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.

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

Gold Ore
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:



Nether Gold Ore
Nether gold ore can generate in the Nether in the form of mineral veins. Nether gold ore attempts to generate 10 times per chunk in veins of size 10, from altitudes 10 to 117, in all applicable biomes.

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

Nether gold ore drops several nuggets when mined with an applicable tool, and as such requires silk touch to be obtained in its block form.

Breaking
Gold ore and nether gold ore each drop as an item if mined by an iron, diamond, or netherite pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, they drop nothing.

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