A large Minecraft Plains Village on the edge of a Stony Shores biome
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Top 30 Best Survival Island Seeds in Minecraft

Tired of exploring and building for hours upon hours? Try these top Minecraft survival island seeds and test your skills!

It’s no secret that surviving on a Minecraft island is a tough challenge because of their massive shortages of materials. However, our list of the top 30 best MC survival island seeds will provide you only with the richest and most fun islands to explore.

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Top 30 Best Survival Island Seeds in Minecraft

Set of Starter Islands

A large Minecraft Plains Village on the edge of a Stony Shores biome
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Sometimes, one island alone just isn’t enough. In this Minecraft world, you’ll start on the southernmost island in a set of four islands. All players will find shipwrecks scattered around each island and a Trial Chamber beneath the northern tip of the island they start on. Java players will also benefit from finding a large Plains Village at the northern tip of the northernmost island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Shipwreck 1: 500, 139Shipwreck 1: 787, -274
Trial Chamber: 626, -13, -391Trial Chamber: 626, -13, -391
Ruined Nether Portal: 174, -603Shipwreck 2: 20, -722
Shipwreck 2: 112, -673Shipwreck 3: -112, -764
Plains Village: 169, -855Shipwreck 4: 75, -950

Taiga Island Above Large Cave System

A large Taiga Island above a deep cavern in Minecraft
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This is the perfect island for players who want to enjoy life on the open ocean, but also enjoy spending time underground. The center of this island is home to a few ravines that drop into the same large cave system. Java players will drop down next to a mineshaft, and both Java and Bedrock players will have access to a Trial Chamber. On the surface, players will have to rely on shipwrecks for additional resources.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Taiga Island: 17, -428Taiga Island: 17, -428
Cave: 67, -507Cave: 67, -507
Trial Chambers: 87, -22, -398Trial Chambers: 87, -22, -398
Mineshaft: 30, 35, -506Shipwreck 1: -147, -358
Shipwreck: -316, -534Shipwreck 2: -260, -646

Safety on Mushroom Island

A huge Mushroom Island with a cave and a ruined Nether portal in Minecraft
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  • Seed: 869971960394160791
  • Spawn: -593, -297
  • Biomes: Deep Ocean, Mushroom Island, Sunflower Plains

One of the easiest ways to die in a survival world is by getting into trouble with monsters. To combat this, players can make their home on Mushroom Islands, which are made of mycelium! Mycelium blocks are great for protecting players because hostile mobs cannot spawn on them. While players won’t spawn directly on this Mushroom Island, they will spawn on a coastline very close to it. Take the chance to gather trees and regular dirt, then craft a boat to sail over to the island to survive in peace!

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Mushroom Island: -312, -168Mushroom Island: -312, -168
Ocean Monument: -465, -273Ocean Monument 1: -347, -202
Shipwreck 1: -509, -148Ocean Monument 2: -312, 280
Cold Ocean Ruin Cluster: -326, -230Shipwreck 1: -101, 507
Shipwreck 2: -220, 47Shipwreck 2: 507, 180
Ruined Nether Portal: 9, 324Ruined Nether Portal: 204, 3
Trial Chambers: 313, -22, 183Trial Chambers: 313, -22, 183

Taiga Cliffs

A Minecraft Taiga island with a Taiga Village
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  • Seed: 5222089143693213313
  • Spawn: -1,003, 170
  • Biomes: Old Growth Pine Taiga, Stony Shore, Taiga

Cliffs separate this Taiga island from the waters surrounding it. These cliffs are perfect for gathering coal and iron ore at the start of a survival world. Java players will find a Taiga Village on the island’s southwestern side and a Trial Chamber beneath its northern side. Bedrock players will also have the Trial Chamber, but their only other structures will be a few sunken shipwrecks.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Taiga Cliffs island: -1,003, 170Taiga Cliffs island: -1,003, 170
Taiga Village: -1,091, 277Trial Chamber: -1,054, -28, 121
Trial Chamber: -1,054, -28, 121Shipwreck 1: -855, 229
Shipwreck 1: -855, 288Shipwreck 2: -757, 69
Shipwreck 2: -876, 428Shipwreck 3: -1,339, 99

