Why is gold so 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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Is gold in Minecraft useful?

This article contains a list of all of the uses of gold, however in general gold is only used for Clocks, powered rails, and as a fancy looking block. It can be used to craft armor and tools as well, but they have such low durability you should never use it for that purpose.
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Why is gold worse than iron in Minecraft?

Golden armor has durability ~2x worse than iron, where iron grants better protection. Only thing good about golden armor is the enchantability, but all of it is useless due to the durability.
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Is gold the best Minecraft?

Gold tools mine faster than any other tool and also have the highest chance of good enchantments. Other than that If you use minecarts you might use most of your gold for powered rails.
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Why is gold so rare in Minecraft?

Gold is a fairly rare ore found in Minecraft . When mined with an Iron Pickaxe or better it drops one gold ore. It serves little use as a tool because of its very low durability, which is often overlooked by players . Gold ore is found deeper than more ores in the game, below layer 30.
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How do you cure crying Obsidian?

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By combining 6 Crying Obsidian with 3 Glowstone, the player can craft a Respawn Anchor. This block is used to allow the player to respawn in the Nether, but it must be charged with Glowstone blocks.
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Do villagers sell gold?

All types of villagers now buy 8–9 gold ingots for 1 emerald, as a fallback trade in case no trades were generated for that villager. Added jungle temples, which contain loot chests with gold ingots. Gold ingots are now used to craft light weighted pressure plates. Gold ingots are now found in nether fortress chests.
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Can iron mine diamond?

The tools you'll need to mine for diamonds

The most important item is an iron pickaxe. 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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Is chainmail better than gold?

Chainmail Armor (also known as Chain Armor or Chainmail) is a type of armor which offers medium protection, stronger than leather or gold armor, but weaker than iron armor.
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Is gold axe better than iron?

A diamond axe isn't actually that much of an upgrade from iron in terms of speed – but it will chop more than six times as many items before breaking. Golden axes will only chop a handful of items before breaking, but they cut faster than any other material. Damage-wise, there's not much difference between the ranks.
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Is gold armor better in the nether?

Golden armor is mostly only useful in the Nether because it adds more protection against blaze fireballs and ghast fireballs.
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Is gold weak in Minecraft?

Gold armour and tools are considered terrible in Minecraft due to their low durability. Believe it or not, gold has less durability than wood at approximately 32 hits. Gold armour may look cool, but it is quite weak compared to other armour.
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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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Are axes better than swords in Minecraft?

They deal more damage than swords, and a wooden axe has the same damage as a diamond sword. However, there are three drawbacks as a weapon: Attacking with an axe will cause it to take double durability damage. Like swords, they require an anvil to enchant with weapon-based enchantments.
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Is gold armor good in Minecraft?

Golden Armor, though rare, is actually a very weak armor type in terms of durability. Like golden tools, it has only 33 durability before it breaks. However, gold is actually better protection than Leather armor and can be enchanted much more effectively than any other class.
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What y level is best for gold in Minecraft?

Best places to find gold in Minecraft 1.18

Initially, it generates in a spread and can be found most commonly around Y level -16. And here is the updated and finalized ore distribution chart for 1.18. It can also be found pretty commonly from Y level -48 to Y level -64.
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Can you turn gold nuggets into ingots?

Placing 9 gold nuggets into a 3×3 crafting grid will combine them together to make a gold ingot.
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Can you make a portal out of crying obsidian?

Unlike obsidian, crying obsidian cannot be used as a nether portal frame.
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Can a nether portal be any shape?

Nether portals can be built at a minimum of 4×5, and a maximum of 23×23. Added nether portals. There are now new nether portal building rules: Any rectangular shape from 4×5 to 23×23. If the nether portal in the Nether is big enough, ghasts can now travel through.
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How do you find a ruined portal in Minecraft?

Ruined Portals can be found in any biome in the Overworld and the Nether, both underground and on the surface. If found underground, they will be surrounded by air blocks to be more easily accessible. Ruined Portals will often contain enough Obsidian to make a complete portal.
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How rare are Minecraft diamonds?

Diamonds can be obtained from diamond ore, a rare find found in about ~0.0846% (~1 in 1200) of blocks in levels 5-16. Diamonds can be found anywhere beneath layer 16, but is most common in layers 5-12 in version 1.17.
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Is there a emerald Sword in Minecraft?

A single emerald sword deals two hearts more of damage than a diamond sword and has twice the durability (3124 hits). It can kill most mobs in one hit. When mining dirt, sand, and other soft materials with an emerald sword, mining goes 1.5x faster than when mining with one's hands.
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