diff --git a/patches/server/1024-Optimize-nearest-structure-border-iteration.patch b/patches/server/1024-Optimize-nearest-structure-border-iteration.patch
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+++ b/patches/server/1024-Optimize-nearest-structure-border-iteration.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Martijn Muijsers <martijnmuijsers@live.nl>
+Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:05:09 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Optimize nearest structure border iteration
+
+Getting the nearest generated structure contains a nested set of loops that
+iterates over all chunks at a specific chessboard distance. It does this by
+iterating over the entire square of chunks within that distance, and checking
+if the coordinates are at exactly the right distance to be on the border.
+
+This patch optimizes the iteration by only iterating over the border chunks.
+This evaluated chunks are the same, and in the same order, as before, to
+ensure that the returned found structure (which may for example be a buried
+treasure that will be marked on a treasure map) is the same as in vanilla.
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkGenerator.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkGenerator.java
+index 8bab3fcfc6aa6c0b37621474a69f15e94bda2113..d5c2a608e1b4c8099c96b33d9d758e968350a46d 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkGenerator.java
++++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/world/level/chunk/ChunkGenerator.java
+@@ -260,12 +260,15 @@ public abstract class ChunkGenerator {
+         int i1 = placement.spacing();
+ 
+         for (int j1 = -radius; j1 <= radius; ++j1) {
+-            boolean flag1 = j1 == -radius || j1 == radius;
++            // Paper start - iterate over border chunks instead of entire square chunk area
++            boolean flag1 = j1 == -radius || j1 == radius; final boolean onBorderAlongZAxis = flag1; // Paper - OBFHELPER
+ 
+-            for (int k1 = -radius; k1 <= radius; ++k1) {
+-                boolean flag2 = k1 == -radius || k1 == radius;
++            for (int k1 = -radius; k1 <= radius; k1 += onBorderAlongZAxis ? 1 : radius * 2) {
++                // boolean flag2 = k1 == -radius || k1 == radius;
+ 
+-                if (flag1 || flag2) {
++                // if (flag1 || flag2) {
++                if (true) {
++                    // Paper end
+                     int l1 = centerChunkX + i1 * j1;
+                     int i2 = centerChunkZ + i1 * k1;
+                     ChunkPos chunkcoordintpair = placement.getPotentialStructureChunk(seed, l1, i2);