How do you find a abandoned mineshaft in Minecraft?

Generates underground in any Overworld biome except the deep dark, often intersecting caves A dark oak variant generates on the surface in badlands biomes /locate structure minecraft:mineshaft; mineshaft explorer maps come from secret chests in abandoned camps (added in 26.3)

What loot is in a abandoned mineshaft?

Chests always appear as a minecart with chest on rails: rails (78%), name tags, glow berries, seeds, powered/detector/activator rails, enchanted books (14%), diamonds (about 9%); Cobwebs to shear for string; Cave spider spawners in abandoned passageways.

Abandoned Mineshaft

Overworld

Inside a mineshaft cave in Minecraft — Abandoned mineshaft. Gameplay screenshot by Reece Bennett via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

How to find it

Generates underground in any Overworld biome except the deep dark, often intersecting caves
A dark oak variant generates on the surface in badlands biomes
/locate structure minecraft:mineshaft; mineshaft explorer maps come from secret chests in abandoned camps (added in 26.3)

Loot

Chests always appear as a minecart with chest on rails: rails (78%), name tags, glow berries, seeds, powered/detector/activator rails, enchanted books (14%), diamonds (about 9%)
Cobwebs to shear for string
Cave spider spawners in abandoned passageways

Dangers

Cave spider spawners hide behind cobwebs
Open drops and unsupported sections

Tips

Badlands mineshafts are mostly above ground, with more complete rails; badlands also have plenty of gold ore.
Use torches to mark your way back. Source: minecraft.wiki Mineshaft.

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