Lapis lazuli is most common at Y 0. Enter your seed and this Lapis Finder maps lapis ore at 93% accuracy on Java 26.3 and 86% on Bedrock 1.26.51 — best Y level, spawn range and where to find lapis lazuli, on a visual map.
Also called: lapis lazuli finder · lapis ore tracker · lapis locator
Quick answer: Lapis lazuli is most common at Y 0 and spawns from Y 64 down to Y −64. This Lapis Finder marks lapis ore from your seed on a visual map at 93% accuracy on Java 26.3 and 86% on Bedrock 1.26.51.
| Edition | Version | Best Y level | Spawn range | Finder accuracy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedrock | 1.18 – 26.51 (current) | Y 0 | Y 64 to −64 | 86% |
| Java | 1.20.2 – 26.3 (current) | Y 0 | Y 64 to −64 | 93% |
Accuracy is the share of marked hotspots that really contain the ore in your world, shown as a plain number.
Lapis spawns in two overlapping ways: a band centred on Y 0 that thins out above and below it, plus a smaller amount that gets more common the deeper you go. The combined sweet spot is around Y 0, near where stone meets deepslate. The finder marks the chunks most likely to hold a vein.
The best Y level for lapis lazuli is Y 0. The main lapis batch peaks right around the stone/deepslate boundary, so branch mining between about Y −5 and Y 5 collects the most. You will find lapis at other depths too, just less often.
Bedrock uses the same Y range and Y 0 sweet spot as Java. The finder supports Bedrock 1.26.51 at 86% accuracy — the badge by the page title shows both editions' figures.
Y 0 on both — Java 1.21 and Bedrock 1.21 put the lapis peak at the stone-to-deepslate boundary, and no version from 1.20.2 onward has moved it. Lapis is centred rather than bottom-heavy, unlike diamond and redstone: its range (Y 64 to −64) peaks in the middle, and below about Y −32 only its thinner second batch is still generating — so digging on past the diamond levels finds you less lapis, not more.
Y-levels, drop rates, smelting and recipes for Lapis Lazuli — straight from our Minecraft catalog, in both editions.
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