Coordinate & Stronghold Tools

Type the command /locate structure minecraft:stronghold in chat with cheats enabled to view the nearest coordinates. In Java Edition, clicking the coordinates in chat automatically prepares a /tp @s ~ ~ ~ command to teleport straight to that location.

Minecraft Java Edition generates exactly 128 strongholds per world arranged in 8 concentric rings around coordinates 0,0. The first ring contains 3 strongholds located between 1,280 and 2,816 blocks from world spawn.

Strongholds generate underground between Y=-64 and Y=64, frequently intersecting deepslate layers, caves, and ravines. The portal room contains 12 frame blocks around a 3x3 lava pool and usually generates below Y=0.

World generation occasionally disconnects corridors when a stronghold intersects a mineshaft or ocean monument, walling off rooms behind stone brick. You can locate walled-off portal rooms by digging along chunk borders at intervals of 16 blocks or listening for silverfish sounds.

Throw an Eye of Ender into the air or look under village meeting points, as Bedrock generation heavily favors placing strongholds under villages. Unlike Java Edition's limit of 128, Bedrock generates an infinite number of strongholds randomly throughout the world.