Ancient City

Ancient City

Biomes	Deep Dark
Y-level	-51
Mobs	Warden (from sculk shrieker)
Consists of	See § Blocks

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An ancient city is a palatial structure found in deep dark biomes at Y=-51, that harbors chests containing items, such as disc fragments, armor trims, and echo shards, that cannot be found anywhere else. It is also one of the only two places where sculk can be found.

Generation

Ancient cities cannot generate overlapping each other; however, they can generate directly adjacent to each other.

Because they can only generate in the deep dark, they will often be found under mountains and other places with low erosion.

Ancient cities can be located with "buried ancient city" explorer maps, which are found in secret chests in abandoned camps.

Structure

Environment aesthetics

An ancient city features a massive palace with a footprint of around 220 blocks on each horizontal axis, stretching throughout a deep dark biome. The floor of the city always generates at Y=-51 and is about 20 blocks high. The palace is made up of long corridors with 2-block-deep floors of gray wool, with the occasional rugs of blue, light blue, and cyan wool or carpet floors to reduce vibrations. Off to the sides of the main corridors are smaller ruin structures, which often contain one or two loot chests. The city's center features a frame resembling a portal that contains exclusive reinforced deepslate blocks, though these are unobtainable in Survival mode. Other unique blocks such as soul lanterns, candles, and different forms of deepslate and sculk can be found throughout the city. Sculk shriekers generate much more frequently in ancient cities than in the normal deep dark biome. The city always generates at the same position within a chunk (for example, the blocks that make up the center frame structure are always on the western edge of a chunk).

Some of the city's structures resemble other elements of the game. The city center bears a resemblance to early iterations of the warden's design, and other structures are similar in appearance to pillager outposts, the wool rooms in woodland mansions, and abandoned mineshafts.

Overall view

The following three renders are of the same individual ancient city.

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  The view from the direction of the entrance
• 
  Another direction
• 
  The vertical view (The entrance is in the lower part of this picture)

Redstone circuits

Underneath the portal of the city center lies a series of hidden basement rooms with naturally generating redstone circuitry.

The secret entrance is located at the base of the structure, underneath the wooden bridge between the city center and the wall. There is a piston door that is controlled by a sculk sensor in the basement's redstone circuits.

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  Basement of city_center_1
• 
  Basement of city_center_2
• 
  Basement of city_center_3
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  Piston door circuit in the basement of city_center_3
• 
  Furnace in the basement of city_center_2

For city_center_1, there is a chiseled deepslate block in front of the frame. Making a vibration around it can activate the sculk sensor and then open the piston door. There is also a pulse extender between the sculk sensor and piston door, which makes the piston door close 180 game ticks after the sculk sensor is deactivated.

The circuit in city_center_2 is similar to the former, but with a signal strength filter. Only vibrations with a frequency equal to 8 (eating or drinking) can activate the piston door. Creating these vibrations on the path in the front of the frame in the city center activates the door.

For city_center_3, making a vibration on the path in front of the frame on the city center can activate the sculk sensor. Additionally, there is a T flip-flop between the sculk sensor and piston door. After the sculk sensor is activated, the piston door remains open until the sculk sensor is activated again.

There are three basic redstone circuits in the basement:

• 
  Circuit of the target block
• 
  Circuit of the lectern block
• 
  Circuit to show that some blocks can transfer a signal with a repeater while some cannot

File structure

All ancient city structures found below are located in the folder client.jar/data/minecraft/structures/ancient_city‌^{[JE only]}, data/structures/ancient_city‌^{[BE only]}.

List

ancient_city city entrance entrance_connector.nbt entrance_path_1.nbt entrance_path_2.nbt entrance_path_3.nbt entrance_path_4.nbt entrance_path_5.nbt city_center city_center_1.nbt city_center_2.nbt city_center_3.nbt walls bottom_1.nbt bottom_2.nbt bottom_left_corner.nbt bottom_right_corner.nbt bottom_right_corner_1.nbt bottom_right_corner_2.nbt left.nbt right.nbt top_left_corner.nbt top_right_corner.nbt top.nbt structures barracks.nbt camp_1.nbt camp_2.nbt camp_3.nbt chamber_1.nbt chamber_2.nbt chamber_3.nbt ice_box_1.nbt large_pillar_1.nbt large_ruin_1.nbt medium_pillar_1.nbt medium_ruin_1.nbt medium_ruin_2.nbt sauna_1.nbt small_ruin_1.nbt small_ruin_2.nbt small_statue.nbt tall_ruin_1.nbt tall_ruin_2.nbt tall_ruin_3.nbt tall_ruin_4.nbt walls intact_corner_wall_1.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_1.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_2.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_bridge.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_passage_1.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_1.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_2.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_3.nbt intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_4.nbt intact_intersection_wall_1.nbt intact_lshape_wall_1.nbt ruined_corner_wall_1.nbt ruined_corner_wall_2.nbt ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_1.nbt ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_2.nbt ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_3.nbt ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_4.nbt

