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Top 30 Minecraft 1.16.5 Seeds

The fifth minor update for Minecraft is 1.16.5, and it's time to check out all the best seeds for it.

The Nether Update required some serious fixes regarding server crashes, pushing Mojang to release a flurry of updates. Here are the top 30 Minecraft 1.16.5 seeds you can safely play without stressing over stability issues.

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Oceanic Witch Hut

A Witch Hut floating in a Minecraft ocean
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This witch’s hut floats idly in an ocean that has merged with a Swamp biome. If you’re brave enough to venture into the hut and defeat its witch in battle, you’ll have access to a crafting table and a cauldron. Additionally, you’ll be able to adopt a black cat. Return to the island at Spawn to explore a shipwreck and a nearly completed ruined Nether portal. The portal’s chest has almost everything you need to repair it except for a single obsidian block, which you’ll need to either find or craft yourself.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Shipwreck: 158, 31
Ruined Nether Portal: 277, 69
Witch Hut: 372, -347

Basalt Fortress

A Minecraft Nether Portal across a Basalt Delta from a Nether Fortress
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  • Seed: 1142972107
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 44, 4
  • Biomes: Basalt Delta, Plains, Taiga

Walk southeast from Spawn to discover a Plains Village at the edge of a Taiga. There is a small crater on one side of the village. As you get closer to it, you’ll discover that there is a ruined Nether portal lurking in the crater. Completing the portal and taking it will bring you to a Basalt Delta that is home to a Nether Fortress.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: 187, 125
Ruined Nether Portal: 211, 107
Nether Fortress: -23, -9

Shipwreck and Ruined Portal by Blacksmith Village

A Minecraft Plains Village with a Blacksmith by a ruined Nether portal and a shipwreck
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One of the best structures to spawn next to in Minecraft is a village with a Blacksmith. The village gives players access to food and villager trades, while the Blacksmith has a chest containing armor and tools. An extra benefit of this seed is that the shipwreck next to the village has a chest that contains several emeralds. These can be traded with the Blacksmith for even better gear, or with one of the other villagers for other items to help you survive. Make sure to visit the Nether Portal hidden by the mountain for a few extra treasures before heading off to explore the rest of the world.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Blacksmith Village: 103, 207
Ruined Nether Portal: 24, 303
Shipwreck: 228, 236
Buried Treasure: -7, 60, 89

March on Mansion

A Minecraft Woodland Mansion with a puddle of water floating inside of it
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  • Seed: 1083342820
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 44, 4
  • Biomes: Dark Forest, Forest, Plains

Woodland Mansions in older versions of Minecraft often have more unique generations than Mansions in more up-to-date versions. This Mansion has cut through a small pond, causing a puddle to form on its third floor. Wierdly enough, the water floats in place rather than spilling all over the floor! This isn’t the only unique feature of the Mansion as it also has three copies of the same hidden room on its first floor.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village 1: 44, 4
Taiga Village: -223, 64
Ruined Nether portal: 49, 169
Plains Village 2: -233, 518
Woodland Mansion: 175, 734
Plains Village 3: 78, 1,056

Artic Villages

A large Snowy Plains island with four Snowy Villages and three igloos with basements
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Snow covers the island at Spawn, turning the world into a wintry wonderland. You’ll find four Snowy Villages on this island alongside three igloos with basements. Several of these villages come with Blacksmiths, giving survival players a good head start.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Snowy Village 1: -435, 129
Snowy Village 2: -332, -317
Snowy Village 3: 117, -244
Snowy Village 4: 637, -282
Igloo with basement 1: 291, -283
Igloo with basement 2: 243, -683
Igloo with basement 3: -205, -427

Pillaged Village

A Taiga Village next to a tall Pillager Outpost in Minecraft
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  • Seed: 1249606256
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 260, 16
  • Biomes: Plains, Taiga

A Pillager Outpost stands tall next to this Taiga Village. The only thing standing between the villagers and the Pillagers are a few Iron Golems, but they’re struggling to keep up against the Pillagers’ numbers. This means it’s up to you to protect the villagers from their attackers. Creative players could build a wall to keep the Pillagers out while survivalists can take on the Pillagers themselves or grow the village to increase the number of Iron Golems.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Taiga Village: 605, 100
Pillager Outpost: 600, 183

Desert Savanna island

A large Desert and Savanna island with two Savanna Villages in Minecraft
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  • Seed: -1146020902
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 708, 4
  • Biomes: Desert, Ocean, Savanna

