Ancient City Above a Forest Spawn, Jungle and Lake Close By — Java 26.3

An Ancient City sits about 216 blocks north of a forest spawn, with jungle and a lake within a short walk.

Top-down 2D biome map centred on the forest spawn, with a spawn marker and markers for the Ancient City, Ruined Portal and Shipwreck.
Java 26.3 Edition Java Spawn -8, 24 Biome Forest Structures 3
Ancient CityBamboo JungleDesertForestJungleOceanPlainsSparse JungleWarm OceanRuined PortalShipwreckRiver
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Seed -2740620949763928954

Copy it into Minecraft 26.3 (Java).

The Ancient City is about 216 blocks north of spawn, unusually close for one of the game's most dangerous structures. You start in a forest, and plains, jungle and sparse jungle all begin within about 64 blocks. A lake lies within roughly 300 blocks, and a Ruined Portal and Shipwreck are both near the 300 block mark. Lukewarm ocean fills a large share of the area, so expect plenty of coastline.

Structures near spawn
Ancient City ↑ N 0, -192 216
Ruined Portal ↑ N 80, -256 294
Shipwreck ↖ NW -288, -96 305
💎 Diamonds, dig down ↗ NE -4, 22 Y -50 4
Biome mix near spawn
Lukewarm Ocean 15%
Plains 11%
Warm Ocean 11%
Forest 9%
Jungle 7%
River 6%
Sparse Jungle 6%