Where to Find Heart of the Sea in Minecraft

This is the guide to finding Heart of the Sea: a rare treasure item in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, with the single spot it comes from, the 2 methods that work, and which of them is quickest. The short answer: to get Heart of the Sea you find it in Buried Treasure chests (100% spawn rate), in All Ocean biomes (Buried Treasure). Moderately difficult is the verdict on Heart of the Sea, 3 out of 5: it takes some preparation, a little exploration, or a specific resource to obtain reliably.

Biomes & Dimensions

• All Ocean biomes (Buried Treasure)

All Methods

1. 1Found in Buried Treasure chests (100% spawn rate)
2. 2Cannot be crafted

• Buried Treasure maps are found in Shipwreck and Ocean Ruin chests
• Buried Treasure chests are always at chunk coordinate 9, 9 (dig at the X on the map)
• Usually buried under sand or gravel on beaches, 1-3 blocks below the surface
• Used to craft a Conduit (Heart of the Sea + 8 Nautilus Shells) for underwater breathing zones
• Nautilus Shells from fishing, Drowned drops, or Wandering Trader purchases

• Added in 1.13 (Update Aquatic)

Each buried treasure chest contains exactly one Heart of the Sea. Combine with 8 Nautilus Shells to craft a Conduit.

A heart of the sea sits in the buried treasure chest that a shipwreck map points to, and there is no other source. The loop is: find a shipwreck, take the map from the map chest, sail to the cross, dig. Every map is one heart, so a coastline with several wrecks is a conduit factory.

The heart only comes from buried treasure, so the chain is shipwreck or ruin, then map, then digging. The cross on the map marks the chest's chunk rather than the exact block, and the chest is usually under sand or gravel a few blocks down.