Gold Nugget

“I can't eat it, but it sure is shiny.”

A Gold Nugget is a mineral in Don't Starve. It is a required item for many Crafting recipes.

Gold Nuggets can be found by mining Boulders (with gold veins on their side) or Stalagmites (found only in Caves). They can be found lying on the ground in Graveyards or Rocky biomes, and fall from the ceiling in Caves during Earthquakes. The Pig King will also exchange Gold Nuggets for certain items. As some of the aforementioned items exchangeable for Gold Nuggets are renewable, this makes it a fully renewable resource.

Like most other minerals, Gold Nuggets can be eaten by Slurtles and Snurtles, and Slurtles will attack a player carrying it if there aren't any other minerals in the immediate area.

Downloadable Content[]

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Gold Nuggets can be Refined from Dubloons. Digging gold flecked Magma Piles can yield Gold Nuggets. Unlike gold veined Boulders, gold flecked Magma Piles do not have a preset amount of Gold Nuggets to drop. Instead, there is an independent 25% chance for each dug up item to be a Gold Nugget. Therefore, there is a small (~7.5%) chance to get no Gold Nuggets, and a very small (~0.00038%) chance to get a total 9 of them from each Magma Pile. Very rarely, Gold Nuggets can be found laying around in Jungle and Magma Field biomes.

This DLC also introduces many new methods to obtain items, most of them include Gold Nuggets as a possible reward, however, typically chance of getting a Gold Nugget among all possible rewards is small and some of these are chance encounters, therefore these cannot be used as a reliable method to obtain Gold Nuggets. These methods include:

Using Trawl Net outside of shallow Ocean.
Gambling on the Slot Machine.
Digging up X Marks the Spot treasure chests.
One preset of Steamer Trunk.

In the Hamlet DLC, Gold Veins are not present, so the task to obtain Gold has become more difficult. It is still possible to mine Gold from Stalagmites, but Stalagmites themselves are rarer, and can only be found in Cave Clefts. However, new methods has been introduced to obtain gold:

Pig Statues can be chiseled with a Ball Pein Hammer to obtain 2 Gold Nuggets.
6 Gold Dust can be refined to obtain one Gold Nugget (however, 3 can be dropped near a Pangolden for it to convert into 1 Gold Nugget).
If a Secret Bandit Camp treasure chest is open, there is a 1/6 chance to obtain 4 Gold Nuggets.
Mining Stalacmite Throne dropped by Queen Womant have a chance to drop Gold Nuggets.
Gold Nuggets can be bought for 10 Oincs at the Swinesbury Mineral Exchange.

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Only during Year of the Carrat event

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Only during Year of the Carrat event

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Only during Hallowed Nights event

Trivia[]

During the research period of Don't Starve, Gold Nuggets offered 15 Research Points when put in a Science Machine or an Alchemy Engine.
Gold Nuggets take on a silvery luster when the player is insane.
Though in real life Gold Nuggets sink in the water, they stay afloat in the Singleplayer. Gold Nuggets sink in the water in Don't Starve Together.

