Eroded Badlands and an Ancient City North of a Badlands Start — Java 26.3

A Badlands start with Eroded Badlands about 200 blocks out and an Ancient City to the north.

Top-down 2D biome map centred on spawn in Badlands, with a spawn marker and markers for the Ancient City and Desert Pyramid among desert, badlands and river patches.
Java 26.3 Edition Java Spawn -8, 24 Biome Badlands Structures 2
Ancient CityBadlandsDesertEroded BadlandsForestPlainsSavannaWarm OceanWooded BadlandsDesert PyramidRiverOP Loot
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Copy it into Minecraft 26.3 (Java).

You start standing in Badlands at the surface, and the rare Eroded Badlands begins only about 200 blocks away, close enough to reach before your first night. A river runs about 90 blocks from spawn, with Desert beyond it. The Ancient City sits about 355 blocks north of spawn, and a Desert Pyramid lies about 364 blocks south-west. The stronghold is far off, around 2000 blocks, so plan the end game early.

Structures near spawn
Ancient City ↑ N 80, -320 355
Desert Pyramid ↙ SW -240, 304 364
💎 Diamonds, open to a cave ↓ S -9, 41 Y -43 17
💎 Diamonds, dig down → E -5, 25 Y -58 3
Biome mix near spawn
Desert 24%
Badlands 19%
Warm Ocean 10%
Eroded Badlands 9%
River 8%
Forest 7%
Wooded Badlands 7%