The ancient city holds many secrets and valuable loot hidden within its walls, and though finding it might seem complicated, it became much easier once I learned where to look! Here’s how to find an ancient city in Minecraft and unveil its secrets.
Where to find an Ancient City in Minecraft 1.20
You can only find the ancient city in thedeep dark biomein Minecraft 1.20, buried underground at a Y-coordinate of -51, slightly above lava level. To reach these depths, you must equip yourself with the most durable digging tools and plenty of torches to avoid losing your way. Once you start running into sculk blocks, you’ll know you’ve reached the deep dark biome.
Once there, finding an ancient city should be relatively easy since it’s the only man-made structure found within this realm. Though it might seem empty at first glance, don’t drop your guard yet: once you step onsculk shriekers, you’ll summon thewarden. Although blind, they can send powerful sonic boom attacks that always find their target. Once you defeat the warden, the treasure is yours!
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How to use a cheat to find an Ancient City
If manually locating the ancient city in Minecraft 1.20 within the deep dark biome is too tricky, you can always use a quick cheat to find the spot. Just use the /locate command to be given the city’s location. Specifically, you’ll want to hit T, then type in/locate structure minecraft:ancient_cityif you have the Java edition and/locate ancient cityif you have the Bedrock edition.
How to find an ancient city in Minecraft Bedrock edition
Ancient cities are found in the Minecraft 1.20 Bedrock edition the same way as in the Java edition, with the difference being that ward and silencearmor trimscan only be found in the Java version of the game. You’ll also find the same old warden guarding the same ancient treasures, sonic booms and all.
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