How do you get Gold Nugget in Minecraft?

Gold Nugget is crafted from Gold Ingot at a Crafting Table, 9 Gold Nugget for every craft. Gold Nugget also comes from mob drops, and Gold Nugget from smelting, not just the Gold Nugget recipe above.

What is Gold Nugget used for?

Gold Nugget is a crafting ingredient, and Gold Nugget goes into Glistering Melon Slice and Golden Carrot.

How many Gold Nugget can you stack?

8 Gold Ingot is what 64 Gold Nugget costs, since each one returns 9, so filling one Gold Nugget slot is 8 crafts of Gold Nugget. A shulker box of Gold Nugget is 1,728 Gold Nugget, over 27 slots of Gold Nugget.

Where do you find Gold Nugget in chests?

Gold Nugget is chest loot in large underwater ruin chests (about 79%, 1 to 3 at a time), igloo basement chests (about 55%, 1 to 3 at a time), bastion bridge chests (about 48%, 2 to 6 at a time), and shipwreck treasure chests (about 37%, 1 to 10 at a time). It shows up in 9 kinds of chest in total. Those odds on Gold Nugget are per chest, and Luck moves Gold Nugget no higher.

When was Gold Nugget added to Minecraft?

Gold Nugget was added in the 1.0 full release.

MiscellaneousCraftable

Gold Nugget

A small piece of gold. Nine nuggets combine into one gold ingot.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Overview

Gold Nugget is an item in the Miscellaneous category of Minecraft, obtained through crafting it, mob drops, and smelting. A single inventory slot holds a full stack of 64 Gold Nugget.

Gold Nugget additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Glistering Melon Slice and Golden Carrot. Of the 9 kinds of generated chest that can hold it, large underwater ruin chests are the best bet at about 79% per chest.

Crafting Recipe

Crafting
Gold Ingot
Gold Nugget9
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting: full step-by-step guide for Gold Nugget

Used to Craft

Gold Nugget is a crafting ingredient for 2 other items in Minecraft. Each one links to its own recipe and details page.

How to Obtain

Crafting
Mob drops
Smelting

Cooking Gold Nugget

Heat is all Gold Nugget asks for: any of 12 types, Golden Pickaxe and Golden Shovel through Golden Nautilus Armor go in any of these 2 and come back out. The blast furnace is quickest at 5 seconds a piece, the furnace slowest at 10. Experience comes with it: 0.1 a piece, 6.4 for the 64 in a slot.

Mobs That Drop Gold Nugget

0 to 1 per kill, and only Zombified Piglin carries Gold Nugget at all. Gold Nugget caps at 1 unenchanted; 1 more each level puts Zombified Piglin at 4.

Notes

Dropped by zombified piglins and obtained by smelting golden tools or armor. Used to craft Golden Carrots, Glistering Melon Slices and Firework Stars.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you get Gold Nugget in Minecraft?
Gold Nugget is crafted from Gold Ingot at a Crafting Table, 9 Gold Nugget for every craft. Gold Nugget also comes from mob drops, and Gold Nugget from smelting, not just the Gold Nugget recipe above.
What is Gold Nugget used for?
Gold Nugget is a crafting ingredient, and Gold Nugget goes into Glistering Melon Slice and Golden Carrot.
How many Gold Nugget can you stack?
8 Gold Ingot is what 64 Gold Nugget costs, since each one returns 9, so filling one Gold Nugget slot is 8 crafts of Gold Nugget. A shulker box of Gold Nugget is 1,728 Gold Nugget, over 27 slots of Gold Nugget.
Where do you find Gold Nugget in chests?
Gold Nugget is chest loot in large underwater ruin chests (about 79%, 1 to 3 at a time), igloo basement chests (about 55%, 1 to 3 at a time), bastion bridge chests (about 48%, 2 to 6 at a time), and shipwreck treasure chests (about 37%, 1 to 10 at a time). It shows up in 9 kinds of chest in total. Those odds on Gold Nugget are per chest, and Luck moves Gold Nugget no higher.
When was Gold Nugget added to Minecraft?
Gold Nugget was added in the 1.0 full release.
How do you cook Gold Nugget?
Heat is all Gold Nugget asks for: any of 12 types, Golden Pickaxe and Golden Shovel through Golden Nautilus Armor go in any of these 2 and come back out. The blast furnace is quickest at 5 seconds a piece, the furnace slowest at 10. Experience comes with it: 0.1 a piece, 6.4 for the 64 in a slot.
Which mobs drop Gold Nugget?
0 to 1 per kill, and only Zombified Piglin carries Gold Nugget at all. Gold Nugget caps at 1 unenchanted; 1 more each level puts Zombified Piglin at 4.