Gold is a COMMON resource obtained from mining Gold Ore at the Gold Mines, Gunpowder Mines, or mining Pure Gold at the Dwarven Mines or Crystal Hollows or from Gold Minions. It can also be bought for 6 coins from the Mine Merchant or for 5.5 coins from the Gold Forger.
Collection[]
Collecting gold ingots increases the player's gold ingot collection, which grants useful items and perks upon collecting certain amounts of gold ingots.
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| LVL | Required | Reward | XP |
|---|---|---|---|
| I | 50 |  Gold Minion Recipe | +4 |
| II | 100 |  Cleaver Recipe | +4 |
| III | 250 | Looting Exp Discount (-25%) | +4 |
| IV | 500 |  Portal to the Gold Mine Recipe | +4 |
| V | 1,000 |  Enchanted Gold Recipe | +4 |
| VI | 2,500 |  Absorption Potion Recipe | +4 |
| VII | 5,000 | Scavenger Exp Discount (-25%) | +4 |
| VIII | 10,000 |  Enchanted Gold Block Recipe | +4 |
| IX | 25,000 | Fortune Exp Discount (-25%) | +4 |
| X | 500,000 |  Enchanted Clock Recipe | +4 |
Obtaining[]
Mining[]
Mining Gold Ore using a Pickaxe with Smelting Touch will drop a Gold Ingot. Gold Ore can be found and mined in the Gold Mine and the Gunpowder Mines.
Pure Gold[]
Pure Gold will always drop Gold Ingots even without Smelting Touch. A Pickaxe with a Ⓟ Breaking Power of 3 or better is required to mine it.
Pure Gold is located both in Dwarven Mines' ⏣ Royal Mines and Crystal Hollows's ⏣ Mines of Divan. It drops 
5x Gold Ingots. It is affected by 
Mineral Armor, Compact and the Efficient Miner Heart of the Mountain perk.
It takes the appearance of 
Block of Gold.
Minions[]
A Gold Minion with the Auto Smelter Minion Upgrade will produce Gold Ingots.
Crafting[]
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Smelting[]
Stranded Mode[]
Gold can be obtained by killing Zombie Pigmen on your Island.
Usage[]
Gold Ingots are used to upgrade Gold Minions, craft an early game weapon named Cleaver, craft Enchanted Gold and brew Absorption potions. Its enchanted variant is also used in a lot of Wolf Slayer recipes.
Upgrading Gold Minion (I - IV)[]
| Name | Crafting recipe | Ingredients | Requirements | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Minion ( I–IV)
|
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Gold Ingot | Gold Ingot I
|
Tier V-X use Enchanted Gold |
Crafting Recipes[]
| Name | Crafting recipe | Ingredients | Requirements |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block of Gold | |
9x Gold Ingot
|
|
| Enchanted Gold | 32323232323232 |
160x Gold Ingot
|
Gold Ingot IV
|
| Cleaver |   |
4x Gold Ingot 2x Stick
|
Gold Ingot II
|
Bank Upgrades[]
While not strictly included within the Gold Collection, upgrading your Bank Account requires progress in the collection.
| Bank Upgrades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Account |
Upgrade Requirements |
Max Balance | ||
| Cost | Gold Collection | Museum Rank | ||
| Starter | 50M coins | |||
| Gold |  + 5M coins
|
100K Gold Collection | 100M coins | |
| Deluxe | 5 + 10M coins
|
250K Gold Collection | Wealthy | 250M coins |
| Super Deluxe | 20 + 25M coins
|
500K Gold Collection | Prosperous | 500M coins |
| Premier | 50 + 50M coins
|
1M Gold Collection | Gilded | 1B coins |
| Luxurious | 100 + 100M coins
|
2M Gold Collection | Affluent | 6B coins |
| Palatial | 200 + 200M coins
|
3M Gold Collection | Palatial | 60B coins |
Golden Dragon Pet[]
The Shining Scales ability of Golden Dragon Pet provides 11.1 ❁ Strength and 2.2 ✯ Magic Find per every digit in Gold Ingot collection, up to 100 ❁ Strength and 20 ✯ Magic Find as 100,000,000 is limit to the ability.
History[]
| SkyBlock | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2024 | The Golden Dragon Pet's Shining Scales perk now caps out at 100M Gold collection rather than 1B. It provides the same buff 1B Gold collection previously did. | |
| SkyBlock Prototype | ||
| June 11, 2019 | 0.1 |  Added Gold Ingot. |
| Aug 18, 2022 | 0.14 | Golden Dragon Pet's Shining Scale ability's ❁ Strength and ✯ Magic Find boosts are now capped at 1,000,000,000 Gold Ingot collection (10 digits). |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 0.20.6 | Max bonus for Golden Dragon Pet's Shining Scales ability is now gained at 100,000,000 Gold Ingot collection, rather than 1,000,000,000. |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Added Enchanted Clock to Gold Ingot collection. | |
