Minecraft:Block of Gold: Difference between revisions

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Template:Infobox block A block of gold, internally known as a gold block, is a precious Minecraft:metal block equivalent to nine gold ingots.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blocks of gold can only be mined with an iron pickaxe or better. Template:Breaking row

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.

Generated loot

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Crafting

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Usage

Blocks of gold are a compact way to store gold ingots.

Beacons

Blocks of gold can be used to "power" a Minecraft:beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square with blocks of gold 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 made with blocks of gold, 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

Minecraft:Piglins run toward any block of gold item on the ground and inspect it for 6 seconds Template:In or 8 seconds Template:In<ref>Template:Bug</ref> before putting it in their inventory. They become enraged if the player breaks a block of gold near them.

Crafting ingredient

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Sulfur cube

Template:In development Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb blocks of gold, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob when hitting it.

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Achievements

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Advancements

Template:Load advancements

Videos

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History

Issues

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Trivia

File:Tower of Pimps.png

In Xbox 360 Edition, before TU19, four blocks of gold 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 Minecraft:element blocks are not considered. A player's inventory has 37 slots (including the offhand slot), and each can carry 64 blocks of gold; therefore, a player can carry a maximum number of 45,749.76 metric tons of mass, not considering armor or putting things in shulker boxes (theoretically increasing the mass by 27 times).

Gallery

Screenshots

Gold blocks exposed in an ocean monument.

Gold blocks exposed in an ocean monument.
A spyglass staring at gold.

A spyglass staring at gold.
Blocks of gold in Overworld Adventures

Blocks of gold in Overworld Adventures

In other media

A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE.

A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE.
A foam block of gold at MINECON 2015.

A foam block of gold at MINECON 2015.

