5 hidden Minecraft structures most players hardly discover

Minecraft has loads of structures players can explore. Most biomes have mysterious structures with different mobs spawning in them. These structures also consist of unique loot that helps players survive. While some of them are quite easy to find, like Villages, Pillager Outposts, etc., others are rather difficult.

Here is a list of Minecraft structures most players rarely find in survival mode.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion. Of course, if players play in a single world long enough, they will eventually find these structures.

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A list of 5 hidden Minecraft structures players rarely discover

1) Overworld Fossils

Overworld fossils are extremely hard to find (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Overworld fossils are one of the toughest structures to find in Minecraft. These are skeletal features that are mostly composed of bone blocks, but can also have either coal or diamond ores. They generate only underneath Desert, Swamp, or Mangrove Swamp biomes.

Overworld fossils can generate anywhere between Y level 320 to -64, and they almost always generate underground. Since they are never exposed to air, players have to be extremely lucky to find one while mining.

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2) Abandoned Villages

Abandoned villages are rare village variants that not many players find (Image via Minecraft Wiki || Mojang Studios)

Abandoned villages are a rare variant of villages that have only a 2% chance of generating in the world. They are also known as zombie villages since they usually spawn zombie villagers. There are no torches or doors in these structures, and every villager's house is covered with cobwebs.

Even though villages are one of the most common structures in the game, most players fail to find abandoned villages in their survival worlds.

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3) Woodland Mansions

Woodland Mansions are rare structures that can only be found through an explorer map (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Woodland Mansions are another type of structure that players rarely find in their survival world, especially without a specific explorer map. These mansions are the main hub of the strongest Illager mobs: Evokers and Vindicators. These massive structures have many rooms with unique designs and chests with valuable loot.

Since these structures generate several thousand blocks away from a player's spawn point, finding them is difficult even with an explorer map given by a cartographer villager.

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4) Igloos

Igloos can be camouflaged in biomes filled with snow (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Igloos are another uncommon structure that generate in Snowy Taiga, Snowy Plains, or Snowy Slopes. Since these structures are cold biomes that already have snow blocks or snow sheets, and the fact that they are made up of white snow blocks, mean that they are often be missed by players traveling through the area.

Additionally, because of the igloo's overall construction it can sometimes look like a natural terrain generation rather than a structure.

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5) Ancient Cities

Ancient Cities are underground structures generated in a particular Deep Dark biome (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || Mojang Studios)

Ancient Cities are rare underground structures that only generate in the Deep Dark biome. They are one of the most dangerous structures to explore since the Warden can spawn in it.

It is safe to say that most players have a tough time finding these structures. Firstly, they only generate in the Deep Dark biome, which itself is an uncommon cave biome. Secondly, not every Deep Dark biome generates Ancient Cities; they can only be generated in Deep Dark caves under mountainous biomes.

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