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{{About|the [[Minecraft:Overworld]] variant|the [[Minecraft:Nether]] variant|Nether Gold Ore|other gold-related blocks and items|Gold}}
{{Infobox block
| group = Gold Ore
| 1-1 = Gold Ore.png
| group2 = Deepslate Gold Ore
| 2-1 = Deepslate Gold Ore.png
| invimage = Gold Ore
| invimage2 = Deepslate Gold Ore
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = iron pickaxe
| hardness =
* '''Gold Ore''': {{Hardness values|Gold Ore}}
* '''Deepslate Gold Ore''': {{Hardness values|Deepslate Gold Ore}}
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
| mapcolor = 
*{{TooltipSprite||Gold Ore}} {{Map color|Stone}}
* {{TooltipSprite||Deepslate Gold Ore}} {{Map color|Deepslate}}
}}
'''Gold ore''' is a rare [[Minecraft:mineral]] block found underground that drops [[Minecraft:raw gold]] when mined with an iron pickaxe or better.

'''Deepslate gold ore''' is a variant of gold ore that can generate in [[Minecraft:deepslate]] and [[Minecraft:tuff]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Gold ore drops one [[Minecraft:raw gold]] if mined by an [[Minecraft:iron pickaxe]] or higher. If mined by any other [[Minecraft:tool]], it drops nothing. Mining with a [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] pickaxe drops the ore block. It is affected by [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment, dropping 1–2, 1–3, or 1–4 raw gold respectively with Fortune I, II, and III.

{{Breaking row
|Gold Ore;Deepslate Gold Ore
|link=none; none
|Pickaxe; Pickaxe
|Iron; Iron
|drop=0; 0}}

=== Natural generation ===
{{see also|Ore (feature)}}

Gold ore can generate in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]] in the form of ore features. 

Gold ore attempts to generate in two batches. The first batch generates 4 times per chunk in blobs of 0—13 blocks, from levels -64 to 32. It is most likely to be found around layer -16, becoming less common toward either end of the range. The second batch has a probability of 1/2 per chunks to generate in blobs of 0—13 blocks that generate uniformly between -64 and -48. There is also an extra batch of gold ore in [[Minecraft:Badlands|badlands biomes]] that generates 50 times per chunk in blobs of 0—13 blocks, from 32 to 256 uniformly. Gold ore is also less likely to be exposed to air: 50% of ore blocks from the first and second batch do not generate. The extra batch in badlands generates regardless of exposure to air. 

Gold ore can replace [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:andesite]], [[Minecraft:diorite]], [[Minecraft:granite]], [[Minecraft:tuff]], and [[Minecraft:deepslate]]. Any gold ore that replaces tuff or deepslate becomes deepslate gold ore.

{{Block distribution}}

== Usage ==
The primary usage of gold ore is to [[#Breaking|mine]] it for [[Minecraft:raw gold]].
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|head=1
|showname=1
|Gold Ore; Deepslate Gold Ore
|Gold Ingot
|1
|foot=1
}}

=== Piglins ===
[[Minecraft:Piglin]]s become hostile toward players who mine gold ore, even if the player is wearing golden [[Minecraft:armor]] or under the [[Minecraft:Invisibility]] effect. Piglins also run toward any gold ore item on the ground, and inspect it for 6 seconds {{in|java}} or 8 seconds {{in|bedrock}}<ref>{{bug|MCPE-99448||Piglins need 8 seconds to barter, while they only need 6 in java}}</ref> before putting it in their inventory.

=== Note blocks ===
Gold ore can be placed under [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

=== Sulfur cube ===
{{In development|drop=Chaos Cubed|section=1}}
[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb gold ore and deepslate gold ore, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob when hitting it.

== Sounds ==
=== Gold ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

=== Deepslate gold ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Deepslate}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Gold Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gold_ore
|blocktags=gold_ores, guarded_by_piglins, mineable/pickaxe, needs_iron_tool
|itemtags=gold_ores, piglin_loved}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Gold Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_gold_ore
|blocktags=gold_ores, guarded_by_piglins, mineable/pickaxe, needs_iron_tool
|itemtags=gold_ores, piglin_loved
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Gold Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gold_ore
|id=14}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Gold Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_gold_ore
|id=657
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Oooh, shiny!}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Oh Shiny}}

== Videos ==
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== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||May 23, 2009|link=wordofnotch:111691116|[[Minecraft:Notch]] says he accomplished adding gold ore features in [[Minecraft:stone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.14a|[[File:Gold Ore JE1.png|32px]] Added gold ore.
|Gold ore is found in higher elevations.
|Gold ore is often found in exposed surface-level blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 24, 2009|link=https://notch.tumblr.com/post/221308991/the-new-block-types-and-new-graphics-for-the-gold|[[File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png|32px]] A texture change was shown.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|[[File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed.
|Breaking gold ore now gives the [[Minecraft:player]] 1–3 [[Minecraft:blocks of gold]] when [[Minecraft:breaking|mined]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100124-2119|Gold ore now generates in [[Minecraft:starting house]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100128-2200|Gold ore now drops itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129-1447|Gold ore can now be [[Minecraft:smelt]]ed by throwing it into fire or lava.
|Gold ore no longer generates in starting house chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-2227|Gold ore requires an [[Minecraft:Iron Pickaxe|iron]] and [[Minecraft:diamond pickaxe]] to be obtained.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Gold ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100320|Gold ore features now generate, but only in blobs of 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100325-1545|Gold ore features now appear more like they do today.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100327|Gold ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the [[Minecraft:ore]] blocks were replaced by [[Minecraft:stone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100330|Gold ore no longer regenerates.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6|dev=Test Build 3|The "[[Minecraft:ore]] quadrant" bug, causing different quadrants of the map to have more or less ore, has been fixed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=Pre-release|The maximum layer for gold has been reduced by 2, along with some other ores.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w22a|[[Minecraft:Smelting]] gold ore, along with other [[Minecraft:ore]]s, [[Minecraft:block]]s and [[Minecraft:item]]s, now gives the player [[Minecraft:experience]] orbs when taking the item out of the [[Minecraft:furnace]]. One stack of gold ore give the [[Minecraft:player]] approximately 3 levels of experience.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|20 additional blobs of gold ore now generate in [[Minecraft:mesa]] biomes between Y{{=}}32 and Y{{=}}79.}}
|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=January 4, 2018|slink={{tweet|JAPPA|948841704223838208}}|[[File:Gold Ore (Texture Update beta revision 1).png|32px]] A new texture for gold ore has been proposed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Gold Ore JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w06a|The height limit was expanded down to Y{{=}}-64. Gold ores are temporary generating from Y{{=}}-64 instead of Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w07a|[[File:Gold Ore JE4.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed, now resembling the Nether Gold Ore.
|Gold ore now generates as a triangle spread between Y{{=}}-64 and Y{{=}}32, peaking at Y{{=}}-16. Extra gold ore still generates in [[Minecraft:badlands]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 17, 2021|slink={{Tweet|HenrikKniberg|1362095363314876418}}|[[File:Deepslate Gold Ore (pre-release).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Henrik Kniberg]] shows [[Minecraft:grimstone]] variant of gold ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 18, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1362396465470005251}}|[[File:Gold Ore (pre-release).png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Gold Ore (pre-release 2).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows updated gold ore texture and [[Minecraft:grimstone]] variant of gold ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=February 22, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1363828589708382210}}|[[File:Gold Ore (pre-release 2).png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Gold Ore (pre-release 3).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows updated gold ore texture and [[Minecraft:grimstone]] variant of gold ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|[[File:Gold Ore JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Gold Ore JE1.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed again. The deepslate gold ore has been added.
|Gold [[Minecraft:Ore (feature)|ore feature]]s now have a 50% chance of not generating when exposed to air.
|Gold ore features now generate more frequently.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=March 4, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1367460045903040517}}|[[File:Deepslate Gold Ore (pre-release 4).png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows updated [[Minecraft:deepslate]] variant of gold ore texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w10a|[[File:Gold Ore JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Deepslate Gold Ore JE2.png|32px]] Tweaked the texture of gold ores.
|Gold ore now generates less frequently.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w14a|It now drops [[Minecraft:raw gold]] when broken without [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]], instead of itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=April 13, 2021|slink={{Tweet|JasperBoerstra|1381991999952277513}}|[[File:Gold Ore JE7.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:JAPPA]] shows a new gold ore texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w15a|[[File:Gold Ore JE7 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of the gold ore has been changed.
|All the changes to gold ore generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Gold ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w40a|A second set of gold ore blobs now generates below Y{{=}}-48.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w42a|Increased top height limit of [[Minecraft:badlands]] gold generation from Y{{=}}79 to Y{{=}}256, and increased the number of blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb gold ore, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|[[File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added gold ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Gold ore can now be [[Minecraft:breaking|mined]] and processed correctly.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.10.0|dev=build 1|Gold ore can now generate at any level in a [[Minecraft:mesa]] biome.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Gold ore now gives [[Minecraft:experience]] points when [[Minecraft:smelt]]ed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Gold Ore JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Gold ore is no longer smeltable.<ref name=Bug>{{Cite bug|MCPE|68978|Gold Ore cannot be smelted|date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.59|Gold ore is now smeltable again.<ref name=Bug/>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Gold Ore JE5.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|[[File:Deepslate Gold Ore JE2.png|32px]] Added deepslate gold ore behind the Caves & Cliffs [[Minecraft:Experimental Gameplay]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.54|[[File:Gold Ore JE7.png|32px]] Gold ore texture was updated.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.56|In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, gold ore blob now generates as a triangle spread between Y{{=}}-62 and Y{{=}}32, and now generates more frequently.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.0.50|In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, it now drops [[Minecraft:raw gold]] when broken without [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]], instead of itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|Deepslate gold ore and raw gold are no longer behind the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|Removed the "Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggle. New gold ore generation are now available through normal gameplay.
|Gold ore generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.
|Unintentionally doubled the amount of additional blobs of gold ore in [[Minecraft:mesa]] biomes.
|Deepslate gold ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.21|Deepslate gold ore once again generates naturally.
|A second set of gold ore blobs now generates below Y{{=}}-48.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.22|Increased top height limit of badlands gold generation from Y{{=}}79 to Y{{=}}256, and increased the number of blobs.
|Gold ore generation height has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.24|Gold ore in badlands biomes are no longer generating in too large of quantities. And its generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Increased the blast resistance of deepslate gold ore from 1.8 to 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb gold ore, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added gold ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|20 additional blobs of gold ore now generate in [[Minecraft:mesa]] biomes between Y{{=}}32 and Y{{=}}79.}}
<!--since when does smelting gold ore give experience in the console editions?-->
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Gold Ore JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gold ore has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Gold Ore JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added gold ore.}}
}}

