Gilded Blackstone

Gilded blackstone is a variant of blackstone that can drop itself or gold nuggets when mined.

Natural generation
Gilded blackstone generates as part of bastion remnants and can usually be found beneath bastion chests.

Breaking
Gilded blackstone requires a pickaxe to be mined, in which case it drops itself or gold nuggets. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Gilded blackstone has a 10% chance to drop 2–5 gold nuggets when mined with any pickaxe. If it does not drop gold nuggets, it drops itself as a block. If a gilded blackstone is mined with a Silk Touch enchanted pickaxe, it always drops itself.

As with the drop chance of flint from gravel, the Fortune enchantment does not increase the amount dropped, but increases the chance of gold nuggets dropping. Fortune I increases the chance for this drop to 14.29% ($1/7$), Fortune II increases it to 25%, and Fortune III guarantees the gold nugget drop.

Usage
Gilded blackstone is primarily used for decoration.

Piglins
Piglins are attracted to gilded blackstone and run toward any gilded blackstone on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.

Piglins become hostile toward players that break gilded blackstone.

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Trivia

 * Gilded blackstone is not an ore, as it cannot be smelted.
 * Gilded blackstone was named after Gilded Games, the studio behind The Aether mod.