How to Make Gold Nugget in Minecraft

Gold Nugget

Gold Nugget converts gold into small crafting units for golden food, firework stars, and rebuilding ingots.

Block ID minecraft:gold_nugget

Mod Vanilla

Game versions

1.21

Description

Gold Nugget is a small gold material obtained by breaking one gold ingot into 9 nuggets or by smelting damaged golden tools, weapons, and armor. Gold nuggets also drop from nether gold ore and can appear in several loot chests, which makes the Nether a practical source before a player has a large gold supply. A gold nugget stacks to 64 and cannot be placed as a block.

Gold Nugget is used to craft golden carrots, glistering melon slices, firework stars with a star-shaped explosion, and gold ingots. Eight gold nuggets surround a carrot or melon slice in the relevant food recipes, while 9 nuggets reconstruct one gold ingot. Gold nuggets are not accepted for piglin bartering; piglins require full gold ingots, so players should combine nuggets before approaching piglins.

Block properties

Item ID	`minecraft:gold_nugget`
/give command	`/give @p minecraft:gold_nugget`
Stackable	Yes (64)
Renewable	Yes

Crafting guide

How to obtain and use Gold Nuggets in Minecraft

1

Split a gold ingot

Place 1 gold ingot in any crafting slot to receive 9 gold nuggets.
2

Recover gold from equipment

Smelt a damaged golden tool, weapon, or armor piece in a furnace or blast furnace to recover 1 nugget.
3

Choose the recipe

Use 8 nuggets for golden food, add 1 to gunpowder for a star-shaped firework star, or combine 9 into an ingot.