Gold Ore
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| Gold Ore | |
| Natural Resources | |
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| Description | |
| Unrefined ore with traces of gold. | |
| General | |
| Used at: | Arrastra, Jaw Crusher, Stamp Mill |
| Carried in: | Hands |
| Weight: | 75kg |
| Stack limit: | 20 |
| IDs | |
| Item ID: | GoldOreItem |
| Tags | |
| Excavatable, Ore, | |
Gold Ore is a naturally occurring Resource in the world. It can be found within Granite.
It appears to be most common in Rainforest, 40-70 blocks under the surface, but can be found in many different biomes.
Gold Ore can be mined and refined to create Gold Ingots.
Appearance
Gold Ore veins have light streaks running through them with a subtle gold color. They look similar to the surrounding Granite and can be easy to overlook.
Location
The information here is based on default ("vanilla") settings and may not be accurate in worlds with custom configurations or mods enabled. Gold ore always spawns within Granite.
Rainforest
Gold Ore is likely to be most abundant in the Rainforest biome, 40-70 blocks below the surface, where it has a 5% chance to spawn. It is less common (1% chance) 20-40 blocks below Boreal Forest.
Other Biomes
The Warm Forest, Ice, Cold Forest, Tundra, Grasslands, and Desert biomes all have a chance at spawning gold ore veins, but at a lower rate than in Rainforest. According to game files, gold ore has the following chance of spawning in Granite at various depths:
Warm Forest
- 3% chance, 16-40 blocks below surface
- 1% chance, 0-16 blocks below surface
Ice
- 3% chance, 5-20 blocks below surface
Cold Forest
- 2% chance, 30-70 blocks below surface
- 1% chance, 0-30 blocks below surface
Grasslands
- 1% chance, 0-70 blocks below surface
Tundra
- 1% chance, 0-70 blocks below surface
Desert
- 0.5% chance, 0-20 blocks below surface
Other
- It can also be found above surface within Granite. It has a gold coloured texture on the minimap. this is the easiest way to find gold so far.
Crafting
Crafting Recipes
None
Used in Recipes
| Crafting Station | Item | Materials | Level Needed | Crafting Time (mins) |
Labour Cost | XP Gained | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stamp Mill | Crushed Gold Ore x4 | Crushed Granite x1 | Gold Ore x20 | Mining Level 1 |
1 | 90 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Jaw Crusher | Crushed Gold Ore x5 | Gold Ore x20 | Mining Level 1 |
0.5 | 120 | 0.5 | |||||||
| Arrastra | Crushed Gold Ore x2 | Crushed Granite x1 | Gold Ore x12 | Mining Level 1 |
2 | 70 | 0.5 | ||||||
History
Gallery
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Gold Ore item details as of Alpha v6.3.1.