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Items and Structures dropped by Mobs view
Edible Items	Batilisk Wing • Butter • Butterfly Wings • Deerclops Eyeball • Drumstick • Fish • Frog Legs • Guardian's Horn • Glow Berry • Honey • Leafy Meat • Light Bulb • Mandrake • Meat • Monster Meat • Morsel • Phlegm (Electric Milk • Glommer's Goop ) (Banana • Blubber • Dead Dogfish • Dead Jellyfish • Dead Rainbow Jellyfish • Dead Swordfish • Dead Wobster • Dragoon Heart • Eye of the Tiger Shark • Fish Morsel • Raw Fish • Tropical Fish • Shark Fin ) (Coconut ) (Flytrap Stalk • Nectar • Poison Dartfrog Legs ) (Carrot Seeds • Dragon Fruit • Ice • Moon Moth Wings • Royal Jelly )
Crafting Resources	Ashes • Azure Feather • Beard Hair • Beefalo Horn • Beefalo Wool • Blue Gem • Bunny Puff • Charcoal • Crimson Feather • Flint • Gears • Hound's Tooth • Jet Feather • Living Log • Mosquito Sack • Nightmare Fuel • Pig Skin • Purple Gem • Red Gem • Rocks • Silk • Slurtle Slime • Slurper Pelt • Spider Gland • Steel Wool • Stinger • Tentacle Spots • Thulecite Fragments • Walrus Tusk (Cat Tail • Down Feather • Glommer's Wings • Scales • Thick Fur • Volt Goat Horn ) (Dorsal Fin • Doydoy Feather • Dubloons • Empty Bottle • Horn • Magic Seal • Obsidian • Quacken Beak • Shark Gills • Turbine Blades ) (Snakeskin • Venom Gland ) (Chitin • Dark Tatters • Hippopotamoose Antler • Infused Iron • Iron Ore • Peagawk Plume • Platapine Quill • Pig Skin? • Pugalisk Skull • Thunder Feather • Rope • Vine • Weevole Carapace ) (Cookie Cutter Shell • Cut Grass • Desert Stone • Fur Tuft • Honeycomb • Malbatross Feather • Mourning Glory • Saffron Feather • Shroom Skin )
Loot	Blow Dart • Blueprint • Fleshy Bulb • Krampus Sack • Ornate Chest • Spider Eggs • Shelmet • Snurtle Shell Armor • Spiderhat • Tam o' Shanter • Tentacle Spike (Webber's Skull ) (Booty Bag • Chest of the Depths • Eyeshot • Harpoon • Iron Key • Tarnished Crown • Yellow Mosquito Sack ) (Snake Oil ) (Bandit Stash Map • Halberd • Petrifying Bones • Royal Crown • Snake Bone • Spoiled Fish • Swashy Hat • Torch ) (Bee Queen Crown • Bone Helm • Bone Armor • Chilled Lavae • Deer Antler • Fossil Fragments • Gnarwail Horn • Lavae Egg • Malbatross Bill • Rose • Shadow Atrium • Shadow Thurible • Sketch • Stag Antler )
Indirect	Bee • Beefalo Wool • Butterfly • Crow • Fireflies • Guano • Manure • Redbird • Seeds • Snowbird • Rabbit • Mosquito (Glommer's Goop ) (Moleworm ) (Bile-Covered Slop • Bioluminescence • Cormorant • Crabbit • Jellyfish • Parrot Pirate • Rainbow Jellyfish • Roe • Seagull • Toucan • Wobster ) (Parrot • Toucan ) (Gold Nugget • Glowfly • Kingfisher • Orange Piko • Parrot (Blue) • Pigeon • Piko ) (Canary • Cut Grass • Puffin )

