Gold Ingot

For a list of all Gold-related objects in Minecraft, see Gold (Disambiguation).

Gold ingots (also referred to as gold bars) are an item used in crafting.

Sources

• Obtained by smelting gold ore in a (blast) furnace.
• Found in chests within dungeons, strongholds, woodland mansions, villages, buried treasure, shipwrecks, End cities, desert temples, jungle temples, Nether fortresses, or chest minecarts in abandoned mineshafts.
• Dropped by zombie pigmen rarely.
• Crafted by combining 9 gold nuggets or putting a block of gold in the recipe.
• Dropped by drowned occasionally (BE only).

Uses

Gold ingots can be used to craft armor, weapons, and tools. Gold armor is typically impractical. While it offers slightly more protection than leather armor, it has very low durability. Similarly, a gold sword deals the same damage as a wooden sword but has lower durability.

Gold tools can break a block faster than any other tool material, but it's not necessary to craft as gold tools are very fragile. They can perform any task their wooden tool equivalent can, but gold is much harder to come by than wood, which makes them somewhat impractical.

Gold tools, swords, and armor tend to receive better enchantments than their counterparts.

Cleric villagers will buy gold ingots in exchange for emeralds.

Gold ingots, like iron ingots, diamonds, netherite ingots, and emeralds, can be used to select potion effects on a beacon and give them to a player.

Crafting

Gold Ingot				Gold Ingot x9 (Shapeless recipe)
Gold Nugget	Gold Nugget	Gold Nugget		None	None	None
Gold Nugget	Gold Nugget	Gold Nugget		None	Block of Gold	None
Gold Nugget	Gold Nugget	Gold Nugget		None	None	None

Clock				Gold Nugget x9
None	Gold Ingot	None		None	None	None
Gold Ingot	Redstone	Gold Ingot		None	Gold Ingot	None
None	Gold Ingot	None		None	None	None

Powered Rail				Golden Apple
Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot	Stick	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	Apple	Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot	Redstone	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot

Block of Gold				Gold Chestplate
Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot

Gold Helmet				Gold Leggings
Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot		Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot
None	None	None		Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot

Gold Boots				Gold Pickaxe
None	None	None		Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot
Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot		None	Stick	None
Gold Ingot	None	Gold Ingot		None	Stick	None

Gold Axe				Gold Shovel
Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	None		None	Gold Ingot	None
Gold Ingot	Stick	None		None	Stick	None
None	Stick	None		None	Stick	None

Gold Hoe				Gold Sword
Gold Ingot	Gold Ingot	None		None	Gold Ingot	None
None	Stick	None		None	Gold Ingot	None
None	Stick	None		None	Stick	None

Trivia

• Before Beta 1.2, gold tools had both low speed and durability. Currently, gold tools have a higher speed than diamond and can break blocks about twice as fast as wood tools.
• Because it's a rare drop by certain mobs, gold ingots are considered a renewable resource.
• In Minecraft: Pocket Edition, gold ingots were previously required to make the Nether Reactor Core structure. It required 36 golden ingots (all crafted into blocks). However, this feature has now been removed from the game.
• Gold tools have almost twice durability less than wooden tools, with gold tools having 33, and wooden tools having 59.

Gallery

The gold ingot's texture in 18w43a.

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