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Gold Pickaxes are the fastest for mining most of the 'stone' blocks, ie, cobblestone, nether brick, sandstone, and also coal. It mines them three times faster than a Stone pick, and almost twice as fast as Diamond.

However they have the lowest durability of all picks, half as much as a wooden one. It means a Gold Pick will wear out after mining just 33 blocks.

Gold's rarity combined with the very fast overturn on gold tools, means you should only really bother if you've got loads of gold and no plans to use it for anything else.

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No, they are not. Despite their rarity, they do the same damage as Wood swords, and will break in only half the time. Compared to a stone sword, they do half a heart less, and break in a quarter of the time.

Their only advantage, as a weapon, is their enchantability, ie, you will have higher enchantments available to a gold sword than any other kind.

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You can mine gold with an iron or diamond pickaxe.

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You need at least an Iron Pickaxe.

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