Large Island with Cherry Grove

A large Minecraft island with a Cherry Grove biome and a Plains Village
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Spawning inside a Cherry Grove is pretty rare for a Minecraft island seed. The Cherry Grove is pretty small, but it can easily be expanded by planting cherry saplings all over the island. There is a Plains Village on the western side of the island, which is actually on top of a Trial Chamber. Players will also find a few shipwrecks scattered around the island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Large Island: 0, 0Large Island: 0, 0
Trial Chamber: -361, -33, 55Trial Chamber: -361, -33, 55
Plains Village: -396, 112Plains Village: -372,165
Shipwreck 1:-157, -110Shipwreck 1: 204, -75
Shipwreck 2: 190, 94Shipwreck 2: -365, -188

Shipwrecked by Frozen Ocean

A small Forested island with a shipwreck near a Frozen Ocean in Minecraft
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After being shipwrecked on this island, players will need to survive using only the ship’s chests and the island’s forest. If you want a little more than this island has to offer, there is a larger island in the nearby Frozen Ocean. It has plenty of towering cliffs, making it easier for players to gather ores. Additionally, Bedrock players will find a Snowy Village on this island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Shipwrecked island: 111, -47Shipwrecked island: 111, -47
Large island: 385, -194Large island: 385, -194
Shipwreck: 149, -129Snowy Village: 622, -462

Half-Cliff Island

A Minecraft island that is half a cliff made up of a Beach biome and half Forest and Plains biomes
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This island is unique because only its beachy half towers over the sea surrounding it. The other half is only slightly about sea level, and is made up of Forest and Plains biomes. Bedrock players will find two chests of buried treasure hidden beneath the island’s sand. In contrast, Java players will need to take to the ocean to get resources in the form of a cluster of Cold Ocean Ruins and a shipwreck.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Half-Cliff Island: -47, -113Half-Cliff Island: -47, -113
Cold Ocean Ruin Cluster: 57, -235Buried Treasure 1: -120, 59, -120
Shipwreck: 77, -209Buried Treasure 2: -40, 65, 8

Massive Savanna Mangrove Island

A giant Minecraft island made up of Savanna, Swamp, and Mangrove Swamp biomes
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  • Seed: 8876546021617296494
  • Spawn: -286, 760
  • Biomes: Lukewarm Ocean, Mangrove Swamp, Savanna, Swamp

The size of this island makes it feel more like a mini-continent than an actual island. It is home to a Savanna Village and a combination of regular and Mangrove Swamp biomes resting above two separate Trial Chambers. Java players will not have the Savanna Village that Bedrock players do. Instead, they’ll find a few Warm Ocean Ruin Clusters around the Savanna half of the island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Warm Ocean Ruin Cluster: 169, 708Savanna Village: -367, 884
Trial Chambers 1: -370, -29, 1,271Trial Chambers 1: -370, -29, 1,271
Trial Chambers 2: 39, -17, 1,154Trial Chambers 2: 39, -17, 1,154
Mushroom Island: 37, 641Mushroom Island: 37, 641

Steep Savanna Cliffs

A Minecraft island made of Savanna and Stony biomes with a Savanna Village
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It will take some work to reach this island, but the view is more than worth the trouble. Two Stony Peaks mountains press against the Savanna biome at the island’s center. This biome is home to a Savanna Village in both versions of the game, giving everyone the same opportunities. The major differences between the two versions are that Bedrock players will have access to a few pieces of buried treasure on the island, while Java players will have more water-based structures.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Steep Savanna Cliffs island: 786, 55Steep Savanna Cliffs island: 786, 55
Savanna Village: 745, 64Savanna Village: 747, 131
Warm Ocean Ruin Cluster: 745, -151Buried Treasure 1: 776, 76, 72
Shipwreck: 501, -81Buried Treasure 2: 712, 95, 8

Large island with small Cherry Grove

A large Minecraft island with a Plains Village and Plains, Forest, and Cherry Grove biomes
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You’ll enter this world in a Forest biome next to the ocean, which makes crafting a boat and sailing to this island a breeze. The island is home to various biomes, including Beaches, Plains, a Cherry Grove, a Forest, and Stony Shores. Bedrock players will find a Plains Village next to the Cherry Grove. Instead of the village, Java players will find a shipwreck by Spawn and an underwater ruined Nether portal by the island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Large island: -835, -208Large island: -835, -208
Shipwreck: -122, 111Plains Village: -790, -438
Ruined Nether portal: -354, -524Ruined Nether portal: -975, -575

