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How to Craft Block of Gold in Minecraft

Block of Gold in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Compact gold storage.

A Block of Gold costs you 9 Gold Ingots, put together at a Crafting Table. Laid out, that is nine Gold Ingots filling every cell. Expect 1 Block of Gold from every craft.

Block of Gold Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Block of Gold is minecraft:gold_block. In commands the namespace may be left off, so gold_block works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p gold_block
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p gold_block 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve gold_block 1

Cheats have to be on for Block of Gold to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Block of Gold compactly stores 9 gold ingots. It can be used to power beacons. Block of Gold uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The block of gold was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with gold ingot (smelt gold ore).

Counting The Stack

Feed 9 gold ingots a craft, so 64 covers 7 of them: 7 block of golds. The box keeps 1 gold ingot.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Gold IngotGold IngotGold Ingot9xSmelt gold ore

Gather 9x Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore), then take the lot to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

9 Gold Ore makes 9 Gold Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 9 Gold Ore.

  1. 1
    9Gold IngotGold Ingot9Gold IngotFurnace, repeat 9x
  2. 2
    Block of Goldthis page

Gather this first

9Gold Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Gold IngotGold Ingot9x Gold Ingot

  2. 2

    Block of Gold

Minecraft crafting recipe for Block of Gold: 9 x Gold Ingot in a crafting table, making 1 Block of Gold.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 9x Gold Ingot before you open the Crafting Table. Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.

Uses for Block of Gold

  • Compact gold storage
  • Powering beacons
  • Decoration

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Block of Gold on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Block of Gold in Minecraft?
9 Gold Ingots at a Crafting Table: that is the whole shopping list for a Block of Gold. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Block of Gold.
What do you need to make a Block of Gold from scratch?
From raw materials only, a Block of Gold comes down to 9 Gold Ore. The rest you make yourself, and it takes 2 crafts to get there.
Can you craft a Block of Gold without a crafting table?
You need a table for a Block of Gold. It is laid out as nine Gold Ingots filling every cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Block of Gold?
A Block of Gold draws its parts from several different places. Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.
How many Blocks of Gold do you get from one craft?
The Block of Gold recipe makes one Block of Gold per craft.
What is the item ID for Block of Gold in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Block of Gold goes by minecraft:gold_block; gold_block without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Block of Gold?
The command for Block of Gold is /give @p gold_block. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p gold_block 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Block of Gold recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: a Block of Gold takes 9 Gold Ingots at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, one at a time.
How many Blocks of Gold fit in one stack?
A Block of Gold stacks to 64, so a full inventory of 36 slots holds 2304 of them.
What version of Minecraft added the Block of Gold?
The files run out before the block of gold does. Minecraft Beta 1.0 is the oldest language file Mojang publishes and block of gold was listed in it. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
9 Gold Ingots in, 1 Block of Gold out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Block of Gold per craft against the stack size.

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