Gold Ingot

Gold Ingot

Rarity	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value*	dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010

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

Gold ingots are metal ingots used to craft various items and used as currency for bartering with piglins.

Obtaining

Gold Ingots are mainly obtained by smelting Gold Ore and Nether Gold Ore.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]} See the Natural Generation section below for more ways to find the ingots.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Gold	9
Gold Nugget

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe	Description
Gold Ingot	Gold Ore + Any fuel	1
Gold Ingot	Nether Gold Ore + Any fuel	1	‌[upcoming: JE 1.16]

Zombie pigmen

Zombie pigmen have a 2.5% chance of dropping a gold ingot if killed by a player or tamed wolf. The chance is increased by 1% per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III.

Drowned

In Java Edition, drowned have a 5% chance of dropping a gold ingot, 6% with Looting I, 7% with Looting II, and 8% with Looting III.

In Bedrock Edition, drowned have a 11% chance of dropping either a gold ingot, or trident when killed by a player. This is increased by 2% per level of looting. This gives gold ingots the following chances of dropping:

• ¹¹⁄₂₀₀ (5.5%)
• ¹³⁄₂₀₀ (6.5%) with Looting I
• ³⁄₄₀ (7.5%) with Looting II
• ¹⁷⁄₂₀₀ (about 8.5%) with Looting III

Natural generation

See also: Gold Ore § Natural generation

Gold ingots can be found in 25.4% of village temple chests, 9.6% of dungeon chests, 9.6% of woodland mansion chests, and 88.0% of buried treasure chests, all in stacks of 1–4; in 26.5% of shipwreck treasure chests in stacks of 1–5; in 51.0% of jungle temple chests, 18.0% of desert temple chests, and 52.3% of End city chests, all in stacks of 2–7; and in 12.1% of stronghold altar chests, 9.9% of village toolsmith chests, 18.6% of stronghold storeroom chests, 25.6% of village weaponsmith chests, 49.0% of nether fortress chests, and 16.9% of chest minecarts in Mineshafts, all in stacks of 1–3.

In Bedrock Edition, they can be found in 11.8% of stronghold altar chests and 15.2% of stronghold storeroom chests in stacks of 1–3, in 34.3% of buried treasure chests in stacks of 1–5, and in 50.9% of jungle temple chests in stacks of 2–7.

Usage

Crafting ingredient

As a material for weapons, tools, and armor, gold is not a straight upgrade from iron (except in the case of horse armor). Gold has a higher mining speed and enchantability than any other material, but attack power and durability tends to be low. The golden pickaxe can harvest only those blocks that are harvestable by a wooden pickaxe.

Trading

Apprentice-level cleric villager buy 3 gold ingots for an emerald as part of their trade.

Repairing

Golden helmets, chestplates, leggings, boots, swords, pickaxes, axes, hoes and shovels can be repaired with gold ingots in an anvil.

Bartering

Main article: Bartering

Piglins throw the player item(s) if the player throws or uses a gold ingot on them.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16]}

Beacons

Gold ingots can be used to select powers from a beacon. The player must select one of the available powers, and then insert an ingot in the item slot.

A gold ingot can be substituted for an iron ingot or netherite ingot, an emerald, or a diamond.

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			Added gold ingots.
					Gold ingots can be smelted from gold ore with flint and steel and drop 3-5 gold ingots.
					Gold ingots can be used to craft gold blocks and gold swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes.
20100206					Gold ingots are now used to craft gold hoes.
?					Smelting gold ore now drops 1 gold ingot (down from 3-5) and crafting gold blocks is now significantly more expensive, requiring 9 gold ingots (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2).
20100218					Gold ingots are now used to craft gold helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		?			Gold ingots are now used to craft clocks.
Java Edition Beta
1.5					Gold ingots are now used to craft powered rails.
1.8		Pre-release			Gold ingots can now be found in the new stronghold storerooms and mineshaft chests.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Gold ingots are now used to craft gold nuggets.
		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3			Gold ingots can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests.
1.1		12w01a			Gold ingots can now be found in village blacksmith chests.
1.3.1		12w21a			Added desert temples, with a hidden chest room and loot containing gold ingots.
					All types of villagers now buy 8–9 gold ingots for 1 emerald, as a fallback trade in case no trades were generated for that villager.
		12w22a			Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with gold ingots.
1.5		13w01a			Gold ingots are now used to craft light weighted pressure plates.
1.6.1		13w18a			Gold ingots are now found in nether fortress chests.
		13w23a			Gold ingots are now used to craft normal golden apples.
1.8		14w02a			Trading has been changed: only cleric villagers now buy 8–10 gold ingots for 1 emerald, as a legitimate trade.
1.9		15w31a			Gold ingots can now be found in end city ship chests.
		15w43a			The average yield of gold ingots in nether fortress chest has been decreased.
		15w44a			The average yield of gold ingots in mineshaft and desert temple chests has been decreased.
					Gold ingots have been added to dungeon chests.
1.11		16w39a			Gold ingots are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 266.
		18w10a			Gold ingots now generate in buried treasure chests.
		18w11a			Gold ingots can now be obtained as a drop from drowned.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of gold ingots has been changed.
		18w44a			The texture of gold ingots has been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w06a			Gold ingots are now used to craft netherite ingots.
		20w07a			Gold ingots can now be used to barter with piglins.
		20w11a			Gold ingots can now be smelted from nether gold ore.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.2					Added gold ingots.
					Gold ingots can be used to craft blocks of gold, gold pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels.
0.4.0					Gold ingots are now used to craft gold hoes.
0.6.0					Gold ingots are now used to craft gold armor.
0.8.0		build 2			Gold ingots are now used to craft powered rails and clocks.
0.9.0		build 1			Gold ingots can now be found in blacksmith chests in villages, stronghold altar chests and dungeon chests.
0.12.1		build 1			Gold ingots are now used to craft gold nuggets and golden apples.
					Gold ingots are now found in nether fortress chests.
0.13.0		build 1			Gold ingots are now used to craft light weighted pressure plates.
					Gold ingots now generate inside of hidden chest rooms in desert temples.
0.14.0		build 1			Gold ingots are now found in minecart with chests that generate in mineshafts.
0.15.0		build 1			Gold ingots can now be found in jungle temple chests.
0.16.0		build 4			Gold ingots can now be used to power beacons.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Gold ingots can now be found in end city ship chests and stronghold storerooms.
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Added trading, cleric villagers now buy 8–10 gold ingots for 1 emerald.
1.1.0		alpha 1.1.0.0			Gold ingots are now found in woodland mansion chests.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added drowned, which rarely drop gold ingots.
		beta 1.2.14.2			Gold ingots can now be found inside buried treasure chests and shipwrecks.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Gold ingots can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests.
					The texture of gold ingots has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Gold ingots can now be found in desert village temple chests and village toolsmith chests.
					Gold ingots can now be found in savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, snowy tundra and desert village weaponsmith chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Cleric villagers now buy 3 gold ingots for one emerald.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Gold ingots are now used to craft netherite ingots.
					Gold ingots can now be used to barter with piglins.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added gold ingots.
		1.90			The texture of gold ingots has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added gold ingots.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Gold ingots are the only ingots in the game used alongside another item to craft another type of ingot; in this case, it is used with netherite scrap to craft a netherite ingot.

See also

• Block of Gold
• Gold Armor
• Gold Nugget
• Gold Ore
• Ores

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