Components

Entrance

Structure name	Description	Consists of	Image
ancient_city/city/entrance/entrance_connector	A path, with a staircase at the end. It is enclosed by arches. There are three pillars on each side of the path.	3 Candle (1 candle in one block) 6 Candle (2 candles in one block) 6 Candle (3 candles in one block) 5 Candle (4 candles in one block) 72 Chiseled Deepslate 928 Deepslate 21 Deepslate Brick Slab 9 Deepslate Brick Stairs 96 Deepslate Bricks 299 Deepslate Tile Stairs 595 Deepslate Tiles 138 Polished Basalt 416 Polished Deepslate 12 Polished Deepslate Wall 40 Smooth Basalt 6 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/city/entrance/entrance_path_1		12 Candle (1 candle in one block) 5 Candle (2 candles in one block) 5 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 78 Chiseled Deepslate 3 Cobbled Deepslate Slab 899 Deepslate 25 Deepslate Brick Slab 6 Deepslate Brick Stairs 41 Deepslate Bricks 305 Deepslate Tile Stairs 731 Deepslate Tiles 138 Polished Basalt 437 Polished Deepslate 3 Polished Deepslate Slab 14 Polished Deepslate Wall 48 Smooth Basalt 7 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/city/entrance/entrance_path_2		10 Candle (1 candle in one block) 4 Candle (2 candles in one block) 4 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 59 Chiseled Deepslate 21 Dark Oak Planks 810 Deepslate 22 Deepslate Brick Slab 6 Deepslate Brick Stairs 39 Deepslate Bricks 9 Deepslate Tile Slab 254 Deepslate Tile Stairs 2,357 Deepslate Tiles 12 Ladder 113 Polished Basalt 348 Polished Deepslate 15 Polished Deepslate Wall 39 Smooth Basalt 7 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/city/entrance/entrance_path_3		8 Candle (1 candle in one block) 3 Candle (2 candles in one block) 3 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 36 Chiseled Deepslate 4 Cobbled Deepslate 12 Cobbled Deepslate Wall 21 Dark Oak Fence 26 Dark Oak Log 93 Dark Oak Planks 566 Deepslate 20 Deepslate Brick Slab 4 Deepslate Brick Stairs 50 Deepslate Bricks 4 Deepslate Tile Slab 153 Deepslate Tile Stairs 2,163 Deepslate Tiles 18 Ladder 90 Polished Basalt 210 Polished Deepslate 8 Polished Deepslate Wall 31 Smooth Basalt 4 Soul Lantern 4 Torch
ancient_city/city/entrance/entrance_path_4		8 Candle (1 candle in one block) 3 Candle (2 candles in one block) 3 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 28 Chiseled Deepslate 2 Cobbled Deepslate 9 Cobbled Deepslate Wall 13 Dark Oak Fence 20 Dark Oak Log 81 Dark Oak Planks 548 Deepslate 20 Deepslate Brick Slab 4 Deepslate Brick Stairs 56 Deepslate Bricks 3 Deepslate Tile Slab 139 Deepslate Tile Stairs 2,137 Deepslate Tiles 18 Ladder 4 Light Blue Carpet 91 Polished Basalt 184 Polished Deepslate 4 Polished Deepslate Wall 28 Smooth Basalt 2 Soul Lantern 1 Torch
ancient_city/city/entrance/entrance_path_5		5 Candle (1 candle in one block) 3 Candle (2 candles in one block) 1 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 13 Chiseled Deepslate 3 Dark Oak Log 18 Dark Oak Planks 373 Deepslate 13 Deepslate Brick Slab 2 Deepslate Brick Stairs 39 Deepslate Bricks 2 Deepslate Tile Slab 76 Deepslate Tile Stairs 1,924 Deepslate Tiles 12 Ladder 3 Light Blue Carpet 72 Polished Basalt 93 Polished Deepslate 19 Smooth Basalt

