I recently tried a seed that should have had a woodland mansion close to spawn, but after looking for it for several hours, I gave up and used /locate. It gave me coordinates that fit what I saw in the seed showcase, but the mansion was most definitely not there.
I went into spectator mode and found a large mineshaft right below (which was also mentioned in the seed video; everything but the mansion lined up) but when I tried /locate Mineshaft I got coordinates extremely far away.
I have used locate successfully in other worlds without re-launching minecraft, and I was definitely in 1.11 every time I loaded this world. Other than this oddity the world doesn't seem corrupt or anything.
Am I somehow using /locate wrong? Or is this a problem with /locate/my world/both? Is it relevant that I was on peaceful difficulty?
Best Answer
From what I've seen in the other answers here, it seems to have been a one-off thing. Since you say you generated the world in 1.11, I will assume that version is not the issue. It could well be a world generation bug, as arise from time to time. Try perfectly replicating the conditions for the world creation and when you tried using /locate. If it happens again, post the exact circumstances here. Also report the issue here. If it doesn't repeat, then forget about it. It may be fixed later.