Best Speedrun Seeds

Village loot, a ruined portal and a close first stronghold — seeds with the fastest route to the End.

Java Edition 1.21.4 · 15 verified seeds

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Map of Minecraft seed 4292607477015348800 around spawn Explore this seed
#1

4292607477015348800

Village loot at 86 blocks, a ruined portal at 97 and the first stronghold only 1,564 blocks out.

Spawn
16, 0 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,564 blocks
  • Village86
  • Ruined Portal97
  • Trial Chambers292

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · Cold Ocean · Meadow · Old Growth Birch Forest · Stony Shore

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Map of Minecraft seed -7643703826985145113 around spawn Explore this seed
#2

-7643703826985145113

Village loot at 0 blocks, a ruined portal at 113 and the first stronghold only 1,916 blocks out.

Spawn
80, -304 (Taiga)
Stronghold
1,916 blocks
  • Village0
  • Ruined Portal113
  • Trial Chambers113
  • Ocean Monument461

Nearby biomes: Cold Ocean · Forest · Deep Cold Ocean · Taiga · Beach · River

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#3

3197442784048154854

Village loot at 101 blocks, a ruined portal at 129 and the first stronghold only 1,494 blocks out.

Spawn
-64, 96 (Taiga)
Stronghold
1,494 blocks
  • Village101
  • Trial Chambers115
  • Ruined Portal129

Nearby biomes: Cold Ocean · Taiga · Snowy Plains · Plains · River · Forest

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#4

3000277370722343256

Village loot at 48 blocks, a ruined portal at 205 and the first stronghold only 1,601 blocks out.

Spawn
16, 32 (Taiga)
Stronghold
1,601 blocks
  • Village48
  • Ruined Portal205
  • Trial Chambers226

Nearby biomes: Cold Ocean · Forest · Taiga · Beach · Old Growth Spruce Taiga · River

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#5

6184094889633628142

Village loot at 137 blocks, a ruined portal at 97 and the first stronghold only 1,713 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,713 blocks
  • Ruined Portal97
  • Village137
  • Trial Chambers238

Nearby biomes: Snowy Plains · Snowy Taiga · Snowy Beach · Frozen Ocean · Frozen River

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Map of Minecraft seed -7897411809020143134 around spawn Explore this seed
#6

-7897411809020143134

Village loot at 116 blocks, a ruined portal at 148 and the first stronghold only 1,641 blocks out.

Spawn
-32, 64 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,641 blocks
  • Village116
  • Ruined Portal148
  • Trial Chambers187
  • Pillager Outpost349

Nearby biomes: Savanna · Plains · River · Forest · Sunflower Plains

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Map of Minecraft seed 3264930404929132151 around spawn Explore this seed
#7

3264930404929132151

Village loot at 45 blocks, a ruined portal at 258 and the first stronghold only 1,515 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Taiga)
Stronghold
1,515 blocks
  • Village45
  • Ruined Portal258
  • Trial Chambers292

Nearby biomes: Forest · Taiga · River · Plains · Cherry Grove · Stony Shore

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#8

2957165631642196702

Village loot at 226 blocks, a ruined portal at 45 and the first stronghold only 1,684 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Lush Caves)
Stronghold
1,684 blocks
  • Ruined Portal45
  • Trial Chambers151
  • Village226
  • Ancient City500

Nearby biomes: Taiga · Lush Caves · Snowy Taiga · Dripstone Caves · Old Growth Spruce Taiga · Old Growth Pine Taiga

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Map of Minecraft seed 7096806691778264919 around spawn Explore this seed
#9

7096806691778264919

Village loot at 205 blocks, a ruined portal at 64 and the first stronghold only 1,742 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,742 blocks
  • Ruined Portal64
  • Village205
  • Ancient City374

Nearby biomes: Plains · Savanna · Forest · Sparse Jungle · Dripstone Caves · Jungle

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Map of Minecraft seed -4868930243850990378 around spawn Explore this seed
#10

-4868930243850990378

Village loot at 256 blocks, a ruined portal at 36 and the first stronghold only 1,633 blocks out.

Spawn
-16, 16 (Desert)
Stronghold
1,633 blocks
  • Ruined Portal36
  • Desert Temple129
  • Village256
  • Trial Chambers294
  • Ancient City466

Nearby biomes: Desert · River · Badlands · Eroded Badlands · Dripstone Caves · Warm Ocean

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#11

3061735468396539255

Village loot at 51 blocks, a ruined portal at 307 and the first stronghold only 1,395 blocks out.

Spawn
-192, -32 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,395 blocks
  • Village51
  • Trial Chambers72
  • Ruined Portal307

Nearby biomes: Plains · Ocean · Cold Ocean · River · Forest · Dark Forest

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Map of Minecraft seed -7750215985171314580 around spawn Explore this seed
#12

-7750215985171314580

Village loot at 256 blocks, a ruined portal at 23 and the first stronghold only 1,835 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,835 blocks
  • Ruined Portal23
  • Trial Chambers173
  • Village256

Nearby biomes: Plains · Snowy Plains · River · Forest · Ocean · Snowy Taiga

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#13

3078512364801129733

Village loot at 226 blocks, a ruined portal at 170 and the first stronghold only 1,261 blocks out.

Spawn
-496, -224 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,261 blocks
  • Ruined Portal170
  • Trial Chambers202
  • Village226
  • Ocean Monument444

Nearby biomes: Lukewarm Ocean · Deep Lukewarm Ocean · Savanna · Plains

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#14

-3774112197248863917

Village loot at 193 blocks, a ruined portal at 208 and the first stronghold only 1,247 blocks out.

Spawn
80, 176 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,247 blocks
  • Trial Chambers187
  • Village193
  • Ruined Portal208
  • Ocean Monument408

Nearby biomes: Lukewarm Ocean · Deep Lukewarm Ocean · Savanna · Beach · Forest · Bamboo Jungle

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#15

-1818093143663290916

Village loot at 66 blocks, a ruined portal at 229 and the first stronghold only 1,790 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,790 blocks
  • Village66
  • Ruined Portal229
  • Trial Chambers279

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

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How this list is made

A fast any% route needs three things near spawn: a village for food and beds, a ruined portal for cheap nether access, and a stronghold that isn't half a world away. Every seed here has a village within 300 blocks, a ruined portal within 400, and its first stronghold under 2,000 blocks from spawn — the card shows the exact stronghold distance.

For practice runs, open the seed in the seed map first and plot the portal-to-stronghold line; for blind-style runs, just grab a seed and go.

Want to scout any of these worlds first? Open a seed in the interactive seed map to pan the full world, toggle structures and copy teleport commands.

Playing an older version? This list is also verified separately for 26.3 · 1.20 · 1.19 · 1.18 · 1.16 — worldgen changes between versions, so each list has its own seeds.

Frequently asked questions

How far is the stronghold normally?
In Java Edition the first ring of strongholds generates 1,280 to 2,816 blocks from world origin. Seeds on this list sit at the near edge of that ring — several hundred blocks closer than a typical seed.
Are these seeds allowed for real speedruns?
Set-seed category runs use a community-agreed seed, and random-seed runs can't pick one — so treat these as practice seeds for routing, nether travel and stronghold navigation.
What version are these verified for?
Any current Java release. Structure positions shift between major versions, so generate the world on a current release — on older versions the portal and stronghold can sit elsewhere.