Center

Structure name	Description	Consists of	Image
ancient_city/city_center/city_center_1		2 Block of Redstone 23 Candle (1 candle in one block) 12 Candle (2 candles in one block) 13 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 8 Chiseled Deepslate 353 Cobbled Deepslate 6 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 4 Cracked Deepslate Tiles 1,476 Deepslate 29 Deepslate Brick Slab 9 Deepslate Brick Wall 3,346 Deepslate Bricks 69 Deepslate Tile Stairs 1,731 Deepslate Tiles 4 Dirt 1 Glass 138 Glass Pane 44 Grass Block 221 Gray Carpet 199 Gray Wool 1 Lectern 1 Lever 4 Piston Head 9 Polished Deepslate Wall 8 Redstone Comparator 20 Redstone Lamp 8 Redstone Repeater 1 Redstone Wall Torch 41 Redstone Dust 56 Reinforced Deepslate 1 Sculk Sensor (Waterlogged) 57 Soul Fire 6 Soul Lantern 57 Soul Sand 5 Sticky Piston 1 Target
ancient_city/city_center/city_center_2		2 Block of Redstone 23 Candle (1 candle in one block) 12 Candle (2 candles in one block) 14 Candle (3 candles in one block) 3 Candle (4 candles in one block) 1 Chest (with 1 Golden Apple) 6 Chiseled Deepslate 350 Cobbled Deepslate 6 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 4 Cracked Deepslate Tiles 1,476 Deepslate 40 Deepslate Brick Slab 31 Deepslate Brick Stairs 9 Deepslate Brick Wall 3,232 Deepslate Bricks 11 Deepslate Tile Slab 74 Deepslate Tile Stairs 1,751 Deepslate Tiles 4 Dirt 1 Furnace (with 1 Wooden Shovel 24 Deepslate and some xp) 4 Glass 136 Glass Pane 44 Grass Block 221 Gray Carpet 158 Gray Wool 1 Lectern 4 Piston Head 2 Polished Deepslate Slab 9 Polished Deepslate Wall 9 Redstone Comparator 19 Redstone Lamp 8 Redstone Repeater 3 Redstone Wall Torch 45 Redstone Dust 56 Reinforced Deepslate 1 Sculk Sensor (Waterlogged) 57 Soul Fire 6 Soul Lantern 57 Soul Sand 5 Sticky Piston 1 Target
ancient_city/city_center/city_center_3		2 Block of Redstone 23 Candle (1 candle in one block) 12 Candle (2 candles in one block) 13 Candle (3 candles in one block) 2 Candle (4 candles in one block) 7 Chiseled Deepslate 350 Cobbled Deepslate 6 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 4 Cracked Deepslate Tiles 1,476 Deepslate 29 Deepslate Brick Slab 9 Deepslate Brick Wall 3,287 Deepslate Bricks 65 Deepslate Tile Stairs 10 Deepslate Tile Wall 1,704 Deepslate Tiles 4 Dirt 2 Glass 136 Glass Pane 44 Grass Block 221 Gray Carpet 173 Gray Wool 1 Lectern 4 Piston Head 2 Polished Deepslate Slab 6 Polished Deepslate Stairs 9 Polished Deepslate Wall 2 Redstone Comparator 4 Redstone Lamp 13 Redstone Repeater 4 Redstone Torch 8 Redstone Wall Torch 52 Redstone Dust 56 Reinforced Deepslate 1 Sculk Sensor (Waterlogged) 57 Soul Fire 6 Soul Lantern 57 Soul Sand 5 Sticky Piston 1 Target
ancient_city/city_center/walls/bottom_1		117 Chiseled Deepslate 9 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 11 Cracked Deepslate Tiles 12 Dark Oak Fence 28 Dark Oak Planks 281 Deepslate 41 Deepslate Brick Stairs 669 Deepslate Bricks 4 Deepslate Tile Slab 169 Deepslate Tile Stairs 12 Deepslate Tile Wall 52 Deepslate Tiles 493 Gray Wool 30 Polished Deepslate 57 Polished Deepslate Stairs 4 Redstone Lamp 4 Sculk Sensor (Waterlogged)
ancient_city/city_center/walls/bottom_2		87 Chiseled Deepslate 9 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 11 Cracked Deepslate Tiles 10 Dark Oak Fence 20 Dark Oak Planks 260 Deepslate 40 Deepslate Brick Stairs 651 Deepslate Bricks 2 Deepslate Tile Slab 125 Deepslate Tile Stairs 12 Deepslate Tile Wall 52 Deepslate Tiles 484 Gray Wool 31 Polished Deepslate 32 Polished Deepslate Stairs 3 Redstone Lamp 1 Sculk Sensor 2 Sculk Sensor (Waterlogged)
ancient_city/city_center/walls/bottom_left_corner		59 Chiseled Deepslate 63 Deepslate 15 Deepslate Brick Stairs 198 Deepslate Bricks 1 Deepslate Tile Slab 109 Deepslate Tile Stairs 8 Deepslate Tile Wall 14 Deepslate Tiles 172 Gray Wool
ancient_city/city_center/walls/bottom_right_corner		63 Chiseled Deepslate 67 Deepslate 15 Deepslate Brick Stairs 223 Deepslate Bricks 4 Deepslate Tile Slab 142 Deepslate Tile Stairs 8 Deepslate Tile Wall 14 Deepslate Tiles 247 Gray Wool
ancient_city/city_center/walls/bottom_right_corner_1		43 Chiseled Deepslate 8 Dark Oak Planks 36 Deepslate 15 Deepslate Brick Stairs 203 Deepslate Bricks 4 Deepslate Tile Slab 109 Deepslate Tile Stairs 6 Deepslate Tile Wall 20 Deepslate Tiles 154 Gray Wool 3 Light Blue Carpet
ancient_city/city_center/walls/bottom_right_corner_2		48 Chiseled Deepslate 65 Deepslate 15 Deepslate Brick Stairs 195 Deepslate Bricks 4 Deepslate Tile Slab 121 Deepslate Tile Stairs 6 Deepslate Tile Wall 14 Deepslate Tiles 172 Gray Wool
ancient_city/city_center/walls/left		41 Chiseled Deepslate 1 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 120 Deepslate 16 Deepslate Brick Stairs 302 Deepslate Bricks 95 Deepslate Tile Stairs 6 Deepslate Tile Wall 7 Deepslate Tiles 242 Gray Wool 8 Polished Deepslate Stairs
ancient_city/city_center/walls/right		41 Chiseled Deepslate 1 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 130 Deepslate 16 Deepslate Brick Stairs 288 Deepslate Bricks 98 Deepslate Tile Stairs 6 Deepslate Tile Wall 7 Deepslate Tiles 246 Gray Wool 8 Polished Deepslate Stairs
ancient_city/city_center/walls/top		96 Chiseled Deepslate 362 Deepslate 44 Deepslate Brick Stairs 599 Deepslate Bricks 270 Deepslate Tile Stairs 10 Deepslate Tile Wall 20 Deepslate Tiles 566 Gray Wool 7 Polished Deepslate Stairs
ancient_city/city_center/walls/top_left_corner		59 Chiseled Deepslate 63 Deepslate 15 Deepslate Brick Stairs 198 Deepslate Bricks 113 Deepslate Tile Stairs 8 Deepslate Tile Wall 14 Deepslate Tiles 172 Gray Wool
ancient_city/city_center/walls/top_right_corner		55 Chiseled Deepslate 72 Deepslate 14 Deepslate Brick Stairs 186 Deepslate Bricks 1 Deepslate Tile Slab 115 Deepslate Tile Stairs 8 Deepslate Tile Wall 14 Deepslate Tiles 182 Gray Wool