References

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External links

Navigation

Template:Navbox gold Template:Navbox blocks

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-A '''block of gold''', internally known as a '''gold block''', is a precious [[Minecraft:metal]] block equivalent to nine [[Minecraft:gold ingot]]s.
+A '''block of gold''', internally known as a '''gold block''', is a precious [[Minecraft:metal]] block equivalent to nine gold ingots.
 == Obtaining ==
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 === Natural generation ===
-[[Minecraft:Ocean monument]]s have a central room containing 8 blocks of gold encased in [[Minecraft:dark prismarine]].
+Ocean monuments have a central room containing 8 blocks of gold encased in dark prismarine.
-Blocks of gold generate as part of [[Minecraft:ruined portal]]s and [[Minecraft:bastion remnant]]s in varying quantities.
+Blocks of gold generate as part of ruined portals and bastion remnants in varying quantities.
 === Generated loot ===
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 == Usage ==
-Blocks of gold are a compact way to store [[Minecraft:gold ingot]]s.
+Blocks of gold are a compact way to store gold ingots.
 === Beacons ===
-Blocks of gold can be used to "power" a [[Minecraft:beacon]]. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square with blocks of gold 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 made with blocks of gold, as they may also contain [[Minecraft:blocks of iron]], [[Minecraft:blocks of emerald]], [[Minecraft:blocks of netherite]], and [[Minecraft:blocks of diamond]].
+Blocks of gold can be used to "power" a [[Minecraft:beacon]]. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square with blocks of gold 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 made with blocks of gold, 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 [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce bell sounds.
+Blocks of gold can be placed under note blocks to produce bell sounds.
 === Piglins ===
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 === Sulfur cube ===
 {{In development|drop=Chaos Cubed|section=1}}
-[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb blocks of gold, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob when hitting it.
+Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb blocks of gold, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob when hitting it.
 == Sounds ==
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 === Development ===
 {{HistoryTable
-|{{HistoryLine||May 21, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110762705/my-list-on-tile-types-so-far|[[Minecraft:Notch]] shows interest in adding "metal block"s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||May 21, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110762705/my-list-on-tile-types-so-far|Notch shows interest in adding "metal block"s.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||October 24, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/221308991/the-new-block-types-and-new-graphics-for-the-gold|[[File:Block of Gold JE2.png|32px]] [[Minecraft:Notch]] teased a texture change for blocks of gold.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||October 24, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/221308991/the-new-block-types-and-new-graphics-for-the-gold|[[File:Block of Gold JE2.png|32px]] Notch teased a texture change for blocks of gold.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100128-2200|Gold ore no longer drop blocks of gold.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129-1447|Blocks of gold can now be crafted with 4 gold ingots.
-|Blocks of gold can no longer be found in the [[Minecraft:starting house]] chests.}}
+|Blocks of gold can no longer be found in the starting house chests.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100130|Blocks of gold are now more expensive, requiring 9 gold ingots (3×3) instead of 4 (2×2).
 |Blocks of gold can be crafted into 9 ingots.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
-|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:golden apple]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft golden apples.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
 |{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|[[File:Block of Gold JE3 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed to use the top texture on all sides.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.2|The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have been removed from [[Minecraft:terrain.png]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.2|The side and bottom textures of blocks of gold have been removed from terrain.png.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5|[[File:Block of Gold JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.1|dev=release|[[Minecraft:Golden apple]]s are no longer [[Minecraft:craft]]ed using blocks of gold.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.1|dev=release|Golden apples are no longer crafted using blocks of gold.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w21a|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:enchanted golden apple]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w21a|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w32a|Blocks of gold can now be used to construct [[Minecraft:beacon]] pyramids.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w25a|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:ocean monument]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w25a|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w44a|Blocks of gold are no longer used to craft enchanted golden apples.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w17a|Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under [[Minecraft:note block]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.12|dev=17w17a|Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=?|[[File:Block of Gold TextureUpdate Revision 1.png|32px]] A new texture for blocks of gold has been proposed in the beta [[Minecraft:Texture Update]] resource pack.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=?|[[File:Block of Gold TextureUpdate Revision 1.png|32px]] A new texture for blocks of gold has been proposed in the beta Texture Update resource pack.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Block of Gold JE5.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w47a|[[File:Block of Gold JE6 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, once again.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w16a|Blocks of gold can now generate as part of [[Minecraft:bastion remnants]] or be found in its chests.
+|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w16a|Blocks of gold can now generate as part of bastion remnants or be found in its chests.
-|Blocks of gold can now generate as part of [[Minecraft:ruined portal]]s or be found in its chests.}}
