Minecraft: 15 of the Best Island Survival Seeds to Try

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Try a new Minecraft challenge by attempting a survival island run
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Are you looking for a fun new Minecraft challenge? Trying to survive on a remote island is a popular challenge Minecraft players do, and users will share particularly fun or challenging survival islands with their seeds. In this article we'll go over 15 of the best and most fun Minecraft survival island seeds, as well as teach you what seeds are and how to input them if you don't already know how.

Things You Should Know

  • Seeds can only be input when you start a new game of Minecraft.
  • To enter a seed, click the "More World Options…" button when making a new world and put the seed number in the input box.
  • Seeds are numbers that tell Minecraft how to generate a world, instead of making a new one.
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Island Seeds & Coordinates

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    These islands have limited resources or might be full of various enemies or dangers, and many users like to try out " survival islands" for a challenge. Below we've listed a number of popular or fun survival island seeds and coordinates for you to try.
    • As you likely won't spawn on the survival island, you'll have to open the chat box and type /tp X Y Z to teleport to the island, where X Y Z are the coordinates specified for each island below.
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    This island is an easy one to start with. Thanks to the combination of biomes you have access to plenty of wood, as well as animals like sheep and pigs for food.
    • Seed: 3014597000571125889
    • Coordinates: x: (-30) y: (63) z: (-30)
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    This is a survival island based on the original Minecraft island, and it's a great choice if you're looking for a challenge. It has one tree, a few animals, and a little bit of stone.
    • Seed : 2655716405265039462
    • Coordinates : x: (15) y: (66) z: (15)
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    This island has a pre-built base at spawn so you don't need to build your own, but the mansion is overrun with enemy villagers.
    • Seed: -3420545464665791887
    • Coordinates: x: (50) y: (50)
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    This island is especially challenging because it's covered in dark forest, which means hostile enemies will spawn even during the daytime.
    • Seed: 110615721
    • Coordinates: none needed
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    This desert island is surrounded by an ocean full of treasures and shipwrecks, making it perfect for a nautical-themed survival experience.
    • Seed: 7689508693512220484
    • Coordinates: none needed
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    This island has a pre-built base with hay bales and pumpkins, which are both great crops for farming. The island has a lot to explore, as well as enemy pillagers to fight.
    • Seed: 4023684792078829541
    • Coordinates : x: (0) y: (70) z: (65)
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    Cherry Grove biomes are difficult to spawn on islands, so if you're looking to do a survival island run in a Cherry Grove you can try out this seed that has an island ready to go.
    • Seed: -2865696737891188131
    • Coordinates: x: (0) y: (84) z: (0)
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    This island isn't too far from the mainland, so if your survival run starts to go sideways you can go to the mainland for supplies or go play other parts of the map instead.
    • Seed: -6415078357810576242
    • Coordinates: none needed
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    If you want to try out the Mangrove Biome, this is a great island seed to try. While the island itself doesn't have a Mangrove Swamp, the landmass nearby does, and it's not too difficult to get there from the island.
    • Seed: 4564556429009873
    • Coordinates: none needed
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    Underneath this jungle-covered island is a cave which is great for exploring, especially if you like going through caves in Minecraft.
    • Seed: -1151205406
    • Coordinates: x: (371) y: (69) z: (219)
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    This island is big, so there's a lot of chances to find resources, but there's not many generated structures. This island is an ideal place to start for beginners who like to build.
    • Seed: 1248939201
    • Coordinates: x: (-19) y: (91) z: (-61)
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    This island is very small, and has a lot of trees and elevation. This island may be more challenging due to how tiny it is.
    • Seed: 1344094779
    • Coordinates: x: (-323) y: (97) z: (-302)
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    This island is a mix of fire and ice: there is a snowy forest, but also lava pools. This island is far, far away from any villages, so surviving here will take some skill.
    • Seed: 7408072077886738805
    • Coordinates: none needed
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    For a true challenge, try this small Desert Biome island. This island has a shipwreck and mine shafts that can be scavenged for resources, but civilization is much, much farther north.
    • Seed: 3838830445171153728
    • Coordinates: none needed
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    This island is very, very far out of the water, and features a village and an ocean monument. The island is small, though, so resources are limited, though you can venture forth towards the mainland.
    • Seed: -3420545196535741639
    • Coordinates: x: (50) y: (50)
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Section 2 of 2:

What is a seed?

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    Any time a new Minecraft world is created, a seed is generated for that world. [1] Think of it like a template that tells the game how to generate a new world, instead of creating one at random.
    • Seeds can be set when creating a new world. Go to the main menu and select the option to make a new world, then click the More World Options… button. There will be a blank text box at the top of your screen, and this is where you can enter the seed.
    • Seeds can be used for either Minecraft Java or Bedrock edition, though some worlds may not generate exactly the same depending on which version you're one.

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