How to Find a Trial Chamber in Minecraft: Easy Guide

Trial chambers are the underground dungeons added in the Tricky Trials update, and they hold some of the best loot in the game, including the mace. If you have never explored one, learning how to find a trial chamber in Minecraft is the first step, and it is easier than most players expect. You can either buy a map that points straight to one, or dig down and hunt for the copper glow yourself.

What Is a Trial Chamber?

A trial chamber is a large underground structure built from tuff bricks and copper blocks. Inside you will find trial spawners, vaults full of loot, traps, and a new mob called the breeze. Trial chambers generate in the Overworld, deep underground, usually between Y -20 and Y -40. They are big, so once you are close you will know it: copper bulbs light the halls, and the rooms connect into a maze of corridors and combat arenas.

The headline reward is the mace, a slow but very powerful weapon that deals extra damage the further you fall before hitting. You get its crafting ingredient, the heavy core, from ominous vaults. That alone makes knowing how to find a trial chamber in Minecraft worth the trip.

How to Find a Trial Chamber in Minecraft With a Map

The fastest reliable method is a trial explorer map. Here is how to get one:

1. Find a village and locate the cartographer villager, the one with the compass on its robe. If there is no cartographer, place a cartography table next to an unemployed villager.
2. Trade with the cartographer until it reaches journeyman level. That takes a few trades, usually paper, then glass panes, then compasses.
3. At journeyman level, the cartographer sells a trial explorer map for 12 emeralds and a compass.
4. Hold the map and follow it. The dot is you, and the trial chamber icon marks your destination. Walk or ride toward it until the map starts filling in, then dig down when you stand on top of the icon.

This is the best option if you want a guaranteed result. One map leads to one chamber, and cartographers restock, so you can buy more maps for more chambers.

How to Find a Trial Chamber in Minecraft by Mining

If you would rather skip the trading, you can find a chamber by digging. This is how to find a trial chamber in Minecraft without a map:

1. Dig down to around Y -30. Chambers sit in the deepslate layer, most often between Y -20 and Y -40.
2. Mine a long tunnel in one direction, or strip mine at Y -30, and listen for the sounds of trial spawners and the breeze.
3. Watch for copper. Trial chambers use a lot of copper blocks, copper grates and copper bulbs, so a cluster of copper ore in the walls is a good sign.
4. When you break into a room, light it up as you go. Chambers are dark, and mobs spawn in the halls as well as in the arenas.

Mining is slower than using a map, and you can dig for a long time without luck. On the plus side, you will gather plenty of diamonds and deepslate ores on the way down, so the trip is never wasted.

What to Bring Before You Go Down

Trial chambers are combat zones, so go prepared:

• Full iron armor at minimum, diamond if you have it
• A shield, because skeletons and strays spawn from ranged trial spawners
• Plenty of food, cooked porkchops or steak work well
• Torches, to light the corridors and stop random spawns
• A water bucket, for falls and for breaking your landing
• Arrows and a bow, for the ranged spawner rooms

Bring a bed and set your spawn nearby if the chamber is far from home. The rooms are designed to test you, and dying without a nearby spawn point means a long walk back.

Trial Spawners, Vaults and Loot

Every arena in a trial chamber has trial spawners. These are different from normal spawners: they summon a set number of mobs based on how many players are nearby, then go on cooldown and reward you with loot. Melee spawners summon zombies, husks and slimes. Ranged spawners summon skeletons and strays. Small melee spawners summon spiders, cave spiders and baby zombies. The breeze spawner only appears in some rooms.

Beat a trial spawner and it drops loot, including trial keys. Trial keys open the vaults scattered around the chamber. Vaults give armor trims, enchanted books, emeralds, and sometimes diamonds. If you drink an ominous bottle first, the spawners become ominous trial spawners, which are harder but drop ominous trial keys. Those open ominous vaults, which can contain the heavy core you need for the mace.

The Breeze and the Mace

The breeze is the signature mob of the trial chamber. It looks like a small swirling cloud and fires wind charges that knock you around instead of hurting you directly. The danger is the knockback: it can push you into lava, off a ledge, or into another spawner's mobs. Fight it with a sword up close, and keep your shield ready.

Breezes drop breeze rods. Combine a breeze rod with a heavy core at a crafting table to make the mace. The mace is slow, but a hit after falling from a height can one-shot most mobs. It is one of the most fun weapons in the game, and the only way to get it is through trial chambers.

FAQ

Do trial chambers exist in Bedrock?
Yes. Trial chambers generate in both Java and Bedrock, and the trial explorer map works the same way in both versions.

How deep are trial chambers?
Most chambers sit between Y -20 and Y -40 in the deepslate layer. Digging to around Y -30 gives you the best chance of breaking into one.

Can you find a trial chamber without a map?
Yes, by mining at the right depth and looking for copper blocks and trial spawner sounds. It takes longer, but it works, and you collect ores along the way.

How many trial chambers are in a world?
There is no fixed limit. They generate throughout the Overworld, so you can find as many as you want with enough maps or mining.

Start Your Trial Run on BD ZONE

Now that you know how to find a trial chamber in Minecraft, grab your gear and go hunting. On BD ZONE you can take on trial chambers with friends, compare loot, and show off your mace in Survival. Join us at PLAY.BDZONEMC.COM and share your best trial chamber finds on our Discord at https://discord.gg/QzhjgYZNGs.