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MinecraftFind the stronghold and End Portal in your Minecraft world: triangulate using two Eyes of Ender (no seed needed) or use a Java Edition seed. Get coordinates, distance, Nether portal coordinates, and a ready-to-use /tp command—free, no sign-up, right in your browser.
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Throw an Eye of Ender, aim the crosshair directly at the floating eye, and read your X and Z coordinates and viewing angle in F3 (Facing, first number in the second set of parentheses). Repeat at a second point. The farther apart the throw points, the more accurate the result.
The stronghold is at
X: 1603 · Z: -949
The F3 angle display is rounded to one decimal place, so the result may be off by up to approximately 6 blocks. Dig down at the calculated point until the eye points downward.
/tp @s 1603 ~ -949North is up; 1 and 2 are your throw points.
Example result
Enter two Eye of Ender throws (position and viewing angle from F3) or the seed of your Java world. You’ll get the coordinates of the stronghold with the End portal, its distance, the corresponding Nether portal coordinates, and a ready-to-use /tp command. Two worked examples:
Input: You throw an Eye of Ender from each of two points and read your values in F3.
Result
Input: You know your Java world's seed and want to find the stronghold nearest your position.
Result
How it works
Four steps from your first Eye of Ender to the End Portal—no seed, no download.
Step 1
Throw an Eye of Ender, aim the crosshair directly at the floating eye, then press F3. Note X, Z, and the viewing angle (the first number in the second set of parentheses after “Facing”)—or copy everything with F3+C.
Step 2
Move at least 500 blocks sideways and throw a second Eye of Ender. Note X, Z, and the viewing angle again.
Step 3
Enter both throws in the Stronghold Finder or paste the line copied with F3+C. The tool draws both flight paths on a map, calculates where they intersect, and shows the distance, intersection angle, and stronghold ring.
Step 4
Copy the coordinates, Nether coordinates, or /tp command, travel to the point, and dig down until an Eye of Ender points straight into the ground—the stronghold with the End Portal is below.
Background
Why two throws are enough—and how to get the most accurate result.
Each time you throw an Eye of Ender, it flies toward the nearest stronghold before falling to the ground. Its flight path forms a straight line on the map. Throw a second eye from another point to get a second line — the stronghold is where they intersect. That's exactly what the Stronghold Finder calculates for you.
Measure the direction you're looking, not the flight path: Aim the crosshair directly at the floating eye, then read the value after “Facing” in F3—the first number in the second set of parentheses. 0° faces south (+Z), 90° west (-X), 180° north (-Z), and -90° east (+X). Press F3+C to copy your position and viewing direction as a command to the clipboard. You can paste that line directly above.
Ideally, throw the eyes from two points at least 500 blocks apart and offset sideways from the direction of flight. The larger the angle between the two lines, the smaller the error—the tool shows you the angle and the rounding error of the F3 display.
The positions of all 128 strongholds are determined by the world seed: Minecraft places them in eight rings around the world origin, then shifts each stronghold to a suitable biome if one is nearby. The finder reproduces this process locally in your browser using the open-source cubiomes library (via WebAssembly).
World generation changes between versions (new biomes in 1.18, changed search behavior from 1.19.3), so the same seed produces different strongholds depending on the Java version. Select your world's version.
You can see the biomes around a stronghold on our Minecraft Seed Map.
World generation
Every Java world has exactly 128 strongholds. The first three are in a ring roughly 1,400 to 2,700 blocks from the world origin (0, 0). As a result, the nearest stronghold is almost never closer than about 1,300 blocks from the world origin.
| Ring | Strongholds | Distance from origin (blocks) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1,408 – 2,688 |
| 2 | 6 | 4,480 – 5,760 |
| 3 | 10 | 7,552 – 8,832 |
| 4 | 15 | 10,624 – 11,904 |
| 5 | 21 | 13,696 – 14,976 |
| 6 | 28 | 16,768 – 18,048 |
| 7 | 36 | 19,840 – 21,120 |
| 8 | 9 | 22,912 – 24,192 |
Compatibility
| Method | Java Edition | Bedrock Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Eyes of Ender (triangulation) | Yes – view angle via F3 / F3+C | Only if you know the viewing angle; Bedrock does not show it in the default display |
| Seed calculation | Yes – Java 1.12, 1.16, and 1.18 through 1.21 | No — Bedrock places strongholds differently |
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FAQ
Quick answers about strongholds, Eyes of Ender, seeds, and the End Portal.
