Best Minecraft Island Seeds for Java & Bedrock (November 2023)

Island biomes are one of the most appealing attractions for different types of Minecraft players due to their versatility, making them one of the best biomes. Islands can be used as an easily defendable home base for survival players, the site of a creative player's tropical-themed builds, or even as the start of an adventure-mode story.

Whatever your reason, we've put together a list of the best Minecraft Island Seeds that you can use in your next Minecraft experience!

Best Minecraft Island Seeds List for Java and Bedrock

These are the best Island Seeds we can find for the newest version of Minecraft. It's important to mention that structures generate differently on Java and Bedrock. Because of this, some of the key locations for each seed will be different.

Sunflower Isle

Seed: -6415078357810576242

This island is perfect for players who want to try their hand at island living but don't want to stray too far from the mainland. The Stony Shores surrounding the island contain ores to get you started, while the Sunflower Plains has two trees for wood. Bedrock players can find three different buried treasure chests hidden within the Stony Shores. In contrast, Java players have a nearby mainland Plains Village to trade with.

Twin Giants

Seed: -5756917515740605476

In this seed, you spawn on the rightmost island near the island's inlet. The island itself contains a Forest biome with shipwrecks off the coast in both Bedrock and Java. The Stony Shores of the island contain plenty of coal as well as some iron and copper ore. Traveling a short distance to the east will bring you to a large Jungle and Birch Forest island. There are smaller stone and sand islands sprinkled around the two, providing places to place bridges between the two largest islands.

Fox Island

Seed: 6266576197377263527

This island is covered in a Taiga biome with a small sliver of Forest towards its northern edge. Upon spawning, one of the first things you see are foxes! The island would be perfect as a remote fox sanctuary, or simply as the home base for a fox lover. Both Bedrock and Java players will find a Large Cold Ocean Ruin cluster and a shipwreck near the island, providing them with plenty of treasures to start out with.

Flora and Fauna Filled

Seed: -2475264046802683271

This giant island is absolutely teeming with life. It contains multiple biomes, including Windswept Hills, Taiga, Forest, and Plains biomes. The Plains biome takes up a large portion of the island and serves as the home for pigs, cows, horses, and more. There is a cavern at the right edge of the island leading down to deepslate for when you need to start gathering underground resources. This is the perfect island for those who want to self-sustain in their games.

Amidst Icy Seas

Seed: -3880255023582247058

This seed starts you off on a Snowy Taiga island amidst a Frozen Ocean. Be careful, as a lava pool on the edge of the island will begin setting trees alight. Once you've gathered the resources available on the island, you can head out to either the north or south for more adventure. In Java, both directions contain Ancient Cities and Trail Ruins, but only the south has a Pillager Outpost nearby. in Bedrock, they both have Trail Ruins, but the north now contains the Pillager Outpost while the south is more village-heavy.

Savannah Survival

Seed: -4893590359128864319

Spawn is set on an island made up of mostly a Savannah biome. It also contains a small Forest biome with birch and oak trees, a couple of Stony Shores biomes, and a large cave underneath going toward deepslate. On Bedrock, the island's edges contain plentiful amounts of buried treasure as well as shipwrecks. On Java, a mineshaft is hidden in the caverns beneath the island.

Related: Best Minecraft Beach Seeds (Java and Bedrock)

Lush Cave on Coral Island

Seed: -950547527103331411

In this seed, you spawn on top of an island that is more akin to a plateau, thanks to its impressive verticality. While the top of this island is covered in a Wooded Badlands biome, the center is completely hollowed out by a Lush Cave. The large area is perfect for building a secret superhero hideout with the beautiful vista of Corals surrounding you in all directions.

Ice Islands

Seed: 4705313819365089365

Genuinely one of the most breathtaking seeds we've ever seen, this frozen ocean has more than a few surprises in it. From underwater Ocean Monuments intersecting with giant icebergs to free-floating shipwrecks and incredibly mind-boggling terrain generation, this seed provides beauty and danger in spades.

Mini Island Spawn

Seed: 2014039421894521690

A tiny island in the middle of nowhere with a single house. It's as if you've come across the island base of a fellow adventurer from long ago. Live quaintly, expand upon the existing structures, or tear them down and create something entirely new—the choice is yours. To amp up the difficulty, play on Java as there will be no starting structure on the island.

Perfect Multi-Biome Island

Seed: -3960560437398758448

An incredible island containing five key biomes, including a Dark Forest, a Bamboo Jungle, a regular Forest, Birch Forests, and a few Beach biomes. This is a great seed for an island base as it will provide access to multiple types of wood and other fantastic resources. It also features a ruined nether portal, and the ocean around it contains both Cold and Warm Ocean Ruins and shipwrecks. Java players will also have easy access to an Ocean Monument.

Adventure Archipelago

Seed: 3898290374

Spawning on a big Jungle biome, swimming out to sea will allow you to quickly find a half dozen islands perfect for setting up shop! There are shipwrecks and other structures on the way, providing plenty of resources for your adventure. Live out your island dreams!

Mini Island Start

Seed: 5410842429551422910

A tiny island with some cows, sand, and trees makes the perfect place to set up shop in Minecraft. Lighting the island will take only about a dozen torches, so it would be a great place to make an initial survival base while you gather resources before moving to the mainland. There are plenty of areas of interest to explore nearby, and you can expand quickly with bridges or boats!

Dark Forest Island

Seed: 3173619876402734856

A not-so-isolated island that screams "Build a castle on me!" Surrounded by cliffs and valleys, you'll find lots of wood, access to caves and stone, and just a general plethora of supplies nearby. This isn't exactly your desert island in the sea, but it's a great location to start in Minecraft.

Lush Mountain Island

Seed: -5774183300065244295

This seed is ideal for players who like Lush Caves and cold biomes, but don't want to give up one to have the other. It is rare to see a humid biome and a cold biome so close together, but this seed stacks them right on top of each other! Spawn is set on a survival island containing a mountain with incredible views. A short walk away on the same island is a beautiful exposed Lush Cave with axolotl pools and waterfalls!

Wooded Badlands vs. Jungle Island

Seed: 7850875

This seed gives you two rare biomes right when you spawn into the world! You start your adventure on a moderately sized Jungle Island with a small (but tall) Wooded Badlands biome nearby. Surrounding the Wooded Badlands is a beautiful Coral Reef you can dive into. The Jungle Island has a peculiarly placed ruined portal off its shore as well as a couple of small exposed Lush Caves around its border!

Best Minecraft 1.18 Island Seeds

Minecraft 1.18 is not the latest version, but many players who still use this version are on the hunt for the best island seed. Below, you'll find our favorite island seeds that we added to the list when 1.18 was released!

United Kingdom

Seed: -7096828587805744419

Related: Best Minecraft 1.18 Seeds (Java and Bedrock)

On this seed, you start on a large Plains island with three Plains Villages. While it's not identical to the United Kingdom, it doesn't take a huge stretch of imagination to draw the comparison! This is not only a great survival seed with plenty of resources and biomes nearby, but it also provides you the opportunity to create some real-world roleplay!

Quaint Island

Seed: 11020382

This seed represents the epitome of the phrase 'basic survival island'. It is the optimum seed for the true vanilla Minecraft fan who simply wants a chill survival experience on a quaint island. When you spawn on the island, you have access to plenty of trees and a small village, giving you all the crops and wood necessary to establish your own community. This is also a great seed to use if you want to host a small survival server with a couple of friends!

If you don't want to limit your best seeds list to just island seeds, check out our Best Minecraft Seeds List (All Platforms)! Or, if you just want to add some additional excitement to some of these seeds, check out our Best Minecraft Mods post!