Gold Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Gold ore is one of the rarest types of mineral blocks found underground.

Obtaining[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Gold ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Gold ore attempts to generate 2 times per chunk in veins of size 1-9, from levels 0 to 31, in all biomes.

Gold ore also attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in veins of size 1-9, from levels 32 to 80, within any type of badlands, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by such a biome.

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
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Default	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	1.25

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

Usage[edit]

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.

Smelting ingredient[edit]

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

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: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Source‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.16.200]}	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	?	Breaking the block	`dig.stone`	?	0.8
	?	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	?	?
	?	Mining the block	`hit.stone`	?	0.5
?	?	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	?	?
?	?	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	?	?
	?	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	?	?
	?	Placing the block	`use.stone`	?	0.8

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Gold Ore	`gold_ore`	`14`	`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` entity tag while not wearing any golden armor. 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
20100227					Gold ore no longer generates.
20100320					Gold ore veins now generate, but only in veins of 1.
20100327					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		?			The "ore quadrant" bug, causing different quadrants of the map to have more or less ore, has been fixed.
1.8		?			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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added gold ore.
0.3.2					Gold ore can now be mined and processed correctly.
0.10.0		build 1			Gold ore can now generate at any level in a mesa biome.
0.12.1		?			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]
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.
		1.90			The texture of gold ore has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added gold ore.