portal268
  • Village466

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Snowy Slopes · Grove · Jagged Peaks · Snowy Plains

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#6

6407006671537799401

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

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,909 blocks
  • Ancient City32
  • Trial Chambers306
  • Ruined Portal423
  • Village453

Nearby biomes: Forest · Dripstone Caves · Taiga · Birch Forest · Stony Shore · Grove

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#7

-7764996087374019099

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

Spawn
0, 0 (Frozen Peaks)
Stronghold
2,625 blocks
  • Ancient City36
  • Ruined Portal288
  • Trial Chambers340
  • Village480

Nearby biomes: Forest · Dripstone Caves · Stony Shore · Plains · River · Lukewarm Ocean

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#8

7598782101991872427

An ancient city 45 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Grove)
Stronghold
1,617 blocks
  • Ancient City45
  • Ruined Portal336
  • Trial Chambers395

Nearby biomes: Taiga · Forest · Dripstone Caves · Dark Forest · Lush Caves · Ocean

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#9

2787905784026836379

An ancient city 48 blocks from spawn (dig down in the deep dark) — swift sneak, echo shards and recovery compasses early.

Spawn
0, 0 (Wooded Badlands)
Stronghold
1,630 blocks
  • Ancient City48
  • Ruined Portal227
  • Village387
  • Jungle Temple453

Nearby biomes: Warm Ocean · Lush Caves · Dripstone Caves · Forest · Badlands · Stony Shore

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#10

7341344145261852926

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

Spawn
-144, -224 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
2,804 blocks
  • Ancient City51
  • Trial Chambers158
  • Village272
  • Ruined Portal351

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Snowy Plains · Taiga · Frozen River

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#11

-5941898244801361723

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
1,799 blocks
  • Ancient City51
  • Trial Chambers148
  • Village240
  • Ruined Portal476

Nearby biomes: Plains · Dripstone Caves · Forest · Meadow · River · Ocean

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#12

5151936474377601978

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

Spawn
0, 0 (Forest)
Stronghold
2,456 blocks
  • Ancient City66
  • Ruined Portal144
  • Trial Chambers274
  • Village309
  • Woodland Mansion1,131

Nearby biomes: Savanna · Forest · Plains · River · Savanna Plateau · Lukewarm Ocean

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#13

-6803094413235451951

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

Spawn
0, 0 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,759 blocks
  • Ancient City66
  • Ruined Portal102
  • Village351
  • Trial Chambers374

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

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#14

3143827581649278933

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

Spawn
0, -16 (Plains)
Stronghold
2,535 blocks
  • Ancient City66
  • Trial Chambers265
  • Ruined Portal272
  • Woodland Mansion711

Nearby biomes: Forest · Savanna · Dark Forest · River · Plains · Birch Forest

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#15

-2199138538010387050

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

Spawn
-48, 32 (Lush Caves)
Stronghold
2,085 blocks
  • Ancient City66
  • Trial Chambers311
  • Village363
  • Ruined Portal430

Nearby biomes: Dark Forest · Lush Caves · Ocean · Stony Shore · Taiga · River

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About these 26.3 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.

26.3 (Third Drop 2026) is Minecraft's next update, in snapshots now. It adds the dappled forest — an autumn biome of orange, red and yellow poplar trees, red shrubs and shelf mushrooms that generates near cold biomes — along with the abandoned camp structure and straw beds. Every seed below was found on the 26.3 snapshot's own world generation, so you can line up a dappled forest or a strong spawn before the full release. Because 26.3 is still a snapshot, Mojang can change generation before launch, so we re-verify each seed on the release build the day it ships.

Verified on the Java Edition 26.3 snapshot (Third Drop 2026). 26.3 is still in snapshots, so world generation can still change before the update releases — we re-verify every seed on the final build the day it ships. Until then, treat these as snapshot-accurate.

Playing the current version instead? See the latest ancient city seeds — or the same list for 1.20 · 1.19. All 26.3 lists live under best 26.3 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 26.3's generation. Our main ancient city seeds list is verified on the current version, and seeds don't transfer exactly between the two.
Is 26.3 released yet?
Not yet — 26.3 (Third Drop 2026) is in snapshots, with a full release expected later in 2026. You can play these seeds today in a 26.3 snapshot; when the update ships we re-check every seed on the release build and update any coordinates that shifted.
Which builds do these seeds work on?
The 26.3 snapshots. Generation is stable across the snapshots for everything these cards measure, but a snapshot can still change before release — so for released Minecraft use our current-version lists, and come back here once 26.3 launches.
Do these seeds work on Bedrock Edition?
No — Java and Bedrock generate different worlds from the same seed. These lists are Java Edition only.