Gold Ore

Gold Ore

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

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

	“	It's Gold! Striking this magnificent mineral is something of a rite of passage in Minecraft. After spending ages mining through cobblestone and coal, you finally see a shiny gleam winking at you from inside the rocks. A few whacks with your pick later, you've struck gold! (Ore!) Said gold ore can then be smelted into shining nuggets of success. This mineral has multiple crafting uses in the game, like clocks and powered rails. Sadly, the golden mining tools you can craft with it may be powerful, but they also break quickly.	„
		— Tom Stone

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

Obtaining

Natural generation

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 79, within any type of badlands, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by such a biome.

Breaking

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
Default	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	1.25

Usage

Piglins

‌In Java Edition 1.16 and Bedrock Edition 1.16.0‌^[upcoming], piglins will become hostile towards players that mine Nether gold ore.

Smelting ingredient

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	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	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	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

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	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

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Gold Ore	gold_ore	block.minecraft.gold_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Gold Ore	gold_ore	14	tile.gold_ore.name

Advancements

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Oh Shiny ‌[upcoming: JE 1.16]	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	Give a piglin one of these 22 gold-related items while it is aggressive towards you. Other gold-related items, if any, are ignored for this advancement and by the piglin.	nether/distract_piglin

History

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 now been changed.
					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.
					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.
					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 now been fixed.
1.8		?			The maximum layer for gold has now 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		Version ?			The texture of gold ore texture has now been proposed.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of gold ore has now 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 now been changed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Gold ore is no longer smeltable.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added gold ore.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		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 now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added gold ore.

Issues

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

See also

• Nether Gold Ore
• Gilded Blackstone

Gallery

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  The original gold ore texture.

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  Gold could generate above the ground in Classic.

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  Gold ore blocks naturally occurring next to a lapis lazuli ore block, a redstone ore block and lava.

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  Gold ore blocks in a cave.

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  Gold ore exposed by a river in a Badlands biome in Bedrock Edition.

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  A large amount of golden ore veins in Badlands biome.

References

Blocks

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