Spawn on a small Beach island next to a much larger Desert and Savanna island. Just by looking around the island, you’ll be able to easily find two Savanna Villages. They’ll have plenty of useful resources despite the fact that neither has a Blacksmith. Players looking for resources like you would find in a Blacksmith will find some helpful treasures in the two Desert Temples hidden in the island’s Desert.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Savanna Village 1: 925, -339
Desert Temple 1: 697, -470
Desert Temple 2: 1,033, -487
Savanna Village 2: 1,054, -755

Jungle Temple in a Savanna Village

A Jungle Temple inside of a Minecraft Savanna Village
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  • Seed: 1958280979
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 44, 4
  • Biomes: Jungle, Savanna

The close proximity of Jungle and Savanna biomes in this world has allowed a Jungle Temple to spawn next to a Savanna Village. It makes its home in the river between the two biomes and contains several chests of treasure. Looting it and the village will give you everything you need to survive well in this world. If you find yourself wanting more, there is a second Jungle Temple closer to Spawn with two more loot chests.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Jungle Temple: 278, 7
Savanna Village: -282, -372
Jungle Temple 2: -300, -410

Hidden Snowy Beach Igloo

A Minecraft igloo with a basement hidden in the side of a Snowy Beach biome
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You won’t have to worry about hostile mobs when you live in this Snowy Beach biome. This is because one side of the beach is home to an igloo, which is only visible to those who look at it from a specific direction. It can easily be turned into a secure base just by adding a door. Look beneath the carpet in this igloo to find its hidden basement. Not only will this give you a Golden Apple, but it will help you expand the igloo without collapsing the beach around it.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Underwater ruined Nether portal: -363, 40
Igloo with basement: -301, -159

Snowy Swamp village

A Snowy Village partially in a Swamp biome in Minecraft
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  • Seed: -79198828
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 44, 4
  • Biomes: Forest, Snowy Plains, Swamp

This Snowy Village extends into a small Swamp biome, making its white igloos stand out from the rest of the village. The village is home to a single Blacksmith whose home chest contains 3 diamonds. This means you’ll be able to craft a diamond pickaxe or an enchanting table at the start of your world! Explore the Snowy Plains to find an igloo with a basement close to the town.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Snowy Village: 94, -226
Igloo with basement: 187, -157

Mansion with missing patches

A Woodland Mansion with parts of its floor missing in Minecraft
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Parts of this Mansion’s floor are missing, causing them to be filled with water or dirt. This allows you to sneak into some rooms through the holes, making for a unique Mansion experience! You’ll also have an easier time fighting Creepers and other hostile mobs using the pools of water. While you explore the Mansion and uncover these patches, make sure to search the walls for hints about secret rooms.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Woodland Mansion: 1,384, -840

Plains Village above Stronghold

A Minecraft Plains Village on top of a ravine filled with lava
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  • Seed: 1920047558
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 48, 4
  • Biomes: Forest, Plains

A ravine filled with lava cuts through the center of this Plains Village. It gives you immediate access to ores so long as you tread carefully and dig through the ravine’s walls. As a bonus, you’ll also find a Stronghold directly beneath the village. It is tiny and leads you directly to an End Portal with a single Eye of Ender.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: 539, 549
Stronghold Entrance: 549, 24, 548
End Portal: 518, 6, 533

Starting Stronghold

An End Portal in a Minecraft Stronghold
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  • Seed: -250494459
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 632, 8
  • Biomes: Desert, Plains

Nothing is sweeter than a Minecraft seed with an End Portal next to Spawn. This world begins in a Plains Village next to a Desert and a Savanna. By traveling into the Desert and digging down, you’ll drop into one of the Stronghold’s many staircases. Walk through its halls to find an End Portal with two Eyes of Ender already inserted.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: 676, 73
Stronghold staircase: 948, 32, 101
End Portal: 946, 16, 112

Dangerous Desert

A Minecraft Desert filled with Desert Temples and Pillager Outposts
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If you’re looking for a challenge, look no further than this Desert world. There are three Desert Temples and two Pillager Outposts in the area surrounding Spawn. If you’re not confident in taking them on barehanded, visit the village by the first temple to gather supplies before moving on to the hostile structures. By the time you conquer them all, you’ll be the owner of untold riches.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Desert Village with Desert Temple: 534, -222
Desert Temple 2: 520, 120
Pillager Outpost: 9, 71
Pillager Outpost with Desert Temple: -213, 150

Six Temple Jungle

A Jungle Temple in a Minecraft Jungle
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  • Seed: 29984597
  • Version: Bedrock
  • Spawn: 44, 4
  • Biomes: Jungle, Jungle Hills

