Nether Gold Ore

Nether gold ore is a variant of gold ore found only in the Nether.

Natural generation
Nether gold ore generates in the Nether in the form of mineral veins. Nether gold ore replaces netherrack 10 times per chunk in veins of size 1-10, from levels 10 to 117, in all Nether biomes. In basalt deltas, nether gold ore attempts to generate 20 times per chunk as there are fewer valid generation areas.

Breaking
Nether gold ore requires a pickaxe to be mined.

Nether gold ore drops 2-6 gold nuggets when mined with any pickaxe. Fortune has a 33.3% chance to multiply the drops by 2, Fortune II has a 25% chance to multiply the drops by 2 or 3 and Fortune III has a 20% chance each to multiply the drops by 2, 3, or 4 for a maximum possible drop of 24 golden nuggets. The average number of nuggets from Fortune III is 8.8, which is less than an ingot; therefore it is more efficient to mine nether gold ore with Silk Touch and smelt it into gold ingots.

Piglins
Piglins become hostile toward players that mine the ore, regardless if the player is wearing gold armor. The same case applies if the player mines gold of any type, not just the ore.

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Trivia

 * In 2017, Jeb showed interest in a suggestion regarding nether gold ore that was posted on Reddit.
 * This comment also suggested that nearby zombie pigmen, the mob now currently known as zombified piglins, should become angry at the player when they mine nether gold ore. Jeb also showed interest in this aspect of the suggestion, and this may have been the inspiration for piglins becoming angry when gold of any type is mined near them.
 * Mining with a fortune 3 pickaxe results in an average of 8.8 gold nuggets per ore. So mining nether gold ore with a silk touch pickaxe and then smelting the ore results in 1 gold bar per ore meaning it's more efficient to mine with a silk touch pickaxe and then smelt the ore.