Gold Ore

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|keywords=Stardew Valley Wiki, Stardew Valley, Gold Ore, gift |site_name=Stardew Valley Wiki |type=article |title=Gold Ore - Stardew Valley Wiki }} Gold Ore is a resource obtained largely from Gold Nodes with a Pickaxe.

Locations

• Gold Nodes in the Mines at floors 80+
• Gold Nodes in the Skull Cavern rarely at floors 60+ and more commonly at floors 80+
• Nodes can spawn in the Quarry or in the quarry on the Hill-top and Four Corners Farm Maps.
• Breaking boxes and barrels in the Mines.
• Ghosts have a 20% chance of dropping 1-3 gold ore.
• Fishing treasure chests.
• Beachfront Artifact Spots.
• Frozen Geodes, Magma Geodes, or Omni Geodes.
• Panning
• Traveling Cart for data-sort-value="25"100–1,000g.
• Blacksmith for data-sort-value="400">400g each in year 1, data-sort-value="750">750g each in year 2+.
• Lava Eel Fish Pond when population reaches 3 or more.

Smelting

Gold ore can be smelted in a Furnace to create a Gold Bar. The smelting requires 5 gold ore and 1 coal to begin and takes approximately 5 in-game hours to complete.

Crafting

Image	Name	Description	Ingredients	Recipe Source
	Mega Bomb	Generates a powerful explosion. Use with extreme caution.	Gold Ore (4) Solar Essence (1) Void Essence (1)	Mining Level 8

Tailoring

Gold Ore can be used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create the dyeable Turtleneck Sweater. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a yellow dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.

Quests

Three Gold Ore may be requested by several fish in Fish Pond quests to increase the capacity of the pond from 5 to 7.

History

• 1.3.27: Increased price from 400g in year 1 to 750g in year 2+.
• 1.4: Can now be used in Tailoring. Can be requested in Fish Pond quests. Can be produced by Fish Ponds.