Best 1.20 Speedrun Seeds

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

Java Edition 1.20 · 15 verified seeds

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Map of Minecraft seed 6681160295372744098 around spawn Explore this seed
#1

6681160295372744098

Village loot at 16 blocks, a ruined portal at 151 and the first stronghold only 1,527 blocks out.

Spawn
-240, 128 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,527 blocks
  • Village16
  • Ruined Portal151

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

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#2

8480043086649073876

Village loot at 193 blocks, a ruined portal at 45 and the first stronghold only 1,325 blocks out.

Spawn
48, 32 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,325 blocks
  • Ruined Portal45
  • Village193

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · River · Cold Ocean

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#3

-2460507195775225313

Village loot at 51 blocks, a ruined portal at 195 and the first stronghold only 1,511 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Sparse Jungle)
Stronghold
1,511 blocks
  • Village51
  • Ruined Portal195
  • Desert Temple205
  • Jungle Temple301

Nearby biomes: Desert · Jungle · Dripstone Caves · River · Sparse Jungle · Plains

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#4

7064985409603780368

Village loot at 193 blocks, a ruined portal at 64 and the first stronghold only 1,546 blocks out.

Spawn
16, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,546 blocks
  • Ruined Portal64
  • Village193

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

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#5

2190566634595018650

Village loot at 45 blocks, a ruined portal at 279 and the first stronghold only 1,260 blocks out.

Spawn
-192, -256 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,260 blocks
  • Village45
  • Ruined Portal279
  • Ocean Monument453

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

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#6

3846779100474155307

Village loot at 97 blocks, a ruined portal at 167 and the first stronghold only 1,632 blocks out.

Spawn
32, 48 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,632 blocks
  • Village97
  • Ruined Portal167

Nearby biomes: Forest · Plains · Ice Spikes · River · Snowy Plains

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#7

7379994956051516089

Village loot at 129 blocks, a ruined portal at 143 and the first stronghold only 1,618 blocks out.

Spawn
208, 208 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,618 blocks
  • Village129
  • Ruined Portal143

Nearby biomes: Desert · Dripstone Caves · River · Sparse Jungle · Badlands · Bamboo Jungle

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#8

552380074623031046

Village loot at 148 blocks, a ruined portal at 143 and the first stronghold only 1,527 blocks out.

Spawn
-64, 16 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,527 blocks
  • Ruined Portal143
  • Village148

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

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#9

-4210928302186244348

Village loot at 80 blocks, a ruined portal at 158 and the first stronghold only 1,794 blocks out.

Spawn
128, -32 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,794 blocks
  • Village80
  • Ruined Portal158
  • Pillager Outpost464
  • Ancient City466

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

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#10

-7595184333801388757

Village loot at 170 blocks, a ruined portal at 148 and the first stronghold only 1,399 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Snowy Plains)
Stronghold
1,399 blocks
  • Ruined Portal148
  • Village170
  • Pillager Outpost215

Nearby biomes: Snowy Plains · Snowy Taiga · Frozen River

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#11

-5831676331220420040

Village loot at 193 blocks, a ruined portal at 138 and the first stronghold only 1,376 blocks out.

Spawn
-112, 160 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,376 blocks
  • Ruined Portal138
  • Village193
  • Ocean Monument431

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

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#12

5903686684116938754

Village loot at 172 blocks, a ruined portal at 116 and the first stronghold only 1,594 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Forest)
Stronghold
1,594 blocks
  • Ruined Portal116
  • Village172

Nearby biomes: Forest · Dripstone Caves · River · Plains · Taiga · Old Growth Spruce Taiga

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#13

2830708147230894980

Village loot at 148 blocks, a ruined portal at 143 and the first stronghold only 1,588 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 0 (Plains)
Stronghold
1,588 blocks
  • Ruined Portal143
  • Village148

Nearby biomes: Plains · Forest · River · Flower Forest · Meadow

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#14

3810002955180927348

Village loot at 165 blocks, a ruined portal at 148 and the first stronghold only 1,484 blocks out.

Spawn
96, 64 (Savanna)
Stronghold
1,484 blocks
  • Ruined Portal148
  • Village165
  • Pillager Outpost202
  • Ancient City403

Nearby biomes: Savanna · Badlands · Dripstone Caves · Forest · River · Lukewarm Ocean

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#15

-4300029911706409253

Village loot at 170 blocks, a ruined portal at 113 and the first stronghold only 1,662 blocks out.

Spawn
0, 32 (Dripstone Caves)
Stronghold
1,662 blocks
  • Ruined Portal113
  • Village170
  • Ancient City304
  • Woodland Mansion816

Nearby biomes: Dripstone Caves · Forest · River · Savanna

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About these 1.20 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.

1.20 (Trails & Tales) added cherry groves and buried trail ruins to world generation, and 1.20.1 is one of the most-pinned modpack versions — plenty of worlds are still being started on it. Every seed below was verified on 1.20's own generation, not back-ported from a newer list: 1.21 changed worldgen (trial chambers, then the pale garden), so a list verified there can't honestly claim these coordinates.

Verified for Java Edition 1.20 (Trails & Tales). Biomes, terrain and structures are identical across 1.20 – 1.20.6, so any 1.20.x world matches these maps — the only generation change in the patches (1.20.2 made diamond ore more common in the deepslate layers) doesn't affect anything these cards measure.

Playing the current version instead? See the latest speedrun seeds — or the same list for 26.3 · 1.19 · 1.18 · 1.16. All 1.20 lists live under best 1.20 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 1.20'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 1.20 line — 1.20 through 1.20.6, including 1.20.1 modpacks: biomes, terrain and structure positions are identical across the patches. (The one generation change, 1.20.2 making diamond ore more common in the deepslate layers, doesn't move anything on these cards.) On 1.21+ the same seed generates almost the same world, but trial chambers (1.21) and pale gardens (1.21.4) appear and a few placements shift, so use our main lists for current versions.
Do these seeds work on Bedrock Edition?
No — Java and Bedrock generate different worlds from the same seed. These lists are Java Edition only.