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How to Craft Golden Apple in Minecraft

Golden Apple in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Restores 4 hunger points.

The bill for a Golden Apple is 8 Gold Ingots and 1 Apple, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. From the top down: three Gold Ingots; then two Gold Ingots in the left and right columns and an Apple in the middle column; then three Gold Ingots. You end up with 1 Golden Apple each time. Eating one restores 4 hunger and 9.6 saturation.

Golden Apple Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Golden Apples restore 4 hunger points and grant Absorption II (extra hearts) and Regeneration II. They are essential for curing zombie villagers. Golden Apple uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

The golden apple 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) and apple (break oak leaves or find in chests).

One Stack, Counted

Stack sum: 64 over 8 is 8 crafts, times 1 is 8 golden apples. On top of that: 8 apples. It divides evenly, no gold ingots left over.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Gold IngotGold IngotGold Ingot8xSmelt gold ore
AppleAppleApple1xBreak oak leaves or find in chests

Golden Apple needs 8x Gold Ingot (smelt gold ore) and Apple (break oak leaves or find in chests), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

8 Gold Ore makes 8 Gold Ingot, the one part of this you craft rather than gather. All in: 1 Apple and 8 Gold Ore.

  1. 1
    8Gold IngotGold Ingot8Gold IngotFurnace, repeat 8x
  2. 2
    Golden AppleGolden AppleGolden Applethis page

Gather this first

AppleAppleApple8Gold Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Gold IngotGold Ingot8x Gold Ingot

  2. 2

    AppleAppleApple

  3. 3

    Golden Apple

Minecraft crafting recipe for Golden Apple: 8 x Gold Ingot, 1 x Apple in a crafting table, making 1 Golden Apple.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 8x Gold Ingot and 1x Apple before you open the Crafting Table. Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore.

Uses for Golden Apple

  • Restores 4 hunger points
  • Grants Absorption II and Regeneration II for 5 seconds
  • Curing zombie villagers

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Golden Apple on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Golden Apple in Minecraft?
Bring 8 Gold Ingots and 1 Apple to a Crafting Table and you can make a Golden Apple. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Golden Apple.
What do you need to make a Golden Apple from scratch?
From raw materials only, a Golden Apple comes down to 1 Apple and 8 Gold Ore. The rest you make yourself, and it takes 2 crafts to get there.
Can you craft a Golden Apple without a crafting table?
You need a table for a Golden Apple. It is laid out as eight Gold Ingots and a single Apple in the centre cell, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Golden Apple?
Here is where each part of a Golden Apple comes from. Gold Ingot: smelt gold ore. Apple: break oak leaves or find in chests.
How many Golden Apples do you get from one craft?
The Golden Apple recipe makes one Golden Apple per craft.
What is the item ID for Golden Apple in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Golden Apple goes by minecraft:golden_apple; golden_apple without the namespace does the same job in a command.
Can you farm everything you need for a Golden Apple?
Golden Apple needs nothing you have to go find: gold ingot from zombified piglins and apple from trees you can replant. Set those up once and you can keep making golden apple.
What is the give command for Golden Apple?
/give @p golden_apple gives you a Golden Apple. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Golden Apple recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
A Golden Apple works the same on both: 8 Gold Ingots and 1 Apple at a Crafting Table, the same pattern, one at a time, whether you are on Java or Bedrock.
What version of Minecraft added the Golden Apple?
The files run out before the golden apple does. Minecraft Beta 1.0 is the oldest language file Mojang publishes and golden apple was listed in it. The Golden Apple recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
8 Gold Ingots and 1 Apple in, 1 Golden Apple out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
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.
That the ingredients come back
What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size, hunger and saturation
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 Golden Apple per craft against the stack size.

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