The ocean monument has been reworked to include better loot and a better build. You get a trident, 10 gold blocks, 64 sponge, and a few nautilus shells from the elder guardians. Just don’t get lost trying to find all the loot.

The reworked ocean monument

The outside is quite a bit more detailed than the original, as you can see in this image.

History

1.4.0-

Prismarine pottery has been removed from monuments as it was boring and did not quite fit the structure

1.3.3*

Reduced the amount of rare items found in ocean monument archaeology and increased the number of common items

  • This is in an effort to make it feel more exciting when you find a prismarine sherd. 25 sherds was a bit too much.
1.3.0*

The ocean monument has been reworked for the third time

This time, I removed all the weird blocks from the palette—the coral, the copper, etc.

All painful 1×1 maze hallways have been removed

Overall, the structure is much more consistent in build style

All randomization is in 2×2 hallways now

The loot has also been tweaked:

  • Decreased gold blocks (24 —> 10)
  • Increased sponge (32 —> 64)
  • Added prismarine pottery sherds in archaeology loot in side room filled with suspicious gravel
1.1.0Beta 6*

The sponge rooms in the ocean monument will now always generate with their sponge exposed, rather than hidden

Beta 1*

The ocean monument rework has been completely overhauled to have multiple rooms and a better palette. (no more glass!)

It no longer uses barrels for loot, and instead has all loot in block form. It rewards:

  • 24 gold blocks
  • 32 sponge blocks
  • One trident, now encased in a prismarine cage