30 Best Minecraft Seeds for Players to Explore

Whether you are a speedrunner or just a regular player, a lot of your gameplay is dependent upon the world you spawn in. With the right spawn point, you can collect resources to defeat the Ender Dragon in the first few minutes. But if your world isn’t right, you might not even survive long enough to make a crafting table. And to help you out with that, we have curated a list of the best Minecraft seeds that we have found and personally tested in-game. Not to forget, if you know how to teleport in Minecraft, you can use some key coordinates to explore all the important places in your world first. With that said, let’s check out the best Minecraft seeds you should use in 2024.

Note: These seeds were generated in the Java edition. This means that the structure generation works only in Java, but the terrain will generate the same in both Bedrock and Java editions. Moreover, our list isn’t ranked in any way, so use the table below to freely explore all the seeds as per your interest.

1. Vertical Island and Floating Village

Whether it’s a YouTube series or a solo adventure, survival islands are one of the most popular elements of Minecraft spawns. But none of the islands out there come close to the bizarreness of this seed’s spawn point. You land on a large chunk of land with a floating savanna village on one side and a large ocean on the other. Some part of the village structure has also made it to the top of the tall island which is mostly savanna.

Moreover, as if adding to its beauty, there are also waterfalls, caves, and uniquely cut terrain around here. The scene looks like something out of a fantasy book. Not to forget, since there aren’t many other nearby islands, you have to heavily rely on the villagers to get all of your resources. So, before anything else, make sure to create a villager trading hall in your island kingdom.

• Seed Code: -6537256334104833826
• Spawn Biome: Stony Peaks
• Village Coordinates: X: 146, Z: 136

2. Floating Ship in Minecraft

Shipwrecks are common structures of Minecraft’s oceans and the leading source of pirate-based lore in the game. The ships almost always generate underwater, floating, or right next to the water. And in nearly every case, these shipwrecks have broken pieces in their structure, staying true to their name.

However, the shipwreck in this seed generates a complete ship floating in the air. Finding another structure like this one is almost impossible, and the best part about it is that it’s close to your spawn point. You can get amazing loot and even all the wood you need from this “not wrecked” shipwreck.

• Seed Code: -8496735434209012290
• Spawn Biome: Swamp
• Shipwreck Coordinates: X: 598, Z: 145

3. Deadly Spawn with 6 Exposed Diamonds

Whether you consider this seed good or bad totally depends upon your skillset. It spawns you inside a massive hole, which is directly in the middle of flowing water. If you don’t move, the water will slowly push you into the lava lake at the bottom of this hole. You can choose to go with the flow and find a fossil near lava with 6 diamond ore blocks in it. While you are here, learn what level to find diamonds in Minecraft.

But the problem arises when you try to get out of the pit. Even though it is full of resources, you won’t be able to collect any of them without getting wood first. For that, you have to climb out of that hole which, thanks to steep spots and hostile mobs, won’t be an easy task.

• Seed Code: 1870652620
• Spawn Biome: Desert
• Fossil With Diamonds Coordinates: X: -145, Z: -58

4. Exposed Seaside Lush Cave

Lush caves are arguably the most beautiful cave biomes in the game. They have unique vegetation and exclusive terrain, and you can find axolotls in Minecraft only within these caves. But even with such stunning features, Minecraft has locked them deep below the ground.

Fortunately, this seed fixes that by spawning us on top of a hollow mountain, which is entirely open on one side. Inside this mountain is one of the largest lush cave biomes in all its glory. Then, as if it wasn’t enough, there is also a vast ocean right next to the lush cave pushing the iconic scenery to a whole new level. You can check out other best Minecraft lush cave seeds via the linked article.

• Seed Code: -1058557249
• Spawn Biome: Forest
• Cave Entrance Coordinates: X: 123, Z: -393

5. Exposed Dripstone Cave

Continuing cave exploration of our previous seed, this one spawns us in a world that has one of the largest dripstone caves of all time. And you don’t have to break a single block to reach it. Instead, it’s waiting for you to jump right into it, and when you do, this seed will also lead you to the deep dark biome. If this seed isn’t the best exploration package then I don’t know what is.

• Seed Code: -1895276179
• Spawn Biome: Forest
• Cave Coordinates: X: -31, Z: 749

6. Village Inside Ravine

Most of the seeds offer rewards close to the spawn point. But this particular seed makes you travel thousands of blocks before spawning one of the rarest marvels in the game. It generates a whole plains village inside a ravine along with villagers, mobs, farms, and even the iron golem. So, even though you have to travel a lot to find it, it’s definitely worth the effort.