Six Jungle Temples occupy this large Jungle. They’re scattered around the biome so you will need to travel around to reach them all. While exploring them, make sure to uncover the secret chest inside of each one for special treasures. Players who tire of the Jungle can head east to wander through a Snowy Plains biome.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Jungle Temple 1: 37, 69
Jungle Temple 2: 134, 551
Jungle Temple 3: -154, 232
Jungle Temple 4: -234, -200
Jungle Temple 5: 358, -185
Jungle Temple 6: 581, -169

Mushroom peninsula

A Mushroom Fields biome at the edge of a Savanna in Minecraft
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One of the coolest aspects of Minecraft 1.16.5 is that you can often find Mushroom Field biomes attached to other biomes. In this seed, you spawn on a small survival island next to a Mushroom Island connected to a Savanna. You’ll be surprised to find an acacia village crossing over from the Savanna into the mushroom biome. There is another village a thousand blocks away; otherwise, you’ll need to explore the ocean for structures.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Ocean Monument: -232, 376
Mushroom peninsula: -60, 136
Savanna village: 24, 8
Second Savanna village: 790, -499

Spawn Mansion

A Woodland Mansion and a Plains Village at the start of a Minecraft world
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A cozy little village is at Spawn alongside a small two-story Woodland Mansion. You will find some really good secret chests hidden inside the mansion, but the mobs won’t let you get them that easily. To the west of Spawn, a large lake hides several buried treasure chests. I recommend traveling this way first so you can use the materials from the chests to take on the Woodland Mansion’s monsters.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: 94, 36
Woodland Mansion: 115, 105
Buried Treasure 1: -519, 58, 73
Buried Treasure 2: -679, 57, 905
Buried Treasure 3: -711, 51, 889

Ice Spiked village

A Snowy Village in a Minecraft Ice Spikes biome
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I spawned in the center of a large Ice Spikes patch in this seed. To my surprise, there was a tiny village on the outskirts of the biome. Although there isn’t much loot in the village itself, there are not one but two igloos with basements nearby. These two should provide you with enough gold to buy any tools and gear you need.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Ice Spiked village: 45, 7
Igloo with basement 1: 344, 296
Igloo with basement 2: 312, -408

Jungle Temple guardians

A Jungle Temple in a Minecraft Plains Village
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What if you found a village with a Jungle Temple integrated into its architecture? Well, here’s your chance to discover such a village at the start of a Minecraft world. The huts stand so close to each other that they merge with the temple. This combined structure can function as a base after getting rid of all the mobs inside.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Jungle Temple guardians: 104, 56
Jungle Temple 2: -216, -216
Pillager Outpost in Desert Temple: 888, 104

Mushroom Plains Village

A Plains Village in a Minecraft Mushroom Fields biome
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There’s no safer place in Minecraft than a Mushroom Island. If you spawn here, you’ll get a village and a nice patch of mushrooms that will protect you from all hostile mobs. When you find yourself ready for a challenge, travel a few hundred blocks to a Pillager Outpost. If you don’t feel prepared to take on the Pillagers, visit a buried treasure chest to gather materials to craft weapons.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Mushroom village: 67, 106
Buried Treasure: 441, 52, -199
Pillager Outpost: 569, 234

Minecraft Mansion adventures

A Plains Village next to a Woodland Mansion in Minecraft
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This seed begins in a village that has been generated next to a Woodland Mansion. Since there are no other structures in a thousand-block radius of Spawn, it’s the perfect opportunity to test your survival skills using only the tools and materials available from the start of the world. If you tire of living next to tons of Illagers and other hostile mobs, travel to the closest Taiga Village and retire from fighting.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: 51, 28
Woodland Mansion: 9, 132
Taiga Village: -1,019, -4

Village on top of a Shattered Savanna

A Minecraft village on a Shattered Savanna biome
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Hot and dry biomes, such as Savannas and Deserts, have plenty of helpful uses despite not being the best for farming due to a lack of water. In this seed, you’ll spawn in an acacia village that stands on top of a Shattered Savanna biome with some nice waterfalls. On this hill, you can mine materials like stone, coal, iron, gold, diamond, redstone, and copper.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Shattered Savanna village: 29, 47
Desert Temple: 328, -248
Desert Village with Temple: 527, -389

