Stronghold

Stronghold is an underground structure in the Overworld that contains the End Portal, the only way to access the End dimension. Strongholds can be located using an eye of ender, which guides players to their position.

Strongholds are made primarily of stone bricks, including mossy, cracked, and infested variants. They generate with various rooms, such as libraries, storerooms, prison cells, corridors, fountains, and staircases. Each stronghold always includes one End Portal Room, which features a silverfish spawner and a 12-frame end portal, some of which may already contain eyes of ender.

Strongholds contain loot chests scattered throughout specific rooms like libraries and altars. Libraries may have one or two levels and include bookshelves, oak planks, chests, and cobwebs. Lighting varies, but most rooms are dim enough to allow hostile mobs to spawn, except libraries, which are fully lit.

In Java Edition, strongholds generate in rings around the world center (0, 0), with up to 128 strongholds across 8 rings. In Bedrock Edition, they spawn randomly with no set limit and often generate beneath villages.

Renewable

The following items can be found in Stronghold

Item	Chance	Avg. per Chest	Avg. Chests to Search
Apple	32.3%	0.7	3.1
Bread	32.3%	0.7	3.1
Iron Ingot	22.4%	0.7	4.5
Ender Pearl	22.4%	0.2	4.5
Redstone Dust	11.6%	0.8	8.6
Gold Ingot	11.6%	0.2	8.6
Iron Pickaxe	11.6%	0.1	8.6
Iron Sword	11.6%	0.1	8.6
Iron Helmet	11.6%	0.1	8.6
Iron Chestplate	11.6%	0.1	8.6
Iron Leggings	11.6%	0.1	8.6
Iron Boots	11.6%	0.1	8.6
Eye Armor Trim	10.0%	0.1	10.0
Emerald	7.1%	0.1	14.1
Diamond	7.1%	0.1	14.1
Music Disc Otherside	2.4%	0.0	41.6
Saddle	2.4%	0.0	41.6
Iron Horse Armor	2.4%	0.0	41.6
Golden Apple	2.4%	0.0	41.6
Golden Horse Armor	2.4%	0.0	41.6
Diamond Horse Armor	2.4%	0.0	41.6
Protection	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Fire Protection	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Feather Falling	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Blast Protection	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Projectile Protection	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Respiration	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Aqua Affinity	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Thorns	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Depth Strider	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Frost Walker	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Curse of Binding	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Sharpness	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Smite	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Bane of Arthropods	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Knockback	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Fire Aspect	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Looting	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Sweeping Edge	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Efficiency	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Silk Touch	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Unbreaking	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Fortune	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Power	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Punch	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Flame	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Infinity	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Luck of the Sea	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Lure	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Loyalty	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Impaling	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Riptide	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Channeling	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Multishot	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Quick Charge	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Piercing	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Mending	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Curse of Vanishing	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Density	2.9%	0.0	34.7
Breach	2.9%	0.0	34.7