Gold Ingot

Gold Ingot

Type	Raw materials
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 266 hex: 10A bin: 100001010
Name	gold_ingot

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

Gold ingots are a metal that is used to craft various items.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Gold	9
Gold Nugget

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Ore + Any fuel

Zombie pigmen

Zombie pigmen have a 2.5% chance of dropping a gold ingot, 3.5% with Looting I, 4.5% with Looting II and 5.5% with Looting III.

Drowned

Drowned have a small chance of dropping a gold ingot.

Natural generation

Gold ingots can be found in 12.1% of stronghold altar chests, 18.6% of stronghold storeroom chests, 25.6% of village blacksmith chests, 49.0% of nether fortress chests, and 16.9% of chest minecarts in abandoned mineshafts, all in stacks of 1–3; in 26.5% of shipwreck treasure chests in stacks of 1–5; in 18.0% of desert temple chests, 58.0% of jungle temple chests, and 52.3% of End city chests, all in stacks of 2–7; and in 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 1.14‌^[upcoming] they can be found in 25.6% of village weaponsmith chests in stacks of 1–3, and in 51.0% of jungle temple chests in stacks of 2–7.

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.

Gold ingots can be found in desert village temple chests and village toolsmith chests.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.14 & BE 1.11.0]}

Usage

Trading

Cleric villagers will buy 8-10 gold ingots for an emerald.^{[until BE 1.11.0]}

Apprentice-level cleric villager buy 3 gold ingots for an emerald as part of their trade.‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.11.0]}

Repairing

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

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, an emerald, or a diamond.

Video

Note: This video does not show all the uses for gold ingots in crafting.

History

Java Edition Indev
0.31			January 29, 2010		Added gold ingots. They can be used to craft gold blocks and gold swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes.
February 6, 2010					Gold ingots are now used to craft gold hoes.
February 18, 2010					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 will 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: now, only cleric villagers will 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 now 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 will now generate in buried treasure chests.
			18w11a		Gold ingots can now be obtained as a drop from drowned.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14			18w43a		Changed the texture of gold ingots.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.2					Added gold ingots. They 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 will 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 will 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 will 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.
					Changed the texture of gold ingots.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
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.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added gold ingots.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added gold ingots.

Issues

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See also

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

Items

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