Minecraft Structures

Buildings and Structures that spawn in Minecraft


Villages and Randomly generated buildings, oh my!

This table talks about the structures that spawn in Minecraft. Structures can be a very benificial things to players in thier early, middle or late game, structures provide shelter from the elements but protect the player from monster attacks. See Minecraft Animals and Monster pages for more details.

When a player stumbles upon a cave they will hear this

Underground Structures Description More Information
Stronghold
  • Also known as the portal to The End
  • Found deep undergound, using the eye of ender to locate it
  • Consists of large rooms such as a library and loot scattered about.
Underground stronghold
Mineshaft
  • An undergound mineshaft that was abandoned
  • Exploring will reveal different ores such as Dimonds, Emeralds, Coal Iron, Gold and Lapis
  • Often contains rails which is a good source for transportation.
A hidden mineshaft
Dungeon
  • A small room with a enemy spawner inside
  • Contains a music disk which can be played from a juke box
  • Players can break the spawner or put a torch over it to stop spawning of enemies
An empty dungeon for mobs to spawn
Ancient City
  • A large cave filled with Skulk. A type of block used by the warden
  • Be quiet here, the warden can hear every footstep the player makes
  • Valuable loot can be found here, the Warden cannot be defeated easily
A wide open space where a city used to lie
Buried Treasure
  • A small chest found on the beaches of minecraft
  • Players will have to find the map to locate the treasure
  • loot usually contains the heart of the sea, and ores such as dimonds.
A chest sitting in sand
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Overworld Structures Description More Information
Village
  • A group of buildings built and maintained by villagers.
  • Fining one can provide many reasources and trading opportunities.
  • These can spawn in any overwold biomes, except the jungle.
Minecraft plains village
Pillager Outpost
  • A tall tower built py the Pillagers, to take over the village
  • Fining one can provide many reasources such as emeralds, bow and arrows
  • These can spawn in any overwold biomes, except the jungle.
Minecraft Pillager Outpost
Woodland Mansion
  • A tall mansion loacted in the dark forest biomes
  • Fining one can provide many reasources such as emeralds.
  • Mansions can provide shelter, but various rooms for different purposes
  • These are inhabited by pillagers, Evokers, and Vindicators. Essentially pillagers with more powers.
Minecraft Woodland Mansion
Dessert Pryamid
  • A tall pryamid that only spawns in the desert biomes
  • At first glance it provides nothing, under the center of the floor is loot
  • Resoucres can be dimonds and sometimes bones and flint
Desert Pryamid Minecraft
Jungle Temple
  • A tall temple made out of cobblestone, resembling a aincent look
  • At first glance there is nothing, there is a puzzle at the bottom of the stair case
  • Loot can consist of Dimonds, Obsidian, Golden Apples and more.
A tall cobblestone pryamid
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Underwater Structures Description More Information
Ocean Monument
  • A large temple the spawns in the oceans of Minecraft, random placement.
  • Sponges and lanterns can be found inside, watch out for guardians.
  • Guardians protect the temple by killing players and enemies before taking the loot.
ocean monument
Shipwreck
  • A ship that has sunk to the bottom of the ocean floor
  • Usually contains one or more vauable items such as burried treasure maps and more
  • Be careful not to drown from lack of oxygen!
sunken shipwreck
Ocean Ruins
  • A abandond under water structure
  • Contains a chest with burried treasure map and other items
Underwater ocean Ruins
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