Block of Gold

Block of Gold

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Drops	Itself
Data value	dec: 41 hex: 29 bin: 101001
Namespaced ID	gold_block

This article is about the mineral block. For the ore, see Gold Ore. For the item, see Gold Ingot. For the nugget, see Gold Nugget.

A block of gold is a precious metal block crafted from gold ingots.

Obtaining

Blocks of gold can be mined only with an iron or diamond pickaxe.

Block	Block of Gold
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Golden	1.25

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot

Natural generation

Ocean monuments have a central room containing 8 blocks of gold encased in dark prismarine.

Usage

Blocks of gold are a compact way to store gold ingots.

Beacons

Blocks of gold can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of gold blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely gold blocks, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of emerald, and blocks of diamond.

Note blocks

Blocks of gold can be placed under note blocks to produce bell sounds.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot	Block of Gold	9

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.75	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	1.2	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	1.2	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.5	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.metal.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	1.125	0.5	16

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding "metal block"s.
0.0.20a					Added blocks of gold.
					In early versions of Survival Test, gold blocks resisted explosions; however, this is no longer the case.[more information needed]
					In Survival Test, gold blocks could be obtained by destroying gold ore blocks. It is not known when this was changed.
October 24, 2009					Notch teased a texture change for blocks of gold.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			Added gold ingots and a crafting recipe for blocks of gold.
		20100130			Gold blocks are now more expensive, requiring 9 gold ingots (3x3) instead of 4 (2x2).
Java Edition Infdev
20100227					Gold blocks can now be used to craft golden apples.[verify]
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		?			The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed to use the top texture on all sides.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have now been removed from terrain.png.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
1.1		?			Golden apples are no longer crafted using gold blocks.
1.3.1		12w21a			Blocks of gold can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
		12w22a			Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing the texture from to .
1.4.2		12w32a			Blocks of gold can now be used to activate a beacon.
1.8		14w25a			Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.
1.9		15w44a			Gold blocks are no longer used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.12		17w17a			Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 41.
Texture Update		?			A new texture for gold blocks has now been proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed.
		18w47a			The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed, once again.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added blocks of gold.
0.2.0					The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
0.5.0					Blocks of gold are now required to build the Nether reactor.
0.12.1		build 1			Blocks of gold are now used to craft enchanted golden apples.
					The Nether reactor functionality has now been removed, so blocks of gold are no logner used to build them.
0.16.0		build 1			Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.
		build 4			Blocks of gold can now be used to activate beacons.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Blocks of gold can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed.
					Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1		Added blocks of gold.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Blocks of gold can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
		1.90			The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added blocks of gold.

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Gold" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• In Xbox 360 Edition, before TU19, four gold blocks stacked on top of an obsidian block could be found inside the tutorial world's desert pyramid. This is a reference to Achievement Hunter's Let's Play Minecraft series, in which this combination is used to create the "Tower of Pimps" (seen right), a structure first created by Gavin Free, which is now used in many episodes as a trophy.
• If one block is considered to be equal to one meter cubed, then one block of gold has a mass of 19,320 kilograms, making it the heaviest real-world matter available in vanilla Minecraft if element blocks are not considered. A player's inventory has 36 slots, with each being able to carry 64 gold blocks; therefore, a player can carry a maximum number of 44,467.2 tons of weight, not considering armor or putting things in shulker boxes (which theoretically increases the weight by 27 times). This is equal to the weight of five Eiffel towers.

Gallery

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  The original gold block texture reapplied to gold blocks in a more recent version.

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