Minecraft’s Wild Update has finally introduced the Ancient City to the game. This underground structure generates randomly below the -0 level, and contains all kinds of secrets, including items, Skulk, and the terrifying Warden mob. These are the best new seeds to find the Minecraft Ancient City in Java and Bedrock edition.

Best Minecraft Ancient City Seeds List

Best Minecraft Java 1.19 Ancient City Seeds

Dripstone Dungeon

Seed: 3972586366582016976

This Ancient City directly intersects with a huge Dripstone cave, giving it a really menacing and dark feeling. It adds a whole extra layer of atmosphere to the already formidable location. What’s more, there’s plenty of Skulk-filled caves and lush locations as you dig your way down to this dangerous locale. Starting in an icy wasteland, you’ll quickly be able to escape and find a way to this dark place!

  • Key Locations Ancient City: 240, -40, 1376 Ruined portal: 368, 1033 Village: 622, 1138 Shipwreck: 75, 596

Taiga of Terror

Seed: 4502343212214991445

This seed featured a huge Dripstone cavern jutting out of an endless Taiga, and continuing deep into the ground until you hit the Ancient City. What’s crazy about this City is how much Skulk there is. It creeps up for almost 100 blocks and the city is absolutely covered in the stuff. If you’re looking for a large supply of the stuff, then look no further than this world!

  • Key Locations: Ancient City: 192, -35, 240 Dripstone Cave entrance: 306, 117, 255 Mini Ice Spikes biome: 537, -163 Village: 256, -192

Cave to the City

A huge cave at the base of a mountain tunnels deep into the depths of the earth, passing through dripstone and lush caves on the way to a dank and Ancient City below the surface. Surrounding the area is one of the more impressive looking mountain ranges we’ve encountered in-game. And there’s a lot of interesting elements nearby your spawn.

  • Ancient City: 192, -35, 240 Dripstone Cave entrance: 306, 117, 255 Mini Ice Spikes biome: 537, -163 Village: 256, -192

Seed: -5126719842098578561

  • Key Locations Cave entrance: 127, -517 Village: 332,  -849 Ruined Portal: 100, 890 Ancient City: 120, -50 ,-640

Glacial Guardians

Seed: -7987742358295810744

  • Cave entrance: 127, -517 Village: 332,  -849 Ruined Portal: 100, 890 Ancient City: 120, -50 ,-640

A frozen icefield protects the entrance to this Ancient City. As you dig down, you’ll struggle through a Mineshaft which rewards you with valuable spoils in the minecart chests. Around this barren landscape, there are hidden points of interest, but the true treasure definitely resides deep below the surface of this world.

  • Key Locations Open Lush Cave: -23, 134 Ocean Ruin on Surface: 304, -183 Mineshaft: 419, 46, -754 Ancient City: 336,-33, -697

Jungle Outcrop

Seed: -1880293469868761828

  • Open Lush Cave: -23, 134 Ocean Ruin on Surface: 304, -183 Mineshaft: 419, 46, -754 Ancient City: 336,-33, -697

A lone flat-topped mountain pokes out the center of a vast jungle, bordered by badlands. Tunnels and caves lead downward, but where do they lead? The Ancient City, of course. Gving you great access to starting resources, and a nicely secluded area, you’re able to create your distant outpost here in the midst of a jungle clearing, before tunneling down into an Ancient City.

  • Key Locations Ancient City: -272, -45, -624 Village and Ruined Portal: -491, -979 Bamboo Jungle: 550, 495 Ruined Portal: 902, 645 Savannah Village on Plateau: 1809, 561

Ancient Azaleas

Seed: 2414075141698161170

  • Ancient City: -272, -45, -624 Village and Ruined Portal: -491, -979 Bamboo Jungle: 550, 495 Ruined Portal: 902, 645 Savannah Village on Plateau: 1809, 561

Spawning in a forest with naturally grown Azalea trees can only mean one thing: A very shallow lush cave. Digging just a few dozen blocks down from your starting point you’ll find some incredible lush caves. With the Ancient City around 3000 blocks away (pretty good for a 1.19 spawning), and so many fascinating caves on the way, this is a really beautiful spawn.

