Gold Ore

General

Type

Material

How to obtain

Mined from

Found in	Pickaxe needed	Rock HP	Swings	Amount
Mall Mines, Sealed Passage, The Old Woods Mines, Abandoned Hovel	Basic Pickaxe or better	28	Basic 14 · Sturdy 10 · Quality 7 · Superior 6	1
Catacombs Mines	Quality Pickaxe or better	32	Quality 8 · Superior 7	2–4

Found at a mystery

Mystery	Where	What you get
Tent “The door of the tent hangs open. An eerie silence permeates the atmosphere.”	Old Woods Clearing 7	33%: 2; once Cursed Emerald Ring +3 has come out

Investigate it and the die decides. A mystery can be investigated again once it resets; see Mysteries for what resets them.

Dug up

Put Gold Ore into one of these machines and come back later.

Machine	Input	Makes	Time	Fuel
Furnace	Gold Ore	Gold Bar	3 in-game hours	5

Its principal practical use is the processing route shown above; keep enough input on hand for the machine's full batch.
A copy sells for 40g; compare that return with the acquisition effort and listed uses before selling the last one.