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Gold Ingot – Wiki Guide

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This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft gold ingot with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, gold ingot is one of your most important items in your inventory. You need it to craft tools, weapons, armor, mechanisms, food, and many more items. There is more than one way to craft gold ingot.

Let’s explore how to add gold ingot to your inventory.

Where to find Gold Ingot in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find gold ingot in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.11	Materials
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.12 – 1.19	Miscellaneous
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.19.4	Ingredients

Platform is the platform that applies.

Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).

Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make Gold Ingot

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft gold ingot:

9 Gold Nuggets
1 Raw Gold
1 Block of Gold

How to smelt Gold Ingot in Survival Mode

You can smelt gold ingot in Survival Mode using either a furnace or blast furnace.

1. Open the Furnace Menu

First, open your furnace so that you have the Furnace menu that looks like this:

2. Add Fuel to the Furnace

Next, you need to add fuel to the bottom fuel box in the furnace.

In this tutorial, we are going to use coal as our fuel.

TIP: Read our tutorial called How to Add Fuel to a Furnace if you aren’t sure what items can be used as fuel, the length of time each fuel will burn, or how many items each fuel can smelt/cook.

3. Add Items to make Gold Ingot

Next, place the raw gold in the top box of the furnace. You should see the flames smelting the raw gold.

New Recipe

Old Recipe

Once the raw gold is cooked/smelted in the furnace, the gold ingot will appear in the box to the right. The gold ingot looks like a gold brick.

4. Move the Gold Ingot to Inventory

Now that you have made gold ingot in your furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made gold ingot using a furnace in Minecraft!

How to craft Gold Ingot in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make Gold Ingot

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make gold ingot, you will need to place specific items in the grid. It is important that the items are placed in the exact pattern as our example images. Changing the pattern of boxes that are filled will change the item that is crafted.

There are 2 patterns you can use as a crafting recipe for gold ingot:

Pattern 1

There should be 9 gold nuggets (filling all of the boxes).

Pattern 2

In the first row, there should be 1 gold block in the first box.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the gold ingot will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Gold Ingot to Inventory

Once you have crafted gold ingot, you need to move the new items to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made gold ingot using a crafting table in Minecraft!