The Minecraft Wild Update has finally brought Ancient Town to the game. This underground structure is randomly generated below level -0 and contains all sorts of secrets, including items, Skulk, and the terrifying Warden mob. These are the best new seeds to find Minecraft Ancient City in Java and Bedrock edition.
Best Minecraft Ancient City Seed List
Best Minecraft Java 1.19 Ancient City Seeds
stalactite dungeon
Seed: 3972586366582016976
This ancient city comes right across a huge stalactite cave, giving it a really threatening and dark feeling. It adds an extra layer of atmosphere to the already formidable location. Also, there are plenty of Skulk-filled caves and lush spots as you progress towards this dangerous spot. Starting in a frozen wasteland, you will be able to quickly escape and find your way to this dark place!
- key locations
- Old City: 240, -40, 1376
- Ruined Gate: 368, 1033
- Town: 622, 1138
- Shipwreck: 75,596
taiga of terror
Seed: 4502343212214991445
This seed featured a huge cavern of stalactites that jutted out of an endless Taiga and continued deep into the ground until it reached the Ancient City. The crazy thing about this town is how many Skulks there are. It crawls for almost 100 blocks and the city is absolutely covered in the stuff. If you’re looking for a whole host of things, look no further than this world!
- Key locations:
- Old City: 192, -35, 240
- Entrance to the stalactite cave: 306, 117, 255
- Ice Spikes Mini Biome: 537, -163
- Town: 256, -192
cave to the city
A massive cave at the base of a mountain delves deep into the earth, passing through lush, stalactite-filled caves on the way to a dank, ancient city below the surface. Surrounding the area is one of the most impressive mountain ranges we’ve come across in the game. And there are many interesting items near your spawn.
Seed: -5126719842098578561
- key locations
- Entrance to the cave: 127, -517
- Town: 332, -849
- Ruined Gate: 100, 890
- Old City: 120, -50 ,-640
Glacial Guardians
Seed: -7987742358295810744
A frozen ice field protects the entrance to this Ancient City. As you dig, you’ll fight through a Mineshaft that rewards you with valuable loot in minecart chests. Around this barren landscape, there are hidden points of interest, but the real treasure definitely lies deep below the surface of this world.
- key locations
- Open Lush Cave: -23, 134
- Ocean wreckage on the surface: 304, -183
- Mineshaft: 419, 46, -754
- Old City: 336,-33, -697
jungle outcrop
Seed: -1880293469868761828
A lone, flat-topped mountain juts out from the center of a vast jungle, fringed by badlands. Tunnels and caves lead down, but where do they lead? The Old City, of course. Giving you great access to starting resources and a well isolated area, you can create your distant outpost here in the middle of a jungle clearing, before tunneling into an Ancient City.
- key locations
- Old City: -272, -45, -624
- Ruined Village and Portal: -491, -979
- Bamboo Jungle: 550, 495
- Ruined Gate: 902, 645
- Savannah Village on Plateau:1809,561
ancient azaleas
Seed: 2414075141698161170
Spawning in a forest with naturally growing azalea trees can only mean one thing: a very shallow lush cave. Digging just a few dozen blocks from your starting point, you’ll find some amazing, lush caves. With the Ancient City some 3000 blocks away (pretty good for a 1.19 spawn), and so many fascinating caves along the way, this is one seriously beautiful spawn.
- key features
- Starting Lush Cave: 2, 35, -88
- Ruined Portal on the Frozen Lake: 86, 106
- Old City: 106, -3280
- fir village: 114, -257
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lonely lagoon
Seed: 2397034905043816426
A calm lagoon is the perfect place to start your expedition to the Old City. There are plenty of resources for you to go ahead and start your adventure, and enough variety of biomes to get you started building something impressive. Then, when you’re ready for a real challenge, dig in and take on the Guardian…
- Key locations:
- Old City: 512, -52, -608
- Ruined Gate: 8, 176
- Town on the lake: -130, 258
- Reaver’s Tower: -315, 151
lava showers
Seed: -8640925333536702326
The center of this Ancient City has been taken over by the primordial forces of lava and magma. You will have to dodge the lava rain to get to the most valuable loot in this sprawling underground metropolis!
