This article is about the item. For the ore, see Gold Ore. For the mineral block, see Block of Gold. For the nugget, see Gold Nugget.
A gold ingot is a metal ingot used to craft various items, and also used as currency for bartering with piglins.
Contents
Obtaining[]
Gold ingots are mainly obtained by smelting raw gold and nether gold ore, or just mining nether gold ore, dropping gold nuggets. Gold generates more frequently in badlands biomes.
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Block of Gold | |
| Gold Nugget |
Smelting[]
See also: Gold Ore § Natural generation
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Gold Ingot | Gold Ore or Nether Gold Ore + Any fuel |
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| Gold Ingot | Deepslate Gold Ore + Any fuel |
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| Gold Ingot | Raw Gold + Any fuel |
Mob loot[]
Zombified piglins have a 2.5% (1⁄40) chance of dropping a gold ingot if killed by a player or tamed wolf. The chance is increased by 1% per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III.
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Gold Ingot | Dungeon | Chest | 1–4 | 9.6% |
| Mineshaft | Chest | 1–3 | 14.5% | |
| Bastion remnant | Treasure chest | 3–9 | 33.7% | |
| Generic chest | 1–6 | 19% | ||
| Bridge chest | 4–9 | 11.2% | ||
| Buried treasure | Chest | 1–4 | 88% | |
| Desert temple | Chest | 2–7 | 18% | |
| End city | Chest | 2–7 | 52.3% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 2–7 | 51% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1–3 | 49% | |
| Ruined portal | Chest | 2–8 | 7.3% | |
| Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 1–5 | 26.5% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1–3 | 12% | |
| Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 18.6% | ||
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1–3 | 25.6% | |
| Toolsmith's chest | 1–3 | 9.9% | ||
| Temple chest | 1–4 | 25.4% | ||
| Woodland mansion | Chest | 1–4 | 9.6% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Gold Ingot | Dungeon | Chest | 1–4 | 9.6% |
| Mineshaft | Chest | 1–3 | 14.5% | |
| Bastion remnant | Bridge chest | 4–9 | 11.2% | |
| Generic chest | 1–6 | 19% | ||
| Treasure chest | 3–9 | 33.7% | ||
| Buried treasure | Chest | 1–5 | 34.3% | |
| Desert temple | Chest | 2–7 | 18% | |
| End city | Chest | 2–7 | 52.3% | |
| Jungle temple | Chest | 2–7 | 50.9% | |
| Nether fortress | Chest | 1–3 | 49% | |
| Ruined portal | Chest | 2–8 | 7.3% | |
| Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 1–5 | 26.5% | |
| Stronghold | Altar chest | 1–3 | 11.8% | |
| Storeroom chest | 1–3 | 15.2% | ||
| Village | Weaponsmith's chest | 1–3 | 25.6% | |
| Temple chest | 1–4 | 25.4% | ||
| Toolsmith's chest | 1–3 | 9.9% | ||
| Woodland mansion | Chest | 1–4 | 9.6% | |
Usage[]
Crafting ingredient[]
As a material for weapons, tools, and armor, gold is not a straight upgrade from iron (except in the case of horse armor). Gold has a higher mining speed and enchantability than any other material, but attack power and durability is less.
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Gold | Gold Ingot | |
| Clock | Gold Ingot + Redstone Dust |
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| Gold Nugget | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Apple | Gold Ingot + Apple |
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| Golden Axe | Gold Ingot + Stick |
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| Golden Boots | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Chestplate | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Helmet | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Hoe | Gold Ingot + Stick |
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| Golden Leggings | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Pickaxe | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Golden Shovel | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Golden Sword | Gold Ingot + Stick |
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| Light Weighted Pressure Plate | Gold Ingot | |
| Netherite Ingot | Netherite Scrap + Gold Ingot |
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| Powered Rail | Gold Ingot + Stick + Redstone Dust |
Trading[]
Apprentice-level cleric villagers buy 3 gold ingots for an emerald as part of their trade.
Repairing[]
Golden helmets, chestplates, leggings, boots, swords, pickaxes, axes, hoes and shovels can be repaired with gold ingots in an anvil.
Bartering[]
Main article: Bartering
Piglins throw the player item(s) if the player throws or uses a gold ingot on them.
Beacons[]
Gold ingots can be used to select powers from a beacon. The player must select one of the available powers, and then insert an ingot in the item slot.
A gold ingot can be substituted for an iron ingot or netherite ingot, an emerald, or a diamond.
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other platforms | |||||
| 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 | Give a piglin one of these 24 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag, while not wearing any golden armor:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Item tags (JE) | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ingot | gold_ingot | beacon_payment_items piglin_loved | Item | item.minecraft.gold_ingot |
| Name | Resource location | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ingot | gold_ingot | 266 | Item | item.gold_ingot.name |
History[]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100128 |  Added gold ingots. | |||
| 20100129 |  The texture of gold ingots has been changed.
