Minecraft wiki entry for Gold_Ore, associated text: In Bedrock Edition, gold ore attempts to generate in two batches. The first batch generates 4 times per chunk in blobs of size 9, from levels -64 to 32. It is most likely to be found around layer -16, becoming less common toward either end of the range. The second batch generates in 1/2 chunks in blobs of size 9 that generate uniformly between -64 and -48. There also extra batch of gold ore in badlands biome that generates 50 times per chunk in blobs of size 9, from 32 to 256 uniformly. Gold ore is also less likely to be exposed to air: 50% of ore blocks from the first and second batch will not generate. The extra batch in badlands will generate regardless of exposure to air. Gold ore can replace stone, granite, diorite, andesite, and deepslate. Gold ore that replaces deepslate will become deepslate gold ore.