Buried treasure is a naturally generated structure that consists 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.
Generation[]
Buried treasures 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 a 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 (out of 0 through 15) on both the X and Z axis,[1] and are always facing east.
In Bedrock Edition, buried treasure always generates at chunk coordinate 8 (out of 0 through 15) on the X and Z axis.
Structure[]
Buried treasures contain a single chest full of various loot. If the chest is exposed to water, it generates waterlogged.
Loot[]
A heart of the sea is always present in every buried treasure.
In Java Edition, each buried treasure chest contains items drawn from 6 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× | 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 |
| 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 |
| Potion of Water Breathing | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1⁄1 | 66.7% | 1.000 | 1.5 |
| 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 |
| Leather Tunic | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1⁄2 | — | — | 25.0% | 0.250 | 4.0 |
| Iron Sword | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1⁄2 | — | — | 25.0% | 0.250 | 4.0 |
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 |
- ↑ a b The size of stacks (or for unstackable items, number) of this item on any given roll.
- ↑ a b The weight of this item relative to other items in the pool.
- ↑ a b The odds of finding any of this item in a single chest.
- ↑ a b The number of items expected per chest, averaged over a large number of chests.
- ↑ a b The average number of chests the player should expect to search to find any of this item.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Structure | Identifier |
|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | buried_treasure |
| Feature | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Buried Treasure | [No ID] | feature.buried_treasure |
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| 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 treasures. | |||
| 18w19a | A heart of the sea now generates in all buried treasure chests. | ||||
| 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 treasures. | |||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | A heart of the sea now generates in all buried treasure chests. | ||||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | Added buried treasures, with a heart of the sea being able to generate in them. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU69 | CU57 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Added buried treasures, 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[]
- Buried treasures are the smallest naturally-occurring structure in the game.
- In Java Edition, the player arrow is shown under the X of the treasure, but in Bedrock Edition, the player arrow is shown on top of the X.
- In Java Edition, the buried treasure contains the highest number of diamonds per chest among all generated structures, at an average of 1.25 diamonds per chest, while the end city only has an average of 1.06 diamonds per chest.
Gallery[]
A dug-up chest in a buried treasure 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 chest generated naturally on land above the ground, close to a shipwreck.
A buried treasure chest generated naturally exposed in a windswept hills in Bedrock Edition.
A buried treasure chest generated exposed in an oceanic hillside in Bedrock Edition.
A buried treasure chest generated naturally exposed in an oceanic hillside in Java Edition.
A buried treasure chest generated naturally on a woodland mansion.
A buried treasure chest generated naturally exposed in a hill in Java Edition.
Notes[]
- ↑ Random loot; loot table for Java Edition is different from the one in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education
- ↑ If the chest generates under a cold ocean floor/beach.
- ↑ If the chest generates under a warm ocean floor/beach.
- ↑ If the chest generates under a warm ocean floor/beach under sand layer and above stone layer.
- ↑ If the chest generates in an underwater windswept hills.
- ↑ A generated chest exposed to water is always waterlogged.