Ancient Cities are one of the most exciting features to be added as part of Minecraft's 1.19 Wild Update. These naturally forming underground societies are ripe with loot, horrifying new mobs, and make for a great place to call home after necessary precautions are taken. These cities spawn exclusively in the newly added Deep Dark biomes, making them exceptionally hard to find.

As finding an Ancient City can be quite hard, some players will opt for using set seeds with known Ancient City locations. Some seeds are more densely packed with these cities than others and have loads of them close to spawn. So for players just looking to explore these new additions, seeds like these ones are a fantastic place to start. All of these seeds are the same on both Java and Bedrock.

Five Cities Near Spawn

Seed: 4927682940043525696

Featuring five cities within a kilometer of spawn, this is a phenomenal seed for anyone wanting to stock up on loads of loot early. The five Ancient Cities can be found at the following coordinates:

  • X: 56, Y: -51, Z: 56
  • X: -280, Y: -51, Z: -232
  • X: -696, Y: -51, Z: -216
  • X: -680, Y: -51, Z: 200
  • X: 520, Y: -51, Z: 168

Players spawn in a forest biome, with plains to their north, taiga to their east, and grove down south. A nearby village can also be found at X: 168, Z: 40.

Five Cities In Five Different Biomes

Seed: -8520062086370199651

Players who prefer a lot of environmental variety in their world will love this seed. Five Ancient Cities appear within a kilometer of spawn. Of course, the cities themselves are all in Deep Dark biomes, but the surface-level biomes they spawn below are all completely different. The cities are found at:

  • X: 104, Y: -51, Z: 56 (Frozen Peaks)
  • X: 392, Y: -51, Z: 120 (Plains)
  • X: -280, Y: -51, Z: 520 (between Forest and Savannah Plateau)
  • X: 104, Y: -51, Z: 904 (Stony Peaks)
  • X: -344, Y: -51, Z: 904 (Wooded Badlands)

This is one of the most diverse seeds players will ever see. It features a large desert to the southwest, a deep ocean to the north, which houses some mushroom islands, taiga to the west, and vast forests of all types in all directions.

Six Cities And Three Villages

Seed: -5254466285608432545

This is another great option for players looking for fast loot. While this seed features more cities than the previous two, some of them are a bit of a further walk. Within a 1500x1200 block area near spawn, a total of six Ancient Cities and three villages (including one Zombie Plains Village) can be found. The cities are located at:

  • X: 232, Y: -51, Z: -216
  • X: 408, Y: -51, Z: -168
  • X: 888, Y: -51, Z: -344
  • X: 1320, Y: -51, Z: -632
  • X: 1288, Y: -51, Z: -1000
  • X: 920, Y: -51, Z: -1096

The three villages can be found on surface level at:

  • X: 72, Z: -312 (Plains Village)
  • X: 808, Z: -296 (Plains Village)
  • X: -168, Z: -808 ( Zombie Plains Village)

Five Cities And Three Unique Village Types

Seed: 580208893476482440

While this seed has one less city than the last, the five cities here are all remarkably close to spawn. The three villages are a bit further out, but all are still within a kilometer of spawn. The Ancient Cities can be found at:

  • X: 152, Y: -51, Z: 120
  • X: 568, Y: -51, Z: -232
  • X: 520, Y: -51, Z: 120
  • X: -232, Y: -51, Z: 552
  • X: -664, Y: -51, Z: 200

The first city listed can be found beneath a small meadow that also features a Pillager Outpost. For players also on the lookout for goats, the first village listed below can be found conveniently next to some Snowy Slopes, where some goats may be found. Each of these villages is at surface level:

  • X: -344, Z: -840 (Snowy Village)
  • X: -888, Z: 152 (Taiga Village)
  • X: 264, Z: 616 (Plains Village)

Ten Cities And Six Villages

Seed: 4049335837352084699

Saving what is easily the best for last, this incredible seed features ten Ancient Cities and six villages (all Plains Villages) in the spawn area. Now, these cities aren't all within a kilometer of spawn, so it will be a bit of a longer walk, but all ten cities are within the same 1500x1200 area, which can be reached after a 700-meter trek from spawn. The first one listed even has an abandoned mineshaft intersecting it, with some amethyst geodes too. The ten Ancient Cities are found at:

  • X: -696, Y: -51, Z: -152
  • X: -952, Y: -51, Z: -728
  • X: -1688, Y: -51, Z: -936
  • X: -1784, Y: -51, Z: -152
  • X: -1432, Y: -51, Z: -168
  • X: -1144, Y: -51, Z: -296
  • X: -1352, Y: -51, Z: 120
  • X: -1112, Y: -51, Z: 504
  • X: -1448, Y: -51, Z: 552
  • X: -1800, Y: -51, Z: 504

The six villages are much closer to spawn, all of them being within a kilometer of where players start. Five of these villages are west of spawn, in the same direction as the cities, so those five can be looted as players make their way to the Ancient Cities. Only the sixth village listed is to the east:

  • X: -248, Z: -344 (Plains Village)
  • X: -312, Z: 328 (Plains Village)
  • X: -424, Z: 664 (Plains Village)
  • X: -936, Z: 136 (Plains Village)
  • X: -824, Z: -392 (Plains Village)
  • X: 296, Z: -392 (Plains Village)