How to get gold nuggets in minecraft

updated Dec 31, 2011

Gold Nuggets are an item that can drop from Zombie Pigmen. Although it has no use by itself, a gold nugget can either be crafted into a Gold bar by placing nine nuggets into a Crafting Table, or to make a Glistering Melon with a Melon Slice by placing one of each into a crafting table. This can then be used in making Mundane Potions and Potions of Healing with a Brewing Stand.

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How to get gold nuggets in minecraft

How to get gold nuggets in minecraft
Minecraft Gold Nuggets: All you need to know! (image via. Sportskeeda)

How to get gold nuggets in minecraft
How to get gold nuggets in minecraft

Minecraft has a variety of materials that the players can craft and in turn use them to craft a variety of items. In this article we take a look at the Minecraft Gold Nuggets.

Gold in Minecraft is a important material that can be used in crafting a ton of materials and items. This is not that good in crafting armors and weapons because of their fragile nature. However, the Gold is used in a variety of mechanical crafting and making simple gadgets.

Here is how to make Minecraft Gold Nuggets to craft simple gadgets and more.

Minecraft Gold Nuggets

How to get gold nuggets in minecraft
Minecraft Gold Nuggets (image via. minecraft.fandom.com)

Minecraft Gold Nuggets are small piece of Gold that can be used to make a variety of items. This is primarily used in Crafting items.

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Gold Nuggets can be crafted, but are also found from Zombified Piglins who may drop 0-1 nuggets when killed. They will also naturally generate in Chests of Bastion Remnants, Ruined Portals, Villages and Shipwrecks. Nether Gold Ores which are the variant of Gold Blocks in the Nether realm, will drop Gold Nuggets when mined.

How to get gold nuggets in minecraft
Recipe

Gold Ingots can be dismantled in the Crafting Table to make 9 Gold Ingots.

Uses for Gold Nuggets

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Gold Nuggets are smaller chunks of gold used in making finer items and gadgets. Here are a table of items that can be crafted using Gold Nuggets:

  • Firework Star – These are used to make Fireworks and give them effects when exploding.
  • Glistering Melon Slice – This is a Melon Slice that is not edible and used in taming.
  • Golden Carrots – The Golden Carrots are used in regenerating health and is also one of the best food source.
  • Gold Ingots

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Gold nuggets are items used to make gold ingots and other various golden items. One gold nugget is effectively worth one-ninth of a gold ingot.

Obtaining[]

Mob loot[]

Zombified piglins, when killed, may drop 0-1 gold nuggets. When killed using a weapon enchanted with Looting, they may drop an additional gold nugget per level of Looting used, up to a maximum of 4.

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Gold Ingot

Smelting[]

Chest loot[]

Mining[]

Nether gold ore mined using a pickaxe drops 2-6 gold nuggets. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it 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 drop rate for a Fortune III pickaxe is 8.8, while the drop rate for a Silk Touch pickaxe is a single ingot, or a flat rate of 9. It is slightly more efficient to mine with a Silk Touch pickaxe.

Gilded blackstone mined using a pickaxe has a 10% chance to drop 2-5 gold nuggets. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune I, the chance gold nuggets drop is increased 14.29%, Fortune II increases the drop chance to 25%, and Fortune III guarantees the drop.

Usage[]

Gold nuggets can be used to craft a golden carrot or glistering melon for brewing. Also, gold nuggets can be combined with gunpowder and dye to create a firework star that bursts in a star-shaped explosion.

Piglins instantly pick up any gold nuggets that are within 1 block of them. Unlike other gold-related items, they do not intentionally seek out gold nuggets to pick up and only pick them up if they walk near it. Unlike gold ingots, gold nuggets picked up are dropped upon the piglin's death.

Crafting ingredient[]

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Gold Nuggetgold_nuggetItemitem.minecraft.gold_nugget

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Gold Nuggetgold_nugget425Itemitem.gold_nugget.name

History[]

Issues[]

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See also[]

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