However, in multiplayer games, there’s always the risk that a temple you find may have been looted or vandalized by others before you get there, so if you want to find a desert temple that’s guaranteed to be “pristine,” play a single-player world. If you don’t want to go to the trouble of exploring for desert temples yourself, it’s not hard to find world seeds online that make the task much easier. For instance, the following seeds will create worlds which have a desert temple near the spawn point: Minecraft Versions 1. 8 and 1. 9 Seed: 1868071005 Minecraft Versions 1. 10 through 1. 12 Seed: 1756427906 [1] X Research source Minecraft Version 1. 13 Seed: 65861355 [2] X Research source
There isn’t really any single “right” way to find a desert, unfortunately. Deserts are generated from the world seed, so, unless you’re already familiar with the world you’re in, you may need to wander for quite some time (especially in the unlucky event that your world seed doesn’t have many deserts. )There is a way to “cheat” outside of the game, however — see below.
Desert temples always spawn with their floor at y = 64. 000. In some cases, this can lead to them being partly buried. [3] X Research source If you see what looks like a small pyramid with none of the rest of the temple, you may actually be looking at the very top of a buried temple!
See our article on making a map in Minecraft if you’re not sure how to get your hands on this useful tool.
Note: By default, pressing F3 (or Function +F3 on Macs) in-game brings up a menu with your x/y/z coordinates. [6] X Research source
If you’ve found a buried temple, you don’t necessarily have to dig down to the door to get in. You can fall through the hole in the top of the pyramid to enter the chamber as well — however, be careful for falling damage!
One good way to do this is to dig a set of stairs into the secret chamber starting from a few blocks away — this way, you enter the chamber from the side, rather than from above, making it less likely that you’ll fall onto the plate or suffer falling damage.
One good way to do this is to dig a set of stairs into the secret chamber starting from a few blocks away — this way, you enter the chamber from the side, rather than from above, making it less likely that you’ll fall onto the plate or suffer falling damage.
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