Cherry Grove and Ancient City Beyond a Savanna Start — Java 26.3

A Cherry Grove about 143 blocks out, with an Ancient City and Ruined Portal within easy reach.

Top-down 2D biome map centred on spawn, with a spawn marker and structure markers for the Ruined Portal, Ancient City, Stronghold and two villages.
Java 26.3 Edition Java Spawn 8, 8 Biome Savanna Structures 2
Cherry GroveAncient CityBirch ForestDark ForestForestGroveJungleMeadowOld Growth Birch ForestPlainsSavannaSparse Jungle
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Seed -3914078743064355062

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The Cherry Grove is the draw here, a rare biome only about 143 blocks from spawn, in the same stretch as Forest and River. Spawn itself is plain Savanna at y=97. A Ruined Portal sits about 177 blocks south, and an Ancient City lies about 344 blocks south-west. Two villages stand within roughly 640 blocks, the nearer about 445 blocks away, so you can gear up before heading for the deep dark.

Structures near spawn
Ruined Portal ↓ S 64, 176 177
Ancient City ↙ SW -272, 208 344
💎 Diamonds, open to a cave ↑ N 20, -29 Y -24 39
💎 Diamonds, dig down ↙ SW 7, 9 Y -29 1
Biome mix near spawn
Forest 20%
River 11%
Savanna 11%
Plains 8%
Birch Forest 8%
Dark Forest 7%
Old Growth Birch Forest 6%