Gold Ore

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Gold Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	Gold Ore: 3 Deepslate Gold Ore: 4.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Gold ore is one of the rarest types of mineral blocks found underground. Deepslate gold ore is a variant found in the deepslate layer of the world, below y=0.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17]}

Obtaining[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Gold ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Gold ore attempts to generate in veins of size 1-9, from levels -64 to 31, in all biomes. It is most likely to be found around layer -16.‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17]}

Gold ore also attempts to generate 30 times per chunk in veins of size 1-9, from levels 28 to 80, within any type of badlands, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by such a biome. As of Java Edition 1.16.4, on average they generate 12.4 ores per chunk.

Breaking[edit]

Gold ore drops as an item if mined by an iron pickaxe or higher. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing. Unlike most ores, gold ore does not require Silk Touch to be obtained, and instead always drops itself.

Block	Gold Ore	Deepslate Gold Ore
Hardness	3	4.5
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	15	22.5
Wooden	7.5	11.25
Stone	3.75	5.65
Iron	0.75	1.15
Diamond	0.6	0.85
Netherite	0.5	0.75
Golden	1.25	1.9

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Usage[edit]

Smelting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Ingot	Gold Ore or Deepslate Gold Ore + Any fuel	1

Piglins[edit]

Piglins become hostile toward players who mine gold ore, even if the player is wearing golden armor. Piglins also run toward any gold ores on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Note Blocks[edit]

Gold ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

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Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Breaking the block	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	Mining the block	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Placing the block	`use.stone`	1.0	0.8

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Item tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Gold Ore	`gold_ore`	`gold_ores` `guarded_by_piglins`	`gold_ores` `piglin_loved`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.gold_ore`
Deepslate Gold Ore	`deepslate_gold_ore`	`gold_ores` `guarded_by_piglins`	`gold_ores` `piglin_loved`	Block & Item	`block.minecraft.deepslate_gold_ore`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Gold Ore	`gold_ore`	`14`	Block & Item	`tile.gold_ore.name`

Achievements[edit]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold.	Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.	30G	Silver

Advancements[edit]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items in the `#piglin_loved` item tag while not wearing any golden armor: Bell Block of Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore If this advancement is attempted while the player is wearing golden armor but piglin(s) are still aggressive toward them, the advancement does not trigger. Other gold-related items, if any, may be used, but are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	`nether/distract_piglin`

History[edit]

Java Edition Classic
May 23, 2009					Notch says he accomplished adding gold veins in stone.
0.0.14a					Added gold ore.
					Gold ore is found in higher elevations.
					Gold ore is often found in exposed surface-level veins.
October 24, 2009					A texture change was shown.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					The texture of gold ore has been changed.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Breaking gold ore now gives the player 1–3 blocks of gold when mined.
Java Edition Indev
?					Gold ore no longer drops gold blocks.
0.31		20100129			Before the furnace was added, players had to smelt ore by dropping ore blocks onto fire.
		20100129			Gold ore now drops itself when mined.
		20100201-2			Gold ore requires an iron or diamond pickaxe to be successfully obtained.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev		20100227-1			Gold ore no longer generates.
		20100320			Gold ore veins now generate, but only in veins of 1.
		20100325			Gold ore veins now appear more like they do today.
		20100327			Gold ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone.
		20100330			Gold ore no longer regenerates.
Java Edition Beta
1.6		Test Build 3			The "ore quadrant" bug, causing different quadrants of the map to have more or less ore, has been fixed.
1.8		Pre-release			The maximum layer for gold has been reduced by 2, along with some other ores.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w22a			Smelting gold ore, along with other ores, blocks and items, now gives the player experience orbs when taking the item out of the furnace. One stack of gold ore give thes player approximately 3 levels of experience.
1.10		16w20a			20 additional veins of gold ore now generate in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 14.
Texture Update		?			The texture of gold ore texture has been proposed.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of gold ore has been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w07a			The texture of gold ore has been changed, now resembling the Nether Gold Ore.
		February 17, 2021			Henrik Kniberg shows grimstone variant of gold ore.
		February 18, 2021			JAPPA Shows updated gold ore texture and grimstone variant of gold ore.
		February 22, 2021			JAPPA Shows updated gold ore texture and grimstone variant of gold ore.
		21w08a			The texture of gold ore has been changed again. The deepslate gold ore has been added.
		March 4, 2021			32px JAPPA shows updated deepslate variant of gold ore texture.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					Added gold ore.
v0.3.2					Gold ore can now be mined and processed correctly.
v0.10.0		build 1			Gold ore can now generate at any level in a mesa biome.
v0.12.1		?			Gold ore now gives experience points when smelted.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of gold ore has been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Gold ore is no longer smeltable.^[1]
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.59			Gold ore is now smeltable again.^[1]
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			The texture of gold ore has been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added gold ore.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13	1.0.1	20 additional veins of gold ore now generate in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of gold ore has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added gold ore.