[MCPE-149197] Shipwrecks can sometimes generate up in the sky

The shipwrecks are generating above the ground in some cases. I am just exploring the new 1.18 generation then I found something like this (picture attached) and I know that it is a bug.

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MCPE-187556 Flying boat Resolved

MCPE-188591 floating ship wreck Resolved

MCPE-183390 Floating shipwreck Resolved

MCPE-182805 a ship is in the air Resolved

MCPE-180309 Half ship wrecks floating in air Resolved

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[MCQA] Baslod 2021-12-01T08:31:02Z

Thank you for your report!

However, this issue has been temporarily closed as Awaiting Response.

Can you please provide the seed and coordinates in which you observed the issue?

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[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2021-12-02T22:21:59Z

The seed and coordinates are in the screenshots.

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1553 129 898

migrated 2021-12-03T03:52:15Z

Thanks OcelotOnesie...

kmb600 2021-12-06T21:29:27Z

In 1.18.10.21 Beta, the shipwreck generates normally for me...

[Mod] GoldenHelmet 2021-12-11T03:23:27Z

Was the flying ship close to an area you had visited before updating to 1.18.0?

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migrated 2021-12-11T10:17:30Z

Found one in seed: -1115401608 at coordinates: -599, 118, 927. I had made the world in 1.18.2 so it isn't a blending bug. It seems to generate 64 blocks above the sea floor.

Reply from @unknown:

Creating a new world and teleporting or flying to that location, I get a shipwreck on the ocean floor at -616, Y, 920.

NobbyNobody 2022-08-12T22:01:09Z

Another example, this time in 1.19.20:
Seed: -377451523
Coordinates: 190, 110, 285

migrated 2022-10-30T13:38:52Z

One year after last comment... does reopened mean open (stupid yet serious question)?

Preview 1.19.50.22

Seed 2258227848833594853

location -676 118 490

(yes the ship is as high as Y=118)

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Graylen_MYT25 2023-02-28T23:33:43Z

Just found one of these in my survival world (Seed: -637578575) Doesn't seem to have generated a shipwreck in the latest release due to slight terrain generation changes.

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[Mod] GoldenHelmet 2023-03-24T16:52:17Z

Experienced this in a new 1.19.71 world in multiplayer. I wonder if this could relate to a player who is not the host triggering the chunk generation?

migrated 2023-06-09T00:44:04Z

Affects 1.20.0

migrated 2024-03-15T01:13:44Z

this is on my world too except half of it is in the air and the other half is in the water

chickensoup 2024-04-04T10:41:44Z

i have had one of these in the latest release for a few weeks and then today another appeared. About level 150, half a boat is floating the in sky. It is in an area where i have already spent a lot of time and it wasn't there until today

migrated 2024-08-08T19:39:41Z

theres one on the sunflower fields preset seed at -1249 158 206

Minecraft386882 2024-11-11T05:44:26Z

Affects 1.21.44 hotfix

Minecraft386882 2024-11-30T04:26:02Z

Confirmed in 1.21.60.21.

Seed: -7925893076821898363

Coordinates: -1106, 77, -543 (Shipwreck is right above)

[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2024-11-30T12:01:37Z

@unknown: I created a world with the provided seed and no shipwreck was generated in the sky. The screenshot you attached is also not yours. You took it from this Reddit post. Did you actually test this yourself? If so, please attach your own screenshot with the Preview header visible.

[Mod] EVGENSYPERPRO 2026-07-04T18:01:49Z

Thank you for your report!
_{Unfortunately, the described issue cannot be reproduced. Therefore, this ticket is being resolved as}_{Cannot Reproduce}_.

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Biggh009 M 2026-07-11T09:02:15Z

I can confirm this bug is still happening in the latest version of Bedrock Edition. I found this floating shipwreck in a pure Hardcore Mode world (with cheats disabled). Interestingly, it's a "double bug" combo—only half of the stern section generated in the sky, causing the shipwreck to have absolutely no chests inside. (Attached my screenshots below)

Biggh009 M 2026-07-11T09:07:28Z

Biggh009 M 2026-07-11T09:09:02Z

[Mod] EVGENSYPERPRO 2026-07-11T18:56:39Z

@Biggh009 M Please provide the seed and coordinates where these screenshots were taken.

Kumiosh 2026-07-26T23:27:32Z

I experienced this on this seed

-2632241987478020673

Ship was previously in the water, went exploring in caves and other directions, came back and now it's floating in the air.

Observed from -54, 64, 110

Ship's coordinates -115, ~48, 424

Up on logging out and back in to get the seed, it was in the water again.

[Mod] EVGENSYPERPRO 2026-07-27T09:32:05Z

Please record a video of this happening and attach it to this report.
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Kumiosh 2026-08-02T20:19:06Z

It’s pretty intermittent, but next time I see it I will get a recording

TheCaptainYaya 2026-08-24T19:25:07Z

I’ve had this exact thing happen to me before. However, the next time I went into the affected chunks, the shipwreck generated normally (in the sea, opposed to in the air) in the same spot. Granted, I was playing with the Biomes O' Plenty add-on, though this could explain why people are having difficulties with reproduction despite multiple people in this thread confirming the behavior across different seeds.