Block of Gold

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.

Block of Gold
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	3
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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
Default	15
Wooden	7.5
Stone	3.75
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	1.25

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	9

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.metal.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	1.2	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.metal.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	1.2	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.metal.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.75	16
	None	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.metal.fall	None	0.5	1.25	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.metal.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.5	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	1.1-1.2
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	1.2-1.25
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.3	0.75
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.35	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Block of Gold	gold_block	Block & Item	beacon_base_blocks guarded_by_piglins mineable/pickaxe needs_iron_tool	piglin_loved	block.minecraft.gold_block

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Block of Gold	gold_block	41	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.gold_block.name

Achievements

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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Nether	While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Raw Gold Other gold-related items do not distract the piglin and do not trigger this advancement.	nether/distract_piglin

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch shows interest in adding "metal block"s.
0.0.20a					Added blocks of gold.
0.24 SURVIVAL TEST					Gold blocks now drop themselves when mined.
October 24, 2009					Notch teased a texture change for blocks of gold.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					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
0.31		20100128			Gold ore no longer drops gold blocks.
		20100129			Gold blocks can now be crafted with 4 gold ingots.
					Gold blocks can no longer be found in the Indev house chests.
		20100130			Gold 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
20100227-1					Gold blocks can now be used to craft golden apples.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		?			The texture of blocks of gold has been changed to use the top texture on all sides.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have been removed from terrain.png.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
1.1		release			Golden apples are no longer crafted using gold blocks.
1.3.1		12w21a			Blocks of gold can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.4.2		12w32a			Blocks of gold can now be used to activate a beacon.
1.8		14w25a			Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.
1.9		15w44a			Gold blocks are no longer used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.12		17w17a			Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.
Texture Update		?			A new texture for gold blocks has been proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
		18w47a			The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, once again.
1.16		20w16a			Block 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-release					Added blocks of gold.
v0.2.0					The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.
v0.5.0					Blocks of gold are now required to build the Nether reactor.
v0.12.1		build 1			Blocks 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.
v0.16.0		build 1			Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.
		build 4			Blocks of gold can now be used to activate beacons.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Blocks of gold can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			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.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Blocks of gold can now generate naturally in bastion remnants and ruined portals.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added blocks of gold.
TU3					The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
TU19	CU7	1.12			Blocks of gold can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
		1.90			The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added blocks of gold.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13		17w47a			Prior 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

• 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 or 42,593 pounds, 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).

External links

• Block of the Week: Gold – Minecraft.net on February 17, 2017