Ruins

Structure name	Description	Consists of	Image
ancient_city/structures/barracks	A large, relatively spacious area containing 2 chests, a statue resembling the warden's head (Built identically to small_statue), and 2 shrine-like structures.	2 Chest (with some loot: chests/ancient_city) 3 Chiseled Deepslate 28 Cobbled Deepslate 10 Cobbled Deepslate Stairs 1,140 Deepslate 7 Deepslate Brick Slab 45 Deepslate Brick Stairs 6 Deepslate Bricks 2 Deepslate Tile Slab 6 Deepslate Tile Stairs 205 Deepslate Tiles 95 Polished Deepslate 2 Polished Deepslate Wall 1 Skeleton Skull 2 Soul Fire 2 Soul Sand 7 White Candle (1 white candle in one block) 10 White Candle (2 white candles in one block) 5 White Candle (3 white candles in one block)
ancient_city/structures/camp_1	A elevated platform with clumps of blue, cyan, and light blue wool on it with cobbled deepslate ruins scattered around it.	32 Blue Wool 117 Cobbled Deepslate 38 Cobbled Deepslate Stairs 19 Cyan Wool 3 Deepslate Bricks 25 Light Blue Wool
ancient_city/structures/camp_2	A more intact version of camp_1 with dark oak logs, a still-lit campfire, and a sort of table in the middle of the platform.	13 Blue Wool 1 Campfire 117 Cobbled Deepslate 44 Cobbled Deepslate Stairs 13 Cyan Wool 13 Dark Oak Log 3 Deepslate Bricks 16 Light Blue Wool
ancient_city/structures/camp_3	An even more ruined version of camp_1, with most of its wool missing.	3 Blue Carpet 13 Blue Wool 1 Campfire 102 Cobbled Deepslate 27 Cobbled Deepslate Stairs 3 Deepslate Bricks 6 Light Blue Wool
ancient_city/structures/chamber_1		1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 10 Chiseled Deepslate 390 Cobbled Deepslate 2 Deepslate 197 Deepslate Bricks 64 Deepslate Tiles
ancient_city/structures/chamber_2	A basic chamber made from deepslate materials with a chest at the back.	1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 5 Chiseled Deepslate 155 Cobbled Deepslate 1 Deepslate 78 Deepslate Bricks 33 Deepslate Tiles
ancient_city/structures/chamber_3	Another basic chamber with 2 larger pillars near its entrance and a chest in the back.	1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 3 Chiseled Deepslate 85 Cobbled Deepslate 1 Deepslate 75 Deepslate Bricks 40 Deepslate Tiles
ancient_city/structures/ice_box_1	A rarer structure consisting of a room with stairs leading up to it. At the entrance are stone pressure plates that activate note blocks. Inside is a chest with loot from a loot table specific to the ice box structure, as well as ice blocks and top snow scattered around the inside of the room.	12 Blue Ice 1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city_ice_box) 10 Chiseled Deepslate 384 Cobbled Deepslate 21 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 2 Deepslate 2 Deepslate Brick Stairs 228 Deepslate Bricks 150 Deepslate Tiles 8 Gray Carpet 9 Ice 1 Iron Trapdoor 3 Ladder 1 Lever 2 Note Block 62 Packed Ice 4 Polished Basalt 1 Polished Deepslate Slab 8 Polished Deepslate Stairs 30 Snow 3 Soul Lantern 3 Stone Pressure Plate
ancient_city/structures/large_pillar_1	A large 4×4 pillar with patterns of chiselled and polished deepslate on its sides.	16 Chiseled Deepslate 135 Deepslate 64 Deepslate Tile Stairs 20 Deepslate Tiles 84 Polished Deepslate
ancient_city/structures/large_ruin_1	A large scattered square frame of small cobbled deepslate piles.	35 Cobbled Deepslate 3 Deepslate Bricks
ancient_city/structures/medium_pillar_1	A 2x2 pillar with a skeleton skull on its base.	4 Chiseled Deepslate 87 Deepslate 2 Deepslate Tile Slab 20 Deepslate Tile Stairs 4 Deepslate Tiles 10 Polished Deepslate 1 Skeleton Skull
ancient_city/structures/medium_ruin_1	A medium scattered assortment of cobbled deepslate piles.	19 Cobbled Deepslate
ancient_city/structures/medium_ruin_2	A larger scattered assortment of cobbled deepslate piles.	29 Cobbled Deepslate
ancient_city/structures/sauna_1	A rare, larger structure featuring a pool and an elevated heated pool with 3 changing rooms, each containing a chest.	3 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 46 Chiseled Deepslate 157 Cracked Deepslate Bricks 23 Cracked Deepslate Tiles 73 Deepslate 1 Deepslate Brick Slab 1,038 Deepslate Bricks 3 Deepslate Tile Slab 69 Deepslate Tile Stairs 17 Deepslate Tile Stairs (Waterlogged) 342 Deepslate Tiles 43 Water 10 White Candle (1 white candle in one block) 14 White Candle (2 white candles in one block) 4 White Candle (3 white candles in one block) 3 White Candle (4 white candles in one block)
ancient_city/structures/small_ruin_1	Scattered piles of cobbled deepslate.	16 Cobbled Deepslate
ancient_city/structures/small_ruin_2	A few small piles of cobbled deepslate.	16 Cobbled Deepslate
ancient_city/structures/small_statue	A small, slightly elevated altar with a statue resembling the warden's head and white candles in front of it.	22 Cobbled Deepslate 32 Deepslate 4 Deepslate Brick Slab 2 Deepslate Brick Stairs 2 Deepslate Tile Slab 2 Deepslate Tiles 44 Polished Deepslate 2 Polished Deepslate Wall 3 White Candle (1 white candle in one block) 1 White Candle (4 white candles in one block)
ancient_city/structures/tall_ruin_1	A tower with multiple ladder entrances to the second floor, and a 4-sided ladder pillar to the third floor, which has a chest.	1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 5 Chiseled Deepslate 123 Deepslate Bricks 84 Deepslate Tile Slab 40 Deepslate Tile Stairs 4 Deepslate Tile Wall 199 Deepslate Tiles 92 Ladder 43 Polished Basalt 40 Polished Deepslate Wall 4 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/structures/tall_ruin_2	A 2-story building containing 2 chests and a staircase to its second floor, lined with gray carpets.	2 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 336 Deepslate Bricks 68 Deepslate Tile Stairs 65 Deepslate Tile Wall 371 Deepslate Tiles 66 Gray Carpet 7 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/structures/tall_ruin_3	A heavily damaged version of tall_ruin_1. It still has a chest on its top floor.	1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 87 Deepslate Bricks 30 Deepslate Tile Slab 33 Deepslate Tile Stairs 2 Deepslate Tile Wall 112 Deepslate Tiles 1 Ladder 21 Polished Deepslate Wall
ancient_city/structures/tall_ruin_4	A heavily damaged version of tall_ruin_2, which is missing one chest.	1 Chest (with some loots: chests/ancient_city) 230 Deepslate Bricks 42 Deepslate Tile Stairs 22 Deepslate Tile Wall 225 Deepslate Tiles 24 Gray Carpet

