Gold Ingot

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

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 desert village temple chests and village toolsmith chests.

Trading
Cleric villagers will buy 8-10 gold ingots for an emerald.

Cleric villager buy 3 gold ingots for an emerald as part of their second tier trade.

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.