Naturally spawning world objects view
Plants	Berry Bush • Carrot • Cave Banana Tree • Cave Lichen • Evergreen • Flower (Evil Flower • Fern) • Grass • Light Flower • Lureplant • Mandrake • Mushrooms • Mushtree • Plant • Reeds • Sapling • Spiky Bush • Totally Normal Tree (Birchnut Tree • Cactus • Tumbleweed ) (Ash Tree • Bamboo Patch • Coffee Plant • Elephant Cactus • Jungle Tree • Mangrove Tree • Palm Tree • Regular Jungle Tree • Seaweed Plant • Sweet Potato • Viney Bush ) (Aloe • Asparagus • Bramble • Bramble Bloom • Claw Palm Tree • Cocooned Tree • Exotic Flower • Hedge • Intricate Topiary • Lawn Decoration • Lotus Plant • Nettle Vine • Rainforest Tree • Tall Grass • Tea Tree • Tuber Tree ) (Bull Kelp • Juicy Berry Bush • Lune Tree • Sporecap • Stone Fruit Bush • Succulent • Twiggy Tree )
Mobs and Mob Housing	Beehive • Hound Mound • Mermhouse • Pond • Pig House • Pig King • Pig Torch • Rabbit Hole • Rabbit Hutch • Slurtle Mound • Spider Den • Spilagmite • Splumonkey Pod • Tallbird Nest • Walrus Camp • Worm Hole (Burrow • Hollow Stump ) (Ballphin Palace • Crabbit Den • Dragoon Den • Dragoon Egg • Fishermerm's Hut • Merm Hut • Prime Ape Hut • Sharkitten Den • Shoal • Tidal Pool • Wildbore House • Wobster Den • Yaarctopus ) (Dung Pile • Gnat Mound • Lily Pad • Mandrake Hill • Mant Hill • Ominous Carving • Thundernest • Town House • Watch Tower ) (Antlion • Bat Cave • Gigantic Beehive • Magma • Shattered Spider Hole )
Resources	Ancient Statue • Bones • Boulder • Flotsam • Grave • Harp Statue • Marble Pillar • Marble Tree • Maxwell Statue • Merm Head • Pig Head • Relic • Sinkhole • Skeleton • Stalagmite (Mini Glacier ) (Brainy Sprout • Charcoal Boulder • Coral Reef • Crate • Debris • Lava Pool • Limpet Rock • Magma Pile • Mussel Bed • Obsidian Boulder • Poisonous Hole • Sandy Pile • Tar Slick • Watery Grave • Wildbore Head • Wreck ) (Artichoke Boulder • A Smashing Pot • Basalt Eruption • Crashed Balloon • Hot Air Balloon • Ruined Sculptures • Stalacmite Throne • Stone Slab • Weathered Objects • Wicker Basket ) (Cave Hole • Driftwood • Lake • Marble Sculptures • Meteor Boulder • Moon Glass • Petrified Tree • Sea Bones )
Inanimate	Ancient Pseudoscience Station • Basalt • Compromising Statue • Gramaphone • Headstone • Marble Pillar • Maxwell's Door • Maxwell's Light • Nightmare Light • Nightmare Lock • Nightmare Throne • Obelisk • Ornate Chest • Pillars • Sunken Boat • Suspicious Dirt Pile • Touch Stone • Thulecite Wall (Glommer's Statue ) (Electric Isosceles • Gunpowder Barrel • Krissure • Limestone Wall • Obsidian Workbench • Steamer Trunk • Seaworthy • Slot Machine • Suspicious Bubbles • Volcano • Volcano Altar of Snackrifice • Woodlegs' Cage • X Marks the Spot ) (Ancient Wall • Cave Cleft • Crumbling Brazier • Fountain of Youth • Royal Gallery Exhibit • Ruinous Entrance • Secret Bandit Camp • Spooky Hole • Striking Carving • Striking Statue • Suspicious Crack • Unimportant Pillar • Wall Brazier • Wishing Well ) (Ancient Chest • Ancient Gateway • Ancient Mural • Ancient Obelisk • Anenemy • Celestial Fissure • Florid Postern • Hot Spring • Inviting Formation • Loot Stash • Moon Stone • Rock Den • Salt Formation • Sea Stack • Stagehand • Suspicious Marble • Suspicious Moonrock )
Items	Box Thing • Crank Thing • Eye Bone • Metal Potato Thing • Ring Thing • Wooden Thing (Fishbone • Grassy Thing • Rawling • Ring Thing • Screw Thing • Wooden Platform Thing • Wooden Potato Thing ) (Iron Thing • Lever Thing • Regal Scepter • Relic Thing • Rock Thing • Stone Egg • Stone Thing ) (Celestial Altar Pieces • Star-Sky )
The Gorge	Mealing Stone • Salt Pond • Spotty Shrub • Sugarwood Tree • The Altar of Gnaw