Walls

Structure name	Description	Consists of	Image
ancient_city/walls/intact_corner_wall_1		1 Chiseled Deepslate 8 Deepslate Brick Stairs 305 Deepslate Bricks 157 Deepslate Tiles 436 Gray Wool 20 Ladder 5 Polished Basalt 89 Polished Deepslate 9 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_1		20 Chiseled Deepslate 183 Deepslate Bricks 82 Deepslate Tiles 216 Gray Wool 24 Polished Deepslate 2 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_2		18 Chiseled Deepslate 182 Deepslate Bricks 79 Deepslate Tiles 216 Gray Wool 24 Polished Deepslate 2 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_bridge		2 Chiseled Deepslate 20 Deepslate Brick Stairs 319 Deepslate Bricks 20 Deepslate Tile Slab 28 Deepslate Tile Stairs 127 Deepslate Tiles 176 Gray Wool 10 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_passage_1		13 Chiseled Deepslate 4 Deepslate Brick Stairs 161 Deepslate Bricks 16 Deepslate Tile Stairs 36 Deepslate Tiles 112 Gray Wool 11 Polished Deepslate 4 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_1		16 Chiseled Deepslate 166 Deepslate Bricks 12 Deepslate Tile Stairs 81 Deepslate Tiles 226 Gray Wool 27 Polished Deepslate 3 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_2		20 Chiseled Deepslate 3 Deepslate Brick Stairs 177 Deepslate Bricks 9 Deepslate Tile Slab 3 Deepslate Tile Stairs 79 Deepslate Tiles 220 Gray Wool 26 Polished Deepslate 3 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_3		20 Chiseled Deepslate 2 Deepslate Brick Stairs 171 Deepslate Bricks 11 Deepslate Tile Slab 3 Deepslate Tile Stairs 81 Deepslate Tiles 220 Gray Wool 22 Polished Deepslate 5 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_4		12 Chiseled Deepslate 3 Deepslate Brick Stairs 4 Deepslate Brick Wall 100 Deepslate Bricks 9 Deepslate Tile Slab 25 Deepslate Tile Stairs 80 Deepslate Tiles 182 Gray Wool 20 Polished Deepslate 6 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_intersection_wall_1		1 Chiseled Deepslate 3 Deepslate Brick Stairs 264 Deepslate Bricks 127 Deepslate Tiles 331 Gray Wool 15 Ladder 5 Polished Basalt 80 Polished Deepslate 8 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/intact_lshape_wall_1		1 Chiseled Deepslate 189 Deepslate Bricks 91 Deepslate Tiles 246 Gray Wool 10 Ladder 5 Polished Basalt 59 Polished Deepslate 5 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/ruined_corner_wall_1		4 Cobbled Deepslate 12 Cobbled Deepslate Wall 16 Dark Oak Fence 12 Dark Oak Log 97 Dark Oak Planks 297 Deepslate Bricks 149 Deepslate Tiles 360 Gray Wool 5 Ladder 20 Light Blue Carpet 20 Light Blue Wool 5 Polished Basalt 81 Polished Deepslate 8 Soul Lantern 4 Torch
ancient_city/walls/ruined_corner_wall_2		1 Cobbled Deepslate 2 Dark Oak Log 37 Dark Oak Planks 250 Deepslate Bricks 146 Deepslate Tiles 344 Gray Wool 15 Light Blue Carpet 20 Light Blue Wool 59 Polished Deepslate 7 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_1		7 Chiseled Deepslate 83 Deepslate Bricks 3 Deepslate Tile Stairs 67 Deepslate Tiles 142 Gray Wool 14 Polished Deepslate 1 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_2		10 Blue Carpet 12 Chiseled Deepslate 3 Dark Oak Log 10 Dark Oak Planks 3 Deepslate Brick Stairs 111 Deepslate Bricks 29 Deepslate Tile Slab 3 Deepslate Tile Stairs 72 Deepslate Tiles 177 Gray Wool 16 Polished Deepslate 1 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_3		7 Chiseled Deepslate 10 Cyan Carpet 10 Dark Oak Planks 61 Deepslate Bricks 3 Deepslate Tile Slab 1 Deepslate Tile Stairs 52 Deepslate Tiles 102 Gray Wool 11 Polished Deepslate 3 Soul Lantern
ancient_city/walls/ruined_horizontal_wall_stairs_4		2 Chiseled Deepslate 15 Deepslate Brick Slab 6 Deepslate Brick Stairs 61 Deepslate Bricks 112 Deepslate Tile Slab 28 Deepslate Tiles 30 Gray Wool 6 Polished Deepslate

