Stronghold
Strongholds contain the end portal. Since 1.9 a world holds 128 strongholds arranged in eight concentric rings around the world origin.
Structure facts
- Identifier
- minecraft:stronghold
- Dimension
- Overworld
- Added in
- Minecraft 1.13
Generation conditions
Stronghold 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 stronghold
- 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 strongholds 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. Stronghold placement starts from a ring position and then snaps to the nearest valid biome, so it needs full biome data. In game, throw two eyes of ender from different positions and triangulate.
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
Strongholds can be mapped for these Minecraft versions: