Gold Ore
Gold Ore — block.
Obtaining
Mine gold ore with an iron pickaxe or better. Fortune increases the raw-gold yield, while Silk Touch keeps the ore block intact for a display or for moving it to a safer processing area.
Loot tableGold OreDetailed drops are not published yet.
Breaking
Expose the surrounding stone before collecting a vein. Smelt raw gold into ingots, or use a tool with Fortune when the goal is resource yield rather than the original block.
| Hardness | 3 |
|---|---|
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Tool | PickaxeTool |
| Correct tool required | Yes |
| Minimum tool | Iron pickaxe |
| Normal drop | Raw gold |
| Fortune | Increases raw-gold yield |
| Silk Touch | Preserves gold ore |
| Explosion decay | An explosion can reduce normal drops |
Natural generation
Gold ore generates underground and is more common in badlands biomes. It can appear in ordinary stone as well as in deeper layers, so a badlands expedition can supplement regular caving with a more focused search. The placement data splits the normal underground distribution into a broad range, a lower range and an extra badlands feature.
| Main range | Y=-64 through Y=32; trapezoid distribution |
|---|---|
| Lower range | Y=-64 through Y=-48; buried feature |
| Badlands extra | Y=32 through Y=256; 50 placement attempts |
| Host rock | Stone or deepslate |
Usage
The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.
The ore is smelted into one gold ingot, while Silk Touch allows the ore block to be used for building. Gold ingots then support storage blocks, powered rails, clocks, powered tools and many utility recipes. Piglins treat gold ore as a protected gold-related block while bartering and exploration are underway.
| Shape | Full cube |
|---|---|
| Rendering | Isometric preview |
| Smelting result | 1 gold ingot; 1 experience |
| Blast furnace result | 1 gold ingot; 1 experience |
| Piglin relation | Gold-related block |
Sounds
Gold ore uses the stone sound group; its deepslate variant uses the deepslate group.
| Note block instrument | basedrum |
|---|---|
| Gold ore | Stone |
| Deepslate gold ore | Deepslate |
Behavior
| Stack size | 64 |
|---|---|
| Solid block | Yes |
| Map color | stone |
| Note block instrument | basedrum |
| State count | 1 |
Data values
The block uses `minecraft:gold_ore`; its deep counterpart is `minecraft:deepslate_gold_ore`. Both blocks feed the raw-gold material path.
| Identifier | minecraft:gold_ore |
|---|---|
| Version | Minecraft 26.2 |
| Blockstate | assets/minecraft/blockstates/gold_ore.json |
| Loot table | Gold OreLoot table |
| Deep variant | Deepslate Gold Oredeepslate_gold_ore |
| Resource | Raw gold |
| Common region | Underground and badlands |
| Hardness | Gold ore 3.0; deepslate gold ore 4.5 |
| Blast resistance | 3.0 |
| Mining tag | Pickaxe; needs iron tool |
History
| 1.10 | Extra gold generation was added to mesa, now badlands, biomes |
|---|---|
| 1.17 | Deepslate gold ore was added and raw gold became the normal drop |
| 1.18 | Modern expanded underground generation ranges became part of world generation |
- 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
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References
| Source | Validated DeepMine snapshot |
|---|---|
| Snapshot ID | 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5 |
| Digest | e44799b8ed80d6e5897d43c09106fdef4ae5076db655fb9dc25f11a3c97c9d61 |
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Data and provenance
minecraft:gold_ore
Snapshot digest verified.
e44799b8ed80d6e5897d43c09106fdef4ae5076db655fb9dc25f11a3c97c9d61Provenance and publication
- Readiness
- Pending
- Snapshot
- 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
- Source set
- 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
- Entity identifier
- minecraft:gold_ore
- Digest
- e44799b8ed80d6e5897d43c09106fdef4ae5076db655fb9dc25f11a3c97c9d61
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