How to Find a Jungle Temple in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Jungle temples (pyramids) hide in jungle biomes, built of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone. Two chests wait inside: one behind a lever puzzle, one past a hallway of tripwire arrow traps.

What you need

Shears (tripwires)
Weapon
Torches

Step by step

Explore jungles: jungle pyramids generate in jungle biomes - not sparse jungles - and in bamboo jungles too in Java.
Look for stone in the green: the temple is cobblestone and mossy cobblestone wrapped in vines - it blends in, so fly, climb or watch for unnaturally straight lines.
Enter carefully: leaves and jungle clutter can generate inside the halls, sometimes blocking chests or the redstone.
Solve the lever puzzle: on the bottom floor, three levers on chiseled stone bricks open a hidden piston door on the main floor.
Use the combination: flick the lever furthest from the staircase, then the closest, then return the closest, then return the furthest - a chest is revealed.
Clear the trap hallway: two tripwire lines hide behind the vines, wired to dispensers loaded with 2-14 arrows each.
Disarm like a pro: cut tripwires only with shears - breaking them any other way fires the arrows - then loot the dispensers for free arrows.
Loot both chests: expect bones, rotten flesh, gold, iron, diamonds, emeralds, enchanted books and horse armor.

Java vs Bedrock

Layout, puzzle and traps work the same in Java and Bedrock. The only difference: bamboo jungles can host jungle pyramids in Java but not in Bedrock.

Versions: Added in 1.3.1 (12w22a) as jungle temples - and until 1.8 added a crafting recipe, they were the only natural source of chiseled stone bricks in the game.

Frequently asked questions

What is the lever combination in the jungle temple?

Flick the lever furthest from the staircase, then the one closest to it, then return the closest one, then return the furthest one. A piston pulls a block away on the main floor and reveals a chest.

How do you disarm the jungle temple trap?

The hallway has two tripwire lines wired to arrow dispensers. Cut the tripwire with shears - breaking it with anything else fires the trap. Then empty the dispensers for up to 14 free arrows each.

Where do jungle temples spawn in Minecraft?

In jungle biomes - never sparse jungles - plus bamboo jungles in Java Edition. Look for cobblestone and mossy cobblestone shapes under the vines.