How to Find Buried Treasure in Minecraft
This Minecraft tutorial explains how to find Buried Treasure with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.
Starting in the Aquatic Update, there are shipwrecks, Buried Treasure Maps and Buried Treasure. Let’s explore how to find Buried Treasure in Minecraft.
Steps to Find Buried Treasure
1. Find a Shipwreck
First, you need to find a shipwreck in Minecraft. A shipwreck looks like the ruins of a sunken ship and is found in Ocean, River and Beach biomes. Shipwrecks usually spawn underwater, however in rare cases, you may find a shipwreck on land in a Beach biome.
This is what a shipwreck looks like:
2. Look for a Map Chest
Map Chest
Treasure Chest
Supply Chest
To find the Buried Treasure, you will need to look for the Map Chest in the shipwreck.
Open the Map Chest and move the Buried Treasure Map to your inventory.
3. Use the Buried Treasure Map
Next, use the Buried Treasure Map to find the location of the Buried Treasure.
The white dot shows your location and it also indicates the direction that you are facing. The red X shows the location of the Buried Treasure. Move towards the Buried Treasure. As you move closer, the map detail will fill in.
4. Find the Buried Treasure Location
Once the white dot is at the same position as the red X, you are above the Buried Treasure.
5. Dig until you Find the Buried Chest
Start digging until you find a chest. This could take a while depending on your luck.
Dig until you find a chest that looks like this:
6. Open the Buried Chest
Now open the chest and move the Buried Treasure to your inventory.
Congratulations, you just learned how to find Buried Treasure in Minecraft.
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Buried Treasure
Buried treasure is a naturally generated structure consisting of a buried loot chest. The chest is buried primarily in beaches, and rarely in the ocean floor. Buried treasure is the only source of the heart of the sea, which can be used to craft a conduit. Buried treasure can be located using explorer maps.
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Generation [ ]
Buried treasure structures generate in beach biomes, and can also generate underwater.
The treasure chest is almost always buried by some material. Most of the time the chest generates buried in a beach, so it has a sand or gravel block covering it. Sometimes, if generated on the side of an underwater hill, it spawns with stone blocks covering it. If it generates on the surface of the ocean floor, a gravel or sand block covers it. Nonetheless, terrain generation can cause the chest to be buried by any suitable terrain-generated blocks, such as coal ore and diorite.
In Java Edition, buried treasure always generates at chunk coordinate 9 on both the X and Z axis, [1] and are always facing east.
In Bedrock Edition, buried treasure always generates at chunk coordinate 8 on the X and Z axis.
Structure [ ]
Buried treasure structures contain a single chest full of various loot. If the chest is exposed to water, it generates waterlogged.
A Heart of the Sea is always present in every buried treasure.
In Java Edition, each buried treasure chest contains items drawn from 5 pools, with the following distribution:
| Item | Stack Size [A] | Weight [B] | Chance [C] | Avg. per chest [D] | Avg. # chests to search [E] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 5–8× | 1–4× | 0–1× | 2× | 1× | 5–8× | 1–4× | 0–1× | 2× | ||||
| Heart Of The Sea | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄1 | — | — | — | — | 100.0% | 1.000 | 1.0 |
| Iron Ingot | — | 1–4 | — | — | — | — | 20 ⁄35 | — | — | — | 99.4% | 9.286 | 1.0 |
| Gold Ingot | — | 1–4 | — | — | — | — | 10 ⁄35 | — | — | — | 88.0% | 4.643 | 1.1 |
| Cooked Cod | — | — | — | — | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | 75.0% | 3.000 | 1.3 |
| Cooked Salmon | — | — | — | — | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | 75.0% | 3.000 | 1.3 |
| Leather Tunic | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | — | 75.0% | 0.250 | 1.3 |
| Iron Sword | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | — | 75.0% | 0.250 | 1.3 |
| TNT | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄35 | — | — | — | 62.7% | 1.393 | 1.6 |
| Emerald | — | — | 4–8 | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄15 | — | — | 59.9% | 5.000 | 1.7 |
| Prismarine Crystals | — | — | 1–5 | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄15 | — | — | 59.9% | 2.500 | 1.7 |
| Diamond | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄15 | — | — | 59.9% | 1.250 | 1.7 |
| Item | Stack Size [A] | Weight [B] | Chance [C] | Avg. per chest [D] | Avg. # chests to search [E] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 5–8× | 1–4× | 0–1× | 2× | 0–2× | 1× | 5–8× | 1–4× | 0–1× | 2× | 0–2× | ||||
| Heart Of The Sea | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄1 | — | — | — | — | — | 100.0% | 1.000 | 1.0 |