Craftable Items and Structures view
Tools	Axe (Luxury Axe) • Pickaxe (Opulent Pickaxe) • Shovel (Regal Shovel) • Pitchfork • Hammer • Razor • Feather Pencil • Saddlehorn • Saddle • War Saddle • Glossamer Saddle • Brush • Salt Lick (Machete (Luxury Machete) ) (Shears ) (Pocket Scale • Garden Hoe (Splendid Garden Hoe) • Watering Can • Waterfowl Can • Beefalo Bell )
Light	Campfire • Fire Pit • Torch • Miner Hat • Pumpkin Lantern • Lantern (Endothermic Fire • Endothermic Fire Pit • Moggles ) (Chiminea • Buoyant Chiminea • Bottle Lantern • Obsidian Fire Pit • Boat Torch • Boat Lantern • Tar Lamp ) (Cork Candle Hat • Cowl ) (Glowcap • Mushlight • Willow's Lighter )
Survival	Trap • Bird Trap • Compass • Backpack • Piggyback • Thermal Stone • Healing Salve • Honey Poultice • Straw Roll • Fur Roll • Tent • Umbrella • Bug Net • Fishing Rod • Bundling Wrap (Pretty Parasol • Luxury Fan • Insulated Pack • Siesta Lean-to ) (Silly Monkey Ball • Tropical Parasol • Anti Venom • Thatch Pack • Palm Leaf Hut • Tropical Fan • Sea Sack • Doydoy Nest ) (Chef Pouch ) (Bug B'Gone • Bird Whistle ) (Telltale Heart • Booster Shot • Sea Fishing Rod • Flare • Water Balloon • Whirly Fan • Bernie • Pile o' Balloons • Tent Roll • Candy Bag • Gift Wrap )
Food	Basic Farm • Improved Farm • Bee Box • Drying Rack • Crock Pot • Ice Box (Bucket-o-poop ) (Mussel Stick • Fish Farm • Mussel Bed ) (Sprinkler ) (Mushroom Planter • Cookbook • Salt Box • Garden Digamajig • Composting Bin • Growth Formula Starter • Gardeneer Hat • Portable Crock Pot • Portable Grinding Mill • Portable Seasoning Station )
Science	Science Machine • Alchemy Engine • Divining Rod • Thermal Measurer • Rainometer • Gunpowder • Lightning Rod (Ice Flingomatic • Electrical Doodad ) (Sea Lab • Ice Maker 3000 • Quacken Drill ) (Smelter • Oscillating Fan ) (Think Tank • Cartographer's Desk • Potter's Wheel • Terra Firma Tamper • Mad Scientist Lab )
Fight	Spear • Ham Bat • Grass Suit • Log Suit • Marble Suit • Football Helmet • Sleep Dart • Fire Dart • Blow Dart • Boomerang • Bee Mine • Tooth Trap (Battle Helm • Battle Spear • Morning Star • Weather Pain • Scalemail ) (Poison Spear • Seashell Suit • Limestone Suit • Cactus Armor • Horned Helmet • Poison Dart • Coconade • Spear Gun • Cutlass Supreme ) (Halberd • Cork Bat • Weevole Mantle • Mant Mask • Mant Suit • Fancy Helmet • Tin Suit • Blunderbuss ) (Cookie Cutter Cap • Electric Dart • Napsack • Tail o' Three Cats • Trusty Slingshot )
Structures	Chest • Sign • Mini Sign • Wood Gate • Wood Fence • Hay Wall • Wood Wall • Stone Wall • Pig House • Rabbit Hutch • Birdcage • Flooring (Cobblestones • Wooden Flooring • Checkerboard Flooring • Carpeted Flooring) • Potted Fern (Scaled Chest • Spider Eggs ) (Sea Chest • Limestone Wall • Sea Wall • Wildbore House • Prime Ape Hut • Sand Bag • Sand Castle • Dragoon Den • Ballphin Palace • Snakeskin Rug ) (Cork Barrel • Beard Hair Rug • Lawn Turf • Cultivated Turf • Dense Turf ) (Directional Sign • Moon Rock Wall • Scaled Flooring • Wardrobe • End Table • Scaled Furnace • Friendly Scarecrow • Tackle Receptacle • Fish Scale-O-Matic • Potted Succulent • Replica Relics • Astral Detector • Beefalo Grooming Station • Sisturn • Craftsmerm House • DIY Royalty Kit • Merm Flort-ifications • Marsh Turf • Festive Tree Planter • Gobbler Shrine • Varg Shrine • Pig Shrine • Carrat Shrine • Beefalo Shrine )
Refine	Rope • Boards • Cut Stone • Papyrus • Nightmare Fuel • Purple Gem • Beeswax • Wax Paper (Cloth • Limestone • Gold Nugget* • Ice • Empty Bottle • Coral Nubbin* ) (Claw Palm Sapling • Venom Gland ) (Cratered Moonrock • Thick Fur • Marble Bean • Feathery Canvas )