<gallery>
Old Gold OreIngame.png|The original gold ore texture.
ClassicGoldBlob.png|Gold could generate above the ground in [[Minecraft:Java Edition Classic]].
</gallery>

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Gold ore now uses the newly-implemented model json file {{code|models/block/cube.json}}; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 14.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Gold Ore|Deepslate Gold Ore}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Picture 13.png|A gold ore block occurring near [[Minecraft:redstone ore]] and blobs of [[Minecraft:coal ore]].
GoldOre.png|Gold ore blocks in a cave.
Gold side.png|Gold ore exposed by a river in a [[Minecraft:badlands]] biome.
Golden ore in Mesa biome.png|A large amount of golden ore features in a badlands biome.
Deepslate redstone and gold 21w08b.png|Deepslate redstone ore and deepslate gold ore, as seen in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 21w08b|21w08b]].
Multiple ores.png|Multiple ores, found in a big cave.
Canyon intersecting a stronghold.png|Ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a [[Minecraft:stronghold]] bridge over it.
</gallery>

=== Mojang screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:GoldOre-ingame.jpeg
File:Efe bombs a gold blob.jpeg|[[Minecraft:Efe]] mining gold ore with [[Minecraft:TNT]]
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:GoldOre-header.webp
File:Gold Ore (inventory) MCE.png|[[Minecraft:MCE:Gold ore|Gold ore]] as it appeared {{in|Earth}}.
File:Gold Journal Icon MCL.png|[[Minecraft:MCL:Gold|Gold ore]] as it appears {{in|Legends}}.
File:Gold Ore MCC Event.png|Gold ore as it appeared in [[Minecraft:MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party]].
File:Cubeez 2025 Gold Ore.png|[[Minecraft:Cubeez]] of gold ore.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* {{BlockLink|Gilded Blackstone}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Mcnet|block-week-gold-ore|Block of the Week: Gold Ore|January 12, 2018|Duncan Geere}}

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