Mysterious Jungle village home

A Jungle Temple hidden in a Minecraft Plains Village
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What if one of the huts in a village was actually a Jungle Temple full of loot? This seed makes this idea come to life in the small village closest to Spawn. After visiting this village, I urge you to explore the northern part of the Jungle as you’ll find three more Jungle Temples.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Mysterious Jungle village home: 88, 88
Jungle Temple 1: 40, -296
Jungle Temple 2: -152, -360
Jungle Temple 3: -696, 72

Icy Mushroom Island

A Minecraft Mushroom island with a Plains Village and a Small Cold Ocean Ruin in a Frozen Ocean
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  • Seed: -1465850640117401326
  • Version: Java
  • Coordinates: -100, 50
  • Biomes: Frozen Ocean, Mushroom Island

Spawn is set on a large Mushroom Island with a very unusual Plains Village. The village is generated on a tiny piece of Plains biome, something you rarely see in newer Minecraft seeds. This island is surrounded by icebergs, shipwrecks, and even an underwater ruined portal. Also, be careful at Spawn, as an exposed ocean ruin next to the village is causing a few Drowned enemies to appear.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: -100, 50
Small Cold Ocean Ruin: -209, 158
Shipwreck: -332, 217
Underwater ruined portal: -313, 254

Frozen lake shipwreck

A shipwreck in the center of a Frozen Ocean lake in Minecraft
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There are several exciting points of interest in this survival Minecraft world. First, you will see a shipwreck stuck on an iceberg in the middle of a lake. Secondly, you’ll have the chance to explore a Taiga Village. Lastly, you will find a double dungeon underground near Spawn. One of them spawns spiders while the other one generates zombies.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Frozen lake shipwreck: -300, 500
Pillager Outpost: -424, 24
Taiga Village: -400, 350
Spider dungeon: -217, 36, 116
Zombie dungeon: -216, 36, 125

Small Nether mansion

A Minecraft Woodland Mansion next to a Plains Village and a ruined Nether portal
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This world begins in a small Plains Village east of a Shattered Savanna biome. Walk west over the Shattered Savanna’s hills to come across a second village and a Woodland Mansion. The Mansion is on the smaller size, but it comes with a ruined Nether Portal to make up for the missing rooms. Its chest has a golden pickaxe enchanted with Fortune III that allows you to gather extra diamonds at the start of your game.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Starting Plains Village: 16, 271
Plains Village: -410, 302
Woodland Mansion: -495, 283
Ruined Nether portal: -546, 371

World between two villages

A Taiga Village with a Plains Village in the distance in Minecraft
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  • Seed: 886925522416857401
  • Version: Java
  • Coordinates: 50, -50
  • Biomes: Taiga, Plains, Ice Spikes

Begin your adventure between two villages in this seed. The first is surrounded by trees in a Taiga biome while the second resides in an Ice Spikes biome. A ravine between the two goes deep enough underground to reach two intertwining ravines. This phenomenon creates a large, multi-directional cave system for you to explore.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Taiga Village: 72, 56
Ravine: 201, -166
Plains Village: 232, -264

Instant Blaze farm

A Nether Portal appearing beneath a Blaze spawner in Minecraft
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After spawning in the village that stands in the ravine, travel southwest to reach a ruined portal on the hills. This portal will send you straight into a Nether Fortress beneath its Blaze spawner. The portal location makes this seed very lucky by allowing you to farm blaze rods for brewing potions later in your journey.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Plains Village: -178, -163
Nether Blaze Spawner: -62, 66, -2

Multi-biome intersection

A Minecraft seed with every biome in one small area
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This world begins at the intersection of Minecraft 1.16.5’s major biomes and even a few rare ones, including a Shattered Savanna and a Sunflower Plains biome. Travel into the Desert to find a village trapped between a Mesa and an Extreme Hills biome. If you prefer an ocean view, head south from Spawn to find a village on an ocean shore.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Biome intersection: -64, 55
Desert Village: -142, 34
Ocean Village: -392, 584

Jungle and Desert riches

A Desert and Jungle biome combination with four structures in Minecraft
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If you’re looking for easy early-game treasures, this seed has you covered. There are four structures to loot near spawn, including a Desert Village, a Desert Temple, a ruined Nether portal, and a Jungle Temple. The first two are in the Desert near Spawn, while the other two are found in the Jungle. Each of these structures will have at least one chest of loot, so make sure your pockets are prepared.

Key Locations and their Coordinates
Desert Village: 200, 50
Jungle Temple: 150, 200
Ruined portal: 86, 268
Desert Temple: 9, 73

That’s it for my list of the top 30 seeds for the Minecraft 1.16.5 version. Stay tuned for more Minecraft tips and tricks articles right here on Gameskinny.

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