You have three options: throw Eyes of Ender and use triangulation (two throws are enough), enter your Java world's seed to calculate all 128 strongholds, or use /locate structure minecraft:stronghold with cheats enabled. This Stronghold Finder covers the first two methods. It finds the Overworld stronghold with the End Portal—not a Nether Fortress, which is a different structure and isn't calculated by this tool.
Each Eye of Ender flies toward the nearest stronghold in a straight line. Throw two eyes from different positions. Each time, aim your crosshair at the hovering eye and note X, Z, and your view angle from F3. The stronghold is where the two lines intersect. Example: throw 1 at X 212 / Z 96 with -126.9° and throw 2 at X 900 / Z 700 with -156.9° locate the stronghold at X 1603 / Z -949.
The F3 display rounds the angle to one decimal place. That alone can shift the result by several blocks, or considerably more if the intersection angle is small. The finder therefore shows the angle between the two lines with a rating (good from 25°, usable from 10°, inaccurate below that) and the maximum deviation in blocks caused by rounding. If the point falls outside all eight stronghold rings, you'll see a notice. Throw the Eyes of Ender from points at least 500 blocks apart and offset sideways from the flight path, and aim precisely at the floating eye.
Press F3 (Java Edition): After “Facing,” the first value in the second set of parentheses is the horizontal viewing angle, for example -126.9. In-game, the value uses a decimal point. F3+C copies your position and viewing direction to the clipboard as a command. Paste that line into the “Paste F3+C line” field — X, Z, and the viewing angle will be filled in automatically. Aim the crosshair directly at the floating Eye of Ender before pressing it.
The Stronghold Finder calculates only the X and Z coordinates, not the height (Y). The ready-to-use command is therefore /tp @s X ~ Z, which keeps your current height; you need cheats enabled to use /tp. Dig down at the calculated point and throw an Eye of Ender along the way: if it points straight into the ground, you're above the stronghold.
The End portal is in its own room within the stronghold, identifiable by its lava pool and silverfish spawner. The finder’s coordinates point to the staircase where the stronghold begins; search for the portal room from there. Throw more Eyes of Ender along the way: if they point downward, you are above the room and can dig down.
Triangulation works anywhere you know the coordinates and viewing angle. Bedrock does not show the angle in its default display, however. Seed-based calculations are only intended for Java Edition because Bedrock places strongholds differently—calculating a Bedrock stronghold from a Java seed would give incorrect coordinates. On Bedrock, you can use /locate structure stronghold with cheats enabled.
Yes. In the “With Seed (Java)” tab, enter your seed, Java version, and position to get all 128 strongholds, with the nearest first. The calculation runs as WebAssembly directly in your browser. Your seed does appear in the address bar so reloading or bookmarking preserves your input: if you reload the page using that address, open a bookmark, or share the address, it is sent to our server, including the seed. Use /seed to see your world's seed. Choose the version your world was created in: 1.12, 1.16, 1.18, 1.19 through 1.19.2, 1.19.3 through 1.19.4, 1.20, or 1.21 and newer. Because world generation changed in 1.18 and 1.19.3, the same seed can produce different strongholds depending on the version; results may differ for intermediate versions.
Craft an Eye of Ender from an Ender Pearl and Blaze Powder. Two to four throws are usually enough to find a stronghold, but allow for losses: each thrown eye has a 20% chance of breaking. You need at most 12 eyes for the End Portal, often fewer because some frames already contain one. Plan for about 14 to 16 Eyes of Ender in total.
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