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| Gold ingots can be smelted from gold ore with flint and steel and drop 3-5 gold ingots. | |||||
| Gold ingots can be used to craft gold blocks and gold swords, shovels, pickaxes and axes. | |||||
| 20100206 | Gold ingots are now used to craft gold hoes. | ||||
| ? | Smelting gold ore now drops 1 gold ingot (down from 3-5) and crafting gold blocks is now significantly more expensive, requiring 9 gold ingots (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2). | ||||
| 20100218 | Gold ingots are now used to craft gold helmets, chestplates, leggings and boots. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.2.0 | ? | Gold ingots are now used to craft clocks. | |||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.5 | Gold ingots are now used to craft powered rails. | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Gold ingots can now be found in the new stronghold storerooms and mineshaft chests. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Gold ingots can be crafted from gold nuggets, which are dropped by zombie pigmen, making gold a renewable resource. | |||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Gold ingots can now be found in the new stronghold altar chests. | ||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Gold ingots are now used to craft gold nuggets. | ||||
| 1.1 | 12w01a | Gold ingots can now be found in village blacksmith chests. | |||
| 1.2.1 | 12w06a | Zombie pigmen now rarely drop gold ingots. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Added desert temples, with a hidden chest room and loot containing gold ingots. | |||
| All types of villagers now buy 8–9 gold ingots for 1 emerald, as a fallback trade in case no trades were generated for that villager. | |||||
| 12w22a | Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with gold ingots. | ||||
| 1.5 | 13w01a | Gold ingots are now used to craft light weighted pressure plates. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w18a | Gold ingots are now found in nether fortress chests. | |||
| 13w23a | Gold ingots are now used to craft normal golden apples. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Trading has been changed: only cleric villagers now buy 8–10 gold ingots for 1 emerald, as a legitimate trade. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Gold ingots can now be found in end city chests. | |||
| 15w43a | The average yield of gold ingots in nether fortress chest has been decreased. | ||||
| 15w44a | The average yield of gold ingots in mineshaft and desert temple chests has been decreased. | ||||
| Gold ingots have been added to dungeon chests. | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Gold ingots are now found in the new woodland mansion chests. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 266. | |||
| 18w10a | Gold ingots now generate in buried treasure chests. | ||||
| 18w11a | Gold ingots can now be obtained as a drop from drowned. | ||||
| Gold ingots now generate in shipwreck chests. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of gold ingots has been changed. | |||
| 18w44a |  The texture of gold ingots has been changed, once again. | ||||
| 18w50a | Gold ingots now generate in chests in village toolsmith houses and temples. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Gold ingots are now used to craft netherite ingots. | |||
| 20w07a | Gold ingots can now be used to barter with piglins. | ||||
| 20w11a | Gold ingots can now be smelted from nether gold ore. | ||||
| 20w16a | Gold ingots now generate in bastion remnants and ruined portal chests. | ||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w30a | The average yield of gold ingots from bastion remnant chests has been slightly increased. | |||
| 1.17 | 21w05a | Drowneds no longer drop gold ingots, and instead drop copper ingots. | |||
| 21w08a | Gold ingots can now be smelted from deepslate gold ore. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | Added gold ingots. They are currently unobtainable and serve no purpose. | ||||
| v0.3.2 | Gold ingots are now obtainable by smelting gold ore in a furnace. | ||||
| Gold ingots can be used to craft blocks of gold, gold pickaxes, axes, swords and shovels. | |||||
| v0.4.0 | Gold ingots are now used to craft gold hoes. | ||||
| v0.6.0 | Gold ingots are now used to craft gold armor. | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 2 | Gold ingots are now used to craft powered rails and clocks. | |||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Gold ingots can now be found in blacksmith chests in villages, stronghold altar chests and dungeon chests. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Gold ingots are now used to craft gold nuggets and golden apples. | |||
| Gold ingots are now found in nether fortress chests. | |||||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Gold ingots are now used to craft light weighted pressure plates. | |||
| Gold ingots now generate inside of hidden chest rooms in desert temples. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Gold ingots are now found in minecart with chests that generate in mineshafts. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Gold ingots can now be found in jungle temple chests. | |||
| v0.16.0 | build 4 | Gold ingots can now be used to power beacons. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Gold ingots can now be found in end city ship chests and stronghold storerooms. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Added trading, cleric villagers now buy 8–10 gold ingots for 1 emerald. | |||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Gold ingots are now found in woodland mansion chests. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | Added drowned, which rarely drop gold ingots. | |||
| beta 1.2.14.2 | Gold ingots can now be found inside buried treasure chests and shipwrecks. | ||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Gold ingots can now be found in plains village weaponsmith chests. | |||
| The texture of gold ingots has been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Gold ingots can now be found in desert village temple chests and village toolsmith chests. | |||
| Gold ingots can now be found in savanna, taiga, snowy taiga, snowy tundra and desert village weaponsmith chests. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Cleric villagers now buy 3 gold ingots for one emerald. | ||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Gold ingots are now used to craft netherite ingots. | |||
| Gold ingots can now be used to barter with piglins. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | Gold ingots can now be smelted from nether gold ore. | ||||
| Gold ingots now be found in ruined portal and bastion remnants chests. | |||||
| 1.16.210 | beta 1.16.210.57 | Gold ingots can no longer be obtained as a drop from drowned. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added gold ingots. |
| 1.90 | The texture of gold ingots has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added gold ingots. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Gold Ingot" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- Gold ingots are the only ingots in the game used alongside another item to craft another type of ingot; in this case, it is used with netherite scrap to craft a netherite ingot.
