{{About|the mineral block|other gold-related blocks|Gold}}
{{Infobox block
|image=Block of Gold.png
|invimage=Block of Gold
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=iron pickaxe 
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
A '''block of gold''' is a precious [[metal]] block equivalent to nine [[gold ingot]]s.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Blocks of gold can only be mined with an iron pickaxe or better.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Block of Gold|Pickaxe|Iron}}

=== Natural generation ===
[[Ocean monument]]s have a central room containing 8 blocks of gold encased in [[dark prismarine]].

Blocks of gold generate as part of [[ruined portal]]s and [[bastion remnant]]s in varying quantities.

{{Block distribution}}

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|block-of-gold}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Gold Ingot
  |Output=Block of Gold
  |type=Building block
}}

== Usage ==
Blocks of gold are a compact way to store [[gold ingot]]s.

=== Beacons ===
Blocks of gold can be used to "power" a [[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 block]]s to produce bell sounds.

=== Piglins ===
[[Piglin]]s 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 ===
{{crafting usage}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Metal}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block of Gold
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gold_block
|blocktags=beacon_base_blocks, guarded_by_piglins, mineable/pickaxe, needs_iron_tool
|itemtags=piglin_loved
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block of Gold
|spritetype=block
|nameid=gold_block
|id=41
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Oooh}}

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

== Video ==
{{yt|cg7fviT8EPQ}}

==History==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{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||0.0.20a|[[File:Block of Gold JE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of gold.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.24 SURVIVAL TEST|Blocks of gold now drop themselves when mined.}}
|{{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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|[[File:Block of Gold JE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of gold has been changed.
|Blocks of gold are no longer destroyed by explosions.
|1-3 blocks of gold are now dropped from gold ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100128|Gold ore no longer drop blocks of gold.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129|Blocks of gold can now be crafted with 4 gold ingots.
|Blocks of gold can no longer be found in the Indev 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 uncrafted into 9 ingots.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft [[golden apple]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=?|slink=:Category:Information needed requiring unarchived version|[[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 [[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|[[Golden apple]]s are no longer [[craft]]ed using blocks of gold.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w21a|Blocks of gold can now be used to craft [[enchanted golden apple]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w32a|Blocks of gold can now be used to construct [[beacon]] pyramids.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w25a|Blocks of gold now generate naturally in [[ocean monument]]s.}}
|{{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 [[note block]]s.}}
|{{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 [[bastion remnants]] or be found in its chests.
|Blocks of gold can now generate as part of [[ruined portal]]s or be found in its chests.}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{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 [[craft]]ed from 6 [[gold ingot]]s.|Now gold blocks can be uncrafted into 9 gold ingots.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.3|Blocks of gold now requiring 9 [[gold ingot]]s instead of 6.}}
|{{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 [[enchanted golden apple]]s.
|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 [[ocean monument]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 4|Blocks of gold can now be used to construct [[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 [[note block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Blocks of gold can now generate naturally in [[bastion remnant]]s and [[ruined portal]]s.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{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 [[enchanted golden apple]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|Blocks of gold can now be used to construct [[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 [[ocean monument]]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 block]]s.}}
|{{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.}}

|{{HistoryLine|new 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Block of Gold JE4 BE2.png|32px]] Added blocks of gold.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 41.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== 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 [[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 [[wikipedia:Gavin Free|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 blocks of gold; 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 ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-gold Block of the Week: Gold] – Minecraft.net on February 17, 2017

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