Trail Ruin isles

A set of four Taiga and Birch Forest islands with a Trail Ruins structure in Minecraft
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This world begins on Taiga and Birch Forest islands in a Lukewarm Ocean. A Trail Ruins structure can be found on the northern island with the largest Birch Forest. The ocean around the island contains a few Cold Ocean Ruins and several shipwrecks. If you’re looking for Sniffer Eggs, you can sail a few hundred blocks west to reach a few Warm Ocean Ruins.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Shipwreck 1: -188, 141Shipwreck: 236, -172
Shipwreck 2: 0, 305Small Cold Ocean Ruin: 50, -285
Trail Ruins: -207, -429Trail Ruins: -206, -429

Small Ocean’s islands

Two small Minecraft islands in a small Lukewarm Ocean with a Coral Reef
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If you don’t want to fully commit to island living, check out this Minecraft 1.21 seed. It spawns you next to a small Lukewarm Ocean holding two small islands and a Coral Reef. Due to the small size of the ocean, you can easily switch back and forth between living on the islands and exploring the mainland. It’ll also give you access to different wolf and animal variants because of the many biomes in the area.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Plains island: 156, 206Plains Island: 156, 206
Desert Island: 222, 293Desert Island: 222, 293
Coral Reef: 320, 284Coral Reef: 320, 284
Trial Chambers: 215, -29, 71Trial Chambers: 215, -29, 71

Monumental Mushroom Islands

A Minecraft seed with multiple Mushroom Islands and Ocean Monuments
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The humble Mushroom Island is one of the safest biomes to live on. In the ocean near Spawn, you’ll find four larger Mushroom Islands and several tiny ones. Having several of these islands available close by allows you to pick and choose where you’d like to settle down. However, the abundance of Mushroom Islands doesn’t mean this ocean is completely safe! It is actually filled with over a dozen Ocean Monuments, each with their own set of Guardians and Elder Guardians. To make it even more special, Java players will find a Woodland Mansion on a small island northwest of the first Mushroom Island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Mushroom Island 1: 462, -497Mushroom Island 1: 462, -497
Mushroom Island 2: 24, -1,048Mushroom Island 2: 24, -1,048
Ocean Monument 1: 269, -817Ocean Monument 1: 648, -376
Ocean Monument 2: 128, -1,267Ocean Monument 2: 264, -952

Coral Reef islands

A set of Desert and Savanna islands in a Minecraft Coral Reef
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This cluster of islands has formed in the middle of a Coral Reef. You’ll spawn on one of the Desert islands in the cluster, so there’s no need to travel far. Luckily, the Savanna island to the west serves as a renewable source of wood. There is plenty of buried treasure to be found, plus loads of structures hidden in the Reef itself.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Coral Reef islands: SpawnCoral Reef islands: Spawn
Buried Treasure: 393, 63, -311Buried Treasure 1: 392, 61, -312
Ruined Nether Portal: 221, -475Buried Treasure 2: 392, 65, -376
Warm Ocean Ruin Cluster: 112, -536Shipwreck: 404, -462

Large Plains island

A large Minecraft island with two shipwrecks and a Plains Village
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Islands as large as this one are far and few between in Minecraft. While it is technically divided into five sections by a river, the closeness of the fragments and their shared biomes make it equivalent to a single island. All players will find two shipwrecks, a Plains Village, and a ruined Nether portal scattered around this area.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Large Plains island: SpawnLarge Plains island: Spawn
Shipwreck 1: 500, 127Plains Village: 200, 273
Shipwreck 2: 509, 395Ruined Nether portal: 307, 363
Plains Village: 203, 277Shipwreck 1: 508, 394
Ruined Nether portal: 312, 365Shipwreck 2: 500, 129

Beachside Pillager Outpost

A Minecraft Beach and Savanna island with a shipwreck and a Pillager Outpost
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You’ll need to sail into the center of the ocean to find this small island. Its western half is home to a beached shipwreck, while its eastern portion holds a Pillager Outpost. If you look around the island, you’ll find seven buried treasure chests hidden in the sand.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Beach island: 17, 543Beach island: 17, 543
Shipwreck: 17, 558Shipwreck: 42, 519
Buried Treasure: 25, 59, 537Pillager Outpost: 135, 537