• Seed Code: -2411962888717872099
• Spawn Biome: Snowy Slopes
• Village Coordinates: X: 1001654, Z: 1001117

7. A Jail at Spawn

Pillager outposts are one of the most interesting hostile structures in the game. They are the best place to find Allays and to get goat horns in the game. But what makes them truly interesting are the exclusive cages that generate beside them, and this seed generates nine of them at once. Usually, you can only find a maximum of three of them in one spot.

• Seed Code: -5162463139528282983
• Spawn Biome: Plains
• Outpost Coordinates: X: 48, Z: 144

8. Mansion Island

On one side of survival Minecraft, we have survival islands that lack resources and leave you highly unprepared. On the other side, we have woodland mansions that are loaded with resources, but thanks to the Pillagers in them, you need to be highly prepared before looting a mansion.

This seed combines the opposite edges of survival mode to give you a spawn island with only a woodland mansion in Minecraft. There is no way to prepare to take over the mansion safely but you also have to rely on it to get your resources. The ironic challenge of this seed opens up a ton of unique ways to play the game.

• Seed Code: -2867948536818844204
• Spawn Biome: Dark Forest

9. Empty Spawn to Create a Base

Since the developers revamped the game’s terrain with the Minecraft 1.18 update, it has gotten harder for players to find the perfect area to make their base. But our next seed is made for just that purpose. You spawn in a leveled area surrounded by trees, mountains, and well, an ocean.

Not to forget, there are various cave openings in the area to supply you with building blocks. With that, it is easily the best place to test out some amazing Minecraft house ideas.

• Seed Code: 873506786
• Spawn Biome: Plains

10. Bastion Inside of a Nether Fortress

The Bastion Remnant and the Nether Fortress are two of the main structures that spawn in the Nether dimension of Minecraft. While both of them are interesting, it is hard to find them close to one another. But not on this seed. It generates a Bastion right inside a Fortress close to the Nether spawn point. You can loot both of them at one time with almost no risks attached.

• Seed Code: 5154957738255504112
• Spawn Biome: Taiga
• Fortress Coordinates: X: -40, Z: -160

11. Massive Snowy Forest

If you’re looking for a challenge, then we present you with the best seed with a giant area covered with snow and, of course, spruce trees as far as the eye can see. You’ll spawn in an already snowy taiga forest, but that’s not enough for us. Heading southeast you will stumble upon the beginnings of a large grove biome. Eventually, you will find epic terrain generation with all sorts of features, like mountains and valleys, as well as an occasional frozen peak, just adding blue ice blocks to the mix.

Thanks to the fact this is a snowy biome, it’s harder to survive in than moderate biomes. Moreover, altitudes can get super high, so make sure you know how to avoid fall damage in Minecraft, especially if you’re playing in hardcore mode. Also, besides everything we mentioned about this unbelievable location, there are several Ancient Cities scattered around beneath the surface. We won’t tell you where they are, so you can discover them on your own, and get super terrified in the process.

• Seed Code: -5921531007962315800
• Spawn Biome: Snowy Taiga
• Grove Biome Coordinates: X: 450, Z: 910

12. Unannounced Swamp Village

Even after years of adding swamp villagers, Minecraft has no clear plans of bringing swamp villages to the game. Fortunately, this cool seed allows us to experience what those villages might be like. It spawns a plains village mixed into a swamp biome. By default, the villagers here are plains villagers but you can breed villagers in the swamp areas to get swamp villagers in this village easily. Moreover, thanks to the new blocks in mangrove swamp biomes in Minecraft, you can even turn the village houses into truly swamp-themed.

• Seed Code: 1835704
• Spawn Biome: Snowy Plains
• Village Coordinates: X: 2522, Z: -1562

13. Perfect Island

This one’s for all the island spawn enjoyers out there. This seed spawns you on an island with basically everything you need to be self-sufficient. The Savanna biome will provide you with plenty of food, a forest with oak and birch trees, and desert with useful sand, and even a very convenient village.

So, besides villagers, you will have an opportunity to ride a camel and laugh at those zombies for not being able to reach you. There’s also a tiny mangrove swamp at the edge of the desert, so you can make great block palettes with acacia wood. The whole island is surrounded by warm oceans, allowing you to find a sniffer egg after you make a brush.

• Seed Code: -109223850396646184
• Spawn Biome: Beach

14. Spruced Up Spawn

Spruce wood is arguably the best wood type in the game and this seed provides you with it in large quantities right at spawn. Your starting point is in my personal favorite biome. Two by two giant spruce trees, coarse dirt, podzol, mossy cobblestone boulders, ferns, mushrooms, and dead bushes make this area one of the most detailed in the game.

