How do you get Gold Block in Minecraft?

Gold Block is crafted from Gold Ingot at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.

How long does Gold Block take to break?

The two numbers behind Gold Block are 3 for mining and 6 against explosions. It is not equally easy both ways, since the two figures on it pull apart. You need at least iron to get anything back from Gold Block: a weaker pickaxe breaks it and drops nothing. Java 26.2 gives Gold Block these numbers, and no stopwatch was held to it.

Where do you find Gold Block in chests?

Gold Block is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 34%, 2 to 5 at a time), bastion chests (about 19%), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 16%, 2 to 4 at a time), and bastion bridge chests (about 11%). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

How many Gold Block can you stack?

64 Gold Block fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Gold Ingot, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A shulker box of Gold Block comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

When was Gold Block added to Minecraft?

Gold Block was added in the early Alpha development period.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Gold Block

A solid block that compactly stores nine gold ingots and can power a beacon as a base block. It is a decorative and storage block crafted from gold ingots.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Gold Block at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Gold Block: a block out of crafting and natural world generation. A single slot takes 64 Gold Block, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

Gold Block has a hardness of 3. You need at least iron to get anything back from Gold Block: a weaker pickaxe breaks it and drops nothing. For explosions the number that counts is 6. Of the 5 kinds of generated chest that can hold Gold Block, bastion treasure chests are the best bet at about 34% per chest. It sits between Glowstone and Granite in Utility Blocks, number 134 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
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Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Gold Block has the grid for Gold Block

How to obtain

Crafting
Natural generation

Notes

Also known as the Block of Gold. Requires an iron pickaxe to mine. Generates in bastion remnants and ocean monuments. Nine ingots craft back from the block.

Frequently asked questions about Gold Block

How do you get Gold Block in Minecraft?
Gold Block is crafted from Gold Ingot at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.
How long does Gold Block take to break?
The two numbers behind Gold Block are 3 for mining and 6 against explosions. It is not equally easy both ways, since the two figures on it pull apart. You need at least iron to get anything back from Gold Block: a weaker pickaxe breaks it and drops nothing. Java 26.2 gives Gold Block these numbers, and no stopwatch was held to it.
What is Gold Block used for?
A solid block that compactly stores nine gold ingots and can power a beacon as a base block. It is a decorative and storage block crafted from gold ingots.
Where do you find Gold Block in chests?
Gold Block is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 34%, 2 to 5 at a time), bastion chests (about 19%), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 16%, 2 to 4 at a time), and bastion bridge chests (about 11%). It shows up in 5 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
How many Gold Block can you stack?
64 Gold Block fills a slot, and that slot costs 576 Gold Ingot, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A shulker box of Gold Block comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
When was Gold Block added to Minecraft?
Gold Block was added in the early Alpha development period.

Building with it

Nine gold ingots make a block, and unlike most storage blocks this one has a job: piglins in the Nether are pacified by gold, and a gold block is the densest way to carry it. It is also a beacon base material and, at 40 blast resistance, softer than it looks.

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