Gold Ore

"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.

Mineral veins
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 9, from altitudes 0 to 32, in all biomes.

Gold ore also attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in veins of size 9, from altitudes 32 to 80, within one of the following biomes, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by one of these biomes:



Obtaining
Gold ore drops as an item if mined by an iron or diamond pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Smelting ingredient
This recipe awards 1 experience.