Craft a pickaxe
Gather food and torches
Find gold ore underground, in caves, or in badlands biomes
Mine gold ore with an iron pickaxe or better
Use a stone pickaxe or better for deepslate gold ore
Smelt gold ore in a furnace or blast furnace to get gold ingots
Use a Fortune-enchanted pickaxe to increase gold ore drops
Mine nether gold ore in the Nether with any pickaxe
Smelt nether gold ore or break it with Silk Touch and process it later
Trade with piglins for gold-related items and gold ingots
Loot structures such as bastions, ruined portals, and nether fortresses for gold
Use a beacon with Haste for faster mining
Bring fire resistance and armor when mining in the Nether