Best 1.18 Speedrun Seeds

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

Java Edition 1.18 · 15 verified seeds · updated 2026-07-17

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#1

-7512297127385932525

Village loot at 145 blocks, a ruined portal at 125 and the first stronghold only 1,917 blocks out.

Spawn
-64, 96 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,917 blocks
  • Ruined Portal125
  • Village145

Nearby biomes: Plains · Snowy Taiga · Cold Ocean · Snowy Plains · Forest · Stony Shore

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#2

-5932615160041253724

Village loot at 265 blocks, a ruined portal at 107 and the first stronghold only 1,409 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,409 blocks
  • Ruined Portal107
  • Village265
  • Jungle Temple467

Nearby biomes: Forest · Plains · River · Old Growth Birch Forest · Jungle · Dark Forest

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#3

3172545089451928406

Village loot at 215 blocks, a ruined portal at 80 and the first stronghold only 1,958 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Desert)
Stronghold
1,958 blocks
  • Ruined Portal80
  • Desert Temple177
  • Village215

Nearby biomes: Desert · River · Forest · Sparse Jungle · Plains

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#4

6937204213016616233

Village loot at 112 blocks, a ruined portal at 209 and the first stronghold only 1,861 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,861 blocks
  • Village112
  • Ruined Portal209

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · Ocean · River · Beach

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#5

7959470559838810263

Village loot at 129 blocks, a ruined portal at 273 and the first stronghold only 1,484 blocks out.

Spawn
-32, -32 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,484 blocks
  • Village129
  • Ruined Portal273

Nearby biomes: Forest · Plains · Ocean · River · Meadow · Birch Forest

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#6

-8625748394660137481

Village loot at 112 blocks, a ruined portal at 244 and the first stronghold only 1,726 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Taiga)
Stronghold
1,726 blocks
  • Village112
  • Ruined Portal244
  • Pillager Outpost443

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

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#7

-3555137490380325012

Village loot at 132 blocks, a ruined portal at 333 and the first stronghold only 1,347 blocks out.

Spawn
-16, 16 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,347 blocks
  • Village132
  • Ruined Portal333

Nearby biomes: Snowy Plains · Plains · Frozen Ocean · Ice Spikes · Cold Ocean · Frozen River

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#8

-8023536709279998351

Village loot at 279 blocks, a ruined portal at 161 and the first stronghold only 1,590 blocks out.

Spawn
80, 96 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,590 blocks
  • Ruined Portal161
  • Village279

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

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#9

7657050403088874817

Village loot at 72 blocks, a ruined portal at 396 and the first stronghold only 1,502 blocks out.

Spawn
32, 80 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,502 blocks
  • Village72
  • Ruined Portal396

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

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#10

654025554705890578

Village loot at 163 blocks, a ruined portal at 272 and the first stronghold only 1,732 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,732 blocks
  • Village163
  • Ruined Portal272

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

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#11

-1629051845107906138

Village loot at 227 blocks, a ruined portal at 215 and the first stronghold only 1,778 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,778 blocks
  • Ruined Portal215
  • Village227

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

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#12

-1712764198038148210

Village loot at 272 blocks, a ruined portal at 229 and the first stronghold only 1,633 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,633 blocks
  • Ruined Portal229
  • Village272

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

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#13

6571547459532256357

Village loot at 244 blocks, a ruined portal at 285 and the first stronghold only 1,554 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Old Growth Birch Forest)
Stronghold
1,554 blocks
  • Village244
  • Ruined Portal285

Nearby biomes: Swamp · Plains · Forest · Old Growth Birch Forest · River · Dark Forest

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#14

-5884925737347821794

Village loot at 161 blocks, a ruined portal at 324 and the first stronghold only 1,825 blocks out.

Spawn
-16, 16 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,825 blocks
  • Village161
  • Ruined Portal324

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

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#15

6597653419760542540

Village loot at 245 blocks, a ruined portal at 290 and the first stronghold only 1,623 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Badlands)
Stronghold
1,623 blocks
  • Village245
  • Ruined Portal290
  • Desert Temple324

Nearby biomes: Warm Ocean · Badlands · Wooded Badlands · Desert · River

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About these 1.18 seeds

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.

1.18 (Caves & Cliffs Part II) rewrote terrain generation completely: world height stretched to Y −64…319, six new mountain biomes, and cave systems bigger than anything before it. It's also where modern seeds begin — a 1.17 seed generates a totally different world — and 1.18.2 is still a heavily-played modpack version. Every seed below was verified on 1.18 generation itself.

Verified for Java Edition 1.18 (Caves & Cliffs Part II). Biomes, terrain and structure locations are identical across 1.18 – 1.18.2, so 1.18.2 modpack worlds match these maps.

Playing the current version instead? See the latest speedrun seeds — or the same list for 1.20 · 1.19 · 1.16. All 1.18 lists live under best 1.18 seeds.

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from the main speedrun seeds page?
Same criteria, different worldgen: these are separate seeds found and verified on 1.18's generation. Our main speedrun seeds list is verified on the current version, and seeds don't transfer exactly between the two.
Which releases do these seeds work on?
The whole 1.18 line — 1.18 through 1.18.2, including 1.18.2 modpacks: biomes, terrain and structure positions are identical across the patches (1.18.2 only fixed cosmetic generation bugs like underwater snow patches). Later versions keep the same terrain engine but add structures and tweak placements (1.19's ancient cities, 1.20's trail ruins), so verify on our newer lists if you're playing past 1.18.
Do these seeds work on Bedrock Edition?
No — Java and Bedrock generate different worlds from the same seed. These lists are Java Edition only.