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Buried Treasure

A single hidden chest, usually under a beach or a coastal seabed. Every chest has a Heart of the Sea for crafting a conduit, along with valuable resources and gear.

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From the Minecraft Wiki, summarised

How it generates

Generates under coastal terrain, usually covered by sand or gravel but sometimes enclosed in stone or other natural blocks. It can be underwater, and its depth follows the terrain rather than a fixed Y level.

Biomes

  • Beach
  • Snowy Beach
  • Stony Shore (Bedrock only)

Java 26.3 technically uses the normal spacing system, but with a 1% chance per chunk instead of a widely spaced grid. The configured salt is 0, while the 1% roll (legacy_type_2) uses a fixed salt of 10387320. In Java the chest sits at chunk coordinates X=9, Z=9; in Bedrock it's at X=8, Z=8, and Bedrock also allows Stony Shore. Bedrock's chance per chunk isn't confirmed, so don't assume it matches Java's. Java chests can hold iron spears.

Notable loot

  • Heart of the Sea (guaranteed)
  • Diamonds
  • Iron ingots
  • Gold ingots
  • Emeralds
  • TNT
  • Iron spear (Java)
  • Copper, iron, golden, and diamond nautilus armor

History

  1. 1.13 (18w10a)Java

    Introduced buried treasure and maps that locate it.

  2. 1.13 (18w19a)Java

    Made a Heart of the Sea guaranteed in every buried treasure chest.

  3. 1.4.0Bedrock

    Introduced buried treasure, with guaranteed Hearts of the Sea established during its beta development.

  4. 1.18Java

    Added Water Breathing potions as possible chest loot.

  5. 1.21.11Java

    Added iron spears and copper, iron, golden, and diamond nautilus armor to chest loot.

  6. 1.21.130Bedrock

    Added copper, iron, golden, and diamond nautilus armor to buried treasure chest loot.

  7. 26.3Java

    Made Buried Treasure Maps distinct items, prevented zooming them out, and removed failed destination maps from shipwreck and ruin loot.

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Sources

The description, generation rules, variants, loot, mobs and history above are summarised from the Minecraft Wiki article Buried Treasure, retrieved 2026-09-30. Minecraft Wiki text is available under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. We have not checked these facts in game.

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