Minecraft Forums

I have this massive SSP world, so I require loads of Powered rails to get around quickly. Also, when I'm in a rough situation whilst fighting mobs, I take out mah trusty 4 enchantment Gold sword, which does one shot KO for almost every mob
Oh yeah, gold blocks/ore looks good, as well

Quote from SSXX9

... Wrong. They can mine as much as an iron pickaxe, just not much durability. Carry lots. =3

lolno. Gold Tools have the worst type of mining capabilities (on par with Stone tools), with low durability. Gold pickaxes can't even mine gold ores. The special attribute they have is that they mine the quickest out of any tool, even Diamond tools. They also have the highest enchanting capabilities.

On Topic: I'm quite sure I already posted, but Gold is pretty useful in Powered Rails and Clocks, which I find pretty vital in traveling and mining. Tools/Armor is purely for show. If you have an overabundance (kudos to you), then I suppose you can use them to quickly make passages in mines/dirt.

Also, Gold blocks make a fantastic "Tower-of-Pimps".

For minecart geeks, gold is very valuable, sometimes even more then diamonds. With power rails you never have enough. The only other way to use gold is for decoration, potions, or golden apples.

I myself thought you would trade gold with villagers, not some idiotic emerald thats near impossible to find.

Quote from SSXX9

... Wrong. They can mine as much as an iron pickaxe, just not much durability. Carry lots. =3

... Wrong. I've seen the source code, because I am a modder. They have the same "harvest level" as that of a wood pickaxe.

This is one of the prime examples I like tekkit over vanilla. There are tons of uses for gold, among other resources like lapis. Also gold bars are used as currency on my server, so lots of value.

when i see gold, i just walk away and continue digging

Maybe it was intended to be used as currency on multiplayer.

I'd sell a diamond for 15 gold

and a house for 250

there isn't much use later in the game, but early on it is nice to make a clock and some powered rails.

You can:
-Make a clock
-Make a golden apple
-Make powered rails
-Make Glistering Melons for potions
-Make the walls of your trophy room entirely out of it
-Hoard it in a chest

I'm pretty sure gold breaks blocks faster then diamond but has horrible durability.

For the life of me i can't find gold! In all honesty all my map seeds have zero gold in them. But I always have loads of diamond laying around... I Dunno! * Shrugged*

There is never enough gold for powered rails. Never.

Being lazy enough to not check seven pages, I'm sure that golden tools are better enchanted for lower levels.

i never used a watch to be realistic...
i never used gold for nothing than other mods goodies.
i've never used potions and the golden apple too.
well.

Quote from tsburger

Currency in some servers. Duh.

In the snapshots, emeralds were added as currency so when 1.3 comes out, gold won't be currency

I build with gold.

Quote from Krinity

In the snapshots, emeralds were added as currency so when 1.3 comes out, gold won't be currency

Emerald is rarer than gold. So maybe gold is still used, but have lower price. Or whatever.

High enchantebility

Other than for brewing purposes, gold is only useful to make powered rails.