| Potion of Water Breathing | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄1 | 100.0% | 1.000 | 1.0 |
| Iron Ingot | — | 1–4 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 ⁄35 | — | — | — | — | 99.4% | 9.286 | 1.0 |
| Gold Ingot | — | 1–4 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 ⁄35 | — | — | — | — | 88.0% | 4.643 | 1.1 |
| Cooked Cod | — | — | — | — | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | — | 75.0% | 3.000 | 1.3 |
| Cooked Salmon | — | — | — | — | 2–4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | — | 75.0% | 3.000 | 1.3 |
| Leather Tunic | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | — | — | 75.0% | 0.250 | 1.3 |
| Iron Sword | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 ⁄2 | — | — | 75.0% | 0.250 | 1.3 |
| TNT | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄35 | — | — | — | — | 62.7% | 1.393 | 1.6 |
| Emerald | — | — | 4–8 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄15 | — | — | — | 59.9% | 5.000 | 1.7 |
| Prismarine Crystals | — | — | 1–5 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄15 | — | — | — | 59.9% | 2.500 | 1.7 |
| Diamond | — | — | 1–2 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 ⁄15 | — | — | — | 59.9% | 1.250 | 1.7 |
In Bedrock Edition, each buried treasure chest contains items drawn from 2 pools, with the following distribution:
| Item | Stack Size [A] | Weight [B] | Chance [C] | Avg. per chest [D] | Avg. # chests to search [E] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× | 5–12× | 1× | 5–12× | ||||
| Heart Of The Sea | 1 | — | 1 ⁄1 | — | 100.0% | 1.000 | 1.0 |
| Iron Ingot | — | 3–5 | — | 20 ⁄204 | 57.2% | 3.333 | 1.7 |
| Chainmail Helmet | — | 1 | — | 20 ⁄204 | 57.2% | 0.833 | 1.7 |
| Chainmail Chestplate | — | 1 | — | 20 ⁄204 | 57.2% | 0.833 | 1.7 |
| Chainmail Leggings | — | 1 | — | 20 ⁄204 | 57.2% | 0.833 | 1.7 |
| Chainmail Boots | — | 1 | — | 20 ⁄204 | 57.2% | 0.833 | 1.7 |
| Potion of Water Breathing | — | 1 | — | 15 ⁄204 | 46.9% | 0.625 | 2.1 |
| Diamond | — | 1 | — | 15 ⁄204 | 46.9% | 0.625 | 2.1 |
| Gold Ingot | — | 1–5 | — | 10 ⁄204 | 34.3% | 1.250 | 2.9 |
| Lead | — | 1–3 | — | 10 ⁄204 | 34.3% | 0.833 | 2.9 |
| TNT | — | 1–2 | — | 10 ⁄204 | 34.3% | 0.625 | 2.9 |
| Name Tag | — | 1 | — | 10 ⁄204 | 34.3% | 0.417 | 2.9 |
| Potion of Regeneration | — | 1 | — | 10 ⁄204 | 34.3% | 0.417 | 2.9 |
| Prismarine Crystals | — | 1–5 | — | 5 ⁄204 | 18.9% | 0.625 | 5.3 |
| Book and Quill | — | 1–2 | — | 5 ⁄204 | 18.9% | 0.312 | 5.3 |
| Music Disc (Mellohi) | — | 1 | — | 5 ⁄204 | 18.9% | 0.208 | 5.3 |
| Music Disc (Wait) | — | 1 | — | 5 ⁄204 | 18.9% | 0.208 | 5.3 |
| Bottle o’ Enchanting | — | 1 | — | 3 ⁄204 | 11.8% | 0.125 | 8.5 |
| Cake | — | 1 | — | 1 ⁄204 | 4.1% | 0.042 | 24.5 |
Achievements [ ]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other platforms | |||||
| Treasure Hunter | Acquire a map from a cartographer villager, then enter the revealed structure | Visit the structure indicated while the purchased map is in your main hand (hotbar). | 40G | Silver | ||
| Me Gold! | Dig up a buried treasure | Open a buried treasure chest | 30G | Silver | ||
History [ ]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w10a | Added buried treasure structures. | |||
| 18w19a | A heart of the sea now generates in buried treasure chests. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.18 | 21w39a | Buried treasure chests now have a chance of containing potions of Water Breathing. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Added buried treasure structures. | |||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | A heart of the sea now generates in buried treasure chests. | ||||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | Added buried treasure structures, with a heart of the sea being able to generate in them. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | CU57 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added buried treasure structures, with a heart of the sea being able to generate in them. | |
Issues [ ]
Issues relating to «Buried Treasure» are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia [ ]
Gallery [ ]
A dug-up chest in a buried treasure structure that barely generated on land.
An open buried treasure chest, revealing lots of loot.
Buried treasure generated on land under a village.
A buried treasure dug up from the sand.
Ideal positioning of the player on the X to find the treasure.
A glitched structure consisting of 5 pig spawners and a buried treasure chest.
Odd generation [ ]
A buried treasure generated naturally on land above the ground, close to a shipwreck.
A buried treasure chest that generated exposed in a mountain.
Another buried treasure chest that generated exposed in a mountain, but this time an underwater one.
A buried treasure chest exposed in an oceanic hillside in Java Edition.
A buried treasure generated naturally on a woodland mansion.