Talk:Gold Nugget

Addition of Trivia Info
I have put in some facts about the amount of Gold nuggets you need in order to do certain tasks. Is that ok?BlockBarracade 01:56, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Ok since this info is relevant and relates gold nuggets to other things in Minecraft, it can stay in the Trivia section. This is why there is a Trivia section. It's for these types of info, so stop taking them out. Edit: If you want to delete the part about debts, only delete that part, not the rest. - Asterick6 18:58, 2 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Now the Trivia section is getting out of hand. Info relating to countries, etc should not be included in this wiki. The Minecraft wiki is NOT Wikipedia. This wiki should not have any information that is not relevant to Minecraft even if you find it interesting. Wikis should be as neutral as possible and should not include information about specific issues that do not address everyone reading this english wiki, so please don't address specific details. If you want to put this bit in the Trivia section (it's not even relevant to Minecraft in the first place), you will have to address all other countries with a significant amount of debt. - Asterick6 19:24, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
 * NOTE: Nobody wants or needs to know how many nuggets it takes to fill a large chest with stacks of 64 golden apples. It's about as useful as knowing how many microseconds it takes to download the minecraft client over a 56k connection.

I didn't find any info about the droprate of gold nuggets on this page, so I did some research. After killing 1000 zombie pigmen the droprate was about 55%, including gold ingots. I used spawn eggs and went to survival mode before killing the pigmen. I added the droprate to the trivia section. Fidelcastor 22:00, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

About Gold Nuggets
This probably means that gold will soon cease to be a burdun upon our inventories :D ThunderKnight_Z

Only if you don't have a problem with holding out against an army of angry Zombie Pigmen. Cobalt32 01:58, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

whats a gold nugget and whats the point of it. They're not in xbox 360 version.

Official name
should it maybe be noted that the name for the item is not yet confirmed, considering you don't get any name when you hover over the item -Wally

Renewable resources such as coal
Isn't coal already renewable? –The preceding unsigned comment was added by (Talk)  Please sign your posts with


 * Yep, Charcoal. Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 16:43, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

I don't think you can consider gold nuggets a true "renewable" resource, because patrolling mobs like Critters don't re-spawn after the chunks initially load anymore. And since the Nether is persistent, wouldn't Zombie Pigmen follow the same spawn rule? If so, there are a limited amount of gold nuggets per map that can potentially drop. -Wax

Zombie pigmen and other mob respawning

 * What makes you think that mobs won't respawn after they're killed? That'd completely ruin multiplayer forever. – ultradude25 ( T &#124; C ) at 10:19, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I haven't seen this documented by the devs, but I've read it in the forums... Can't remember where, but I'll look into it. It was right after 1.8 came out; I read that patrolling mobs like Critters are now spawned with the initial chunk loading only, something to do with the future emphasis that will be placed on breeding... I think I read about this in some of the threads discussing how to breed chickens via throwing eggs in "pens," because people were trying to figure out how they'd have enough food.... -Wax


 * EDIT: Here, check out this link -- http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/619068-chicken-farming/ "As of 1.8, animals no longer despawn. However, there is a limited amount of animals per chunk. After the chunk is generated, no new animals spawn." ...Now like I said, I haven't read this from an "official" source, so I don't know if it's correct. I just assumed it was, and figured everyone already knew about it, and it was just something I missed earlier on in patch notes. -Wax


 * EDIT 2: http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/639466-922-update-animals-can-respawn-new-mobs-and-chicken-information-updated/ -- So yeah, so far the evidence suggests that they DON'T respawn. However, whether or not this is true for Zombie Pigmen, I'm not sure... I don't know if they follow Critter rules or a unique rule for spawning (because the Nether is persistent and they don't need to spawn in the dark like normal monsters). If they spawn when the chunks are loaded and don't re-spawn like Critters, then Gold Nuggets are not a renewable resource. - Wax


 * Yeah that article can't be correct. If it was, public multiplayer servers would be unplayable, because all animals anywhere near spawn would've already been killed, and you'd have to walk for hours to find any animals. It'd be ridiculous. – ultradude25 ( T &#124; C ) at 02:33, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm about 99% sure there is still a chance of new mobs spawning. I created a new map after 1.8, and meticulously cleared several chunks around my base of animals, collecting eggs to start a chicken farm, and corralling two sheep and two cows. I heard no animal sounds around this area for a number of Minecraft days (except near the fenced in areas) then suddenly found a new chicken and sheep within one chunk of my base on the same day. -agf


 * The whole "mobs don't respawn" thing only applies to passive mobs. Zombie Pigmen, along with wolves, endermen etc., are neutral mobs, and thus not bound by the spawn-when-chunks-generate rule. Thus, gold nuggets are a renewable resource.Myrmidont 03:42, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey Myrmidont, yeah, I realize this chunk-spawning thing only applied to Critters (if it's true or not), but like I said originally, I only bring up Zombie Pigmen because their spawning rules aren't specifically stated in the wiki... Since the "light-spawning" rules don't apply in the Nether, I didn't know if Zombie Pigmen follow some different spawning rule, or if they might possibly follow the "chunk loading" rule since the Nether is persistent. Do you know what I mean? But if you know for sure that Zombie Pigmen don't spawn according to chunk generation, that's cool... Issue resolved. Cheers! WaxPaper 04:10, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * ...so maybe we can add that info about the chunk spawning for Zombie Pigmen and other mobs and probably on the Mobs page as well if it's not already mentioned. -Asterick6 04:57, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Really, now?
Is the trivia about a possible reference to Gold Nugget casino really relevant? I mean, gold nuggets existed IRL before the casino, so I don't see how a gold nugget in-game is referencing said casino. Cobalt32 02:59, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The stupidity of the "references" people find never ceases to amaze me. --Moxxy 06:06, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Are Gold Nuggets now sideways?
Now that Iron Nuggets were added in 1.11.1, are Gold Nuggets now sideways?--207.204.175.249 16:23, 27 December 2016 (UTC)


 * They haven't changed, they're still upright. – Sealbudsman talk/contr 19:00, 27 December 2016 (UTC)