- Key locations:
- Old City: 506, -34, 2091
- big town: -352, -239
- Reaver’s 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 enable Wild Update Experiments in the order of the options menu to ensure an ancient city spawns. Some of these seeds were spawned with the Wild Update Experiments option enabled.)
Badlands Cellar
Seed: -7969402200478764570
A brutal expanse of the Badlands with a dark city below. It looks like something out of a horror movie! The surface is as inhospitable as the subsoil in this sprawling place. One big plus, though, is the large amount of gold you’ll likely find digging towards the city.
- Key locations:
- Old City: -616, -43, -296
- above ground stalactites:8, 64
- Raider’s Tower: -903,259
- Town: -444,744
Meadow Mountain Mining
Seed: -2158621094386838390
It will take you a while to get to this spawn (about 1000 blocks from the starting point), but it’s worth it! An amazing ancient city with great loot and a perfect location on the surface. Choose between a fantastic Mountain Grassland or a perfect island in an Ice Peaks biome. There are also a couple of Villages nearby, but with how close they are to an Illager Tower, they might not last long!
- key locations
- Old City: -640, -35, -640
- Perfect Snow Island: -400, -717
- Double Village + Illager Tower: -522, -955
- Ruined Gate: -388, -1178
wasteland sanctuary
Seed: -6778246788154565662
This is actually the default seed you’ll get if you specify an ancient city biome when you create your world in the Bedrock edition. Spawning in a massive Mesa/Badlands biome, fringed 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 its way Go down to discover the Ancient City, you will find lush caves and many resources. And the vast open darkness of the Deep Darkness, of course. A perfect start for any seeker of Ancient Cities.
- key locations
- Ruined Gate: 8,312
- desert temple: 232, 152
- Old City: 120, -5, 120
- Lush Cave: 134, 30, 111
stalactite city
Seed: -5199312259677311412
Dripstone City is an ancient city shot through with a stalactite cave that gives an even more menacing feel to the already terrifying place. Surrounded and covered by a huge series of snow-covered biomes, a snow-covered forest, then plains, and finally mountains. The Old City lies below the peaks of one of the vast mountain ranges.
- key locations
- jungle temple: -808, -392
- Ruined Gate: -632,296
- Town: -904, -232
- Old City: -344, -30, 120
Triple Gate
Seed: 4146286689878733572
Spawning next to a vast ocean with limitless potential on the horizon, you are blessed with three ruined portals in close proximity and quick access to the ancient city. Towns and other features dot the surroundings, giving 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
- Town: -400, 60
- Old City: -694, -34, -264
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desert of conflict
Seed: -7946293441700138673
Villages, raider towers, and temples within a stone’s throw mean instant conflict in this vast wilderness. Appearing within sight of a Tower, you must be careful as another looms in the distance. This is one of the most populated deserts you will ever find! But underneath it all is one of the largest and most sprawling Ancient Cities we’ve come across. A massive cavern that causes Skulk to rise nearly 40 blocks buried beneath a mountain range. And just to make things even more dangerous, several parts of this ancient city are in Slime Chunks!
- key locations
- Reaver’s Tower: 416, 77
- Town 1: 319, -351
- Raider Village/Temple/Tower Combination:351, -707
- megatown:630, -885
- Old City:1115, -32, -1035
What lurks below
Seed: -4254899863027669249
A village, a portal and some ice spikes. Pretty quiet, right? But several hundred blocks below lurk the ancient city and the Guardian. This is either a disaster waiting to happen or the perfect opportunity for some mischief!
- Key locations:
- Town: 271, 1371
- Ruined Gate: 91, 1426
- Old City: 136, -50, 1224
- Shipwreck: -1016, 152
Menace Beneath the Mountains
Seed: 107180538765825910
A huge ancient city beneath an even older set of mountains. These mountains are full of emerald deposits, pristine mining opportunities abound! But obviously, the best loot is in the city itself. If you can avoid the Guardian!
- key locations
- Old City: -386, -52, 169
- Town: 132, 249
- Ruined Gate: 312, 56
- Shipwreck: 1246, 0529
coral causeway
Seed: -3462433979292005851
A coral reef that sits right next to a large desert and table is what really catches your eye first in this spawn. But what’s also great is the super-close Ancient City that pulls you from the awesome starting location into the dangerous Darkness Below.
- Key locations:
- Old 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 and 1.19 Island Seeds for Java and Bedrock (June 2022) at MyFullGames.