Best Minecraft Seeds for 26.2 (November 2026)

Every seed below runs on Java 26.1, so paste a code and load straight in on the current series. An Ancient City sits 25 blocks from spawn in the top seed, another world counts nine of them inside a short walk, and a third hands you 17 villages for a full trading hall. Most of these spawns have a dark side, in the most literal sense.

1. Ancient City Off Spawn (`-2135836821937050197`)

Spawn overview for seed -2135836821937050197

Going down here is the fastest money and the biggest risk, because spawn sits 25 blocks from a full Ancient City. Loot it, then take the Stronghold 154 blocks out while your gear is fresh. Prefer daylight? The surface is a loot ocean too: 57 ocean ruins, 40 shipwrecks, and 14 monuments within walking range.

Key spots:

Ancient Cities (5 nearby), closest at 1392, -560 (25 blocks out)
Trial Chambers (31 nearby), closest at 1280, -480 (147 blocks out)
Ruined Portals (25 nearby), closest at 1520, -528 (147 blocks out)
Stronghold at 1428, -732 (154 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (57 nearby), closest at 1424, -256 (330 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (40 nearby), closest at 1392, -192 (392 blocks out)

Seed -2135836821937050197, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the shipwreck at 1392, -192 (392 blocks)

2. Nine Ancient Cities (`7670605697385726191`)

Spawn overview for seed 7670605697385726191

Call it the Ancient City jackpot. Nine sit inside 1500 blocks, the closest a 228 block walk from spawn, close enough for a first night visit if you are brave. A ruined portal 41 blocks out covers early obsidian, and the Cherry Grove at 286 blocks gives your eyes a rest between runs.

Key spots:

Ancient Cities (9 nearby), closest at 80, -208 (228 blocks out)
Trial Chambers (31 nearby), closest at 32, 160 (154 blocks out)
Ruined Portals (24 nearby), closest at 48, 0 (41 blocks out)
Cherry Grove at 136, 264 (286 blocks out)
Trail Ruins (10 nearby), closest at -160, -512 (546 blocks out)
Villages (10 nearby), closest at 400, -512 (651 blocks out)

Seed 7670605697385726191, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the ruined portal at 48, 0 (41 blocks)

3. The Ocean Loot Superstore (`1641635786`)

A village 104 blocks from spawn and a Flower Forest at 181 sort out food and bees before the starter shack is done. Then the coastline takes over: 55 ocean ruins, 39 shipwrecks, and 13 monuments with the closest monument at 261. Push out to 1168 and the Mushroom Fields hand you a mooshroom island outpost.

Key spots:

Village at 112, 0 (104 blocks out)
Flower Forest at 136, -120 (181 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (39 nearby), closest at -144, 128 (194 blocks out)
Ocean Monuments (13 nearby), closest at -192, 176 (261 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (55 nearby), closest at -272, 128 (305 blocks out)
Mushroom Fields at 200, 1160 (1168 blocks out)

Seed 1641635786, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the ocean monument at -192, 176 (261 blocks)

4. Village Trading Empire (`37765692997490`)

Seventeen villages inside 1500 blocks make this the trading seed of the month, the closest plaza 132 blocks from spawn. Shipwrecks at 147 and Trial Chambers 184 blocks out keep you stocked between trades. Eroded Badlands 834 away add a red rock canyon for the building phase.

Key spots:

Villages (17 nearby), closest at 80, 32 (132 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (13 nearby), closest at 128, 256 (147 blocks out)
Trial Chambers (29 nearby), closest at 208, 144 (184 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (14 nearby), closest at 64, 336 (188 blocks out)
Ruined Portals (25 nearby), closest at 256, 240 (248 blocks out)
Eroded Badlands at 728, -296 (834 blocks out)

Seed 37765692997490, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the trial chamber at 208, 144 (184 blocks)

5. Jungle Coast Start (`5536025814914410693`)

Spawn overview for seed 5536025814914410693

Want pandas and parrots early? A Bamboo Jungle starts 643 blocks from spawn and a Mangrove Swamp sits 429 out. Back home, a village 168 blocks away anchors the start while 36 shipwrecks and 36 ocean ruins strip the shoreline for loot.

