Gold Nugget

The Gold nugget is an item obtained by killing zombie pigmen (which can only be found in the Nether and sometimes in the Overworld when lightning strikes a pig), and can be crafted into gold ingots, making gold a semi-renewable item (non-renewable Nether portal still required). A gold nugget can be crafted with a melon slice to make a glistering melon and an apple to make a golden apple. With the addition of the gold nugget, gold has become a renewable resource, adding the metal block, the third tier of armor, the third tier of tools, the golden apple (since red apples are renewable as of 11w48a), and the glistering melon to the renewable resources list. On some servers, people choose to use it as currency because of its resemblance to a golden coin. However, they will probably stop using golden nuggets and use emeralds instead in the 1.3 update.

History
Gold nuggets were first introduced in 1.9 Pre-release 1.

Trivia

 * On some servers without a money system, Gold is used as a currency as 81 nuggets = 9 ingots = 1 gold block allowing for goods to be purchased.
 * Since Zombie Pigmen carry golden swords with them, it is likely that the gold nuggets are pieces from the destroyed swords since they are not dropped upon death. Only 1/18th of the gold from pigmen's swords are salvaged (assuming 100% drop rate). As of 12w06a, the swords themselves are rarely dropped.


 * 216 gold nuggets are needed to craft a full set of gold armor.
 * If gold has the same density in Minecraft as in real life, then a Block of Gold weighs about 19.3 tonnes. That means that the Gold Nugget should weigh about 238 kilograms, thus valuing a single minecraft Gold Nugget at over 10 Million USD

Gold (Klumpen) Pépite d'or Aranyrög Goudklompje Samorodek złota pt-br:Gold Nugget Золото (самородок) 金粒