Well, you may have often entertained the thought of why you need to search and roam the world in Minecraft, forbidding a required place, there must have been other ways of finding that same location without soaring so much time and effort.
To your pleasure, there is a simple and fast forward means of locating the places that you wish to visit or find in the Minecraft gameplay. This simple method of locating the places is by using the locate command. Whether you want to locate the ocean, or an abandoned mineshaft, or End city, or woodland mansion, or jungle temple, or pyramid, or village or something else, you can easily locate their position by running the locate command in your Minecraft gameplay.
How to place the locate Command in Minecraft?
In this article given below, we will consider the process of locating the places in Minecraft by using the location command, so do follow this article to the very end in order to get the whole thing done.
Before we move onto the actual process of using the locate command in Minecraft for locating the exact coordinates of a place , let us know the varying editions that are used by Minecraft players around the world.
It is really good to know the editions that support the process which we are going to follow. So that we don’t have to regret at the end of the process after knowing that the process does not work in our edition.
The editions of Minecraft that support the process of using the locate command in Minecraft are;
Java Edition- 1.11
Pocket Edition- 1.0
Xbox One- 1.2
PS4- 1.14
Nintendo Switch- 1.5
Windows 10 Edition- 1.0
Education Edition
So these are the editions of Minecraft that allow you to use the locate command for locating the required place in the Minecraft gameplay.
Now moving onto the actual process of using the locate command we have;
- Opening the chat Window
A chat window is like your personal messaging app inside the Minecraft gameplay, where you can easily chat with your friends as well as type the required command.
Here, we will be using the chat window for typing and performing the /locate command in Minecraft.
The very first step towards the process of using the locate command in Minecraft is by opening the chat window there. As you will need to open the chat window for running the command.
Moreover, the process of performing the locate command inside the chat window is really a fun and efficient way.
The process of opening the chat window in the Minecraft gameplay does differ with the different editions of Minecraft. You will need to perform a different process for opening the command in one edition than you will in any other edition.
The process of opening the chat window in different editions of Minecraft are;
Java Edition
For opening the chat window in the Java Edition, you need to press the key T on your respective keyboard.
Pocket Edition
You need to press the chat window icon present on the Minecraft screen in your respective device.
Xbox One
For opening the chat window in your Xbox one edition of Minecraft, press the D pad button available on your controllers.
PS4
You need to press the D’Pad button on your controller for opening the chat window in your PS4 edition of Minecraft.
Nintendo Switch
For opening the chat window in your respective Nintendo Switch edition of Minecraft, press the video icon indicated by the half right arrow button on the controller.
Windows 10 and Education Edition
For opening the chat window in the Windows 10 and Education Edition of Minecraft, you need to press the key T on your respective keyboard.
So these were the required steps for opening the chat window in the varying editions of Minecraft.
Now that we opened the chat window, let us also consider the respective locate command for performing the required action.
The command for performing the process of locating the place in different editions of Minecraft are;
Java Edition
The command for locating for locating the place in Java Edition is,
/locate < structure >
Pocket Edition, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows 10 Edition, and Education Edition
The command for locating for locating the place in Pocket Edition, Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Windows 10 Edition, and Education Edition is,
/locate < structure >
Where the word or syntax ‘structure’ implies for the specified name of the place, whose location you wish to know or find in your Minecraft gameplay. Structure can be any location that does exist in Minecraft.
Some of the name of the locations that you can fill in the structure’s column are;
desert_pyramid
end_city
fortress
igloo
jungle_pyramid
mansion
buried_ treasure
ocean_ruin_warm
- Placing the command
Now that we have opened the chat window and know the respective location command for finding the location.
Here, you need to know one more thing that the locate command would not be sending you to the actual location that you have mentioned, rather it will provide you the coordinates of the location of that place.
Thereafter, you can use those coordinates to reach that location on your respective device or edition of Minecraft.
To reach that point of the process, you need to type the required command inside the chat window in the first place.
- Type the respective locate command inside the chat window on your device or edition of Minecraft.
After you have typed the command inside the chat window, you need to confirm that command in the chat window.
- Press the Enter key on your device to confirm the locate command that you have typed in the chat window.
After you hit the Enter button on your device, you will see the exact coordinate of that location appear on your Minecraft screen in the bottom left corner.
You will see the message ” located place at x y z” appear on your screen.
Suppose you typed the formula or command;
/locate < end_city >
Let 22 45 167 be the coordinates of the end city.
Then, the message located end_city at 22 45 167.
Now that you have known the respected coordinates of that location, it’s time to reach there.
- Reaching the location
After finding the location of the place, you can reach there by considering the coordinates given on your Minecraft screen.
You can roam considerably so as to reach the given coordinates in your Minecraft gameplay, move to the direction in such a way that your actions make you nearer to the required coordinates.
Apart from roaming the world in search of the required coordinates, you can also use one other method.
You can directly reach the desired location in your Minecraft gameplay by running the teleport command inside the chat window.
You will need to perform the required step or gesture for opening the command in your edition device or edition of Minecraft.
Thereafter you need to type the respected coordinates of that location inside the teleport command.
Suppose, you wish to reach the coordinates 22 45 167,then the teleport command for reaching that location will become,
/teleport 22 45 167
Thereafter, you will reach the exact location that is associated with the respected coordinates in the Minecraft gameplay.
Here, you have reached the location that you wish to locate in the Minecraft
So that was all about using the locate command in Minecraft for finding the desired location.
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