Chunkbase – The Minecraft Seed Map

Chunkbase is a website and tool that allows you to create a map of your Minecraft world. This tool is great for seeing which biomes are in your world, where villages are and where you can find valuable resources.

Juliet
April 4, 2023
Minecraft

Chunkbase - Your Tool to Conquer the Minecraft World

As you know, the worlds in Minecraft are randomly generated and stretch almost into infinity. Unlike many other well-known games, Minecraft doesn’t have a directly available mini-map that shows us players what we can expect at the next corner.

Even though this uncertainty and the discovery of unexpected places contributes significantly to the appeal of Minecraft, many players sometimes wish they had a bit more of an overview in order to make faster progress in the game or to plan the next building.

For this purpose, the team of Chunkbase has developed a sensational tool. The Seed Map. On their website you can create a map of your Minecraft world and not only see the biome distribution, but also flexibly determine whether you want to see highlights such as villages, mineshafts, dungeons or other structures.

How to use the Chunkbase Seed Map

First of all you need to know the seed of your server. If you are playing solo or on your own server this is pretty simple. You just have to type the command /seed and you will get your world seed. If you play on a bigger online server or on the server of a friend, you might not have the appropriate rights and have to ask for the seed. Of course, on some servers it is possible that the seeds are not revealed to you. This prevents you from having a decisive advantage on a survival server, for example, because of the seed map. Once you have the seed, you can start using the tool.

Copy your seed into the appropriate field.
Choose the version you created your world on. Example: If you are currently playing on version 1.18, but created the world when you were active on version 1.16, then select version 1.16 here.
Select the dimension you want to view. Here you have the Nether and the End in addition to the usual Overworld.
Choose which highlights you want to see. This option is helpful to bring some clarity to your map if you are only looking for something specific. Note that some highlights that occur frequently, such as mineshafts, only become visible on the map when you zoom in to a certain degree.
Additionally you can highlight certain biomes in the map. You can also jump to a specific coordinate.

What We Use The Seedmap For

If you’ve been doing just fine without a map in Minecraft and are wondering if you need it at all, here are a few examples of how we prefer to use the map.

Find a good start seed: At Chunkbase you can view random seeds. We like to look at how the starting biome of different seeds looks like and what there is to discover in the immediate vicinity. This is how we determine an exciting seed for our next world.

Finding ores: When things need to move quickly, you don’t necessarily have the patience to look for ores on the off chance. Here we like to look at the map to get directly the coordinates to a lush vein.

Find a good location to build: If you turn on the terrain function of the Chunkbase Seedmap, you get additional overview of how the regions are shaped. Want your next house to be on a steep mountain cliff and overlook a small mushroom biome island in the middle of the ocean? With the seedmap you will find the perfect spot.

Conclusion

Chunkbase Seedmap is a great addition to your Minecraft gaming experience and can often help you out. As big fans of this tool, we at Pockethost also want to start providing the community with useful Minecraft tools. Feel free to visit our tools page and leave us ideas and requests for a Minecraft tool you would like to use.

FAQ

What is Chunkbase in Minecraft?

Chunkbase is a website and tool that allows you to create a map of your Minecraft world, the seed map.

Is Chunkbase accurate?

The Chunkbase Seedmap gives you an accurate map of the biomes in your Minecraft world. However the locations of structures like dungeons, End Cities, Geodes and Temples are not 100% accurate. Also there is a small possibility, that villages don’t spawn at the predicted locations.

Why is Chunkbase not working?

There are several reasons why the chunkbase seedmap is not working as expected. These are the most common reasons:

You entered the wrong seed or coordinates
You selected the wrong Minecraft version.
You used mod or plugins that influence the generation of your world

Can Chunkbase find ancient debris?

It is not possible to view the locations of ancient debris on the Chunkbase seedmap. However you can use the simple tactic, that we explain in this article.

When will Chunkbase update to 1.18?

Chunkbase is currently available for Minecraft worlds with the 1.18 version.