Blocks

Main components

Deepslate Cobbled Deepslate Polished Deepslate Deepslate Bricks Deepslate Tiles Chiseled Deepslate Cracked Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cobbled Deepslate Slab Cobbled Deepslate Stairs Cobbled Deepslate Wall Polished Deepslate Slab Polished Deepslate Stairs Polished Deepslate Wall Deepslate Brick Slab Deepslate Brick Stairs Deepslate Brick Wall Deepslate Tile Slab Deepslate Tile Stairs Deepslate Tile Wall Gray Wool Polished Basalt Smooth Basalt Dark Oak Log Dark Oak Planks Dark Oak Fence Ladder Candle Soul Lantern Torch Chest

Blocks unique to some structures

Reinforced Deepslate Sculk Sensor Redstone Lamp Soul Fire Soul Sand Redstone Dust Redstone Comparator Redstone Repeater Redstone Torch Redstone Wall Torch Block of Redstone Lectern Target Furnace Lever Sticky Piston Piston Head Gray Carpet Glass Glass Pane Dirt Grass Block Blue Wool Cyan Wool Light Blue Wool Campfire Iron Trapdoor Ice Packed Ice Blue Ice Snow Note Block Stone Pressure Plate Skeleton Skull White Candle Water Blue Carpet Cyan Carpet Light Blue Carpet

Loot

The loot in the chests includes several useful items for exploring the ancient city, such as snowballs and the Swift Sneak enchantment, as well as items that cannot be found anywhere else, such as echo shards and two exclusive armor trims. Ancient city chests also have the second highest chance of any loot table to contain an enchanted golden apple—ominous vaults have a 22.5% chance.

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In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each ancient city chest contains items drawn from 2 pools, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size		Weight		Chance	Avg. per chest	Avg. # chests to search
	5–10×	1×	5–10×	1×
Nothing	—	1	—	75⁄80	93.8%	0.938	1.1
Coal	6–15	—	7⁄84	—	47.4%	6.562	2.1
Bone	1–15	—	5⁄84	—	36.5%	3.571	2.7
Soul Torch	1–15	—	5⁄84	—	36.5%	3.571	2.7
Book	3–10	—	5⁄84	—	36.5%	2.902	2.7
Potion of Regeneration	1–3	—	5⁄84	—	36.5%	0.893	2.7
Enchanted Book	1	—	5⁄84	—	36.5%	0.446	2.7
Disc Fragment (5)	1–3	—	4⁄84	—	30.4%	0.714	3.3
Echo Shard	1–3	—	4⁄84	—	30.4%	0.714	3.3
Amethyst Shard	1–15	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	2.143	4.2
Glow Berries	1–15	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	2.143	4.2
Sculk	4–10	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	1.875	4.2
Candle	1–4	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	0.670	4.2
Bottle o' Enchanting	1–3	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	0.536	4.2
Sculk Sensor	1–3	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	0.536	4.2
Enchanted Book	1	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	0.268	4.2
Enchanted Iron Leggings	1	—	3⁄84	—	23.7%	0.268	4.2
Leather	1–5	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.536	6.1
Sculk Catalyst	1–2	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.268	6.1
Compass	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Music Disc (13)	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Music Disc (cat)	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Lead	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Damaged Enchanted Diamond Hoe	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Diamond Horse Armor	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Enchanted Diamond Leggings	1	—	2⁄84	—	16.5%	0.179	6.1
Enchanted Golden Apple	1–2	—	1⁄84	—	8.6%	0.134	11.7
Music Disc (otherside)	1	—	1⁄84	—	8.6%	0.089	11.7
Ward Armor Trim	—	1	—	4⁄80	5.0%	0.050	20.0
Silence Armor Trim	—	1	—	1⁄80	1.2%	0.013	80.0

