Gold Ingot Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft gold ingot with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, gold ingot is one of your most important items in your inventory. You need it to craft tools, weapons, armor, mechanisms, food, and many more items. There is more than one way to craft gold ingot.

Let’s explore how to add gold ingot to your inventory.

Where to find Gold Ingot in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find gold ingot in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.11	Materials
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.12 – 1.19	Miscellaneous
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.19.4	Ingredients

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make Gold Ingot

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft gold ingot:

9 Gold Nuggets
1 Raw Gold
1 Block of Gold

How to smelt Gold Ingot in Survival Mode

You can smelt gold ingot in Survival Mode using either a furnace or blast furnace.

1. Open the Furnace Menu

First, open your furnace so that you have the Furnace menu that looks like this:

2. Add Fuel to the Furnace

Next, you need to add fuel to the bottom fuel box in the furnace.

In this tutorial, we are going to use coal as our fuel.

TIP: Read our tutorial called How to Add Fuel to a Furnace if you aren’t sure what items can be used as fuel, the length of time each fuel will burn, or how many items each fuel can smelt/cook.

3. Add Items to make Gold Ingot

Next, place the raw gold in the top box of the furnace. You should see the flames smelting the raw gold.

New Recipe

Old Recipe

Once the raw gold is cooked/smelted in the furnace, the gold ingot will appear in the box to the right. The gold ingot looks like a gold brick.

4. Move the Gold Ingot to Inventory

Now that you have made gold ingot in your furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made gold ingot using a furnace in Minecraft!

How to craft Gold Ingot in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make Gold Ingot

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make gold ingot, you will need to place specific items in the grid. It is important that the items are placed in the exact pattern as our example images. Changing the pattern of boxes that are filled will change the item that is crafted.

There are 2 patterns you can use as a crafting recipe for gold ingot:

Pattern 1

There should be 9 gold nuggets (filling all of the boxes).

Pattern 2

In the first row, there should be 1 gold block in the first box.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the gold ingot will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Gold Ingot to Inventory

Once you have crafted gold ingot, you need to move the new items to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made gold ingot using a crafting table in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, gold ingot has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Gold Ingot (minecraft:gold_ingot)	0	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Gold Ingot (minecraft:gold_ingot)		64	Java	1.13 – 1.19.4

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Gold Ingot

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.4, the /give command for Gold Ingot is:

/give @p gold_ingot 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Gold Ingot is:

/give @p gold_ingot 1 0

Things to Make with Gold Ingot

You can use gold ingot to make armor, weapons, and tools in Minecraft such as:

How to make Netherite Ingot
How to make a Gold Nugget
How to make a Block of Gold
How to make a Golden Axe
How to make a Golden Hoe
How to make a Golden Pickaxe
How to make a Golden Shovel
How to make a Clock
How to make a Golden Apple
How to make a Golden Helmet
How to make a Golden Chestplate
How to make Golden Leggings
How to make Golden Boots
How to make a Golden Sword
How to make a Light Weighted Pressure Plate
How to make Powered Rails

Things to Do with Gold Ingot

Here are some activities that you can do with gold ingot in Minecraft:

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