Gold Ore

This article is about the overworld ore. For the nether ore, see Nether Gold Ore. For the item, see Gold Ingot. For the mineral block, see Block of Gold. For the nugget, see Gold Nugget.

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Gold Ore

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Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	Gold Ore: 3 Deepslate Gold Ore: 4.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Gold ore is a rare mineral block found underground.

Deepslate gold ore is a variant found in the deepslate layer of the world below Y=0‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.18 & BE 1.18]} and within the deepslate and tuff blobs between Y=16 and Y=0‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.17]}, whenever gold ore replaces deepslate or tuff.

Obtaining

Breaking

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
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

Natural generation

Gold ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of blobs. Gold ore attempts to generate 2 times per chunk, in blobs of size 0-13, from levels 0 to 32 in all biomes.

Gold ore also attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs 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 1.18‌^[upcoming] gold ore attempts to generate 4 times per chunk, in blobs 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 blobs^[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 is unchanged.

‌In Bedrock Edition 1.17‌^[upcoming], deepslate gold ore generates instead of regular gold ore in deepslate blobs.

Usage

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Ingot	Gold Ore or Deepslate Gold Ore + Any fuel	1

Piglins

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

Gold ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	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
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	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
File:Stone hit1.oggFile:Stone hit2.oggFile:Stone hit3.oggFile:Stone hit4.oggFile:Stone hit5.oggFile:Stone hit6.ogg	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
File:Stone dig1.oggFile:Stone dig2.oggFile:Stone dig3.oggFile:Stone dig4.ogg	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

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

History

Java Edition Classic
May 23, 2009					Notch says he accomplished adding gold blobs in stone.
0.0.14a					32px Added gold ore.
					Gold ore is found in higher elevations.
					Gold ore is often found in exposed surface-level blobs.
October 24, 2009					32px A texture change was shown.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					32px The texture of gold ore has been changed.
					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 blobs now generate, but only in blobs of 1.
		20100325			Gold ore blobs 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 blobs 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		?			32px The texture of gold ore texture has been proposed.
		18w43a			32px The texture of gold ore has been changed.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		21w07a			32px The texture of gold ore has been changed, now resembling the Nether Gold Ore.
		February 17, 2021			32px Henrik Kniberg shows grimstone variant of gold ore.
		February 18, 2021			32px 32px JAPPA Shows updated gold ore texture and grimstone variant of gold ore.
		February 22, 2021			32px 32px JAPPA Shows updated gold ore texture and grimstone variant of gold ore.
		21w08a			32px 32px The texture of gold ore has been changed again. The deepslate gold ore has been added.
		March 4, 2021			32px JAPPA shows updated deepslate variant of gold ore texture.
		21w10a			32px 32px Tweaked the texture of gold ores.
		21w14a			It now drops raw gold when broken without silk touch, instead of itself.
		April 13, 2021			32px JAPPA shows a new gold ore texture.
		21w15a			32px The texture of the gold ore has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0					32px Added gold ore.
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			32px The texture of gold ore has been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Gold ore is no longer smeltable.
		beta 1.16.0.59			Gold ore is now smeltable again.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			32px The texture of gold ore has been changed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230		beta 1.16.230.52			32px Added deepslate gold ore
		beta 1.16.230.54			32px Gold ore texture was updated.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			It now drops raw gold when broken without silk touch, instead of itself.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	32px Added gold ore.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		20 additional blobs of gold ore now generate in mesa biomes between Y=32 and Y=79.
		1.90			32px The texture of gold ore has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					32px Added gold ore.

• Old Gold OreIngame.png

  The original gold ore texture.

• ClassicGoldBlob.png

  Gold could generate above the ground in Classic.

Issues

Issues relating to "Gold Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

• Nether Gold Ore
• Gilded Blackstone

Gallery

• Picture 13.png

  A gold ore block occurring near redstone ore and blobs of coal ore.

• GoldOre.png

  Gold ore blocks in a cave.

• ExposedGold.jpg

  Gold ore exposed by a river in a Badlands biome in Bedrock Edition.

• Golden ore in Mesa biome.png

  A large amount of golden ore blobs in Badlands biome.

• Deepslate redstone and gold 21w08b.png

  Deepslate Redstone Ore and gold ore, as seen in 21w08b.

• Multiple ores.png

  Multiple ores, found in the new big cave.