Frozen River Spawn with an Abandoned Village Nearby

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EditionJava 26.2

A 3D fly-over of the snowy and forested terrain around spawn, showing a small island with a spawn marker in a frozen river, surrounded by snow-covered hills and evergreen trees, with a large forest to the east and a lighter-colored forest to the west.

Seed · Java 26.2

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You spawn in Windswept Hills at y=88, surrounded by a frozen landscape of snowy plains and frozen rivers. The most distinctive feature is an abandoned village about 398 blocks away, offering a unique early-game challenge if you want to cure its zombie villagers.

At a glance

Version	Java 1.21.4+ / 26.x
Spawn	X 8 · Y 88 · Z 8 — Windswept Hills
Nearest stronghold	X 836 · Z 1460 (1,671 blocks away)
Nearest diamonds	X 5 · Y -25 · Z 9 — 4 blocks
Searched within	2,500 blocks of spawn

Structures nearest to spawn

Structure	Coordinates (X, Z)	Blocks from spawn
Diamonds, dig down	←W`5, 9 Y -25`	3
Diamonds	↑N`1, -11 Y -54`	20
Amethyst Geode	↗NE`41, -17`	41
Mineshaft	↓S`48, 112`	111
Igloo	↓S`0, 192`	184
Trail Ruins	↗NE`144, -144`	204
Trial Chambers	↗NE`192, -208`	284
Ruined Portal	↑N`80, -352`	367
Shipwreck	←W`-368, 80`	383
Village	↙SW`-192, 352`	398
Buried Treasure	↓S`73, 505`	501
Ocean Ruin	↘SE`480, 496`	679
Pillager Outpost	↗NE`864, -848`	1,211
Ocean Monument	↑N`-176, -1,296`	1,317
Stronghold	↘SE`836, 1,460`	1,671
Ancient City	↙SW`-1,728, 1,264`	2,143
Jungle Temple	↘SE`1,744, 1,728`	2,444

Nearest instance of each type inside a 5,000-block box centred on spawn. Coordinates are the structure’s origin; ancient cities and mineshafts sit far below the surface.

Biome mix around spawn

Biome	Share	Nearest patch (blocks)
Frozen Ocean	19.0%	317
Snowy Plains	18.5%	32
Forest	11.4%	410
Plains	7.4%	607
Snowy Taiga	7.4%	101
Cold Ocean	7.0%	435
Taiga	5.8%	358
Ice Spikes	4.7%	320
Frozen River	4.0%	96
Snowy Beach	4.0%	272
River	3.8%	416
Beach	2.4%	385
Deep Frozen Ocean	1.7%	792
Ocean	0.8%	930
Windswept Gravelly Hills	0.7%	258
Meadow	0.7%	616
Windswept Hills	0.6%	0
Birch Forest	0.1%	1,337
Deep Cold Ocean	0.1%	666

Surface biome sampled on a grid centred on spawn. Biomes under 1% share are left out, except the one you spawn in.

Is this seed for you?

Players seeking a challenging start in a cold biome with a unique village encounter.

What is good

Rare abandoned village nearby
Variety of cold biomes close to spawn
Amethyst Geode very close for early resources
Mineshaft for quick underground exploration

What to watch out for

Spawn area is quite cold, requiring immediate resource gathering for warmth
No traditional village with a blacksmith nearby
Key structures like Stronghold and Ancient City are over 1500 blocks away

Around spawn

You appear in Windswept Hills, with a frozen river nearby.

Structures

Beyond the abundant amethyst geode at 41 blocks, you'll find a Mineshaft 111 blocks away and an Igloo 184 blocks from spawn. A rare abandoned village is located about 398 blocks away, and a Trial Chambers structure is about 284 blocks from spawn.

Biomes

Your immediate surroundings are dominated by cold biomes, with Snowy Plains (32 blocks) and Frozen River (96 blocks) very close. Ice Spikes are also present about 320 blocks away. Warmer biomes like Forest and Plains are further out, at about 410 and 607 blocks respectively.