Dark Forest Crater with an Ancient City About 60 Blocks Away — Java 26.3

A low valley ringed by higher ground, with an Ancient City a short walk south-east of spawn.

Top-down 2D biome map centred on spawn in a valley, with a spawn marker and structure markers for an Ancient City, a Ruined Portal and a Stronghold.
Java 26.3 Edition Java Spawn -8, -40 Biome Dark Forest Structures 2
Ancient CityAll BiomesBirch ForestDark ForestForestGroveOceanOld Growth Birch ForestPlainsSnowyTaigaRuined Portal
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Seed 732237449704255863

Copy it into Minecraft 26.3 (Java).

An Ancient City sits only about 61 blocks south-east of spawn, at (16, 16), which is rare this early in a world. You start in a Dark Forest on a valley floor, with ground at least 40 blocks higher in most directions and the tallest rim about 91 blocks up. A river and a stony shore lie about 64 blocks out. A Ruined Portal is about 300 blocks south-east, and the Stronghold is about 1737 blocks away.

Structures near spawn
Ancient City ↘ SE 16, 16 61
Ruined Portal ↘ SE 240, 128 300
💎 Diamonds, dig down ↖ NW -17, -47 Y -14 11
Biome mix near spawn
Forest 15%
Plains 13%
Ocean 10%
Birch Forest 8%
Cold Ocean 6%
River 6%
Dark Forest 5%