Seed -8140708343952888410 — Seven Ancient Cities Around a Grove Spawn

Why This Seed

• Ancient city lurks below — bring your best gear!
• All 8 wood types near spawn — every crafting recipe covered!
• 5-chunk slime cluster near spawn — great farm potential!
• Mushroom fields within 2k blocks

What's Nearby

This seed spawns you in a Grove biome at coordinates 0, 0. Within reach of spawn you will find: Ancient City (244 blocks), Ruined Portal (309 blocks), Ancient City (373 blocks), Ancient City (420 blocks), Ancient City (444 blocks), Ruined Portal (461 blocks), Ancient City (470 blocks), Ruined Portal (510 blocks), Ancient City (552 blocks), Trail Ruins (602 blocks), Ancient City (612 blocks), Trial Chambers (631 blocks), Ruined Portal (680 blocks), Trial Chambers (734 blocks), Ancient City (758 blocks), Village (764 blocks), Trail Ruins (778 blocks), Trial Chambers (787 blocks), Ruined Portal (822 blocks), Ancient City (874 blocks), Village (881 blocks), Village (924 blocks), Ruined Portal (927 blocks), Trial Chambers (928 blocks), Ancient City (941 blocks), Ancient City (946 blocks), Ruined Portal (971 blocks), Igloo (992 blocks), Ruined Portal (992 blocks), Stronghold (1398 blocks), Stronghold (1548 blocks), Stronghold (1938 blocks). With 33 biome types nearby, exploration starts right away.

The closest structure is Ancient City at just 244 blocks from spawn, which you can reach within the first few minutes of gameplay. Having 32 structures within scanning range means this seed offers solid early-game progression without needing to travel far.

The largest biome patches near spawn include Savanna, Plains, Ocean, Forest, giving you access to different wood types, crops, and building materials without long journeys.

How to Use This Seed

1. Open Minecraft Java Edition (version 1.21 — Tricky Trials).
2. Click Singleplayer (Java) or Play (Bedrock), then Create New World.
3. Under world creation options, find the Seed field.
4. Enter the seed value: -8140708343952888410
5. Create the world. You will spawn near coordinates 0, 0 in a Grove biome.

This seed drops you in a grove at the world origin, and the reason to load it is underground. Seven ancient cities sit within roughly 615 blocks of spawn, the closest only 244 blocks out, so you can map a whole cluster of deep dark objectives before you ever build a real base. Add three ruined portals, trail ruins, a trial chamber, and 33 distinct biomes within scanning range, and you have a compact map worth charting corner to corner.

Around Spawn

You start at x 0, z 0 in a grove, the snowy tree biome that forms on the slopes of tall mountains. This is not an island spawn, so you have solid ground and easy overland travel from the first block. The surrounding terrain is mountainous and varied: snowy slopes, jagged peaks, and frozen peaks climb nearby, while meadow, cherry grove, and flower forest soften the lower ground. Colder coasts sit within range too, with snowy beach, stony shore, and several ocean types including frozen and deep frozen. Spruce and powder snow define the immediate area, so bring leather boots before you start climbing the peaks around you.

Structure Walkthrough

Work outward from spawn. The first ancient city is just 244 blocks away, followed by a ruined portal at 309. Then the ancient cities keep coming: 373, 420, and 444 blocks out, with a second ruined portal at 461 slotting between them. A fifth ancient city sits at 470, a third ruined portal at 510, and a sixth city at 552. Trail ruins appear at 602, a seventh ancient city at 612, and a trial chamber caps the sweep at 631. That is seven ancient cities, three ruined portals, trail ruins, and a trial chamber all inside a 630-block radius, an unusually dense cluster to chart on a single map.

Playstyle Tips

Prep for the deep dark before anything else. With seven ancient cities this close, farm wool early to muffle sculk sensors and craft it into carpet, and keep a stack for silent movement around shriekers. You do not need a Nether trip to reach the cities, but the three ruined portals at 309, 461, and 510 give you fast repair-and-go options if you want quick Nether access later. Save the trial chamber at 631 for after you have some armor, since its spawners hit hard. Bring milk buckets and boots for the peaks between objectives.