Midas Crown

Quickstart

1. Craft Midas's Crown at a crafting table using the recipe below:

1. Hold the crown and use it while your head slot is empty. It equips itself as a helmet. You can also place it directly in the helmet slot.
2. Walk near a mob, dropped item, or breakable block to test the Golden Touch. Nearby targets are converted automatically.
3. Remove the crown from your helmet slot to stop the effect.

In Creative mode, Midas's Crown is available in the Combat item group. You can also obtain it with:

/give @s midas-crown-h63xuzwi:midas_crown_h63xuzwi

Overview

Midas's Crown is a cursed helmet that grants the Curse of the Golden Touch. While worn, it continuously transforms nearby blocks, mobs, and dropped item stacks into gold.

The crown has a permanent enchantment glint and occupies the helmet slot. Its tooltip reads:

All that is near shall turn to gold...

What It Adds

• Midas's Crown, a wearable golden-touch helmet
• Automatic conversion of nearby blocks into gold blocks
• Automatic conversion of nearby mobs and living entities into gold blocks
• Conversion of dropped item stacks into gold ingots
• A dangerous effect against nearby players

How To Use

Equipping the Crown

Hold Midas's Crown and use it while your head slot is empty. The crown moves from your hand to your helmet slot. If you are already wearing a helmet or another head item, using the crown does not replace it.

The Golden Touch begins as soon as the crown is equipped. There is no separate activation key or toggle.

Golden Touch Range

The effect activates automatically about four times per second.

• Blocks: Within a 4-block horizontal radius and from 2 blocks below to 2 blocks above the player's position
• Mobs and dropped items: Within roughly 4 blocks of the player

Remove the crown to prevent further transformations.

Crafting And Obtaining

The crown is crafted from seven gold blocks and one nether star:

The recipe is unlocked when you enter a world. Midas's Crown can also be obtained from the Creative inventory or with its /give command.

Abilities And Mechanics

Blocks Become Gold

Nearby non-air blocks are replaced with gold blocks. Gold blocks and bedrock are left unchanged, as are blocks that cannot be broken normally.

The original blocks are replaced directly rather than mined, so the Golden Touch can destroy the terrain and any block contents in its area. Use it carefully around builds, farms, storage, and redstone.

Mobs Become Gold

Nearby mobs are removed and replaced by gold blocks at their location. Mobs taller than one block also create a gold block above the first one.

This affects mobs automatically when they enter the crown's range; no attack or interaction is required.

Other Living Entities

Living entities that are not players or standard mobs are also removed and replaced with gold blocks.

Dropped Loot Becomes Gold Ingots

Dropped item entities within range are converted into gold ingots. The number of ingots matches the original dropped stack count.

Dropped gold ingots remain gold ingots. Items in inventories, chests, barrels, and other storage are not affected until they are dropped into the world.

Nearby Players

The wearer is not affected by their own Golden Touch. Other players within range are enclosed by gold blocks at their feet and head and take suffocation damage repeatedly while they remain nearby.

Be especially careful when using the crown in multiplayer or around allies.

Progression And Strategy

• Keep the crown in your inventory until you are ready to convert an area; equipping it starts the effect immediately.
• Test it in an open, disposable area before using it near important structures.
• Use it near dropped items when you want to turn an entire collection of loot into gold ingots.
• Avoid dropping valuable items near the wearer, since they may be converted before you can pick them up.
• Do not wear it near friendly players unless you intend to trap them in gold.
• Remove the crown before returning to a base, farm, storage room, or construction site.