Animals are not frequent, but that’s why there is a regular taiga surrounding this special circular biome. As seen from above, this location represents a larger taiga circle and a smaller old growth pine taiga in the center. Not only that, but you’ll find a few azalea trees, signifying there’s a lush cave underneath. In the Minecraft 1.20 update, trail ruins were added to this magnificent biome and wouldn’t you know it, there are two of them near spawn, which is crazy considering how small the area is in the first place.

• Seed Code: 6402358441408258727
• Spawn Biome: Old Growth Pine Taiga

15. Floating Outpost

As the title reveals, this seed spawns an Outpost right on top of a large pond and a village quite close to it. Most commonly, the Outposts usually only spawn at the top of high mountains. So, a seed like this is almost impossible to find again. Just make sure to make a boat in Minecraft to safely escape the Pillagers.

• Seed Code: 547107664487
• Spawn Biome: Plains
• Outpost Coordinates: X: 214, Z: 715
• Village Coordinates: X: 64, Z: 727

16. Cherry Grove and Snowy Mountain Combo

If you have gone through our list of the best Minecraft 1.20 seeds, you’ll know that a pink cherry grove and snowy mountain peaks are a great combination. This entry provides you with just that. You spawn in a regular and peaceful forest, but if you head north, first you will encounter an epic exposed dripstone cave.

Up the slope from it, there’s the beginning of a giant cherry grove biome. So if you’re into the grass and water color of this area, it’s a perfect place for a mega base. Furthermore, below the tall terrain, a scary deep dark biome is generated, where you will find a few separate Ancient Cities. Who knows, maybe you even find a super rare silence armor trim while exploring the Warden land.

• Seed Code: -6290623333644568027
• Spawn Biome: Forest
• Cherry Grove Coordinates: X: 200, Z: -650

17. Exposed Igloo Basement

Igloos are one of the rarest structures in Minecraft but they are also interesting. If you are lucky, you can find one with an underground basement that appears to be an experimental area for curing zombie villagers. However, this seed doesn’t care about your luck enough to reward you.

It provides you with an igloo that, as per the game’s rules, shouldn’t exist. This igloo spawns on the side of a mountain with its basement exposed. With that, you also get to appreciate the design of the tunnel leading to the basement which normally is buried underground.

• Seed Code: 9044663440596244341
• Spawn Biome: Plains
• Igloo Coordinates:  X: 339, Z: -284

18. Pirate Village at Spawn

Do you like the sea, pirates, ships, or ports? If the answer is yes, this seed offers us the ultimate natural version of them by spawning us on a seaside plains village. This seed is generated over the ocean, giving the vibes of a dock. And then to complete the picture, it also has a shipwreck right in the middle.

Unlike most shipwrecks, this one is in the form of a complete ship that appears to be waiting to sail. So, if you don’t want to install some of the best custom maps in the game, this seed definitely a reliable alternative.

• Seed Code: 3153934843
• Spawn Biome: Plains

19. Same Villages. Different Stories.

This special seed presents two villages in the same spot but one is welcoming and another is quite dangerous. On one hand, you get a plains village loaded with a variety of loot and a bunch of villagers with varied jobs. Meanwhile, on the other hand, you get an abandoned zombie village that spawns dangerous mobs at night and looks like something out of a post-apocalyptic movie.

However, if you can transform the latter, you can turn the zombie village into a villager breeding farm in Minecraft. But if you can think of a better idea, let us in the comments below!

• Seed Code: 1124043070
• Spawn Biome: Plains
• Village Coordinates: X: -3095, Z: 940
• Zombie Village Coordinates: X: -2881, Z: 1113

20. Spikey Stony Peaks and a Large Dripstone Cave

This awesome seed takes us to a memorable sight in the savanna biome. Here, you’ll see a super tall and spikey stony peaks biome, the best biome for gathering early game precious materials like iron and coal, and also a rather pretty building block — calcite. Moreover, at the center of it, there is a large cave opening that leads to a dripstone cave with numerous giant pillars. This location could be a perfect spot for a dwarven-inspired megabase.

• Seed Code: -2536318436690315309
• Spawn Biome: Forest
• Stony Peaks Biome Coordinates: X: -300, Z: -260

21. Spawn Underwater

Developers have promised us for years that the game won’t have seeds that will immediately try to kill the players. But this seed is proof that we are still not safe. This seed throws you deep into the ocean with no piece of land anywhere near you. Even if you somehow survive the frustration of swimming, the lack of food can make this seed impossible to prevail in.

