Block of Gold

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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.
Block of Gold
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

6

Hardness

3

Luminant

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 be mined only with an iron pickaxe or better.

Block Block of Gold
Hardness 3
Tool
Breaking time[FN 1]
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 Bridge chest 1 11.2%
Generic chest 1 19%
Treasure chest 2–5 33.7%
Hoglin stable chest 2–4 18.2%
Ruined portal Chest 1–2 1.5%
Bedrock Edition
Block Of Gold Bastion remnant Bridge chest 1 12.2%
Generic chest 1 16%
Treasure chest 2–5 29.4%
Hoglin stable chest 2–4 23.8%
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

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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameNamespaced IDBlock tags (JE)Item tags (JE)FormTranslation key
Block of Goldgold_blockbeacon_base_blocks
guarded_by_piglins
piglin_lovedBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.gold_block

Bedrock Edition:

NameNamespaced IDNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Block of Goldgold_block41Block & Itemtile.gold_block.name

Achievements

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Advancements

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History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009Notch shows interest in adding "metal block"s.
0.0.20a30px Added blocks of gold.
0.24 SURVIVAL TESTGold blocks now drop themselves when mined.
October 24, 2009Notch teased a texture change for blocks of gold.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST32px The texture of blocks of gold has now 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 (3x3) instead of 4 (2x2).
Gold blocks can be uncrafted into 9 ingots.
Java Edition Infdev
Minecraft Infdev20100227-1Gold blocks can now be used to craft golden apples.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0?32px The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed to use the top texture on all sides.
Java Edition Beta
1.2The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have now been removed from terrain.png.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 532px The texture of blocks of gold has now 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.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 41.
Texture Update?32px A new texture for gold blocks has now been proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack.
1.1418w43a32px The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed.
18w47a32px The texture of blocks of gold has now 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-release32px Added blocks of gold.
v0.2.032px The texture of blocks of gold has now 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 now 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 1.13.0.932px The texture of blocks of gold has now 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 11.0.132px Added blocks of gold.
TU19CU7 1.12 Blocks of gold can now be used to construct beacon pyramids.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.9032px The texture of blocks of gold has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.032px Added blocks of gold.

Issues

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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 meter³, 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 36 slots, with each being able to carry 64 gold blocks; therefore, a player can carry a maximum number of 44,467.2 tons of weight, not considering armor or putting things in shulker boxes (which theoretically increases the weight by 27 times).


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