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While spelunking in Minecraft I always get excited when I find veins of gold sticking out of the rock. While gold is rare, it's almost useless in the current state where golden tools and armour are very weak. I suggest that golden items provide an extra bonus when at full health, with the tools specifically shooting a ranged (medium speed?) laser projectile in a straight line. To anyone who has played Legend of Zelda, you should know exactly what I mean by this. I think the rarity of gold will not allow golden swords to replace the bow and arrow. Gold can become a sought after block for the situational tools as well as the cosmetic features.

While all of the tools could have a ranged effect the armour could provide specific slot bonus. Some bonus could include lessened fall damage; less likely to trample crops; slightly faster swim speed; increased armour protection value (until you take 1/2 heart of damage). The armour bonuses would require a lot of tweaking so players could choose their slot based on preference rather than what is considered "the best bonus" of the set.

Yeah, I'd also like to see gold given more uses in MC.
Moarcat demands it!

Gold -> Alchemy
That's what I want.

What if something like the golden apple brought you back to life when you died instead of having to respawn?

that would be worth the 8 blocks of gold you need to make it

What I reckon..

Gold Picks should get smooth stone from smooth stone, not cobblestone, and autosmelt stuff when mining, so you mine bars, not rough ore.

Hoes should auto plant when used

Shovels should make grass appear on left click, and

Axes - not sure.

I think that golden tools should be the only enchant-able tools. If you have played on a server with the rune craft mod then you know what I mean. I also think that gold should be used for more aesthetic purposes as well, like putting gold trim on armor.

basically, what Jstrater just said. It's one of the crappiest armors and weapons by itself, but if you can stack an enchantment on top of that, it'll seriously be a nice dynamic balance.