Given that there are an infinite number of seeds in Minecraft, it’s only natural that people would rather consult a curated list instead of going through hundreds of random worlds before finding anything half decent. The same can be said of even the most dedicated seed finder – Minecraft is so ridiculously large that you could easily put together 1,000 very good seeds without ever specifying which ten are amazing.
To make sure you don’t spend dozens of hours trawling through mediocre seeds without finding anything that tickles your fancy, we’ve taken the liberty of compiling a select few that stand out from the rest. In our eyes, these legitimately are the best Minecraft seeds on offer right now – here are ten of our favourites.
How to use Minecraft seeds
Ok, so before you decide which of these ten seeds you want to try out first, it’s important to know what a Minecraft seed is and how to use one.
When you go to create a new world, you’ll be given the option to type in a custom seed via ‘more world options.’ After you decide which of the seeds below you want to load, look at the corresponding code and input those same numbers into the open field in your startup menu.
Once you confirm that this is the seed you want to use, you’ll spawn in the world in question and be free to explore at your own pace. If you don’t like it, you can easily just create a new world and use a different seed. In general, once you start experimenting with seeds you’ll never want to stop – it’s a good thing we’ve collected several for you to mess around with.
The 10 best Minecraft seeds
From Titanic-esque shipwrecks to the most optimal worlds for speedrunning to the Ender Dragon, there’s quite a bit of variety when it comes to Minecraft seeds. Here’s a brief breakdown of our favourite ten.
Mountain mansion
This recently discovered seed is absolutely bizarre. While there are lots of seeds for easily accessible Woodland Mansions on the internet, most of them are pretty similar – you find one, loot all of its resources, and head off on your merry way.
That’s not the case with this monstrosity. Instead of being an overworld villa in a conventional forest or jungle, this Woodland Mansion literally spawns inside a mountain, creating its own weird and unique biome. It’s one of the strangest setups we’ve ever seen naturally occur in Minecraft, so it’s definitely worth a visit if you’re looking for a change of scenery. There are also two villages situated on top of the mountain to sweeten the deal a bit.
Seed: 1075740073935366365
Heart-shaped box
Ok, so this is another mansion seed, but we swear it’s the last one. Similarly to the seed above, this loads a world with a slightly more intriguing mansion than the ones you’re likely to encounter in a standard server.
Instead of just being yet another wooden house surrounded by trees and cattle, this mansion is located in a massive heart-shaped valley surrounded by badlands biomes. If Kurt Cobain were alive and into Minecraft, he’d probably call it a heart-shaped box – although that’s admittedly speculation on our part. There’s also a pillager outpost here, meaning this isn’t just a nice seed to look at – there’s plenty to do, too.
Seed: 110918009997
Best speedrun seed
While a lot of people just want to build castles and causeways in Minecraft, there are some hardcore players out there who thrive off speedrunning. If you’re included in that demographic, you’ll be glad to know that there’s an optimal seed for speedrunners, although simply spawning in won’t be enough to guarantee you a good time.
Fortunately, preliminary instructions are included in the video linked above to provide you with some much needed guidance. You’ll need at least a rudimentary understanding of Minecraft speedrunning to put all of the individual pieces together, but hey, you probably wouldn’t care about this seed unless you were already invested in the community, right?
Seed: -3294725893620991126
Titanic
We already mentioned it above, but you can technically find the Titanic in Minecraft if you know the right seed. There’s no ragtime and Leo DiCaprio is conspicuously absent, but shipwreck? Check. Water? Check. Iceberg? Check. All the pieces of the puzzle are there.
Unlike some of the other seeds on this list, you’ll need to do a little bit of wandering around before you find the ship itself. Fortunately, the person who originally found the seed shared coordinates at the link above, which are X5462 Y70 Z3613. Once you boot up the world and make your way towards that exact location, you’ll be able to live out your very own virtual Titanic-style adventure, which doesn’t actually sound any fun, but hey – maybe you’ll win 11 Oscars for it.