Key spots:

Village at 16, -160 (168 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (36 nearby), closest at -176, 80 (198 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (36 nearby), closest at 240, 272 (351 blocks out)
Mangrove Swamp at -184, 392 (429 blocks out)
Bamboo Jungle at 648, -56 (643 blocks out)

Seed 5536025814914410693, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the village at 16, -160 (168 blocks)

6. Monument Country (`-8215624814957774113`)

Spawn overview for seed -8215624814957774113

Everything near spawn lands within about 450 blocks: a Trial Chamber at 242, shipwrecks 274 out, and the first of nine monuments at 453. When the loot loop needs a breather, the Mushroom Fields sit 716 blocks away. Two Ancient Cities wait far out for the brave.

Key spots:

Trial Chambers (33 nearby), closest at -208, 304 (242 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (27 nearby), closest at 208, 0 (274 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (43 nearby), closest at -304, 80 (309 blocks out)
Ocean Monuments (9 nearby), closest at -336, -144 (453 blocks out)
Mushroom Fields at -328, -472 (716 blocks out)

Seed -8215624814957774113, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the ocean ruin at -304, 80 (309 blocks)

7. Treasure Before Sunset (`3587604432539429110`)

Spawn overview for seed 3587604432539429110

Start with a ruined portal 104 blocks out and a shipwreck at 192, so the first chest haul lands before nightfall. Twenty-eight ocean ruins and 31 Trial Chambers stretch the loop through week one. Five Ancient Cities wait at 896 blocks for when you finally trust your boots.

Key spots:

Ruined Portals (24 nearby), closest at 48, 192 (104 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (18 nearby), closest at 16, 64 (192 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (28 nearby), closest at 160, 160 (219 blocks out)
Trial Chambers (31 nearby), closest at 304, 48 (398 blocks out)
Bamboo Jungle at -680, 1016 (1000 blocks out)

Seed 3587604432539429110, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the ancient city at 224, -608 (896 blocks)

8. Cherry Grove, Then The Deep Dark (`-7022791809871235548`)

Spawn overview for seed -7022791809871235548

Early errands are all short walks here, starting with a ruined portal 159 blocks out. Trail ruins 335 away supply armor trims, a village sits at 426, and the Cherry Grove rounds it out at 453. Three Ancient Cities line up just past the flowers, closest at 522.

Key spots:

Ruined Portals (22 nearby), closest at 128, 96 (159 blocks out)
Trail Ruins (3 nearby), closest at -176, -288 (335 blocks out)
Trial Chambers (34 nearby), closest at -208, -368 (420 blocks out)
Villages (7 nearby), closest at -160, 384 (426 blocks out)
Cherry Grove at -56, 440 (453 blocks out)
Ancient Cities (3 nearby), closest at -176, 480 (522 blocks out)

Seed -7022791809871235548, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the ancient city at -176, 480 (522 blocks)

9. Pale Garden Ahead (`2078650384`)

The Pale Garden grows 861 blocks southeast of spawn, all pale oak and the Creaking. Closer to home, a Trial Chamber sits 147 blocks out with a ruined portal at 184. The nearest Ancient City waits 1098 away for a proper scare.

Key spots:

Trial Chambers (34 nearby), closest at 16, 144 (147 blocks out)
Ruined Portals (23 nearby), closest at 176, 128 (184 blocks out)
Ocean Ruins (16 nearby), closest at -144, 144 (255 blocks out)
Shipwrecks (11 nearby), closest at 272, 64 (294 blocks out)
Pale Garden at 648, 920 (861 blocks out)

Seed 2078650384, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Route from spawn to the ruined portal at 176, 128 (184 blocks)

10. The Tidy All Rounder (`-3536880540396669254`)

Spawn overview for seed -3536880540396669254

One more tidy all rounder: a ruined portal 154 blocks from spawn, a Trial Chamber at 249, and seven trail ruins for a full archaeology arc. Five pillager outposts nearby make a week one raid farm possible, and the Flower Forest at 590 is the calm spot to settle into.

Key spots:

Ruined Portals (25 nearby), closest at 80, 144 (154 blocks out)
Trial Chambers (34 nearby), closest at 256, 32 (249 blocks out)
Trail Ruins (7 nearby), closest at -352, 160 (391 blocks out)
Villages (8 nearby), closest at -208, 352 (406 blocks out)
Flower Forest at 584, -120 (590 blocks out)
Pillager Outposts (5 nearby), closest at 176, 640 (654 blocks out)

Seed -3536880540396669254, Java 26.1. See every location on the interactive map.

Scout any of these first in the browser with our seed map, then paste the one that fits your plans. For more worlds from this run of the game, browse Best Minecraft Seeds for 26.2 (October 2026) and Top 10 Best Minecraft Seeds (November 2026).