Gold Nugget
Material Stack: 64 Since Beta 1.9
Quick answer: Craft a gold ingot into 9 nuggets, or smelt golden tools and armor down to nuggets (0.25 XP).
How to get it
- Craft a gold ingot into 9 nuggets, or smelt golden tools and armor down to nuggets (0.25 XP)
- Kill zombified piglins - they drop 0-1 nuggets, and a gold farm buries you in them
- Mine nether gold ore: 2-6 nuggets per block, multiplied by Fortune
Uses
- Craft 9 back into a gold ingot - nuggets are how piglin bartering profits become blocks
- Craft golden carrots, the best food in the game for saturation
- Craft glistering melon slices for healing potions
- Add a star shape to firework stars with one nugget
Renewability
Renewable: zombified piglin gold farms are infinite nuggets.
Java vs Bedrock
Identical in Java and Bedrock.
Related: Gold IngotGolden Carrot