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This article is about the mineral block. For the ore, see Gold Ore. For the item, see Gold Ingot. For the nugget, see Gold Nugget. For the raw variant, see Block of Raw Gold.

A block of gold is a precious metal block equivalent to nine gold ingots.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Ocean monuments have a central room containing 8 blocks of gold encased in dark prismarine.

Blocks of gold generate as part of ruined portals and bastion remnants in varying quantities.

Breaking[]

Blocks of gold can only be mined with an iron pickaxe or better.

Block Block of Gold
Hardness 3
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default 15
Wooden 7.5
Stone 3.75
Iron 0.75
Diamond 0.6
Netherite 0.5
Golden 1.25
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Block of Gold Bastion remnant Treasure chest 2–5 33.7%
Bridge chest 1 11.2%
Generic chest 1 19%
Hoglin stable chest 2–4 18.2%
Ruined portal Chest 1–2 1.5%
Bedrock Edition
Block of Gold Bastion remnant Treasure chest 2–5 33.7%
Bridge chest 1 11.2%
Generic chest 1 19%
Hoglin stable chest 2–4 18.2%
Ruined portal Chest 1–2 1.5%

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot

Usage[]

Blocks of gold are a compact way to store gold ingots.

Beacons[]

Blocks of gold can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of gold blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon. The layers do not have to be entirely gold blocks, as they may also contain blocks of iron, blocks of emerald, blocks of netherite, and blocks of diamond.

Note blocks[]

Blocks of gold can be placed under note blocks to produce bell sounds.

Piglins[]

Piglins become distracted upon the player dropping a block of gold as an item, and become enraged if the player breaks a block of gold near them.

Crafting ingredient[]

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot Block of Gold

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.metal.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.01.216
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.metal.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.01.216
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.metal.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.7516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.metal.fallNone[sound 1]0.51.2516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.metal.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.516
  1. a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stone1.01.1-1.2
BlocksWhen the block is placeduse.stone1.01.2-1.25
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stone0.30.75
PlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stone0.41.0
PlayersWalking on the blockstep.stone0.351.0
PlayersJumping from the blockjump.stone0.121.0
PlayersFalling on the block without fall damageland.stone0.221.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tagsItem tagsTranslation key
Block of Goldgold_blockBlock & Itembeacon_base_blocks
guarded_by_piglins
mineable/pickaxe
needs_iron_tool
piglin_lovedblock.minecraft.gold_block

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormItem ID[i 1]Translation key
Block of Goldgold_block41Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3]tile.gold_block.name
  1. ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. Available with /give command.
  3. The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Achievements[]

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS4)
PS4 Other
Oooh, shiny!Distract a Piglin using goldGive a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player.30GSilver

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
Advancement-plain-rawOh Shiny
Distract Piglins with gold NetherWhile aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.nether/distract_piglin

History[]

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding "metal block"s.
0.0.20aBlock of Gold JE1 Added blocks of gold.
0.24 SURVIVAL TESTGold blocks now drop themselves when mined.
October 24, 2009Block of Gold JE2 Notch teased a texture change for blocks of gold.
0.26 SURVIVAL TESTBlock of Gold JE2 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
Gold blocks no longer get destroyed by explosions.
1-3 gold blocks are now dropped from gold ore.
Java Edition Indev
0.3120100128Gold ore no longer drops gold blocks.
20100129Gold blocks can now be crafted with 4 gold ingots.
Gold blocks can no longer be found in the Indev house chests.
20100130Gold blocks are now more expensive, requiring 9 gold ingots (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2).
Gold blocks can be uncrafted into 9 ingots.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1Gold blocks can now be used to craft golden apples.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0?Block of Gold JE3 BE1 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed to use the top texture on all sides.
Java Edition Beta
1.2The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have been removed from terrain.png.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5Block of Gold JE4 BE2 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
1.1releaseGolden apples are no longer crafted using gold blocks.
1.3.112w21aBlocks of gold can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.4.212w32aBlocks of gold can now be used to activate a beacon.
1.814w25aBlocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.
1.915w44aGold blocks are no longer used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.1217w17aBlock of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.
Texture Update?Block of Gold TextureUpdate Revision 1 A new texture for gold blocks has been proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack.
1.1418w43aBlock of Gold JE5 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
18w47aBlock of Gold JE6 BE3 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, once again.
1.1620w16aBlock of gold can now generate as part of bastion remnants or be found in its chests.
Block of gold can now generate as part of ruined portals or be found in its chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-releaseBlock of Gold JE3 BE1 Added blocks of gold.
v0.2.0Block of Gold JE4 BE2 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
v0.5.0Blocks of gold are now required to build the Nether reactor.
v0.12.1build 1Blocks of gold are now used to craft enchanted golden apples.
The Nether reactor functionality has been removed, so blocks of gold are no longer used to build them.
v0.16.0build 1Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.
build 4Blocks of gold can now be used to activate beacons.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Blocks of gold can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.13.0beta 1.13.0.9Block of Gold JE6 BE3 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Blocks of gold can now generate naturally in bastion remnants and ruined portals.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.00 Patch 11.0.1Block of Gold JE3 BE1 Added blocks of gold.
TU3Block of Gold JE4 BE2 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
TU19CU7 1.12 Blocks of gold can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
1.90 Block of Gold JE6 BE3 The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Block of Gold JE4 BE2 Added blocks of gold.

Data history[]

Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 41.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Block of Gold" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

Tower of Pimps
  • In Xbox 360 Edition, before TU19, four gold blocks stacked on top of an obsidian block could be found inside the tutorial world's desert pyramid. This is a reference to Achievement Hunter's Let's Play Minecraft series, in which this combination is used to create the "Tower of Pimps" (seen right), a structure first created by Gavin Free, which is now used in many episodes as a trophy.
  • If one block is considered to be equal to one cubic meter, then one block of gold has a mass of 19,320 kilograms, making it the heaviest real-world matter available in vanilla Minecraft if element blocks are not considered. A player's inventory has 37 slots (including the offhand slot), and each can carry 64 gold blocks; therefore, a player can carry a maximum number of 45,749.76 metric tons of weight, not considering armor or putting things in shulker boxes (theoretically increasing the weight by 27 times).

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