  • Key Features Initial Lush Cave: 2, 35, -88 Ruined Portal on Ice Lake: 86, 106 Ancient City: 106, -3280 Spruce Village: 114, -257

Lonely Lagoon

Seed: 2397034905043816426

  • Initial Lush Cave: 2, 35, -88 Ruined Portal on Ice Lake: 86, 106 Ancient City: 106, -3280 Spruce Village: 114, -257

A sleepy lagoon is the perfect place to start your expedition to the Ancient City. There’s plenty of resources to keep you going and get you started on your adventure, and enough variety of biomes that you can start building something impressive. Then when you’re ready for a real challenge, dig down and face the Warden…

  • Key Locations: Ancient City: 512, -52, -608 Ruined Portal: 8, 176 Village on the Lake: -130, 258 Pillager Tower: -315, 151

Lava Rains

Seed: -8640925333536702326

  • Ancient City: 512, -52, -608 Ruined Portal: 8, 176 Village on the Lake: -130, 258 Pillager Tower: -315, 151

The center of this Ancient City has been taken over by the primordial forces of lava and magma. You’ll have to dodge the lava rain to make it to the most valuable loot in this expansive underground metropolis!

  • Key Locations: Ancient City: 506, -34, 2091 Large Village: -352, -239 Pillager Tower: 537, 150, 2133 Bamboo Jungle with Pandas: -236, -949

Best Minecraft Bedrock 1.19 Ancient City Seeds

(Note: On Bedrock/Windows edition, you may need to turn on Wild Update Experiments in the options menu order to make sure an Ancient City is generated. Some of these seeds were generated with the Wild Update Experiments option activated.)

  • Ancient City: 506, -34, 2091 Large Village: -352, -239 Pillager Tower: 537, 150, 2133 Bamboo Jungle with Pandas: -236, -949

Badlands Basement

Seed: -7969402200478764570

A brutal Badlands expanse with a dark city below. It sounds like something from a horror movie! The surface is as inhospitable as the underground in this sprawling location. However, one great advantage is the huge amount of gold you’re likely to find digging towards the city!

  • Key Locations: Ancient City: -616, -43, -296 Above ground Dripstone: 8, 64 Pillager tower: -903, 259 Village: -444, 744

Meadow Mountain Mining

Seed: -2158621094386838390

  • Ancient City: -616, -43, -296 Above ground Dripstone: 8, 64 Pillager tower: -903, 259 Village: -444, 744

This spawn will take you a while to get to (around 1000 blocks away from the initial starting point) but it’s very worth it! An incredible Ancient City with great loot and a perfect surface base location. Choose from either a fantastic Mountain Meadow, or a perfect island in an Ice Spikes biome. There’s also a pair of Villages nearby, but with how close to an Illager Tower they are, they might not be for long!

  • Key Locations Ancient City: -640, -35, -640 Perfect Snow Island: -400, -717 Double Village + Illager Tower: -522, -955 Ruined Portal: -388, -1178

Badlands Sanctuary

Seed: -6778246788154565662

  • Ancient City: -640, -35, -640 Perfect Snow Island: -400, -717 Double Village + Illager Tower: -522, -955 Ruined Portal: -388, -1178

This is actually the default seed you’ll get if you specify an Ancient City biome when you create your world in Bedrock edition. With a spawn in a huge Mesa/Badlands biome, bordered by jungles and forests, this is an unorthodox starting point with an interesting secret: An Ancient City just 120 blocks from X: 0, Z: 0. On your way down to discover the Ancient City, you’ll encounter lush caves, and plenty of resources. And the vast open darkness of the Deep Dark, of course. A perfect start for any Ancient City seekers.

  • Key Locations Ruined portal: 8, 312 Desert Temple: 232, 152 Ancient City: 120, -5, 120 Lush Cave: 134, 30, 111

Dripstone City

Seed: -5199312259677311412

  • Ruined portal: 8, 312 Desert Temple: 232, 152 Ancient City: 120, -5, 120 Lush Cave: 134, 30, 111

Dripstone City is an ancient city intersected with a dripstone cave that gives an even more menacing feeling to the already terrifying locale. Surrounded and covered by huge snow-covered series of biomes, a snow-covered forest, then plains, and finally mountains. The Ancient City sits below the peaks of one of the vast mountain ranges.

