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. For the raw variant, see Block of Raw Gold.
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 only be mined with an iron pickaxe or better.
| Block | Block of Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 15 | |
| Wooden | 7.5 | |
| Stone | 3.75 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Netherite | 0.5 | |
| Golden | 1.25 | |
- ↑ 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 | Treasure chest | 2–5 | 33.7% |
| Bridge chest | 1 | 11.2% | ||
| Generic chest | 1 | 19% | ||
| Hoglin stable chest | 2–4 | 18.2% | ||
| Ruined portal | Chest | 1–2 | 1.5% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Block of Gold | Bastion remnant | Treasure chest | 2–5 | 33.7% |
| Bridge chest | 1 | 11.2% | ||
| Generic chest | 1 | 19% | ||
| Hoglin stable chest | 2–4 | 18.2% | ||
| 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[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 1.25 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.5 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 1.1-1.2 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | use | 1.0 | 1.2-1.25 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.3 | 0.75 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.35 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block of Gold | gold_block | Block & Item | beacon_base_blocks guarded_by_piglins mineable/pickaxe needs_iron_tool | piglin_loved | block.minecraft.gold_block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block of Gold | gold_block | 41 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.gold_block.name |
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
|
History[]
| Java Edition Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding "metal block"s. | ||||
| 0.0.20a |  Added blocks of gold. | ||||
| 0.24 SURVIVAL TEST | Gold blocks now drop themselves when mined. | ||||
| October 24, 2009 |  Notch teased a texture change for blocks of gold. | ||||
| 0.26 SURVIVAL TEST | The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
| ||||
| Gold blocks no longer get destroyed by explosions. | |||||
| 1-3 gold blocks are now dropped from gold ore. | |||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20100128 | Gold ore no longer drops gold blocks. | |||
| 20100129 | Gold blocks can now be crafted with 4 gold ingots. | ||||
| Gold blocks can no longer be found in the Indev house chests. | |||||
| 20100130 | Gold blocks are now more expensive, requiring 9 gold ingots (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2). | ||||
| Gold blocks can be uncrafted into 9 ingots. | |||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| 20100227-1 | Gold blocks can now be used to craft golden apples. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.2.0 | ? |  The texture of blocks of gold has been changed to use the top texture on all sides. | |||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 | The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have been removed from terrain.png. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 |  The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners. | |||
| 1.1 | release | Golden apples are no longer crafted using gold blocks. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Blocks of gold can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w32a | Blocks of gold can now be used to activate a beacon. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w25a | Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w44a | Gold blocks are no longer used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||
| 1.12 | 17w17a | Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks. | |||
| Texture Update | ? |  A new texture for gold blocks has been proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of blocks of gold has been changed. | |||
| 18w47a |  The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, once again. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w16a | Block 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-release | Added blocks of gold. | ||||
| v0.2.0 | The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners. | ||||
| v0.5.0 | Blocks of gold are now required to build the Nether reactor. | ||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Blocks of gold are now used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||
| The Nether reactor functionality has been removed, so blocks of gold are no longer used to build them. | |||||
| v0.16.0 | build 1 | Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments. | |||
| build 4 | Blocks of gold can now be used to activate beacons. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Blocks of gold can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
| |||
| Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks. | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Blocks of gold can now generate naturally in bastion remnants and ruined portals. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added blocks of gold. |
| TU3 | The texture of blocks of gold has been changed. | ||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Blocks of gold can now be used to construct beacon pyramids. | ||
| 1.90 | The texture of blocks of gold has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added blocks of gold. | ||||
Data history[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 41. | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Block of Gold" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
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 cubic meter, 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 37 slots (including the offhand slot), and each can carry 64 gold blocks; therefore, a player can carry a maximum number of 45,749.76 metric tons of weight, not considering armor or putting things in shulker boxes (theoretically increasing the weight by 27 times).
External Links[]
- Block of the Week: Gold – Minecraft.net on February 17, 2017