Mineshaft
Mineshafts generate as sprawling corridor networks, with a denser badlands variant that sits much closer to the surface.
Structure facts
- Identifier
- minecraft:mineshaft
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Added in
- Minecraft 1.13
Generation conditions
Mineshaft does not use the region grid. Its placement is resolved by the world generation engine, so the seed map needs the WebAssembly build to show it.
How to find a mineshaft
- Open your seed. Enter your world seed on the seed map and choose the Minecraft version your world was created in.
- Enable the layer. Turn on the mineshafts layer in the map panel.
- Pick the closest marker. Pan around spawn and choose the marker nearest to where you play.
- Copy the coordinates. Select the marker and copy its coordinates, or copy the ready-made teleport command.
- Travel there. Mineshafts are rolled per chunk rather than on a region grid, so the generation engine resolves them rather than a spacing formula.
Coordinate notes
Markers are placed at the structure start position — the corner chunk Minecraft uses to begin generation — offset to the centre of that chunk. The building itself extends outward from there, so expect the visible structure to sit within a chunk or two of the marker.
Versions
Mineshafts can be mapped for these Minecraft versions: