Speedruns in Minecraft can be difficult without using the best world seeds to generate the resources you will need to reach the Ender Dragon faster than anyone else. The right seed could let you have the right Stronghold close to your spawn or be close to starting equipment without having to mine for it. The 1.20 update has included even more unique environments that may help you get to the credits fast.
One key to speedrunning comes from traveling to the Nether fast by harvesting Obsidian blocks from lava and water interacting with each other. This is so you can craft enough Eyes of Ender from Blaze Rods in Minecraft to activate the End portal found in the Stronghold. The best seeds for fast runs will have pools of lava you can use to build a Nether portal, which teleports you close to Blaze mobs when you travel between dimensions.
10 Cherry Blossom Village
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Villages are always helpful for a Minecraft speedrun since some houses have chests with valuable resources. This seeds spawns you in the new Cherry Blossom biome close to a small settlement with a house belonging to a Blacksmith, an important mob to find for their raw materials. Iron, Gold, and an Iron Sword can be found here to jump-start your journey with enough materials to break Obsidian blocks for a quick Nether portal.
9 Ruined Lava Portal
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Another village can be found near the spawn location of this seed, but the main attraction here is a small bed of Obsidian blocks arranged to resemble a Nether portal in a pool of lava. Located above ground, your own Obsidian from chests in the village can be used to make a portal from the already-arranged blocks. If you bring some water and iron tools, you will have a way to the dangerous fire realm in no time.
Part of the ruined portal is made from Crying Obsidian, which unfortunately cannot be used as a piece to construct an actual gateway to the Nether. Thankfully, an Iron Golem mob found near spawn from this seed will help you get iron tools to mine the other blocks.
8 Desert Temple Ruins
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While it may not look like it at first, this seed holds almost anything a Minecraft speedrunner might need, according to content creator TheAetherGamer. When you appear in a savannah/desert hybrid biome from spawn, travel to a nearby Desert Temple hidden in the sands. From here, you will find at least three chests containing a good amount of Iron and other resources that will help jumpstart your run.
7 Icebound Blacksmith Village
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Those looking for a village dedicated to Blacksmith mobs will succeed through this seed, which spawns them in a snow-covered area with the location they want right across a frozen lake. Chests here hold 5 Obsidian blocks in Minecraft, the amount you will need to complete nearby Nether portal ruins in the same biome. There’s even another chest at these ruins with a Flint & Steel to help activate the portal.
6 Desert Pillager Outpost
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Pillager Outposts are usually too dangerous to consider for speedruns, but the Iron Golem trapped in a cage at this seed’s bandit den lets you avoid any risk. Simply attack and kill the Golem without provoking enemy mobs to collect some free Iron in Minecraft. In addition, another Blacksmith Village contains almost 14 Obsidian blocks with half a set of Iron Armor to help you against enemies in the Nether.
5 Twin Iron Villages
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The winter forest you find yourself in using this seed places you in not one but two Blacksmith villages located right next to each other. The combined resources found in both areas are staggering, with almost a full set of Iron armor, Iron tools, and Iron ingots you can use to craft other items. Digging down here in Minecraft also reveals a large lava pool that will be a great start to building your Nether portal.
4 Sunken Treasure Ship
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Underwater treasure can often be rare in Minecraft, but this seed ensures you are near a destroyed vessel as soon as possible. From spawn, you will be near a standard village with everything you need to go swimming for the chests within the ship below the body of water right below the grassy biome. Filled with Iron and once again close to a source of lava, this seed has something element for your speedrun.
3 House of Diamonds
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Immediately from spawn in this seed, your character will be inside a village, pretty much right on top of a Blacksmith’s house in Minecraft. This gets you off to a great start, with the chest inside this home having three Diamonds and several Obsidian blocks. With a lava pool close by, the Diamonds can be used to craft the strongest armor in the game to keep yourself alive as you challenge Blazes and, eventually, the Ender Dragon.
2 Isle of Buried Treasure
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While anyone using this seed might suspect the 7 Obsidian blocks and 2 Diamonds found at a Blacksmith village to be the main highlight, there is much more to this world. Three buried chests can be discovered around the island you spawn on with treasure beyond a speedrunner’s wildest dreams in Minecraft. Four more Diamonds, 6 Gold, and 44 Iron Ingots make up the loot from these containers, an excellent find in any world.
Another reason why this seed is amazing for speedruns in Minecraft is how another village has not only a lava pool for an easy Nether Portal but the location of the Nether fortress past the rift between dimensions. Building your Portal in the second village puts you next to the Nether fortress, letting you farm Blaze Rods to your heart’s desire.
1 Bastions of Nether Loot
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There’s no denying this world seed is the best for a speedrun, with four Blacksmith villages within arm’s length from when you spawn. Nearly every resource you could ever need is available right away, with two buried treasure chests providing around 5 Diamonds to harvest. Even when you build your Nether portal in any one of the villages, the Fortress will be very close to where you teleport in Minecraft.
However, there are even more through two Piglin Treasure Bastions found around the Nether Fortress that offer up even more materials for your inevitable encounter with the Ender Dragon. A full set of Diamond armor is awaiting you at these locations, giving you the most powerful defense in the game. Anyone trying for their best speedrun of Minecraft will have no trouble beating the final boss with the resources found in this seed.
Source: YouTube/TheAetherGamer
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