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How to Find an Ancient City in Minecraft

Adnan Juzar Kachwala
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How to Find an Ancient City in Minecraft

How to Find an Ancient City in Minecraft? They spawn inside deep dark biomes below the Y-0 coordinates. 

Recently, ancient cities have been a subject of interest for many players. Their tendency to provide tougher mobs and more significant challenges caused popularity.

These Ancient Cities are scarce to find and will only surface underground. So the players will have to venture deep inside to see these cities.

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However, these areas give players worthy rewards like chests with rare items better than the ones found in the surface world.

There are a couple of ways you can find these cities; the traditional way or by cheats.

This video explains how you can find ancient cities.

How to Find an Ancient City in Minecraft; The Traditional Way

As mentioned earlier, finding these ancient cities is only possible in Deep Dark biomes in the Y-51 range.

Plus, it is impossible to see there, so you might want to carry a Night Vision potion.

Plus, you will have to mine for them; it is advisable to start near the bedrock. as it increases the likeliness of finding these cities.

You will need luck as the probability of finding one is significantly less. They are tall, so you will take fall damage and die. Make sure to be cautious.

These cities can also spawn near Snowy and Mountain biomes if we factor in height.

The Cheat Way

Games like Minecraft have a cheat way to get what players want. Plus, it’s more accessible rather than spending time searching for something.

To get inside an Ancient City using cheats, type the locate cheat. Here it is: /locate structure minecraft:ancient_city.

The one given above is for the Java edition; here is one for the Bedrock Edition. /locate ancientcity

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What’s the point of these Ancient Cities?

Well, for one, you get powerful enemies. Better and more robust than the surface mobs. There is also The Warden, a mob with 250 plus health points, triggered by tripping Sculk sensors four times.

It is near impossible to fight this mob, so you might want to tuck your tail.

In addition, you can find Enchanted books, golden apples, iron, diamond leggings, and many more rare items. So it is worth exploring.

About the author

Adnan Juzar Kachwala

Adnan Juzar Kachwala

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Adnan Kachwala is a Gaming Journalist working as a Content Writer at The SportsRush. Adnan started covering Valorant when he watched Shroud dominate public matches with his aim. He wanted to write about Call of Duty ever since his first Nuclear in Black Ops II. He has an expertise in FPS games like Call of Duty and Valorant and has been covering them along with other games for more than two years. He has written more than 600 articles on both of those games along with other popular AAA titles. He has a Mass Media Degree with a Specialization in Journalism. Adnan has an expertise writing listicles related to Gaming and reviewing newer releases. When he is not making content, you can find him reading books, creating videos and watching Valorant Esports on Twitch.

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