  • Key Locations Jungle Temple: -808, -392 Ruined Portal: -632, 296 Village: -904, -232 Ancient City: -344, -30, 120

Triple Portal

Seed: 4146286689878733572

  • Jungle Temple: -808, -392 Ruined Portal: -632, 296 Village: -904, -232 Ancient City: -344, -30, 120

Spawning next to a vast ocean with limitless potential on the horizon, you’re blessed with three very close Ruined Portals and quick access to the Ancient City. Villages and other features dot the surroundings and give you quick access to multiple types of wood, stone, and materials. This is a great “classic“ Minecraft seed, starting you in a basic biome, and surrounding you with gradually more unusual areas.

  • Key Locations Ruined Portal 1: -394, -290 Ruined Portal 2: -884, -364 Ruined Portal 3: -277, 101 Village: -400, 60 Ancient City: -694, -34, -264

Desert of Conflict

Seed: -7946293441700138673

  • Ruined Portal 1: -394, -290 Ruined Portal 2: -884, -364 Ruined Portal 3: -277, 101 Village: -400, 60 Ancient City: -694, -34, -264

Villages, Pillager Towers, and Temples sitting within a stone’s throw mean instant conflict in this vast desert. Spawning within view of one Tower, you should beware because another looms in the distance. This is one of the most populated deserts you’ll ever find! But below all this is one of the largest and most sprawling Ancient Cities we’ve encountered. A huge cavern which causes Skulk to rise up almost 40 blocks buried below a mountain range. And just to make things even more hazardous, several parts of this Ancient City are in Slime Chunks!

  • Key Locations Pillager Tower: 416, 77 Village 1: 319, -351 Village/Temple/Pillager Tower combo: 351, -707  Megavillage: 630, -885 Ancient City: 1115, -32, -1035

What Lurks Below

Seed: -4254899863027669249

  • Pillager Tower: 416, 77 Village 1: 319, -351 Village/Temple/Pillager Tower combo: 351, -707  Megavillage: 630, -885 Ancient City: 1115, -32, -1035

A Village, a Portal, and some Ice Spikes. Pretty peaceful, right? But several hundred blocks below lurks the ancient city and the Warden. This is either a disaster waiting to happen, or the perfect chance for some mischief!

  • Key Locations: Village: 271, 1371 Ruined Portal: 91, 1426 Ancient City: 136, -50, 1224 Shipwreck: -1016, 152

Menace beneath the Mountains

Seed: 107180538765825910

  • Village: 271, 1371 Ruined Portal: 91, 1426 Ancient City: 136, -50, 1224 Shipwreck: -1016, 152

A huge Ancient City beneath an even more ancient set of mountains. These mountains are filled with Emerald deposits, untouched mining opportunities abound! But obviously, the best loot is in the city itself. If you can avoid the Warden!

  • Key Locations Ancient City: -386, -52, 169 Village: 132, 249 Ruined Portal: 312, 56 Shipwreck: 1246, 0529

Coral Causeway

Seed: -3462433979292005851

  • Ancient City: -386, -52, 169 Village: 132, 249 Ruined Portal: 312, 56 Shipwreck: 1246, 0529

A Coral Reef which sits right next to a huge desert and mesa is what really captures the eye first on this spawn. But what’s also great is the super close Ancient City that lures you down from the amazing starting location and into the dangerous Deep Dark. 

  • Key Locations: Ancient City: -1784, -30, -1080 Desert Temple: -224, -229 Desert Temple 2: -154, -881 Beach Coral Reef: -67, -89

For more Minecraft guides, seeds, and more, check out Best Minecraft 1.18 & 1.19 Island Seeds for Java & Bedrock (June 2022) on Pro Game Guides.

  • Ancient City: -1784, -30, -1080 Desert Temple: -224, -229 Desert Temple 2: -154, -881 Beach Coral Reef: -67, -89