How rare is gold ore in Minecraft?

Gold Ore is a fairly rare ore found in Minecraft, typically found in veins of 1 to 9, from y=0 to y=31 in all biomes, and in veins of one to nine from y=28 to y=80 within a badlands biome. The ore itself is dropped when mined with an iron pickaxe or better.
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What are the rarest ores in Minecraft?

Emerald Ore is the rarest ore to date in Minecraft (25 times more so than Diamond Ore, while almost always spawning in only one-block veins).
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What are the odds of finding gold in Minecraft?

Bridges in the Bastion Remnants can sometimes house chests, which have a high chance of spawning gold. There is a 12% of finding a Block of Gold (nine gold ingots) in the chest. There is also a 12% chance to get a gold ingot in these chests. If players are lucky, they can find both in the same chest!
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How valuable is gold ore?

That would make the gold in a one pound ore sample worth approximately 75 cents, and this is assuming that the ore is extremely rich. Many mines can run profitably on much lower grade ores, which might easily reduce the average value of ore down to 25 cents or less per pound.
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Where is gold most common in Minecraft?

Gold ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of blobs. In Java Edition gold ore attempts to generate 4 times per chunk, in blobs of size 9, from levels -64 to 32, in all biomes. It is most likely to be found around layer -16, becoming less common toward either end of the range.
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Is gold useful in Minecraft?

Gold is one of the most important resources in Minecraft, as you'll need it to eventually find Diamonds and safely travel the Nether. The best place to find Gold Ore is through mining. To mine it, you'll need an Iron Pickaxe or something more durable than that.
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Is gold rarer than diamonds Minecraft?

Gold ore is one of the rarest ores, slightly more common than diamond, and it makes the fastest tools, but has the least number of uses.
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Is gold useless in Minecraft?

Golden tools are the most efficient, yet still avoided by the majority of Minecraft players. The reason they're considered among the worst type of tools is because of their durability. A golden pickaxe can only break 32 blocks, which is by far the lowest for any amount.
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What biome has the most gold?

Gold generates more commonly in Mesa Biomes!
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What is crying Obsidian?

Crying obsidian is a luminous variant of obsidian that can be used to craft a respawn anchor and produces purple particles when placed.
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How much gold is in a chunk?

On average about 12.4 gold ore blocks generate per chunk. Gold ore can only be mined with an iron pickaxe or higher.
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What y level is 1.18 gold?

Gold. Gold can spawn anywhere between Y-level 256 and Y-level -64, but there are a few things to keep in mind. It can only appear in Minecraft's badlands biome between Y-levels 256 and 32. It only appears if there is a landmass capable of supporting it.
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How rare is nether gold?

Nether gold ore drops 2-6 gold nuggets when mined with any pickaxe. Fortune 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.
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Is Nether gold ore common?

Analysis: Nether gold ore is about 35% as common as nether quartz ore with a similar height distribution. I generated a sample Nether of 1024 × 1024 blocks and analysed it to determine how common Nether gold ore is compared to Nether quartz.
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Is gold better than Netherite?

Minecraft: Netherite and gold pickaxe comparison

With a durability of 32, gold pickaxes have the lowest durability in the group, even less than a standard wooden pick. Compared to a Netherite pickaxe's durability of 2,031, the Netherite tool is by far a better option when it comes to long-lasting use.
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Can you make a diamond in Minecraft?

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make a diamond, place 1 diamond block in the 3x3 crafting grid.
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Is emerald useless in Minecraft?

Description. As regular players, we see emeralds in Minecraft as an extremely rare item that is incredibly useless. All you can really do is sell for basic items.
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What's the rarest ore?

Painite : Not just the rarest gemstone, but also the rarest mineral on earth, Painite holds the Guinness World Record for it. After its discovery in the year 1951, there existed only 2 specimens of Painite for the next many decades.
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Is Netherite rarer then diamonds?

Since we are comparing a 1 in 1200 chance for diamonds to a 1 in 25000 chance for ancient debris (and subsequently Netherite), players can conclude that Netherite is officially rarer than diamond by a large margin.
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What is the rarest ore in Minecraft 2022?

Diamonds are the rarest ore in the Overworld to mine and are the most in-demand. They generate from Y16 to Y-64. As of the 1.18 Update in Minecraft, Diamonds can no longer generate in veins of 8 blocks. So you will have to spend more time looking for them.
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What's the rarest item in Minecraft?

The rarest item in Minecraft is the Dragon's Egg as it generates only once in a Minecraft world. After players defeat the Ender dragon for the first time, the Dragon Egg spawns on top of the exit portal. Players cannot mine it directly using a pickaxe.
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Do any villagers sell gold?

Cleric villagers will trade by buying gold ingots in exchange for emeralds. Piglins accept gold ingots as part of bartering and in exchange provide the player with a random item.
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Can gold pickaxe mine diamond?

Diamond ore can only be mined with an iron pickaxe or better (better meaning gold, diamond, or netherite). If you try to mine diamonds with a stone or wood pickaxe, the block will break but you won't get anything from it.
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