Gold Ore
Renewable |
No |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
3 |
Hardness |
Gold Ore: 3 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
No |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Gold ore is one of the rarest types of mineral blocks found underground.
Deepslate gold ore is a variant found in the deepslate layer of the world, below y=0.[upcoming: JE 1.17 & BE 1.17]
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Gold ore drops as an item if mined by an iron pickaxe or higher. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing. Unlike most ores, gold ore does not require Silk Touch to be obtained, and instead always drops itself.
In Java Edition 1.17[upcoming], gold ore drops raw gold instead of itself, unless mined with a Silk Touch pickaxe. It is affected by Fortune enchantment.
Block | Gold Ore | Deepslate Gold Ore | |
---|---|---|---|
Hardness | 3 | 4.5 | |
Tool | |||
Breaking time[A] | |||
Default | 15 | 22.5 | |
Wooden | 7.5 | 11.25 | |
Stone | 3.75 | 5.65 | |
Iron | 0.75 | 1.15 | |
Diamond | 0.6 | 0.85 | |
Netherite | 0.5 | 0.75 | |
Golden | 1.25 | 1.9 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Natural generation[edit]
Gold ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Gold ore attempts to generate 2 times per chunk, in veins of size 0-13, from levels 0 to 32 in all biomes.
Gold ore also attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in veins of size 0-13, from levels 32 to 79, within any type of badlands biome, or within a chunk that is at least partially occupied by such a biome. On average they generate 12.4 ores per chunk.
In Java Edition 1.17[upcoming] gold ore attempts to generate 4 times per chunk, in veins of size 0-13, from levels -63 to 30, in all biomes. It is most likely to be found around layer -17, becoming less common toward either end of the range. Gold ore is also less likely to be exposed to air; 50% of ore veins[verify] that would generate exposed do not generate. Gold ore can replace stone, granite, diorite, andesite, tuff, and deepslate. Any gold ore that replaces tuff or deepslate will become deepslate gold ore. The generation in badlands biomes in unchanged.
In Bedrock Edition 1.17[upcoming], deepslate gold ore generates instead of regular gold ore in deepslate veins.
Usage[edit]
Smelting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
---|---|---|
Gold Ingot | Gold Ore or Deepslate Gold Ore + Any fuel |
Piglins[edit]
Piglins become hostile toward players who mine gold ore, even if the player is wearing golden armor. Piglins also run toward any gold ores on the ground, and inspect it for 6 to 8 seconds before putting it in their inventory.
Note Blocks[edit]
Gold ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.stone.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.stone.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.stone.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.stone.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Volume | Pitch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall.stone | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit.stone | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
? | Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump.stone | 0.12 | 1.0 |
? | Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land.stone | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Blocks | Walking on the block | step.stone | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
Blocks | When the block is placed | use.stone | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Block tags (JE) | Item tags (JE) | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold Ore | gold_ore | gold_ores guarded_by_piglins | gold_ores piglin_loved | Block & Item | block.minecraft.gold_ore |
Deepslate Gold Ore | deepslate_gold_ore | gold_ores guarded_by_piglins | gold_ores piglin_loved | Block & Item | block.minecraft.deepslate_gold_ore |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gold Ore | gold_ore | 14 | Block & Item | tile.gold_ore.name |
Deepslate Gold Ore | deepslate_gold_ore | 657 | Block & Item | tile.deepslate_gold_ore.name |
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oooh, shiny! | Distract a Piglin using gold. | Give a piglin a gold item while it is aggressive toward the player. | 30G | Silver |
Advancements[edit]
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Namespaced ID |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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
|
History[edit]
Java Edition Classic | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 23, 2009 | Notch says he accomplished adding gold veins in stone. | ||||
0.0.14a | ![]() | ||||
Gold ore is found in higher elevations. | |||||
Gold ore is often found in exposed surface-level veins. | |||||
October 24, 2009 | A texture change was shown. | ||||
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | ![]() | ||||
Breaking gold ore now gives the player 1–3 blocks of gold when mined. | |||||
Java Edition Indev | |||||
? | Gold ore no longer drops gold blocks. | ||||
0.31 | 20100129 | Before the furnace was added, players had to smelt ore by dropping ore blocks onto fire. | |||
Gold ore now drops itself when mined. | |||||
20100201-2 | Gold ore requires an iron or diamond pickaxe to be successfully obtained. | ||||
Java Edition Infdev | |||||
Minecraft Infdev | 20100227-1 | Gold ore no longer generates. | |||
20100320 | Gold ore veins now generate, but only in veins of 1. | ||||
20100325 | Gold ore veins now appear more like they do today. | ||||
20100327 | Gold ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone. | ||||
20100330 | Gold ore no longer regenerates. | ||||
Java Edition Beta | |||||
1.6 | Test Build 3 | The "ore quadrant" bug, causing different quadrants of the map to have more or less ore, has been fixed. | |||
1.8 | Pre-release | The maximum layer for gold has been reduced by 2, along with some other ores. | |||
Java Edition | |||||
1.3.1 | 12w22a | Smelting gold ore, along with other ores, blocks and items, now gives the player experience orbs when taking the item out of the furnace. One stack of gold ore give thes player approximately 3 levels of experience. | |||
1.10 | 16w20a | 20 additional veins of gold ore now generate in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 14. | |||
1.14 | ? | ![]() | |||
18w43a | ![]() | ||||
Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
1.17 | 21w07a | ![]() | |||
February 17, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
February 18, 2021 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
February 22, 2021 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
21w08a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
March 4, 2021 | ![]() | ||||
21w10a | ![]() ![]() | ||||
21w14a | It now drops raw gold when broken without silk touch, instead of itself. | ||||
21w15a | ![]() | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.1.0 | ![]() | ||||
v0.3.2 | Gold ore can now be mined and processed correctly. | ||||
v0.10.0 | build 1 | Gold ore can now generate at any level in a mesa biome. | |||
v0.12.1 | ? | Gold ore now gives experience points when smelted. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Gold ore is no longer smeltable.[1] | |||
beta 1.16.0.59 | Gold ore is now smeltable again.[1] | ||||
1.16.220 | beta 1.16.220.50 | ![]() | |||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.16.230 | beta 1.16.230.52 | ![]() | |||
beta 1.16.230.54 | ![]() | ||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() |
TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | 20 additional veins of gold ore now generate in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79. | |
1.90 | ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Gold Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
See also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Gold ore exposed by a river in a Badlands biome in Bedrock Edition.
Deepslate Redstone Ore and gold ore, as seen in 21w08b.
References[edit]
- ↑ a b MCPE-68978