Tropical island mounds

A set of tall Minecraft islands with a Lush Cave
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Tall islands fill this Minecraft Ocean. This world begins on a set of islands made up of Stony Shore and Jungle biomes. If you look to the west, you’ll see a tall Desert and Wooded Badlands island. At its base is a large Lush Cave that would serve as the perfect location for a base.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Jungle island mounds: SpawnJungle island mounds: Spawn
Badlands island: -315, -323Badlands island: -315, -323
Lush Cave: -400, 70, -235Lush Cave: -400, 70, -235

Desert Village island

A small Minecraft Desert Village in the middle of the ocean
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A Desert Village floats freely in the ocean east of Spawn in this world. To the south of this island, you’ll come across a cluster of Warm Ocean Ruins. Bedrock players will instead find an Ocean Monument and a shipwreck near the mainland Savanna.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Desert Village island: -739, 157Ocean Monument: -281, 216
Warm Ocean Ruin Cluster: -812, 344Shipwreck: -285, 108

Trail Ruins island

A small Jungle island with a set of Trail Ruins in Minecraft
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Travel northwest of the Desert to find this Jungle island. If you search beyond the trees, you’ll find a set of Trail Ruins hidden in its center. You’ll also find two shipwrecks in the waters surrounding the island. If Bedrock players make their home on the Jungle island, they’ll have easy access to an Ocean Monument to the west.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Jungle island: -70, -270Jungle island: -70, -270
Trail Ruins: 13, -290Trail Ruins: 13, -290

Beginner’s Bedrock island

A Minecraft island with a Plains Village and a ruined Nether portal
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Beginners to Minecraft survival will enjoy this island. All players will find a Plains Village and a ruined Nether portal on it. The village will provide everything you need for survival, from beds to food and other resources. Additionally, the ruined Nether portal can be used to create an easy path to the Nether without going underground.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Plains Village: 320, 912Plains Village: 204, 729
Ruined Nether portal: 343, 801Ruined Nether portal: 274, 772

Two island villages

A set of two Minecraft islands with villages
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Spawn on a set of two Minecraft islands with villages in this world. The northern island is home to a Taiga with a Taiga Village, while the southern island holds a Plains Village. Explore the area beneath the Plains Village to find a hidden Trial Chamber.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Shipwreck 1: -249, -193Taiga Village: 212, -348
Shipwreck 2: -139, 280Plains Village: -389, 69
Trial Chamber: -361, -14, 39Trial Chamber: -361, -14, 39

Large Plains island with Plains Village

A large Plains island with a Plains Village in Minecraft
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This massive Plains island is a short swim east from the peninsula you spawn on. It looks barren at first, but you’ll find both a Plains Village and a Trial Chamber in the lower-right portion of the island. Scouting around the ocean surrounding the island will also lead you to an Ocean Monument, some Cold Ocean Ruins, and a few shipwrecks. Make the most of these structures to gather enough riches to form your own empire.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Large Plains island: -312, -102Large Plains island: -312, -102
Trial Chamber: 23, -25, 23Trial Chamber: 23, -25, 23
Plains Village: 42, 38Shipwreck: -344, 24

Forest island near frozen village

A Forest island in Minecraft next to a Snowy Village on a Frozen Ocean biome
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Cross the ocean west of Spawn to find a Forest and Beach island next to a Frozen Ocean. If you travel to the Frozen Ocean, you’ll discover a Snowy Village hiding between the ocean’s icebergs. You’ll also come across a shipwreck with plenty of good loot. Additionally, players who want to experience the best of 1.21 will find a Trial Chamber beneath the Frozen Ocean.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Forest island: 272, -78Forest island: 272, -78
Snowy Village: 33, 24Buried Treasure: 392, 71, 72
Shipwreck: -118, 78Large Cold Ocean Ruin Cluster: 7, 136