Magic	Meat Effigy • Prestihatitator • Shadow Manipulator • Pan Flute • One-man Band • Night Light • Night Armor • Dark Sword • Bat Bat • Life Giving Amulet • Chilled Amulet • Nightmare Amulet • Fire Staff • Ice Staff • Telelocator Staff • Telelocator Focus • Belt of Hunger (Old Bell ) (Piratihatitator • Dripple Pipes • Seaworthy ) (Hogus Porkusator • Living Artifact • Pugalisk Wand • Root Trunk • Skyworthy • Vortex Cloak ) (Ocuvigil • Moon Dial • The Lazy Deserter • Clean Sweeper • Abigail's Flower • Kitschy Idols )
Dress	Sewing Kit • Garland • Rabbit Earmuffs • Straw Hat • Beefalo Hat • Beekeeper Hat • Feather Hat • Bush Hat • Winter Hat • Top Hat • Walking Cane • Dapper Vest • Breezy Vest • Puffy Vest (Fashion Melon • Ice Cube • Summer Frest • Floral Shirt • Cat Cap • Rain Coat • Hibearnation Vest • Rain Hat • Eyebrella ) (Brain of Thought • Shark Tooth Crown • Dumbrella • Blubber Suit • Tar Suit • Windbreaker • Particulate Purifier • Sleek Hat ) (Snakeskin Hat • Snakeskin Jacket ) (Gas Mask • Pith Hat • Thunderhat • Shamlet Mask ) (Seawreath • Blue Funcap • Green Funcap • Red Funcap • Fashion Goggles • Desert Goggles • Clever Disguise • Pinetree Pioneer Hat )
Ancient	Thulecite • Thulecite Wall • Thulecite Medallion • The Lazy Forager • Magiluminescence • Construction Amulet • The Lazy Explorer • Star Caller's Staff • Deconstruction Staff • Pick/Axe • Thulecite Crown • Thulecite Suit • Thulecite Club • Houndius Shootius (Premier Gardeneer Hat )
Books	Birds of the World • Applied Horticulture • Sleepytime Stories • The End is Nigh! • On Tentacles (Joy of Volcanology ) (Horticulture, Abridged • Applied Silviculture )
Tinkering	Spectoggles • Infroggles • Visor • Fryfocals • Telebrella • Telipad • Thumper
Nautical	Log Raft • Row Boat • Cargo Boat • Snakeskin Sail (Lucky Hat • The 'Sea Legs' • Surfboard • Raft • Armored Boat • Encrusted Boat • Boat Repair Kit • Thatch Sail • Cloth Sail • Feather Lite Sail • Iron Wind • Boat Cannon • Sea Trap • Trawl Net • Spyglass • Super Spyglass • Captain Hat • Pirate Hat • Life Jacket • Buoy • Quackering Ram • Tar Extractor • Sea Yard ) (Cork Bowl Canoe )
Volcanic	Obsidian Machete • Obsidian Axe • Obsidian Spear • Volcano Staff • Obsidian Armor • Obsidian Coconade • Howling Conch • Sail Stick
Treasure Hunting	Disarming Tools • Ball Pein Hammer • Gold Pan • Magnifying Glass
Seafaring	Boat Kit • Boat Patch • Oar • Driftwood Oar • Anchor Kit • Mast • Winged Sail • Steering Wheel Kit • Tin Fishin' Bin • Pinchin' Winch • Deck Illuminator • Lightning Conductor • Fire Pump • Anchor Figure Sketch
Cartography	Map Scroll
Celestial	Moon Rock Idol • Portal Paraphernalia • Moon Glass Axe • Glass Cutter • Moon Crater Turf • Mutated Fungal Turf • Bath Bomb • "Moon" Figure Sketch • Moon Moth Figure Sketch
Ectoherbology	Revenant Restorative • Spectral Cure-All • Unyielding Draught • Distilled Vengeance • Nightshade Nostrum • Vigor Mortis
Engineering	Trusty Tape • Winona's Catapult • Winona's Spotlight • Winona's Generator • Winona's G.E.M.erator
Seasonings	Garlic Powder • Honey Crystals • Chili Flakes • Seasoning Salt
Stagecraft	Weaponized Warble • Heartrending Ballad • Clear Minded Cadenza • Bel Canto of Courage • Fireproof Falsetto • Rude Interlude • Startling Soliloquy
Shadow	Codex Umbra • Shadow Logger • Shadow Miner • Shadow Digger • Shadow Duelist
Slingshot Ammo	Pebbles • Gold Rounds • Marbles • Poop Pellets • Freeze Rounds • Slow-Down Rounds • Cursed Rounds
Balloonomancy	Pile o' Balloons • Balloon • Speedy Balloon • Party Balloon • Inflatable Vest • Balloon Hat

Gold Nugget

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