Gold Ore

  

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For the differences of this information on Old-gen console and 3DS, see Legacy:Gold Ore.

Gold Ore

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Statistics

Type	OreCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (1 wide × 1 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*
Sell	3 SC
Research	100 required

• Internal Item ID: 13
• Internal Tile ID: 8

 Obtained from

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Entity	Qty.	Rate
Azure Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Azure Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Baby Slime Baby Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Black Slime Black Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Blue Slime Blue Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Boreal Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Bramble Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Bramble Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Corrupt Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Corrupt Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Crimson Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Crimson Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Defiled Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Divine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Divine Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Dungeon Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Dungeon Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Frozen Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Golden CrateGolden Crate	25–34	1/20 (5%)
Green Slime Green Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Hallowed Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hallowed Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Hellstone Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hellstone Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Hematic Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Jungle Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Jungle Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Jungle Slime Jungle Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Mirage Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Mirage Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Oasis Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Oasis Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Obsidian Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Obsidian Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Ocean Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Ocean Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Pinky Pinky (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Purple Slime Purple Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Red Slime Red Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%
Seaside Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Seaside Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Sky Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Sky Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/56 (1.79%)
Stockade Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Stockade Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	20–35	1/112 (0.89%)
Titanium Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)Titanium Crate(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	25–34	1/40 (2.5%)
Yellow Slime Yellow Slime (Bonus drop(Desktop, Console, Mobile and 3DS versions))	3–13	0.16%

Gold Ore is an early game ore which spawns in the Underground and Cavern layers. Its primary use is to make Gold Bars, which can be used to make the Gold tier of equipment, as well as crowns, Thrones, and several other items. The equivalent of Gold Ore is Platinum Ore, which will sometimes replace Gold in a world. Gold Ore has a small chance to appear as a bonus drop from slimes.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Gold Ore	Platinum Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
	Platinum Ore	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Platinum Ore	Gold Ore	Chlorophyte Extractinator Conversion(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Gold Bar	Gold Ore4	Furnace
only: Gold Brick5	Stone Block5 Gold Ore
Spelunker Potion	Bottled Water Blinkroot Moonglow Gold Ore	Placed Bottle or Alchemy Table(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Tungsten Ore	Gold Ore	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Achievements

Ooo! Shiny! • “Mine your first nugget of ore with a pickaxe.”

Mine your first ore. (Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)

Category: Explorer

Trivia

• In real life, gold is one of the softest metals, but in Terraria (as lampshaded by the Goblin Tinkerer) it is harder than such heavy-duty metals as iron or steel.
• Even though Gold and Platinum Ore (and Bars) are of nearly equal sell value, 1 Platinum Coin is worth 100 Gold Coins. This is likely because Platinum Ore and Bars were added after Platinum Coins, and also is a reflection to the real-world metals (in this case, platinum would be the higher rank).

See also

• Platinum Ore

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4: Stack limit increased from 999 to 9999.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Changed item texture from to .
  • Changed block texture from to .

• Desktop 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 99 to 999.

• Desktop 1.2: Gold will now sometimes not generate with a world, being replaced with Platinum Ore.

• Desktop 1.0.5:
  • Now has a sparkle effect.
  • Now used to craft Spelunker Potion.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.