Barrel

Barrel

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2.5
Hardness	2.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes

A barrel is a fisherman's job site block, used to store items. It functions like a single chest although it requires no air space above it to be opened.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Empty barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in villages.

Breaking

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

Block	Barrel
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	3.75
Wooden	1.9
Stone	0.95
Iron	0.65
Diamond	0.5
Netherite	0.45
Golden	0.35

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Barrel	Village	Fisherman's chest	1–3	24.2%

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Barrel	Any Planks + Any wood Slab		‌[Java Edition only]
Barrel	Stick + Any wood Slab		‌[Bedrock Edition only]

Usage

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 be burned.

Container

Barrels have a container inventory with 27 slots, which is the same as a single chest. 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 GUI, use the Use Item control. To move items between the barrel inventory and the player inventory or hotbar while the barrel GUI 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 GUI, use the Esc control.

Unlike chests, a barrel can be placed below a solid block and still be able to be opened.

By default, the GUI 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 chest 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 with the same name as the Lock tag's text. 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:"Barrel Key"}.

Changing profession

If a village has a barrel that has not been claimed by a villager, any villager who does not have a chosen job site block has a chance to change their profession into a fisherman.‌

Fuel

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

Note Blocks

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

Piglins

Piglins become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.ogg	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	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
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.ogg	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.ogg	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
?	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.wood	1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Barrel close.ogg	Barrel closes	Blocks	Closing the barrel	block.barrel.close	subtitles.block.barrel.close	1.0	1.0	16
File:Barrel open1.oggFile:Barrel open2.ogg	Barrel opens	Blocks	Opening the barrel	block.barrel.open	subtitles.block.barrel.open	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Barrel	barrel	guarded_by_piglins	Block & Item	block.minecraft.barrel

Name	Namespaced ID
Block entity	barrel

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Barrel	barrel	457	Block & Item	tile.barrel.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Barrel

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, barrels use the following data values:

Block states

See also: Block states

Block data

See also: Block entity format

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

History

Java Edition
1.14		18w44a			32px Added barrels.
					Barrels have been added to creative inventory.
					Barrels currently have the inventory of a chest.
					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.Template:More info
		18w48a			Barrel items are now found in chests in village fisher cottages.
					Barrels can now generate naturally in plains villages.
		18w49a			Barrels can now generate naturally in savanna and snowy tundra 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			32px An open block state has been added to barrels.
1.16		20w15a			Piglins now become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			32px 32px[verify] Added barrels.
					32px Barrels have unused textures titled "fish barrel."
					32px Barrels have unused textures titled "empty barrel."
					A barrel can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace.
1.10.0		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.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					32px 32px Added barrels.

Issues

Issues relating to "Barrel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

• Barrel UI.png

  The GUI of the barrel.

• LadyAgnes savanna village.jpg

  LadyAgnes tweets a screenshot of an updated savanna village, which features some barrels.

• LadyAgnes savanna village barrels.png

  A close up of the barrels in the previous image.

• Old Barrel Texture in Dungeons.png

  Something similar to the unused fish barrel in the camp in Minecraft Dungeons.