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How to Craft Gold Nugget in Minecraft

Gold Nugget in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Crafting golden carrots and glistering melon slices. Minecraft has used the name Gold Nugget since 1.0.

Gather 1 Gold Ingot, then work it on a Crafting Table. One go makes 9 Gold Nuggets.

Gold Nugget Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Gold Nuggets are small pieces of gold. Nine nuggets combine back into one gold ingot. Gold Nugget uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

Minecraft has used the name Gold Nugget since 1.0, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

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

The Stack Arithmetic

64 gold ingots is 64 crafts here, or 576 gold nuggets once the grid stops. Craft 64 clears the box of gold ingot.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Gold IngotGold IngotGold Ingot1xSmelt gold ore

To make Gold Nugget you will gather Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

1 Gold Ore makes 1 Gold Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Gold Ore.

  1. 1
    Gold IngotGold IngotGold IngotFurnace
  2. 2
    Gold NuggetGold NuggetGold Nuggetthis page

Gather this first

Gold Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Gold IngotGold IngotGold Ingot

  2. 2

    9x Gold Nugget

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

Tips & Notes

  • Because this one is shapeless, Gold Ingot can go in any cells you like. The grid only checks that they are all present.
  • Shopping list: 1x Gold Ingot. Plan the Gold Ingot first: smelt gold ore.
  • Each craft yields 9 Gold Nugget, so a full stack of 64 takes 8 crafts.

Uses for Gold Nugget

  • Crafting golden carrots and glistering melon slices
  • Small gold unit

What Gold Nugget Goes Into

2 other recipes list Gold Nugget as an ingredient.

Glistering Melon SliceGlistering Melon SliceGlistering Melon SliceCrafting TableGolden CarrotGolden CarrotGolden CarrotCrafting Table

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Gold Nugget in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Gold Ingot to a Crafting Table and you can make a Gold Nugget. Any arrangement works as long as all of it are in the grid, and one craft produces 9 Gold Nuggets.
What can you make with Gold Nugget?
Gold Nugget is an ingredient in 2 other recipes on this site, including Glistering Melon Slice and Golden Carrot. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for a Gold Nugget?
Here is where each part of a Gold Nugget comes from. Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.
How many Gold Nuggets do you get from one craft?
The Gold Nugget recipe makes 9 Gold Nuggets in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Gold Nugget in Minecraft?
Gold Nugget is registered as minecraft:gold_nugget. Commands accept the short form gold_nugget as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Gold Nugget?
/give @p gold_nugget gives you a Gold Nugget. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Gold Nugget recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
A Gold Nugget works the same on both: 1 Gold Ingot at a Crafting Table, the same pattern, 9 at a time, whether you are on Java or Bedrock.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for a Gold Nugget?
No, a Gold Nugget is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Gold Ingot can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
What version of Minecraft added the Gold Nugget?
Minecraft 1.0 is the oldest release that calls the gold nugget by that name. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. The current release still makes a Gold Nugget exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Gold Ingot in, 9 Gold Nuggets out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.0 uses this name and the release before it does not. 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: 9 Gold Nuggets per craft against the stack size.

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