Nether Gold Ore

Nether Gold Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	35 NETHER
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Flat

Nether gold ore is a type of gold ore found in the Nether that drops gold nuggets instead of raw gold when broken. As with other gold blocks, breaking Nether gold ore will anger nearby piglins.

Obtaining

Breaking

Nether gold ore requires a pickaxe to be mined. If mined with any other tool or by hand, it drops nothing.

Block	Nether Gold Ore
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	115 (JE) 15 (BE)
Wooden	12.25 (JE) 2.25 (BE)
Stone	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Copper	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)
Iron	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Diamond	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Netherite	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Golden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Nether gold ore drops 2-6 gold nuggets when mined with any pickaxe. Fortune has a 33.3% chance to multiply the drops by 2, Fortune II has a 25% chance to multiply the drops by 2 or 3 and Fortune III has a 20% chance each to multiply the drops by 2, 3, or 4 for a maximum possible drop of 24 golden nuggets. The average number of nuggets from Fortune III is 8.8, which is less than an ingot; therefore it is slightly more efficient to mine Nether gold ore with Silk Touch and smelt it into gold ingots.

Nether gold ore also drops 0–1XP when broken.

Natural generation

Nether gold ore generates in the Nether in the form of ore blobs. Nether gold ore attempts to replace netherrack 10 times per chunk in blobs of size 0–16, from levels 10 to 117, in all Nether biomes. In Java Edition, in basalt deltas, Nether gold ore attempts to generate 20 times per chunk instead, as there are fewer valid generation areas.

Usage

Piglins

Piglins become hostile toward players that mine the ore, regardless if the player is wearing gold armor or is under the Invisibility effect. The same case applies if the player mines gold of any type, not just the ore. If any Nether gold ore is dropped and in its item form, piglins run toward any Nether gold ore and examine it for 6 to 8 seconds after picking it up.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Gold Ingot	Nether Gold Ore + Any fuel	1

Sounds

Java Edition:

nether_gold_ore sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_gold_ore.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_gold_ore.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_gold_ore.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.nether_gold_ore.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nether_gold_ore.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

nether_gold_ore sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.23	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.18	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.nether_gold_ore	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Nether Gold Ore	nether_gold_ore	Block & Item	gold_ores guarded_by_piglins mineable/pickaxe	gold_ores piglin_loved	block.minecraft.nether_gold_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Nether Gold Ore	nether_gold_ore	543	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -288)	tile.nether_gold_ore.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Oooh, shiny!	Distract a Piglin using gold	Give a piglin a gold item​ while it is aggressive toward the player.	30	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Oh Shiny	Distract Piglins with gold	Use a gold ingot on an adult piglin, or throw one of these 28 gold-related items in the #piglin_loved item tag for it to pick up: Bell Block of Gold Block of Raw Gold Clock Deepslate Gold Ore Enchanted Golden Apple Gilded Blackstone Glistering Melon Slice Gold Ingot Gold Ore Golden Apple Golden Axe Golden Boots Golden Carrot Golden Chestplate Golden Dandelion Golden Helmet Golden Hoe Golden Horse Armor Golden Leggings Golden Nautilus Armor Golden Pickaxe Golden Shovel Golden Spear Golden Sword Light Weighted Pressure Plate Nether Gold Ore Raw Gold The player must not be wearing any golden armor when the piglin accepts or picks up the item.

Videos

History

Development

March 2, 2017							Jens Bergensten showed interest in a suggestion regarding nether gold ore that was posted on Reddit.
February 14, 2020							HelenAngel says there will not be gold ore in the Nether.
February 28, 2020							HelenAngel says to upvote gold ore in the Nether on the Feedback site. She also states it's getting a lot of attention on there, so she has passed it off to the team.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.16			20w11a				Added Nether gold ore.
							Like regular gold ore, Nether gold ore drops itself and can be mined only with an iron pickaxe or better.
			March 11, 2020				A new texture for Nether gold ore is shown.
			20w12a				Nether gold ore now drops gold nuggets instead of itself.
							Nether gold ore can now be mined with any pickaxe.
			20w13a				The texture of Nether gold ore has been changed.
							Nether gold ore now drops experience.
			20w17a				Nether gold ore now uses the same sounds as Nether quartz ore, but via a different sound event.
			pre1				Nether gold ore now uses the "Nether" color on maps.
1.17			21w14a				Nether gold ore can no longer be smelted.
			21w15a				Nether gold ore can now be smelted again.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb Nether gold ore, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added Nether gold ore.
1.20.60			Preview 1.20.60.21				Increased the base drop rate of gold nuggets from Nether gold ore from 2-5 to 2-6.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb Nether gold ore, providing the medicine ball/slow flat effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Issues

Issues relating to "Nether Gold Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A 7 blob of Nether gold ore generating naturally

See also

• Gilded Blackstone