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Finding the best Seed in Minecraft may be a little challenging at times. When you start a world, you're given a seed at random, and these seeds determine what kind of world you'll have. Sometimes ...

Speedruns in Minecraft can be difficult without using the best world seeds to generate the resources needed to reach the Ender Dragon faster than anyone else. The right seed could let you have the ...

Speedrunners take their craft seriously. In Minecraft, however, worlds are randomly generated. This means there’s no way to compare speedruns in two different worlds. Thankfully, seeds solve that ...

Nether Fortresses are one of only two places in the game you can find Nether Warts, found growing at the base of outdoor staircase towers or in Chests. Nether Warts are incredibly important for ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While it might seem like a brand new Minecraft map is random, there's a lot of math happening under the hood to ensure that mountains look like ...

It’s been a while since we last heard about the major update coming to the Nether biome in Minecraft, but Mojang is finally ready to show players a glimpse of what they can expect out of the Minecraft ...