How to Find Ancient Debris and Netherite in Minecraft | Ancient Debris Farming Guide

Ancient Debris was added to Minecraft in the 1.16 update. Its primary purpose is that it is a necessary resource you'll need if you want to obtain Netherite! It seems to be a scarce resource in the Minecraft world—which is perhaps what makes it so valuable, despite only having one use. Luckily, there are a few methods you can use to find and collect them faster.

How to Find Ancient Debris

Ancient Debris can only currently be found in the Nether, so you will need to create a Nether Portal. Once you've reached the Nether, you'll want to use the following tips to have the best chance of finding it.

Related: How to create a Nether Portal in Minecraft

Mining

If you want to Mine for Ancient Debris, be sure to bring a Diamond or Netherrite pickaxe. You cannot mine it with anything less than Diamond.

Ancient Debris attempts to generate in blobs (veins) of one to four between Y 8 and Y 22 in each chunk. A second blob of zero to two Ancient Debris attempts to generate from levels Y 8 to Y119.

This means it is possible to find it anywhere between Y 8 and Y 119, but you'll find it most often under Y 22. Ancient Debris generates most often on Y 15. Because of this, the best option for obtaining Ancient Debris as quickly as possible is to begin a strip mine at Y 14, and to dig one 1 * 2 hole as far as you can.

Chests

Ancient Debris can also generate in chests that are found in the Bastion Remnants, one of the naturally generated structures in the Nether. The list below outlines the chance a Bastion Remnant chest has to spawn Ancient Debris and how many.

That's everything there is to know about Ancient Debris and how to find it!

Now that you've got some Ancient Debris, be sure to check out how to craft Netherite Armor, Weapons, and Tools!