Where can I find an ancient city?

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You can find an Ancient City at a Y-level of -52 or under a mountain, and it’s essential to explore Deep Dark Biomes to increase your chances of discovering one. To locate an Ancient City, head down to a Y-level of negative 52, mine or cave until you find a Deep Dark Biome, and hope it contains an Ancient City, as 75 percent of all Ancient Cities spawn within 2,000 blocks of your spawn location.

Understanding Ancient Cities

What are Ancient Cities?

Ancient Cities are a type of structure that generates within the Deep Dark, and they’re quite rare, so not every Deep Dark Biome will contain an Ancient City.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Does every deep dark have an Ancient City? Ancient Cities are a type of structure that generate within the Deep Dark. They’re quite rare, so not every Deep Dark Biome will contain an Ancient City.
2. Do ancient Cities always spawn in the deep dark? When it comes to Ancient Cities, these structures will exclusively spawn inside deep dark biomes. However, as with other structures like End Cities and Woodland Mansions that only spawn in specific dimensions and biomes, there is no 100% guarantee that a deep dark biome will spawn an Ancient City.
3. How rare are ancient Cities? Ancient Cities are a type of structure that generate within the Deep Dark. They’re quite rare, so not every Deep Dark Biome will contain an Ancient City.
4. Will the Ancient City have a portal? The exact layout of an Ancient City is randomly generated, so you’ll see different structures making up each one, but every Ancient City generates with a large portal structure in the center. This portal is large, rectangular, and made out of reinforced deepslate.
5. What does the warden drop? A warden drops a single sculk catalyst upon death, unaffected by Looting. It also drops 5 experience if killed by either a player or a tamed wolf.
6. Can cartographers find ancient Cities? Ancient cities are found usually thousands of blocks from spawn, so the cartographer villager should have a chance to give you the ancient city map, which shows you the way to an ancient city.
7. Does skulk mean there is an Ancient City nearby? Look for the greenish-blue new Sculk blocks to find a Deep Dark biome, and you’ll hopefully be on the right track, though there’s no guarantee that any given pocket of Deep Dark contains an Ancient City.
8. How to explore Ancient City without dying? You should approach and reach the ancient city either from the same level or from below, as if you mine into it from above, you run the risk of falling directly into it. If you survive fall damage, then death likely comes from the warden.
9. How do I find a warden? The Warden can be found in Deep Dark Caves, which are easy to spot due to the abundance of the new block, Sculk. Deep Dark Caves appear on the lowest levels of world generation, just a few levels above Bedrock.
10. Are there any lost ancient Cities? The lost city of Iram of the Pillars, also known as the Atlantis of the Sands, has never been found and no credible evidence of its existence has been found. Lothal, a partially lost city in India, has only been partially excavated and the cause of its demise remains unknown.
11. Where can I eat golden apple in Ancient City? On the base of ancientcity/citycenter/citycenter2, a single golden apple is contained in the chest. Eating it at that location unlocks the piston doors to the redstone labs beneath.
12. How do you light a Warden portal? When you kill the warden it should drop an item to light the portal-looking thing at the center of the Ancient Cities. When you light it and go in the portal the screen should go black.
13. Why can’t I find an ancient city? Ancient Cities are very rare to come by and will always be underground. Even though they are rare, some methods can help you find them. You’re most likely to find an Ancient City at a Y-level of -52 or under a mountain.
14. How do you not trigger the warden? Ideally you’ll want to avoid summoning the Warden in the first place. You can do this by sneaking around instead of running or walking, and by placing wool around the Sculk Sensors to block the vibrations.
15. How do you find an Ancient City with commands? Commands: If you have cheats activated in your world, you can simply open the chat window and type the command “/locate ancientcity” to learn the coordinates of the nearest one. This works across Java and Bedrock, and you can also use the command to locate other structures, like Woodland Mansions.