How do you find a desert temple (pyramid) in Minecraft?

Generates in desert biomes (desert hills too in Bedrock); orange terracotta towers show above the dunes /locate structure minecraft:desert_pyramid Less frequent in Java than in Bedrock

What loot is in a desert temple (pyramid)?

4 chests hidden in a fosse under the center, rigged with a TNT trap: sand, enchanted books (22% per chest), emeralds, diamonds, diamond horse armor, enchanted golden apples (2.4% per chest); A buried 5x5 side room with 6-8 suspicious sand blocks (brush them); The temple itself: terracotta and cut sandstone.

Desert Temple (Pyramid)

Overworld

A desert temple in Minecraft — Desert temple. Gameplay screenshot by Wesley Fryer via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

How to find it

Generates in desert biomes (desert hills too in Bedrock); orange terracotta towers show above the dunes
/locate structure minecraft:desert_pyramid
Less frequent in Java than in Bedrock

Loot

4 chests hidden in a fosse under the center, rigged with a TNT trap: sand, enchanted books (22% per chest), emeralds, diamonds, diamond horse armor, enchanted golden apples (2.4% per chest)
A buried 5x5 side room with 6-8 suspicious sand blocks (brush them)
The temple itself: terracotta and cut sandstone

Dangers

A stone pressure plate under the blue terracotta block triggers a 3x3 grid of TNT (9 blocks), which can kill you and destroy the chests

Tips

Never step on the pressure plate: dig down beside it, or break the plate first.
The temple does have suspicious sand, in its buried side room.
Source: minecraft.wiki Desert Pyramid.

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