Tutorial:Exploring an ancient city

Ancient cities are among the most dangerous and challenging structures to explore in the game. It is mostly dark throughout, and while the cities do not have any normal hostile mobs in them, mobs can easily wander into the ancient city. They are home to an abundance of sculk shriekers, which can spawn wardens, who can easily slaughter players, even in full netherite armor. However, the player can obtain a lot of great loot, for example, enchanted golden apples which have the largest chance to generate in an ancient city, compared to any other structure.

There are several benefits in going to an ancient city:

To prepare yourself for an expedition to an ancient city, there are a few things you need to do.