🧭 Minecraft Stronghold Calculator

How to Triangulate a Stronghold

An Eye of Ender always flies toward the nearest stronghold. One throw only tells you a direction, not a distance — but two throws from different spots give two lines that cross exactly at the stronghold. Here is the reliable method:

1. Craft a few Eyes of Ender (blaze powder + ender pearl). You'll need at least two.
2. Stand still and throw the first eye. Watch the direction it flies.
3. Press F3 + C to copy a /tp command with your exact X, Y, Z and facing angle, then paste it into First throw above. (The angle is captured the moment you press F3+C, so face the same way the eye flew.)
4. Walk 30–50 blocks perpendicular to that first direction. Don't just walk forward — moving sideways is what makes the two lines cross at a sharp angle.
5. Throw a second eye, press F3 + C again, and paste into Second throw.
6. Hit Calculate. You'll get the stronghold's X/Z and a ready-to-use /tp command.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock has no F3+C clipboard copy. Enable Show Coordinates in world settings, open the debug/position overlay, and type your X, Z, and facing rotation into the manual fields for each throw.

Getting a sharp result

The tool warns you when your two throws are nearly parallel — that's when triangulation is least accurate. If the angle between throws is small, walk farther sideways and throw again. A perpendicular offset of 50+ blocks usually lands you within a few blocks of the portal.

Prefer to use the seed?

If you know your world seed, our Stronghold Finder shows all 128 strongholds instantly with no throwing required, and the full seed map overlays them with every other structure.