Gold nuggets are items used to make gold ingots and other various golden items. One gold nugget is effectively worth one-ninth of a gold ingot.
Obtaining[]
Mob loot[]
Zombified piglins, when killed, may drop 0-1 gold nuggets. When killed using a weapon enchanted with Looting, they may drop an additional gold nugget per level of Looting used, up to a maximum of 4.
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Gold Ingot |
Smelting[]
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Golden Sword or Any golden tools or Any golden armor or Golden Horse Armor + Any fuel |
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Gold Nugget | Bastion remnant | Bridge chest | 2–6 | 47.9% |
| Generic chest | 2–8 | 24.4% | ||
| Hoglin stable chest | 2–8 | 22.8% | ||
| Igloo | Chest | 1–3 | 55.3% | |
| Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 13.3% | |
| Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 13.3% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 4–24 | 20.5% | |
| Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 1–10 | 36.6% | |
| Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 2.2% | |
| Underwater ruins | Big ruins chest | 1–3 | 81% | |
| Village | Savanna house chest | 1–3 | 11.3% | |
| Plains house chest | 1–3 | 12.1% | ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Gold Nugget | Bastion remnant | Bridge chest | 2–6 | 47.9% |
| Generic chest | 2–8 | 24.4% | ||
| Hoglin stable chest | 2–8 | 22.8% | ||
| Igloo | Chest | 1–3 | 55.3% | |
| Warm Ocean ruins | Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 13.3% | |
| Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 13.3% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 4–24 | 20.5% | |
| Shipwreck | Treasure chest | 1–10 | 36.6% | |
| Trail ruins | Suspicious gravel | 1 | 2.2% | |
| Underwater ruins | Big ruins chest | 1–3 | 81% | |
| Village | Savanna house chest | 1–3 | 11.3% | |
| Plains house chest | 1–3 | 12.1% | ||
Mining[]
Nether gold ore mined using a pickaxe drops 2-6 gold nuggets. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it has a 33.3% chance to multiply the drops by 2, Fortune II has a 25% chance to multiply the drops by 2 or 3 and Fortune III has a 20% chance each to multiply the drops by 2, 3, or 4 for a maximum possible drop of 24 golden nuggets. The average drop rate for a Fortune III pickaxe is 8.8, while the drop rate for a Silk Touch pickaxe is a single ingot, or a flat rate of 9. It is slightly more efficient to mine with a Silk Touch pickaxe.
Gilded blackstone mined using a pickaxe has a 10% chance to drop 2-5 gold nuggets. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune I, the chance gold nuggets drop is increased 14.29%, Fortune II increases the drop chance to 25%, and Fortune III guarantees the drop.
Usage[]
Gold nuggets can be used to craft a golden carrot or glistering melon for brewing. Also, gold nuggets can be combined with gunpowder and dye to create a firework star that bursts in a star-shaped explosion.
Piglins instantly pick up any gold nuggets that are within 1 block of them. Unlike other gold-related items, they do not intentionally seek out gold nuggets to pick up and only pick them up if they walk near it. Unlike gold ingots, gold nuggets picked up are dropped upon the piglin's death.
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firework Star | Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Gold Nugget + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
| Glistering Melon Slice | Gold Nugget + Melon Slice |
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| Gold Ingot | Gold Nugget | ||
| Golden Carrot | Gold Nugget + Carrot |
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| White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star |
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Gold Nugget + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Nugget | gold_nugget | Item | item.minecraft.gold_nugget |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Nugget | gold_nugget | 425 | Item | item.gold_nugget.name |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease |  Added gold nuggets.
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| Gold nuggets are dropped by zombie pigmen. | |||||
| Gold nuggets can be used to craft gold ingots. | |||||
| Gold nuggets currently do not have a mouseover name. | |||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 | Gold nuggets now have a mouseover name. | ||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Gold nuggets are now used to craft glistering melons. | ||||
| Gold nuggets can now be crafted from a single gold ingot. | |||||
| 1.1 | release | Normal golden apples are now crafted with gold nuggets. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 1.3 |  The texture of gold nuggets has been changed. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Gold nuggets are now used to craft golden carrots. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Gold nuggets can now be used to craft a firework star for a star shaped effect on a firework. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w23a | Gold nuggets can no longer be used to craft a golden apple. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Gold nuggets may now be found among the loot in igloo basement chests. | |||
| 1.11.1 | 16w50a | Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 371. | |||
| 18w09a | Gold nuggets can now be found in underwater ruins loot chests. | ||||
| 18w11a | Gold nuggets now generate in the chests of shipwrecks. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of gold nuggets has been changed. | |||
| 18w48a | Gold nuggets can now be found in chests in plains village houses. | ||||
| 18w49a | Gold nuggets can now be found in chests in savanna village houses. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w12a | Nether gold ore now drops 2-6 gold nuggets, affected by Fortune. | |||
| 20w15a | Gilded blackstone now has 10% chance to drop 2-5 gold nuggets. Only the drop chance is affected by Fortune. | ||||
| 20w16a | Gold nuggets now generate in bastion remnants and ruined portal chests. | ||||
| Pre-release 1 | Gold nuggets can now be used to distract piglins. | ||||
| Pre-release 3 | Gold nuggets can no longer be used to distract piglins. | ||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Gold nuggets can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in cold and warm ocean ruins and in trail ruins. | |||
| 23w16a | Gold nuggets no longer generate in suspicious sand in trail ruins. | ||||
| Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within trail ruins, gold nuggets are now common loot. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added gold nuggets. | |||
| Gold nuggets can be used to craft glistering melons, gold ingots and golden carrots. | |||||
| Gold ingots can now be crafted into 9 gold nuggets. | |||||
| Zombie pigmen now drop gold nuggets upon being killed. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Gold nuggets can now be found inside igloo basement chests. | |||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Gold nuggets can now be used to craft firework stars. | |||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Gold nuggets can now be found in some shipwreck chests. | |||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | Gold nuggets can now be found in underwater ruins chests. | ||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The gold nugget can now be found in plains village house chests. | |||
| The texture of gold nuggets has been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | The gold nugget can now be found in savanna village house chests. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Nether gold ore now drops 2-6 gold nuggets. | |||
| Gilded blackstone now has 10% chance to drop 2-5 gold nuggets. | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.50 | Gold nuggets can now be used as fuel for a furnace.[1] | |||
| 1.18.30 | beta 1.18.30.26 | Gold nuggets can no longer be used as fuel for a furnace. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added gold nuggets. |
| TU53 | CU43 | 1.49 | Patch 23 | 1.0.3 | Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor. |
| 1.90 | The texture of gold nuggets has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added gold nuggets. | ||||
| 1.9.19 | Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor. | ||||
Issues[]
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