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.
Obtaining[]
Gold ingots are mainly obtained by smelting raw gold, gold ore 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 or Deepslate Gold Ore + Any fuel |
|
| 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% | |
| Bridge chest | 4–9 | 11.2% | ||
| Generic chest | 1–6 | 19% | ||
| 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 | Generic chest | 1–6 | 19% | |
| Bridge chest | 4–9 | 11.2% | ||
| 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 | 11.6% | |
| 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 |
|
| Gold Nugget | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Apple | Gold Ingot + Apple |
|
| Golden Axe | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Golden Boots | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Chestplate | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Helmet | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Hoe | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Golden Leggings | Gold Ingot | |
| Golden Pickaxe | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Golden Shovel | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Golden Sword | Gold Ingot + Stick |
|
| Light Weighted Pressure Plate | Gold Ingot | |
| Netherite Ingot | Netherite Scrap + Gold Ingot |
|
| 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.
Smithing ingredient[]
| Ingredients | Smithing recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Any Armor Trim + Any Armor Piece + Gold Ingot | All armor types can be used in this recipe, a netherite chestplate is shown as an example. |
- Trim color palette
The following color palettes are shown on the designs on trimmed armor:
- (a darker color palette is used when a golden armor piece is trimmed using a gold ingot).
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| 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 | While aggravated, give a piglin one of these 25 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag:
| nether/distract_piglin
|
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ingot | gold_ingot | Item | beacon_payment_items piglin_loved | item.minecraft.gold_ingot |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Ingot | gold_ingot | 306 | Item | item.gold_ingot.name |
History[]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100128 |  Added gold ingots. | |||
| 20100129 |  The texture of gold ingots has been changed.
| ||||
| 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. | |||||
| Gold blocks now require 9 gold ingots (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2) to be crafted, making them much more expensive. | |||||
| 20100130 | Gold ingots can now be used to craft 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). | ||||
| 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 | 13w16a | Gold ingot is now used to craft golden horse armor. | |||
| 13w18a | Gold ingot is no longer used to craft golden horse armor. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| 21w14a | Gold ingots can now be smelted from raw gold. | ||||
| 1.20 (Experimental) | 23w04a | Gold ingots can now be used as an armor trim material. | |||
| 23w05a | Gold ingots can now be trimmed with gold armor. | ||||
| 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 1 | Gold ingots are now used to craft clocks. | |||
| build 2 | Gold ingots are now used to craft powered rails. | ||||
| 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. | |||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | Gold ingots can now be smelted from deepslate gold ore. | |||
| beta 1.17.0.50 | Gold ingots can now be smelted from raw gold. | ||||
| 1.19.80 | beta 1.19.80.21 | Gold ingots can now be used as an armor trim material. | |||
| 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.