Minecraft Abandoned Camps Guide: Variants, Loot, & More

Be it by wandering traders, pillagers, or people unknown, someone is leaving behind camps across the overworld. So, today, we explore the remnants they have left behind in our Minecraft abandoned camps guide.

What Are Minecraft Abandoned Camps?

Added in Minecraft 26.3, abandoned camps are a structure that can generate across many biomes with an abundance of slight differences. Beginning with what remains consistent, every camp includes a tent made of wool stairs, storage in the form of either a barrel or chest block filled with loot, and a campfire. Cushions, straw beds, and lanterns are also very common but not guaranteed to be present. From there, the variants number in the hundreds. They can be overgrown with biome-specific blocks, have ponds, farms, spider web-filled crevices, and even hidden copper chests with extra loot.

Where to Find Abandoned Camps

Abandoned camps can generate in an astounding 18 biomes, complete with variants to match each one. These biomes include:

• Bamboo Jungles
• Birch Forests
• Cherry Groves
• Dappled Forests
• Flower Forests
• Forests
• Meadows
• Old Growth Birch Forests
• Old Growth Pine Taigas
• Old Growth Spruce Taigas
• Pale Gardens
• Savannas
• Snowy Taigas
• Sparse Jungles
• Swamps
• Taigas
• Windswept Forests
• Wooded Badlands

Sadly, a biome is not guaranteed to contain an abandoned camp. However, once an abandoned camp has been found, any wooden chests present have a chance to contain a map leading to an abandoned camp in a small pool of eight random biomes, many of which rare. This makes finding an abandoned camp in an already rare biome, such as a cherry grove, all the easier. All eight possible abandoned camp maps can be seen in the loot tables section of this guide. If commands are available, the command below can be used to obtain the coordinates of a desired abandoned camp and biome combination:

• /locate structure minecraft:abandoned_camp_BIOME_NAME_HERE

Abandoned Camp Loot Tables

Abandoned Camps have three separate loot tables consistent across all biomes for barrels, chests, and secret copper chests. A barrel, common chest, or sometimes two of either will always be easily visible and present within a camp. The secret copper chest, on the other hand, can be completely buried, assuming it is present at all. Each of these loot tables can be found below:

Barrels

• Arrow x1-3
• Bone x2-4
• Bowl x1-2
• Bread x1-3
• Bundle x1
• Coal x2-4
• Cobweb x1
• Fishing Rod x1
• Glass Bottle x1-3
• Leather x1-3
• Rabbit Hide x1-4
• String x1-2
• Wheat x1-4
• White Candle x1-3
• Wooden Axe x1

Wooden Chests

• Abandoned Camp Map – Bamboo Jungle x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Birch Forest x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Cherry Grove x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Dappled Forest x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Flower Forest x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Pale Garden x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Swamp x1
• Abandoned Camp Map – Windswept Forest x 1
• Arrow x4
• Bone x2-4
• Bow x1
• Bucket x1
• Bundle x1
• Cobweb x1
• Compass x1
• Copper Axe x1
• Copper Boots x1
• Copper Chestplate x1
• Copper Leggings x1
• Copper Spear x1
• Copper Sword x1
• Empty Map x1-2
• Firework Rocket x2-4
• Fishing Rod x1
• Flint and Steel x1
• Glass Bottle x1-4
• Lead x1-3
• Leather x1-4
• Rabbit Hide x1-4
• Saddle x1
• Shears x1
• Spyglass x1
• White Candle x1-3

Secret Copper Chests

• Copper Ingot x1-2
• Diamond x1
• Empty Map x1
• Explorer Map – Ancient City x1
• Explorer Map – Desert Pyramid x1
• Explorer Map – Jungle Pyramid x1
• Explorer Map – Mineshaft x1
• Explorer Map – Trial Chamber x1
• Explorer Map – Warm Ocean Ruins x1
• Explorer Map – Woodland Mansion x1
• Gold Ingot x1-2
• Iron Axe x1
• Iron Boots x1
• Iron Ingot x1
• Iron Leggings x1
• Iron Spear x1
• Potion of Healing x1
• Potion of Leaping x1
• Potion of Night Vision x1
• Potion of Swiftness x1