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0.17857142857142858, "itemname": "disc-13" } }, "poolsBedrock": [ { "items": { "sculk-catalyst": [ 1, 2, 2 ], "diamond-horse-armor": [ 1, 1, 2 ], "potion-of-regeneration": [ 1, 3, 5 ], "disc-otherside": [ 1, 1, 1 ], "coal": [ 6, 15, 7 ], "echo-shard": [ 1, 3, 4 ], "level-enchanted-diamond-leggings-3": [ 1, 1, 2 ], "soul-torch": [ 1, 15, 5 ], "sculk-sensor": [ 1, 3, 3 ], "enchanted-golden-apple": [ 1, 2, 1 ], "compass": [ 1, 1, 2 ], "bone": [ 1, 15, 5 ], "candle": [ 1, 4, 3 ], "book": [ 3, 10, 5 ], "level-enchanted-iron-leggings": [ 1, 1, 3 ], "enchanted-book-rnd": [ 1, 1, 5 ], "disc-fragment-5": [ 1, 3, 4 ], "enchanted-book-rnd-swift-sneak": [ 1, 1, 3 ], "damaged-level-enchanted-diamond-hoe": [ 1, 1, 2 ], "leather": [ 1, 5, 2 ], "amethyst-shard": [ 1, 15, 3 ], "bottle-o'-enchanting": [ 1, 3, 3 ], "sculk": [ 4, 10, 3 ], "glow-berries": [ 1, 15, 3 ], "disc-cat": [ 1, 1, 2 ], "lead": [ 1, 1, 2 ], "disc-13": [ 1, 1, 2 ] }, "rolls": [ 5, 10 ], "totalweight": 84 }, { "items": { "ward-armor-trim": [ 1, 1, 4 ], "empty": [ 1, 1, 75 ], "silence-armor-trim": [ 1, 1, 1 ] }, "rolls": [ 1, 1 ], "totalweight": 80 } ], "allRollsBedrockUpcoming": [], "allRollsBedrock": [ "5–10", 1 ], "itemDataBedrockUpcoming": [], "header": "[[Ancient City]]", "display": "ancient city chest", "allRollsJava": [ "5–10", 1 ] } } }

Ice boxes

In Java Edition and Bedrock Edition, each ancient city ice box chest contains 4–10 item stacks, with the following distribution:

Item	Stack Size	Weight	Chance	Avg. per chest	Avg. # chests to search
Snowball	2–6	4⁄9	97.0%	12.444	1.0
Packed Ice	2–6	2⁄9	80.5%	6.222	1.2
Baked Potato	1–10	1⁄9	54.9%	4.278	1.8
Golden Carrot	1–10	1⁄9	54.9%	4.278	1.8
Suspicious Stew	2–6	1⁄9	54.9%	3.111	1.8

{ "chestNames": [ "ancient-city-ice-box" ], "gameVersion": "Java", "loot": { "ancient-city-ice-box": { "poolsJava": [ { "items": { "suspicious-stew-2": [ 2, 6, 1 ], "snowball": [ 2, 6, 4 ], "baked-potato": [ 1, 10, 1 ], "packed-ice": [ 2, 6, 2 ], "golden-carrot": [ 1, 10, 1 ] }, "rolls": [ 4, 10 ], "totalweight": 9 } ], "poolsBedrockUpcoming": [], "itemDataJava": { "suspicious-stew-2": { "itemname": "suspicious-stew-2", "sizes": [ "2–6" ], "sortsize": [ 4 ], "sortweight": [ 1 ], "weights": [ "<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "avgamount": 3.111111111111111, "chanceany": 0.549273355504249 }, "snowball": { "itemname": "snowball", "sizes": [ "2–6" ], "sortsize": [ 4 ], "sortweight": [ 4 ], "weights": [ "<sup>4</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "avgamount": 12.444444444444445, "chanceany": 0.9698808910423039 }, "packed-ice": { "itemname": "packed-ice", "sizes": [ "2–6" ], "sortsize": [ 4 ], "sortweight": [ 2 ], "weights": [ "<sup>2</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "avgamount": 6.222222222222222, "chanceany": 0.8052527828203967 }, "golden-carrot": { "sortsize": [ 5.5 ], "weights": [ "<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "chanceany": 0.549273355504249, "sizes": [ "1–10" ], "sortweight": [ 1 ], "armor": 0, "material": 3, "avgamount": 4.277777777777778, "itemname": "golden-carrot" }, "baked-potato": { "sortsize": [ 5.5 ], "weights": [ "<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "chanceany": 0.549273355504249, "sizes": [ "1–10" ], "sortweight": [ 1 ], "armor": 0, "material": 0, "avgamount": 4.277777777777778, "itemname": "baked-potato" } }, "structID": "ancient city", "poolsJavaUpcoming": [], "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Ice box chest", "itemDataJavaUpcoming": [], "allRollsJavaUpcoming": [], "itemDataBedrock": { "suspicious-stew-2": { "itemname": "suspicious-stew-2", "sizes": [ "2–6" ], "sortsize": [ 4 ], "sortweight": [ 1 ], "weights": [ "<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "avgamount": 3.111111111111111, "chanceany": 0.549273355504249 }, "snowball": { "itemname": "snowball", "sizes": [ "2–6" ], "sortsize": [ 4 ], "sortweight": [ 4 ], "weights": [ "<sup>4</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "avgamount": 12.444444444444445, "chanceany": 0.9698808910423039 }, "packed-ice": { "itemname": "packed-ice", "sizes": [ "2–6" ], "sortsize": [ 4 ], "sortweight": [ 2 ], "weights": [ "<sup>2</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "avgamount": 6.222222222222222, "chanceany": 0.8052527828203967 }, "golden-carrot": { "sortsize": [ 5.5 ], "weights": [ "<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "chanceany": 0.549273355504249, "sizes": [ "1–10" ], "sortweight": [ 1 ], "armor": 0, "material": 3, "avgamount": 4.277777777777778, "itemname": "golden-carrot" }, "baked-potato": { "sortsize": [ 5.5 ], "weights": [ "<sup>1</sup>&frasl;<sub>9</sub>" ], "chanceany": 0.549273355504249, "sizes": [ "1–10" ], "sortweight": [ 1 ], "armor": 0, "material": 0, "avgamount": 4.277777777777778, "itemname": "baked-potato" } }, "poolsBedrock": [ { "items": { "suspicious-stew-2": [ 2, 6, 1 ], "snowball": [ 2, 6, 4 ], "baked-potato": [ 1, 10, 1 ], "packed-ice": [ 2, 6, 2 ], "golden-carrot": [ 1, 10, 1 ] }, "rolls": [ 4, 10 ], "totalweight": 9 } ], "allRollsBedrockUpcoming": [], "allRollsBedrock": [ "4–10" ], "itemDataBedrockUpcoming": [], "header": "[[Ancient City]]", "display": "ancient city ice box chest", "allRollsJava": [ "4–10" ] } } }

