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Tags: <minecraft-java-edition>
Title: After "Your home bed was missing or obstructed" in minecraft, I can't find my way back
Question: In my creative world, I had slept in a bed to set my spawn point. Then I broke the bed. I then accidentally fell out of the world (into the void) and died. It said "Your home bed was missing or obstructed" and it respawned me somewhere random. Now I can't find my way back! Help!

Answers:
sents: text: If it is a creative world, you most likely have not explored a lot of the land mass, which should make this a lot easier to find, but it should work in survival worlds as well.
text: By default, your chunks are saved in: %
text: appdata%\saves\<world name>\region\*.mca
text: By checking the file modify date, find the last file that was changed before you died, as this is the file in which your chunks are saved that you modified.
text: You can then use the application named NBTExplorer to open the .mca file.
text: After opening, you will see the chunks that are stored in that file.
text: The formatting is as followed: Chunk [<i>, <j>] in world at (<x>, <y>)
text: <i> is the internal X coordinate of the chunk relative to the mca origin <j> is the internal Z coordinate of the chunk relative to the mca origin
text: <x> is the external X coordinate of the chunk based on the game coordinates <y> is the external Z coordinate of the chunk based on the game coordinates By putting the <x> and <y> in a Coordinate Tool
text: you can find the exact coordinates, or you can calculate the approximate coordinates yourself by multiplying the numbers by 16.
text: (where 16 is the number of blocks in the X and Z direction of the chunks)
text: Please note that even only loading a chunk makes the game update the mca file.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/50524/Master-Guy
score: 8
sents: text: You should have spawned near your original spawn point before you slept in the bed.
text: go the general direction you went to build your house.
text: If you remembered the X, Y, and Z coordinates, you could teleport there
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/115372/DrEnderpearl e
score: 5
sents: text: If you built your house near spawn then you should be able to use a compass to re-find the spawn point.
text: Also try /gamemode spectator as this will allow you to pass through blocks and see manually lighted areas easier.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/171206/Isaac Knight
score: 1
sents: text: you can try to go /Gamemode 3 and fly for like 100 blocks each direction
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/171916/OnePvP 
score: 1
sents: text: Use maps.
text: With maps you can see the world from above.
text: It will show you where blocks are and from there you can find your house.
text: Click the Use button (right click) to activate it.
text: To make a map: If you don't see anything that could resemble your house, then try expanding your map to show even more area.
text: This is the crafting recipie to expand/zoom-out a map: Be aware though, even though it shows more area, it also zooms out.
text: That means that it is less percise and can make you miss your house completely.
text: There are four zoom levels in a map.
text: Here is a list of how many blocks a map can show: -Zoom step 0
text: (default) shows an area of 128x128 blocks.
text: -Zoom step 1 shows an area of 256x256 blocks.
text: -Zoom step 2 shows an area of 512x512 blocks.
text: -Zoom step 3 shows an area of 1028x1028 blocks.
text: -Zoom step 4 shows an area of 2048x2048 blocks.
text: My info on the map was found at: http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Map .
text: Please go there to get more info about maps.
text: It has more information than I can give you in a quick answer.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/152090/MasterOfTheTiger
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
You could teleport if you remembered the coordinates.
In order to find the requested location, the user has to either remember the coordinates or search manually.