Since Minecraft seeds are randomly generated, it is a fact that some seeds will be worse than others. Some are playable but extremely challenging, while others are completely broken. Some of them reminded me of Minecraft survival challenges, while our number one seed was so broken I couldn’t stop laughing. For those who want a new challenge, or just want to see some amazing world spawn, check out the list below for the worst Minecraft seeds we could find.
List of the worst Minecraft 1.20 seeds
Basic Lands
Seed: -3897504228004148244
Version: Java
This seed starts you between the Forest, Plains and Birch Forest biomes. In 500 blocks, that’s really all you can find. After traveling 500 blocks, you will be able to find some structures. After 700 to 1000 blocks, you will be able to find more unique biomes like Mangrove Swamps. At first, however, you’ll be stuck with just the basics.
| Key Locations and Coordinates |
|---|
| Nearby town: 672, -528 |
| Mangrove swamp: 850, -570 |
Deserted island
Seed: 611367757336214884
Version: Java and Bedrock
This seed places Spawn on a desert island with no trees in sight. In fact, the closest biomes containing trees are 1000 blocks away, forcing you to loot shipwrecks for wood. With such limited resources, you’ll have to tread carefully to stay afloat.
| Java Key Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Deserted island: Appear | Deserted island: Appear |
| Shipwreck: 488, -472 | Shipwreck: 280, -296 |
Lonely Forest Island
Seed: 4743900256874847016
Version: Java and Bedrock
You appear on a small island in the forest biome, with a slightly larger island in the distance. The island itself does not contain any outstanding structures, with the only structures within 1000 blocks being some oceanic ruins, shipwrecks, and some oceanic monuments. However, the only one you can really use at first would be shipwrecks due to the lack of resources to explore and loot the other two.
| Java Key Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Forest Island: Appear | Forest Island: Appear |
| Nearest town: -448, -1,344 | Nearest town: -1,416,728 |
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Distant fortresses
Seed: -7437566453764781173
Version: Java (bad) and Bedrock (worse)
While this seed provides a lot, it is a total nightmare for any player looking to make it to the end. In Java Edition, the strongholds are at least 2500 blocks away from Spawn. However, in Bedrock, everyone is about 5,000 blocks away! Imagine traveling that distance without elytra, only to potentially not even find an End Portal.
| Java Key Locations | Key Bedrock Locations |
|---|---|
| Appear: 272, 64 | Appear: 272, 64 |
| Nearest fortress: 1,252, 1,332 | Nearest fortress: 1,892, 2,868 |
Solo generation
Seed: 1185633133009898152
Version: Java
While this seed is pretty on paper, each village is about 1,500 blocks away from Spawn, if not more. If you want to lure villagers to Spawn, it would be better to trap and heal zombie villagers than to try the usual boat method on normal villagers. In fact, there aren’t really any land structures nearby, aside from some ruined portals.
| Key Locations and Coordinates |
|---|
| Plains People: 912, -544 |
| Snowy Town: 1,488,176 |
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Little survival island
Seed: 4055437528325215413
Version: Java and Bedrock
This unique survival island seed drops you on a lone birch tree in the middle of a wide expanse of ocean, in contrast to conventional survival island seeds that provide some early supplies. A survival island challenge within this seed is a particularly challenging endeavor that promises a high degree of difficulty.
| Key Locations and Coordinates |
|---|
| Small island: Appear |
| Birch: Appear |
Empty and remote island
Seed: 3319325537721648691
Version: Java and Bedrock
This may be one of the worst seeds for Minecraft that I have found because it puts you in a difficult situation right away. You find yourself alone on a small island in the middle of a large body of water, with no trees or other natural resources in sight.
| Key Locations and Coordinates |
|---|
| Empty and remote island: Appear |
lava love
Seed: 1419248176
Version: Java and Bedrock
For players who really want a laugh, enter this seed to start a continuous respawn cycle, as Spawn is based underground in lava. Unless playing in creative mode, players may never see what else this world seed has to offer.
| Key Locations and Coordinates |
|---|
| Wash: Appear |
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