How many chunks are loaded around a player

A chunk is a 16×16 portion of a world.

Minecraft chunk finder

Chunks are the method used by the game to divide maps into manageable pieces. They are divided in 16-block tall sections.

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Chunks are 16 blocks wide, 16 blocks long. They extend from the bottom void of the world, all the way up to the top sky.

In vanilla overworld, their building height are 384 blocks, and they have 98,304 blocks total. In vanilla nether and the end, building heights are 256 blocks.

Chunks generate around players when they first enter the world.

The generating and loading progress are displayed on the loading world screen‌^{[Java Edition only]}. As they wander around the world, new chunks generate as needed.

Chunks generate with the help of the map seed, which means that the chunks are always the same if you would use the same seed again, as long as the map generator and version number remain the same.

in Java Edition, spawn chunks, a 19x19 set of chunks around the world spawn, are always loaded, so you can use that to your advantage when making automatic farms.

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