• Seed Code: 2607133457590840792
• Spawn Biome: Ocean

22. Mineshaft in Ancient City

Leaving the rare stronghold aside, mineshafts and Ancient cities are the main structures in Minecraft that dominate the caves of the game. You can get amazing loot, hostile mobs, and some of the most creative traps. And thanks to our next entry, you can experience both of them at once. This seed spawns a rare glitched mineshaft inside an Ancient city. Double risk. Double treasure.

• Seed Code: 4189766944005904899
• Spawn Biome: Plains
• Main Coordinates: X: 189, Z: 179

23. Mangrove Swamp Survival Island

Minecraft’s survival islands have always been a fun way to explore the game. You have to start on a faraway piece of land and make your way to key locations to thrive. And there can be no better way to start than on a beautiful jungle and mangrove swamp island that our next seed provides. You will have plenty of wood, building blocks, and even Minecraft frogs as a companion.

• Seed Code: -7135175970849399448
• Spawn Biome: Jungle

24. Return of the Farlands

Farlands is one of the most celebrated world-generation bugs of all time. It creates broken terrain features after thousands of blocks from the spawn point. But in this seed, you can easily find a beautiful broken farland-style mountain close to spawn. Furthermore, it also has pieces of ice stuck within the stone creating a bizarre scene. Missing it would be a major loss to the fans of Minecraft’s unpredictable worlds.

• Seed Code:  -5326459052469485554
• Spawn Biome: Dark Forest
• Main Coordinates: X: -549, Z: -1864

25. Floating Village and Monument at Spawn

Ocean monuments are one of the best lootable structures you can find in the overworld. But they are notoriously hard to find. This seed helps you conquer the same by spawning you close to a monument with a large village floating right next to it. You can get the items to take over the structure from villagers and then return to the safety of their village after looting the monument.

• Seed Code: 24434696
• Spawn Biome: Plains
• Monument Coordinates: X: 271, Z: 97
• Village Coordinates: X: 237, Z: 34

26. Huge Mushroom Fields Island Near Spawn

Mushroom fields are easily one of the best biomes of Minecraft as no hostile mob spawns within them. They are also quite hard to find and are usually very small. But this seed breaks the rule of their spawning in every way by spawning close to a massive mushroom field biome which is perfect for base building and also testing the best Minecraft farms safely.

• Seed Code: 740933252
• Spawn Biome: Windswept Gravelly Hills
• Mushroom Island Coordinates: X: 0, Z: 0

27. The Split Swamps

The entire Minecraft community mostly avoided the swamp biome because of its lack of usefulness and unwelcoming appearance. All of that changed with the arrival of the Mangrove Swamps biome. You get a truly unique experience in this seed.

• Seed Code: -8118835637104252212
• Spawn Biome: Forest
• Coordinates: X: 1263, Z: 895

28. Rare Icy Start

Are you fond of rare mobs, biomes, items, and events in Minecraft? If your goal is to experience as many features as this game has to offer, we have found a special seed for you. Your spawn point is in one of the rarest Minecraft biomes and it’s ice spikes. This epic area is covered with literal pillars of ice which can reach various heights.

This biome is also extremely hard to survive in, but lucky for you, it’s surrounded by snowy plans, where you will come across villages and even igloos. So, if you want a challenging spawn for your survival experience, check out this seed.

• Seed Code: -572037257758562958
• Spawn Biome: Ice Spikes

29. Ultimate Parkour Test

While most of the players rely on the best Minecraft parkour maps to practice their movement skills, there is nothing like moving through the default terrain. But even the best parkour runners are going to struggle on this seed, which spawns a shattered mountain, climbing which is an invitation to fall damage.

• Seed Code: 6498999856499601911
• Spawn Biome: Forest
• Main Coordinates: X: -388, Z: 285 

30. Spawn on Top of Ancient City

Lastly, we have a simple seed that spawns you on a spot that’s right above an Ancient City. You just have to dig down and start looting. Though, we would suggest you go through our guide to learn how to defeat the Warden, or at least, how to avoid it.

• Seed Code: -7969402200478764570
• Spawn Biome: Snowy Slopes
• Ancient City Coordinates: X: 8, Z: 136

From unique structures to straight-up impossible worlds, we have covered a diverse and fun range of seeds in this article. If they, however, fail to impress you, a whole Minecraft city built by professionals might seal the deal for you. For the ones looking for more diversity in the sandbox gaming world, we also have cool games like Roblox that you can play to go beyond Minecraft. But now, go and have fun with those seeds. Also, don’t forget to let us know which one is your favorite in the comment section below!