Minecraft Seeds

How seeds work, plus famous seeds documented and verified by the community.

How seeds work

A seed is the number Minecraft uses to generate a world: terrain, biomes, structures and ore veins all come from it. Enter the same seed in the same game version and you get the same world. Text seeds ("glacier", your name...) are converted to numbers behind the scenes.

• Java vs Bedrock: since 1.18, the same numeric seed produces the same terrain and biome layout in both editions. Structures (villages, temples, strongholds) still generate in different spots per edition.
• Find your seed: type /seed in chat (cheats or server operator required).
• Version matters: world generation changes between major versions, so a seed from 1.16 generates a different world in 1.21. Always match the seed to its documented version.

Famous seeds

pack.png Seed

Seed: 3257840388504953787

Original Title Screen Panorama

Seed: 2151901553968352745

1.18 Title Screen Panorama

Seed: 2151901553968352745

Herobrine Screenshot Seed

Seed: 478868574082066804

Herobrine Livestream Seed

Seed: 3609313613745973624

Skull on Fire Painting Seed

Seed: -6984854390176336655

1.13 Title Screen Panorama

Seed: 1458140401

1.19 Title Screen Panorama

Seed: -1696067516

gargamel Seed

Seed: gargamel

404 Seed (404 Challenge)

Seed: 404

Glacier Seed

Seed: Glacier

North Carolina (Demo World Seed)

Seed: North Carolina

worstseedever Seed

Seed: worstseedever

nyan Seed (Pocket Edition Legend)

Seed: nyan

1.16 Title Panorama Seed

Seed: 6006096527635909600

1.14 Title Screen Panorama

Seed: 2802867088795589976

1.15 Title Screen Panorama

Seed: -4404205509303106230

1.20 Title Screen Panorama

Seed: 8554477380691140270

Wilderness Bound Title Panorama Seed

Seed: 822930755

Tiny Takeover Panorama Seed

Seed: -1701815224735573849

Minecraft Preview Panorama Seed

Seed: 2510333169515186510

We only list seeds documented and verified by the community, with sources. Seed hunting for your own style of world (spawn village, cherry ring, trial chambers nearby) is version-specific - a curated, verified list is in progress.