14 Best Minecraft 1.20 Trail Ruins Seeds (December 2023) 

Trail Ruins embody the "Trails" part of the Minecraft 1.20 Trails and Tales Update that added many archeology features, new goodies, and ways to play. The ruins can be difficult to find, so I've compiled this list of the best 14 Trail Ruins seeds to help you explore them immediately!

14 Best Minecraft Java and Bedrock 1.20 Trail Ruins Seeds

Since this list contains both Bedrock and Java seeds for Trail Ruins in Minecraft, each seed is identified by both seed name and version. Be careful to choose the seeds that are labeled for your version!

14 - Taiga Ruins

Seed: -7782788837701138823

Version: Java

These Trail Ruins blend in beautifully with the Taiga landscape. Located only 500 blocks from Spawn, they're the perfect place to set up shop and test out your archeological skills. Get to excavating quickly and learn what the archaeology features are all about in this simple seed.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: -131, -336

13 - Drowned Ruins

Seed: 8208818259074732721

Version: Java

These Trail Ruins are one-of-a-kind. Located in the shallow waters of a lake, they head deep into the earth to reveal the remnants of several ancient homes. They make the perfect place to set up an intricate base, if you can keep the water out.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: -284, -220

12 - Birch Island Ruins

Seed: 7326594813587297430

Version: Bedrock

The first set of Trail Ruins in this world can be found on a lovely little Birch island in the middle of a lake. It makes for the perfect place to start up a homebase before venturing off to find the other two ruins. The latter two can be found in Jungles, although one is much farther away than the other.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Birch Island Trail Ruins: -355, 368
Jungle Trail Ruins: -318, -175
Jungle Trail Ruins 2: -1,299, -209

11 - Watermelon Ruins

Seed: 1692694438491197061

Version: Java

These ruins are located only 400 blocks from Spawn near a patch of watermelon. You can kill two birds with one stone by collecting the Trail Ruin's resources as well as the Jungle's materials before returning to your home base. Plus, the melons will serve as a great trading resource in the future.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 340, 35

10 - Hidden Ruins

Seed: 4748994177739536553

Version: Bedrock

The beauty of this seed is that you'd never know it had large Trail Ruins underground near Spawn without reading about it! Fewer than a hundred blocks from Spawn, these large Trail Ruins can be found by digging a dozen blocks beneath the surface. There are an unimaginable number of treasures here, plus plenty of bricks and stained terracotta to use for builds. If you prefer to keep the ruins in pristine condition, it would be very easy to dig a crater around them to bring them to the surface.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: -239, 60, 158

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9 - Outer Taiga Ruins

Seed: -2051188126623707143

Version: Java

These ruins spawn farther away from Spawn, but they are located near two ravines and a Lush Cave. Excavating them would be a great start to exploring the area beneath the Overworld! When you want a tougher challenge, there is an Ancient City nearby just waiting to be explored.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 163, 300

8 - Jungle Ruins

Seed: 3507409788366717298

Version: Bedrock

On this seed, Spawn is set in the middle of a Bamboo Jungle with a river to the north and a Lukewarm Ocean to the south. Crossing over the river and heading into the regular Jungle biome in the north will eventually lead you to a Trail Ruins. Take your time digging it up—you never know what treasures you'll uncover!

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 46, -303

7 - Intercave Ruins

Seed: -904116160010670821

Version: Bedrock

This seed has two Trail Ruins close to Spawn, the second of which is placed directly above a cave opening. While the ruins appear to be small due to the location of the cave, digging a few blocks into the floor of the cave reveals more of the ruins! It's as if the village that used to be here dwelled both within caves and above ground. It will surely make for a great excavation site.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 144, -212
Trail Ruins 2: -176, -289

6 - Snowy Ruins

Seed: 6642707617343458539

Version: Bedrock

This seed spawns you right next to a beautiful natural structure made up of a Windswept Gravelly Hills biome. There are two Trails Ruins in the Snowy Taiga to the north, each of which is located behind a Taiga Village! The ancestors of each village must have moved a little further south as snow covered the lands, leaving behind the remnants of their original civilization.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 97, -322
Trail Ruins 2: -248, -408

5 - Spawn Close to Trail Ruins

Seed: 4049863313625454797

Version: Java

The real adventure in Minecraft's enormous array of amazing constructions frequently comes in the search for and journey to them. However, in the case of the fascinating Trail Ruins, this seed greatly simplifies your task. You won't need to make long excursions or learn complicated navigation techniques since you'll run upon these old marvels after only a small walk from your starting place. This seed offers a simple and straightforward experience that will let you quickly and easily begin exploring these amazing ruins.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 0, 32

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4 - Trail Ruins Next to a Village

Seed: -1925336083591607937

Version: Bedrock

Finding Trail Ruins seeds is not an easy job, and finding one with the Ruins being positioned right outside a Taiga Village is even more so. If you go to the location that we provided the coordinates for below, you will come upon a nice secluded Taiga Village with enough resources to comfortably uncover the neighboring ruins.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: -264, 60, 232

3 - Four Neighboring Trail Ruins

Seed: 220226666144929308

Version: Bedrock

This seed spawns four separate Trail Ruins relatively close to each other, which is a rarity in Minecraft due to the forced minimum separation. If you're looking to try your luck in looking for rare loot or want a seed to test out new features, this one is perfect.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: -6, 66, 3
Trail Ruins 2: -160, 77, 82
Trail Ruins 3: -209, 81, -166
Trail Ruins 4: 111, 65, -202

2 - Trail Ruins on Top of an Ancient City

Seed: 4349791831285849707

Version: Bedrock

This seed will spawn you in the Jungle, right below the snow belt. If you get out of the jungle and into the snowy mountain peak biome, you will find yourself staring into a giant gaping ravine that goes all the way down into an Ancient City. This is also a generation point of Trail Ruins wedged right into the ravine, stuck right above the Ancient City! Be careful with your brushing, as you might upset the Warden.

Key Locations and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 88, 88

1 - Seven-Ruin Seed

Seed: ThisisChris999

Version: Bedrock

This awesome seed features seven incredible Trail Ruins within walking distance of each other! It's usually difficult to find more than three in quick succession, but this seed must have contained a series of villages working together in the past. Be sure to equip your archeological tools to start excavating all of these local dig sites.

Key Location and Coordinates
Trail Ruins: 210, 80, 210
Trail Ruins 2: 698, 80, 231
Trail Ruins 3: 166, 100, -221
Trail Ruins 4: -887, 51, 280
Trail Ruins 5: 912, 58, 616
Trail Ruins 6: -837, 68, 767
Trail Ruins 7: -900, 100, -472

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