How to Make Pink Gold and Upgrade Iron Gear

Crafting Pink Gold

Pink gold is an alloy made by combining gold ingots with copper ingots in a crafting grid. The exact arrangement uses both metals together, so gather gold and copper from your mines or a bastion loot run before you start. Once crafted, pink gold becomes the key material for upgrading your iron equipment.

Upgrading Iron Gear in a Smithing Table

1. Place a smithing table and open it.

2. Put your iron tool, weapon, or armor piece in the base slot.

3. Add the pink gold upgrade material in the addition slot.

4. Take the resulting upgraded gear from the output.

This lets you push iron-tier equipment toward better stats without jumping straight to diamond. Because pink gold gear tends to have strong enchantability, apply your best enchantments after upgrading. Keep spare pink gold on hand if you plan to upgrade a full set, since each piece consumes material. If you also want golden netherite, save your gold rings for that separate upgrade path rather than spending all your gold on pink gold.