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Minecraft Dungeons – Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 – Squid Coast, Creeper Woods, and Creepy Crypt!

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Dungeons are small rooms made of cobblestone and mossy cobblestone and contain a spawner and up to 2 chests. Finding a dungeon without a chest is unlikely but possible. Additionally, there is a rare chance of a dungeon being found without a spawner. Occasionally, a dungeon generates with its chests in such a way as to create a double chest. Dungeons generate with either a zombie (50% chance), skeleton (25% chance), or spider (25% chance) spawner. The spawner is always in the center of the dungeon room, with chests located around the walls of the room (large chests can connect with the short side against the wall). Each block of the floor has a 25% chance of being cobblestone and a 75% chance of being mossy cobblestone.

Because the horizontal range for spawning mobs is 4 blocks from the spawner, it is possible for mobs to be spawned outside the walls of a 5×5 dungeon that is surrounded by air outside the walls.

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A gravel blob fallen into a dungeon.

A rare instance of a dungeon generating in midair.

A spider dungeon.

A chest in a dungeon that is open, revealing loot.

A zombie dungeon.

Loot reveal.

A dungeon next to a cave.

Skeleton spawner in badlands mineshaft

Generation[]

In Java Edition, dungeons generate naturally in the Overworld at any altitude (provided it is next to a cave) regardless of whether “Generate structures” world creation option has been toggled off for said world.[1] For each chunk, 8 attempts are made to generate a dungeon; it is possible, though unlikely, for multiple attempts to succeed. In Bedrock Edition, dungeons can generate as underground structures above sea level.

For each attempt, a location and size (an open area with a width and length of 7, 9, or 11 and a height of 6) is chosen. The attempt succeeds if the following conditions are met:

The floor area (including under the walls) of the potential dungeon must be entirely solid.

The ceiling area (including over the walls) of the potential dungeon must be entirely solid. The ceiling blocks may be gravity-affected such as gravel or sand, which fall if disturbed by the player.

The walls of the potential dungeon must have 1–5 openings (2-high air blocks) at floor level. Dungeons are always connected to a cavern or other hollow structure, although it is possible for the dungeon itself to overwrite most of a tiny cave.

If the location passes, air and cobblestone are placed, then 3 attempts are made to generate each of two chests. To generate a chest, the chosen block must be empty and must have a solid block on exactly one of its four sides. The mob spawner is placed at the center of the dungeon.

The spawner has a 50% chance of producing zombies, a 25% chance of producing skeletons, or a 25% chance of producing spiders. A zombie spawner in Bedrock Edition also has the same chance (5%) of producing zombie villagers as in natural generation.

Cobblestone has a 75% chance to be mossy when it is on the floor of the dungeon.

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