Gold Nugget

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Gold Nugget

👁 Gold Nugget.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Gold Nugget'

👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget

Other names	Golden Nugget (GB)
Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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Gold nuggets^[a] are minimum pieces of gold used to craft gold ingots and other various golden items. They can be obtained by smelting golden tools, weapons, or armor or by mining Nether gold ore. One gold nugget is effectively worth one-ninth of a gold ingot.

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
Mob		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
👁 Image	Zombified Piglin	0–1	50.00%	0.50	0–2	75.00%	1.00	0–3	87.50%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00

Mob		Amount	Probability
Mob		Amount	Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
👁 Image	Zombified Piglin	0	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		1	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	¹⁄₂ (50.00%)	³⁄₈ (37.50%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)
		2	0	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)	³⁄₈ (37.50%)	¹⁄₃ (33.33%)
		3	0	0	¹⁄₈ (12.50%)	¹⁄₄ (25.00%)
		4	0	0	0	¹⁄₁₂ (8.33%)
		Average	¹⁄₂ (0.50)	1 (1.00)	³⁄₂ (1.50)	2 (2.00)

Mob		Expected Number of Kills
Drops		1
Mob		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
👁 Image	Zombified Piglin	2.00	1.00	0.67	0.50

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
👁 Image	👁 Image Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–8	22.8% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Bridge chest	2–6	47.9% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "2–6", "chance": 0.4794666666666667, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Bridge chest" }
		Generic chest	2–8	24.4% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.24372395924512447, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
	👁 Image Igloo	Chest	1–3	55.3% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.5529977744943003, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
	👁 Image Ocean ruins	Warm ruins suspicious sand	1	13.3% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
	👁 Image Ocean ruins	Cold ruins suspicious gravel	1	13.3% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
	👁 Image Ruined Portal	Chest	4–24	20.5% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "4–24", "chance": 0.20469270240551518, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
	👁 Image Shipwreck	Treasure chest	1–10	36.6% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "1–10", "chance": 0.36634063720703125, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Treasure chest" }
	👁 Image Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	2.2% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.022222222222222254, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
	👁 Image Ocean Ruins	Big ruins chest	1–3	78.9% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.7892910312294528, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
	👁 Image Village	Plains house chest	1–3	12.1% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.12068353467250137, "structure": "Village", "container": "Plains house chest" }
	👁 Image Village	Savanna house chest	1–3	11.3% { "item": "Gold Nugget", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.11323884996174782, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Glistering Melon Slice	+ Melon Slice	👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Melon Slice.png: Inventory sprite for Melon Slice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Melon Slice with description: Melon Slice 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Glistering Melon Slice.png: Inventory sprite for Glistering Melon Slice in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glistering Melon Slice with description: Glistering Melon Slice
Gold Ingot	👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gold Ingot with description: Gold Ingot
Golden Carrot	+ Carrot	👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Carrot.png: Inventory sprite for Carrot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Carrot with description: Carrot 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Golden Carrot.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Carrot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Golden Carrot with description: Golden Carrot
Golden Dandelion	+ Dandelion	👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Dandelion.png: Inventory sprite for Dandelion in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Dandelion with description: Dandelion 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Golden Dandelion.png: Inventory sprite for Golden Dandelion in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Golden Dandelion with description: Golden Dandelion
Light Gray Firework Star	Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional)	👁 Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder 👁 Invicon White Dye.png: Inventory sprite for White Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Dye with description: White Dye 👁 Invicon Light Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Dye with description: Light Gray Dye 👁 Invicon Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Dye with description: Gray Dye 👁 Invicon Black Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Black Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Dye with description: Black Dye 👁 Invicon Brown Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Dye with description: Brown Dye 👁 Invicon Red Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Red Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Dye with description: Red Dye 👁 Invicon Orange Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Dye with description: Orange Dye 👁 Invicon Yellow Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Dye with description: Yellow Dye 👁 Invicon Lime Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Dye with description: Lime Dye 👁 Invicon Green Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Green Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Dye with description: Green Dye 👁 Invicon Cyan Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Dye with description: Cyan Dye 👁 Invicon Light Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Dye with description: Light Blue Dye 👁 Invicon Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Dye with description: Blue Dye 👁 Invicon Purple Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Dye with description: Purple Dye 👁 Invicon Magenta Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Dye with description: Magenta Dye 👁 Invicon Pink Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Dye with description: Pink Dye 👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone Dust 👁 Invicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone Dust 👁 Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: Diamond 👁 Invicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: Diamond 👁 Invicon Light Gray Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Firework Star with description: Firework Star Light Gray	More dyes (up to a total of eight) can be added for a mixed color. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Name Tag	+ Paper	👁 Invicon Gold Nugget.png: Inventory sprite for Gold Nugget in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Gold Nugget 👁 Invicon Paper.png: Inventory sprite for Paper in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Paper with description: Paper 👁 Invicon Name Tag.png: Inventory sprite for Name Tag in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Name Tag with description: Name Tag

Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease	👁 Image Added gold nuggets.
		Gold nuggets are dropped by zombie pigmen.
		Gold nuggets can be used to craft gold ingots.
		Gold nuggets currently do not have a mouseover name.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2	Gold nuggets now have a mouseover name.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Gold nuggets are now used to craft glistering melons.
	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Gold nuggets can now be crafted from a single gold ingot.
1.1	release	Normal golden apples are now crafted with gold nuggets.
1.3.1	1.3	👁 Image The texture of gold nuggets has been changed.
1.4.2	12w34a	Gold nuggets are now used to craft golden carrots.
1.4.6	12w49a	Gold nuggets can now be used to craft a firework star for a star shaped effect on a firework.
1.6.1	13w23a	Gold nuggets can no longer be used to craft a golden apple.
1.9	15w43a	Gold nuggets may now be found among the loot in igloo basement chests.
1.11.1	16w50a	Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor.
1.13	18w09a	Gold nuggets can now be found in ocean ruins loot chests.
1.13	18w11a	Gold nuggets now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.14	18w43a	👁 Image The texture of gold nuggets has been changed.
	18w48a	Gold nuggets can now be found in chests in plains village houses.
	18w49a	Gold nuggets can now be found in chests in savanna village houses.
1.16	20w12a	Nether gold ore now drops 2–6 gold nuggets, affected by Fortune.
	20w15a	Gilded blackstone now has 10% chance to drop 2–5 gold nuggets. Only the drop chance is affected by Fortune.
	20w16a	Gold nuggets now generate in bastion remnants and ruined portal chests.
	pre1	Gold nuggets can now be used to distract piglins.
	pre3	Gold nuggets can no longer be used to distract piglins.
1.20	23w12a	Gold nuggets can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in cold and warm ocean ruins and in trail ruins.
	23w16a	Gold nuggets no longer generate in suspicious sand in trail ruins.
	23w16a	Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within trail ruins, gold nuggets are now common loot.
26.1	snap2	Gold nuggets are now included in the item tag `metal_nuggets`.
	snap2	Gold nuggets can now be used to craft name tags.
	snap5	Gold nuggets can now be used to craft golden dandelions.

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1	build 1	👁 Image Added gold nuggets.
		Gold nuggets can be used to craft glistering melons, gold ingots, and golden carrots.
		Gold ingots can now be crafted into 9 gold nuggets.
		Zombie pigmen now drop gold nuggets upon being killed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0	alpha 0.17.0.1	Gold nuggets can now be found inside igloo basement chests.
1.1.0	alpha 1.1.0.0	Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Gold nuggets can now be used to craft firework stars.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Gold nuggets can now be found in some shipwreck chests.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Gold nuggets can now be found in ocean ruins chests.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Gold nuggets can now be found in plains village house chests.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	👁 Image The texture of gold nuggets has been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Gold nuggets can now be found in savanna village house chests.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Added nether gold ore, which drops 2-5 gold nuggets when mined.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Added gilded blackstone, which has a 10% chance to drop 2-5 gold nuggets.
1.16.100	beta 1.16.100.50	Gold nuggets can now be used as fuel for a furnace.^[1]
1.18.30	beta 1.18.30.26	Gold nuggets can no longer be used as fuel for a furnace.
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.
26.0 Experiment Drop 1 of 2026	Preview 26.0.27	Gold nuggets are now included in the item tag `minecraft:metal_nuggets`.
26.0 Experiment Drop 1 of 2026	Preview 26.0.27	Gold nuggets can now be used to craft name tags.
26.10	Preview 26.10.21	Gold nuggets can now be used to craft golden dandelions.

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	👁 Image Added gold nuggets.
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00			Gold nuggets are now used to craft golden carrots.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Gold nuggets can now be used to craft a firework star for a star shaped effect on a firework.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Gold nuggets can no longer be used to craft a golden apple.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Gold nuggets may now be found in igloo basement chests.
TU53	CU43	1.49	1.50	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Gold nuggets can now be found in some shipwreck chests.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Gold nuggets can now be found in ocean ruins chests.
			1.90				👁 Image The texture of gold nuggets has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							👁 Image Added gold nuggets.
1.9.19							Gold nuggets can now be smelted from golden tools and armor.

v t e Gold
Material	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate 👁 Image Nether 👁 Image Raw 👁 Image Block 👁 Image Ingot 👁 Image
Building blocks	👁 Image Block 👁 Image Gilded Blackstone
Armor	👁 Image Helmet 👁 Image Chestplate 👁 Image Leggings 👁 Image Boots 👁 Image Horse Armor 👁 Image Nautilus Armor
Tools	👁 Image Pickaxe 👁 Image Axe 👁 Image Shovel 👁 Image Sword 👁 Image Hoe 👁 Image Spear
Plant/Related	👁 Image Carrot 👁 Image Apple 👁 Image Enchanted 👁 Image Dandelion 👁 Image Glistering Melon Slice

v t e Ore
👁 Image Coal	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Coal 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Copper	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Raw 👁 Image Raw Block 👁 Image Nugget 👁 Image Ingot 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Iron	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Raw 👁 Image Raw Block 👁 Image Nugget 👁 Image Ingot 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Gold	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Nether Ore 👁 Image Raw 👁 Image Raw Block 👁 Image 👁 Image Ingot 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Redstone	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Dust 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Emerald	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Emerald 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Lapis Lazuli	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Lapis Lazuli 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Diamond	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Deepslate Ore 👁 Image Diamond 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Nether Quartz	👁 Image Ore 👁 Image Quartz 👁 Image Block
👁 Image Netherite	👁 Image Ancient Debris 👁 Image Scrap 👁 Image Ingot 👁 Image Block

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