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Structure type	Identifier
Jigsaw	jigsaw

Structure	Identifier
Ancient City	ancient_city

Bedrock Edition:

Structure	Identifier	Alias ID	Translation key
Ancient City	ancient_city	ancientcity	feature.ancient_city

History

Reveal

October 16, 2021							Ancient cities are revealed at Minecraft Live 2021.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Added ancient cities.
			22w11a				Ancient cities are not added yet in this non-experimental snapshot.
			22w13a				Added ancient cities and revamped with new structures, improvements to already existing structures and an updated loot table.
			22w14a				Updated the loot table once again with echo shards, and replaced the golden carrot in city_center_2 with a golden apple.
							Removed the following structures (and variants thereof) as they were duplicates of other structures: small_portal_statue intact_horizontal_wall_stairs_upward top_piece bottom_piece
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Ward armor trims are now found in ancient city chests.
			23w05a				Increased the chance of ward armor trims from 4.7% to 5%.
1.20			23w12a				Silence armor trims are now found in ancient city chests.
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			1.20.2 Pre-release 1				Mending enchanted books now have a higher chance of generating in ancient city chest loot.
1.21.6			25w20a				Removed saddles from loot tables, replaced with 1–5 leather.
26.1			snap11				Removed the name tag from ancient city loot.
26.3			snap7				Added ancient city explorer maps, which lead to ancient cities, and are found in abandoned camp secret chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			Preview 1.18.30.33				Added ancient cities behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. Currently, it has outdated structure types and loots.
1.19.0			Preview 1.19.0.21				Ancient cities are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
			Preview 1.19.0.27				Ancient cities were revamped with new structures, improvements to already existing structures and an updated loot table to match Java Edition.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Ward armor trims are now found in ancient city chests.
			Preview 1.19.80.22				Silence armor trims are now found in ancient city chests.
1.20.40 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalancing			Preview 1.20.40.20				Mending enchanted books now have a higher chance of generating in ancient city chest loot.
26.10			Preview 26.10.25				Removed the name tag from ancient city loot.
26.50			Preview 26.50.24				Added ancient city explorer maps, which lead to ancient cities, and are found in abandoned camp secret chests.

Issues

Issues relating to "Ancient City" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In some concept art, it was revealed that the loot in ancient cities was originally going to be stored within jar-shaped pots, "screaming" vases, and stone chests.
  • Decorated pots were subsequently added in the Trails & Tales update, but do not generate in ancient cities.
• The intention of the ancient cities was to capture a feeling of something that feels like it was once bustling with life, but is now vacant and lifeless.

Gallery

Renders

• 
  Deep dark structure recreation render from Minecraft Live 2020

Screenshots

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  An ancient city intersecting with a lush cave
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  Ancient city center
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  Ancient city piston door
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  Ancient city redstone
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  A corner in an ancient city
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  A path in an ancient city
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  The center of an ancient city
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  Candles in an ancient city
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  The warden in an ancient city
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  Part of an ancient city generated in an aquifer
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  A full look at the entirety of an ancient city

Mojang images

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  An ancient city
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  A corridor with lit candles inside an ancient city

Development images

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  An ancient city
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  Sneak peek of a warden within an ancient city
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  The teaser image for Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1, featuring the ancient city

Concept art

• 
  Concept art for the ancient city's center
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  Concept art for the ancient city
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  Ancient city "atmosphere" concept art
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  Pots, vases, and stone chests concept art for the ancient cities
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  Ditto
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  Concept art showing the "lifelessness" of the ancient city
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  Ruin layout concept art
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  Ancient city gameplay concept art
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  More ancient city gameplay concept art
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  Ancient city blocks concept art
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  Ancient city walls concept art
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  Stone chest concept art (These would have generated within the ancient cities.)

In other media

• 
  Artwork of the warden in a city
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  Sunny and Efe exploring an ancient city
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  An ancient city as it appears in the Wild Update trailer
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  Efe retrieving a chicken that snuck into the city
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  A warden taking notice
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  The ancient city as it appears in the announcement trailer for Minecraft Live 2023
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  Pixel art of the warden chasing Alex over the silence armor trim
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  An ancient city as it appears in an advertisement for Minecraft Crocs
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  The deep dark portal as it appears in Minecraft Dungeons II
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  Interactive experience based on the deep dark portal at Twitchcon Rotterdam 2026.
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  Twisted Warden battle taking place in the Ancient City

See also

• Warden
• Stronghold
• Music Disc

External links

• "Building Blocks: Ancient City" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 25, 2025.