Barrel

Barrel

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	2.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color (JE)	13 WOOD

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A barrel is a solid block used to store items. Unlike a chest, it cannot connect to other barrels. It also serves as a fisherman's job site block.

Barrels can be mined with or without any tool, but axes are the quickest.

Block	Barrel
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	3.75
Wooden	1.9
Stone	0.95
Copper	0.75
Iron	0.65
Diamond	0.5
Netherite	0.45
Golden	0.35
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Empty barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in villages. Up to 3 barrels can generate in a village fisher cottage.

In trial chambers, barrels containing loot can be found in the corridors, while empty barrels generate beneath hoppers at chamber entrances.

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Barrel	Village	Fisherman's chest	1–3	24.2% { "item": "Barrel", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.2418426461183103, "structure": "Village", "container": "Fisherman's chest" }

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks + Any Wooden Slab

Barrels can be moved by pistons.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Water and lava flow around barrels without affecting them. Lava can create fire in air blocks next to barrels as if the barrel was flammable, but the barrel does not actually catch fire and can't burn away.

Barrels have a container inventory with 27 slots, which is the same as a single chest. Unlike chests, the action of opening a barrel is never prevented. They can be filled by droppers and both filled and emptied by hoppers. When broken, barrels drop the contents of the container and the barrel item itself.

To open the barrel interface, use the Use Item control. To move items between the barrel inventory and the player inventory or hotbar while the barrel interface is open, drag or shift-click the items. Holding ⇧ Shift and double-clicking while holding an item moves all items of the type clicked on in or out of the barrel to the extent that space is available for them.‌^{[Java Edition only]} To exit the barrel interface, use the Esc control.

By default, the interface of a barrel is labeled "Barrel". A barrel's GUI label can be changed by naming the barrel in an anvil before placing it or by using the /data command‌^{[Java Edition only]} (for example, to label a barrel at (0,64,0) as "Bonus Barrel!", use /data merge block 0 64 0 {CustomName:'"Bonus Barrel!"'}).

In Java Edition, a barrel can be "locked" by setting its lock tag using the /data command. If a barrel's lock tag is not blank, the barrel cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item that matches the item predicate in the lock tag. For example, to lock a barrel at (0,64,0) so that the barrel cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item named "Barrel Key", use /data merge block 0 64 0 {lock:{components:{"custom_name":"Barrel Key"}}}.

If a barrel has not been claimed by a villager, any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to fisherman and claim the barrel as their job site block.

Barrels can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Barrels can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Piglins become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.

Java Edition:

v t e wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions [upcoming]	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key [upcoming]	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8-1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood​ place.wood​[upcoming BE 26.10]​	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block	use.wood	subtitles.item.axe.strip​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.23	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.18	1.0

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Barrel	barrel	Block & Item	guarded_by_piglins	block.minecraft.barrel

Name	Identifier
Block entity	barrel

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Barrel	barrel	458	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	minecraft:is_axe_item_destructible wood	tile.barrel.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Barrel

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

A barrel has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Java Edition
1.14			18w44a				Added barrels.
							Barrels have been added to the Creative inventory.
							Barrels currently have the inventory of a chest, but there is no way to view this in-game.
							Barrels can currently be filled only by hoppers and droppers.
							Barrels can currently be emptied only by hoppers.
							Barrels currently do not drop the items they contain when broken.
			18w47b				The facing=south block state texture of barrels has been changed.
			18w48a				Barrel items are now found in chests in village fisher cottages.
							Barrels can now generate naturally in villages in plains.
			18w49a				Barrels can now generate naturally in savanna and snowy villages.
			18w50a				Barrels can now generate naturally in desert and taiga villages.
							Barrels now act as a storage unit.
							Barrels can now be used in tight spaces, even if there is a block above it, unlike a chest.
							Barrels can now be crafted using 6 wood planks and 2 wood slabs.
			19w03a				Sounds have been added for barrels.
			19w07a				An open block state has been added to barrels.
			19w11a				Barrels now serve as fisherman villagers' job site block.
1.16			20w06a				Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft barrels.
			20w15a				Piglins now become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.
1.18			pre5				Bottom texture was changed.
1.19			22w11a				Mangrove planks can now be used to craft barrels.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Bamboo planks can now be used to craft barrels.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Cherry planks can now be used to craft barrels.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Barrels containing loot now generate in trial chambers.
1.21.2			24w33a				Empty barrels now generate beneath hoppers at chamber entrances in trial chambers.

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Unused barrel textures are added, including textures titled "fish barrel" and "empty barrel." [verify]
1.9.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.9.0.2				Added barrels which are currently behind Experimental Gameplay.
							A barrel can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace.
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				A crafting recipe has been added to barrels, which is different compared from Java Edition's crafting recipe.
							Barrels now generate in fisher cottages in villages.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				The functionality of barrels has been added.
							Barrels are now available outside of Experimental Gameplay.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.22				Changed the bottom texture to match the spruce planks.
1.20.10			Preview 1.20.10.20				The crafting recipe for barrels now use planks instead of sticks to match Java Edition.

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added barrels.

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  A close up of barrels.
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  An unused texture of a barrel of fish, found in a Bedrock Edition resource pack template.
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  How a barrel would look if the unused texture was on its top.
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  Prototype of a barrel menu in Ore UI.

Issues relating to "Barrel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• In the 2022's April Fool's update, a barrel can be thrown onto a player and make them appear as if they were "wearing" or "hiding" under the block.

Java Edition

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  First image of barrels in a savanna village.
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  Barrels placed next to each other facing opposite directions.
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  A blast furnace, smoker, and a barrel.
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  A stack of barrels.
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  A bonus barrel, which randomly generates throughout the world in the April Fool's update 2019.
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  Player's vision while hiding inside a barrel in the April Fool's update 2022.
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  Barrels as they appear in Minecraft Dungeons, even including a fish barrel.
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  A barrel as it appeared on the 2022 Mob Vote Event.
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  A barrel as it appeared in the MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party.
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  Cubeez of a barrel.
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  Barrels as they appear in A Minecraft Movie.

• "Block of the Week: Barrel" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 23, 2021.

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