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

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#1

-737555516538982706

Village loot at 36 blocks, a ruined portal at 97 and the first stronghold only 1,615 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,615 blocks
  • Village36
  • Ruined Portal97

Nearby biomes: Savanna · Lukewarm Ocean · Old Growth Birch Forest · River · Plains · Forest

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#2

7910265606749046018

Village loot at 113 blocks, a ruined portal at 32 and the first stronghold only 1,592 blocks out.

Spawn
16, 32 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,592 blocks
  • Ruined Portal32
  • Village113

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · Cold Ocean · Taiga · Ocean · Deep Frozen Ocean

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#3

-2987362731312587567

Village loot at 101 blocks, a ruined portal at 36 and the first stronghold only 1,811 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Meadow)
Stronghold
1,811 blocks
  • Ruined Portal36
  • Village101
  • Pillager Outpost465
  • Woodland Mansion689

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

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#4

-5648674392677347442

Village loot at 51 blocks, a ruined portal at 195 and the first stronghold only 1,415 blocks out.

Spawn
16, 32 (Desert)
Stronghold
1,415 blocks
  • Village51
  • Ruined Portal195

Nearby biomes: Warm Ocean · Badlands · Desert · Lukewarm Ocean · Eroded Badlands · Deep Lukewarm Ocean

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#5

8057546220803061203

Village loot at 97 blocks, a ruined portal at 113 and the first stronghold only 1,607 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Desert)
Stronghold
1,607 blocks
  • Village97
  • Ruined Portal113
  • Desert Temple429

Nearby biomes: Desert · River · Wooded Badlands · Dripstone Caves · Plains · Jungle

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#6

4378757077922762240

Village loot at 240 blocks, a ruined portal at 16 and the first stronghold only 1,451 blocks out.

Spawn
48, 32 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,451 blocks
  • Ruined Portal16
  • Village240

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

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#7

-1183463405764368187

Village loot at 66 blocks, a ruined portal at 148 and the first stronghold only 1,675 blocks out.

Spawn
-272, 112 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,675 blocks
  • Village66
  • Ruined Portal148
  • Ocean Monument358

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

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#8

-264720575309207881

Village loot at 36 blocks, a ruined portal at 198 and the first stronghold only 1,625 blocks out.

Spawn
-272, 176 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,625 blocks
  • Village36
  • Ruined Portal198

Nearby biomes: Deep Cold Ocean · Cold Ocean · Plains · Deep Frozen Ocean · Forest · Taiga

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#9

-2307051758142175386

Village loot at 128 blocks, a ruined portal at 122 and the first stronghold only 1,571 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Savanna Plateau)
Stronghold
1,571 blocks
  • Ruined Portal122
  • Village128

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

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#10

-423768462163826735

Village loot at 113 blocks, a ruined portal at 107 and the first stronghold only 1,810 blocks out.

Spawn
16, -16 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,810 blocks
  • Ruined Portal107
  • Village113

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

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#11

6694438798771042169

Village loot at 160 blocks, a ruined portal at 48 and the first stronghold only 1,974 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Badlands)
Stronghold
1,974 blocks
  • Ruined Portal48
  • Village160

Nearby biomes: Badlands · Warm Ocean · Desert · Savanna · Eroded Badlands · River

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#12

-5585396847895600988

Village loot at 294 blocks, a ruined portal at 32 and the first stronghold only 1,463 blocks out.

Spawn
48, 32 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,463 blocks
  • Ruined Portal32
  • Village294
  • Woodland Mansion906

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

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#13

-4680106205757593573

Village loot at 167 blocks, a ruined portal at 145 and the first stronghold only 1,550 blocks out.

Spawn
16, 16 (Flower Forest)
Stronghold
1,550 blocks
  • Ruined Portal145
  • Village167
  • Woodland Mansion967

Nearby biomes: Plains · River · Sunflower Plains · Flower Forest · Birch Forest · Forest

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#14

-7551576148275752828

Village loot at 273 blocks, a ruined portal at 45 and the first stronghold only 1,531 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 32 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,531 blocks
  • Ruined Portal45
  • Village273

Nearby biomes: Savanna · Forest · Plains · Savanna Plateau · Ocean · Dark Forest

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#15

-9174382815941396369

Village loot at 250 blocks, a ruined portal at 16 and the first stronghold only 1,797 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,797 blocks
  • Ruined Portal16
  • Village250

Nearby biomes: Taiga · Forest · Snowy Plains · Plains · Cold Ocean · Frozen Peaks

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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 26.3 · 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.