+|Blocks of gold can now generate as part of ruined portals or be found in its chests.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
-|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb blocks of gold, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blocks of gold, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine||Pre-release|[[File:Block of Gold JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of gold.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|[[File:Block of Gold JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed, having less drastic dark gradients in the top-left and bottom-right corners.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Blocks of gold can now be [[Minecraft:craft]]ed from 6 [[Minecraft:gold ingot]]s.|Now gold blocks can be uncrafted into 9 gold ingots.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Blocks of gold can now be crafted from 6 gold ingots.|Now gold blocks can be uncrafted into 9 gold ingots.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.3|Blocks of gold now requiring 9 [[Minecraft:gold ingot]]s instead of 6.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.3|Blocks of gold now requiring 9 gold ingots instead of 6.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||v0.5.0|Blocks of gold are now required to build the [[Minecraft:Nether reactor]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||v0.5.0|Blocks of gold are now required to build the Nether reactor.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Blocks of gold are now used to craft [[Minecraft:enchanted golden apple]]s.
+|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=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.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||v0.16.0|dev=build 1|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:ocean monument]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||v0.16.0|dev=build 1|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 4|Blocks of gold can now be used to construct [[Minecraft:beacon]] pyramids.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|Blocks of gold can no longer be used to craft enchanted golden apples.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.13.0|dev=beta 1.13.0.9|[[File:Block of Gold JE6 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
-|Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under [[Minecraft:note block]]s.}}
+|Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Blocks of gold can now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:bastion remnant]]s and [[Minecraft:ruined portal]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Blocks of gold can now generate naturally in bastion remnants and ruined portals.}}
 |{{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 blocks of gold, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb blocks of gold, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Block of Gold JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of gold.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU3|[[File:Block of Gold JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:enchanted golden apple]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft enchanted golden apples.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|Blocks of gold can now be used to construct [[Minecraft:beacon]] pyramids.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:ocean monument]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in ocean monuments.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps3=1.49|psvita=1.49|ps4=1.50|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under [[Minecraft:note block]]s.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU53|xbone=CU43|ps3=1.49|psvita=1.49|ps4=1.50|wiiu=Patch 23|switch=1.0.3|Block of gold can now be used to play the bell, if they are under note blocks.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Block of Gold JE6 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine|java}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Blocks of gold now use 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 41.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to ''The Flattening'', this block's numeral ID was 41.}}
 }}
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 == Trivia ==
 [[File:Tower of Pimps.png|frameless|right|32px]]
-*In ''Xbox 360 Edition'', before TU19, four blocks of gold stacked on top of an obsidian block could be found inside the tutorial world's desert pyramid. This is a reference to [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Achievement Hunter|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 [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Gavin Free|Gavin Free]], which is now used in many episodes as a trophy.
+*In ''Xbox 360 Edition'', before TU19, four blocks of gold 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 [[Minecraft:element]] blocks are not considered. A player's inventory has 37 slots (including the offhand slot), and each can carry 64 blocks of gold; therefore, a player can carry a maximum number of 45,749.76 metric tons of mass, not considering armor or putting things in shulker boxes (theoretically increasing the mass by 27 times).
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 File:OceanMonument GoldBlocks.png|Gold blocks exposed in an ocean monument.
 File:Spyglass Zooming JE3.gif|A spyglass staring at gold.
-File:Overworld Adventures Dust 2.webp|Blocks of gold in [[Minecraft:Overworld Adventures]]
+File:Overworld Adventures Dust 2.webp|Blocks of gold in Overworld Adventures
 </gallery>
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 <gallery>
 Block of Gold (inventory) MCE.png|A {{MCE|Block of Gold}} as it appeared in {{MCE}}.
-Found the Gold Block.jpeg|A foam block of gold at [[Minecraft:MINECON 2015]].
+Found the Gold Block.jpeg|A foam block of gold at MINECON 2015.
 </gallery>
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 == External links ==
-*{{Mcnet|block-week-gold|Block of the Week: Gold|February 17, 2017|[[Minecraft:Tom Stone]]}}
+*{{Mcnet|block-week-gold|Block of the Week: Gold|February 17, 2017|Tom Stone}}
-*{{Mcnet|build-with-it--gold-|Build With It: Gold!|January 24, 2020|[[Minecraft:Nova Barlow]]}}
+*{{Mcnet|build-with-it--gold-|Build With It: Gold!|January 24, 2020|Nova Barlow}}
 == Navigation ==
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 [[Category:Compacted blocks]]
-[[Minecraft:de:Goldblock]]
+de:Goldblock
-[[Minecraft:es:Bloque de oro]]
+es:Bloque de oro
-[[Minecraft:fr:Bloc d'or]]
+fr:Bloc d'or
-[[Minecraft:it:Blocco d'oro]]
+it:Blocco d'oro
-[[Minecraft:ja:金ブロック]]
+ja:金ブロック
-[[Minecraft:ko:금 블록]]
+ko:금 블록
-[[Minecraft:lzh:金塊]]
+lzh:金塊
-[[Minecraft:nl:Goudblok]]
+nl:Goudblok
-[[Minecraft:pl:Blok złota]]
+pl:Blok złota
-[[Minecraft:pt:Bloco de Ouro]]
+pt:Bloco de Ouro
-[[Minecraft:ru:Золотой блок]]
+ru:Золотой блок
-[[Minecraft:th:บล็อกทอง]]
+th:บล็อกทอง
-[[Minecraft:uk:Блок золота]]
+uk:Блок золота
-[[Minecraft:zh:金块]]
+zh:金块