How to find a village in Minecraft
Type /locate structure minecraft:village_plains in chat as an operator to get the coordinates of the nearest plains village.
locate
Finds the nearest structure, biome or point of interest and shows its coordinates in chat.
/locate <structure|biome|poi> <id> Examples
/locate structure minecraft:village_plains Finds the nearest plains village.
/locate structure #minecraft:village Finds the nearest village of any type.
/locate biome minecraft:cherry_grove Finds the nearest cherry grove.
Arguments
structure|biome|poiRequired- What kind of thing to look for.
idRequired- Structure, biome or POI ID, or a
#tag.
What it does
Search for a structure such as a village or stronghold, a biome, or a point of interest type. Structure and biome arguments also accept tags with #, for example #minecraft:village for any village type. The coordinates in the reply are clickable and fill in a teleport command.
Good to know
- Needs operator permission level 2.
- Biome searches can take a moment on large search radii.
Run it on your server
On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab without the leading slash; in game, operators type it in chat with the slash. New to this? Start a Minecraft server first.
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