Desert island with Coral Reef

A Desert Minecraft island with a Desert Village and a Coral Reef
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When you want to survive on an island in Minecraft, there’s nothing better than spawning directly on top of one. This island has a Desert Village and a small patch of Forest, so you won’t need to travel far for wood. Those not satisfied with living just in a Desert will also have access to a Jungle in the northwest, a Mushroom Island to the southwest, and a large Badlands biome to the east.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Trial Chamber: 25, -24, 121Trial Chamber: 25, -24, 121
Desert Village: 50, 26Shipwreck: 68, -74
Shipwreck: -140, 107Underwater ruined Nether portal: 178, 24, 107

Turtle Beach island

A Minecraft island with a long turtle beach and a Plains Village
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If you’re looking to live a cozy island life while raising turtles, this seed is perfect for you. You’ll spawn on the mainland next to a Beach island that spawns tons of turtles. A village on one side of the island provides protection and enough resources to make surviving a breeze. Since it’s an isolated island, there’s no danger of hostile mobs, making it the safest farm in the game.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Turtle Beach island: -62, -74Turtle Beach island: -62, -74
Plains Village: -5, 28Large Warm Ocean Ruin Cluster: 40, 72
Small Warm Ocean Ruin: 147, -3Buried Treasure: 8, 60, 8

Multi-biome island with a Plains Village

A Minecraft island with Windswept Savanna, Plains, Forest, and Swamp biomes
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Spawn on a survival island with a wide variety of biomes, including Windswept Savanna, Swamp, Forest, and Plains. The Plains portion of the island is home to a Plains Village. Other than the village, you won’t find many structures on or around the island. The closest structure you could potentially find is a mineshaft beneath the Forest biome on the island.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Multi-biome island: SpawnMulti-biome island: Spawn
Plains Village: 7, 21Underwater ruined Nether portal: -320, 127

Shipwreck home on Plains Village island

A small Minecraft island with a Plains Village and a shipwreck
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When you look at this village for the first time, it looks like any other Plains Village. However, one of the homes in this village is actually an exposed shipwreck. If you’re feeling creative, take advantage of this combination of structures to create a base in the shipwreck. Those who don’t want to live in a ship should still visit it to loot its chest.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Plains island: -71, -41Plains Island: -71, -41
Plains Village: 24, 9Buried Treasure: -168, 49, 8
Shipwreck: 83, 67Plains Village: -411, -200

Plains Beach island

A small Beach island with a Minecraft Plains Village
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A small Beach island with a Plains Village is the star of this seed. The left half of the island is home to a lava pool, making it much easier to create a Nether portal. In addition to this island, Java players will have a buried shipwreck near Spawn. In contrast, Bedrock players will have a chest of buried treasure and a Plains Village on the mainland.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Shipwreck: 173, -81Beach island: 79, 35
Beach island: 79, 35Buried Treasure: 264, 58, 72
Plains Village: 2, 7Plains Village: 316, 133

Plains Village stranded in the Ocean

A Minecraft Plains Village in the middle of an ocean
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This island is unique because it is actually just a single Plains Village floating in the center of an ocean. There are two Ocean Monuments near this island, one to the southeast and one to the southwest. If you explore the area beneath the southeast Ocean Monument, you’ll have a chance to drop into a Trial Chamber.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Stranded Plains Village: 3, 42Buried Treasure 1: -184, 55, -632
Ocean Monument 1: 81, 258Buried Treasure 2: -120, 56, -632
Ocean Monument 2: -240, 192Ocean Monument: 184, -329

Small Blacksmith island

A small Minecraft island with a Blacksmith and a shipwreck
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If you’re not interested in hard-mode survival, here’s a seed with an island village that has a blacksmith. If the village doesn’t provide enough resources, visit two shipwrecks around the island for even more. There is an Ocean Monument a short sail west of the island if you feel like taking on a challenge. You’ll also find multiple Warm Ocean Ruins around the island, so getting a Sniffer Egg is highly likely.

Important Java LocationsImportant Bedrock Locations
Small Blacksmith island: 140, 103Small island: 140, 103
Plains Village: 83, 35Buried Treasure: 136, 46, 136
Shipwreck: 148, 130Small Warm Ocean Ruin: 67, 172

That’s it for our list of the best 30 Minecraft survival island seeds. Stay tuned for more MC tips and tricks articles here at GameSkinny, like our 30 Best Minecraft Cherry Blossom Seeds for 1.20.4.


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