Seed: 328560641037327634
Minecraft title screen
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wander around the world depicted in Minecraft’s title screen? If so, you’re in luck – after almost ten years, you’re finally able to explore the one biome every Minecraft player in history has laid eyes on.
It’s pretty old news at this point, but a lot of people out there still don’t know that a group of players discovered the seed for the world in Minecraft’s title screen a while back. It’s not quite as weird as the mountain mansion, nor is it as immediately recognisable as the Titanic, but it’s definitely worth visiting at least once in your Minecraft career. If you manage to find or build something of interest here, you’ll probably go viral overnight. Not that you should want to…
Seed: 2151901553968352745 (coordinates X61.48 Y75 Z68.73
Flying village
The title says it all – who wouldn’t want to visit a flying village? There’s a reason people are so fond of Skyloft in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Groose. Oh, and because it’s extremely cool to be part of a floating civilization situated a mile above sea level.
This flying village isn’t truly flying in that it’s technically connected to a mountain, but you can just smash the blocks between them and the village itself will remain suspended in the air. You might struggle getting back up if you decide to leave, although that’s one of the reasons we also decided to put together a guide to the best mods for Minecraft – with da Vinci’s flying machine, you’ll be back and forth from your flying village like there’s no tomorrow.
Seed: -3741725069566208461
All biomes within 2,000 blocks of spawn
With yet another self-explanatory title, this seed allows you to visit each and every biome in Minecraft without having to venture more than 2,000 steps from your point of origin. Obviously you’ll need to make good use of your map if you’re to do this effectively, but provided you keep track of where you are – we recommend building structures to denote the location of certain landmarks – the world is quite literally at your fingertips.
This seed used to be a bit of a bigger deal given that the extremely rare Jungle’s Edge biome is much more common in 1,18, although its spawn is still within walking distance of everything you could possibly want. Basically, it’s still pretty great.
Seed: 64971835648254
Hidden desert village
While most of the entries on this list are grandiose in one way or another, this seed is just downright gorgeous. A snowy sierra surrounds a dense forest on all sides. From the outside, it looks as if nothing could possibly be in the middle. If you’re willing to delve a little deeper though, you’ll come across a secret desert village hidden away from the rest of the world.
This one is just cool to hang out in, although if you’ve got some time on your hands there are definitely some extremely cool ways you could play around with the mountain/forest/desert cascade. Unfortunately, this one is only available for Java players, meaning anyone running Bedrock is out of luck. Sorry!
Seed: 45721884739527
Sky village
Yes, we know, we already included a flying village on this list – but look at this sky village! There’s a difference, you see, because the floating structure we spoke about above is relatively low-hanging. On the contrary, this sky civilization is neatly nestled at the top of a massive spike protruding from the ground and piercing the sky. How someone even managed to realize the village was up here is beyond us, although we’re glad their enterprising sense of adventure led them to it.
One of the most interesting things about this village is that it can’t be raided. While pillagers still spawn outside it, they’re so far below that their raids end instantly, meaning this village is essentially impenetrable. It’s nice to know that at least some of Minecraft’s villagers are safe.
Seed: -5694368681594500133 (coordinates X0 Y200)
Mega taiga mountain range
You know, there’s nothing particularly special or unique about this last entry in our list. For some reason, it just stands out as one of the most stunning Minecraft seeds ever.
You start off in a mountainous region of the world’s mega taiga biome. From there, you can access a village, a desert, or a snowy area, although the mountain itself is the real star of this show. Obviously it helps that the screenshots at the link above are all rendered with RTX enabled, although we’ve seen plenty of different Minecraft servers with the same settings – this one is just especially nice to look at. If you’re an appreciator of natural beauty and love to hike through virtual worlds packed with gorgeous vistas, this last seed is one you’ll definitely want to take for a spin.
Seed: -8143628666937948949
Written by Cian Maher on behalf of GLHF.
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