Barrel

Barrel

Transparent	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	12.5
Hardness	2.5
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Drops	Barrel (1) plus contents
Block entity ID	barrel
Namespaced ID	barrel

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.

Natural generation

Barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in villages.

Obtaining

Chest loot

Barrels can be found in 24.2% of village fisherman chests in stacks of 1–3.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Barrel	Any Planks + Any Wood Slab		‌[Java Edition only]
Barrel	Stick + Any Wood Slab		‌[Bedrock and PlayStation 4 editions only]

Usage

Barrels can be moved by pistons,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} and 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 whatsoever).

Container

Barrels have a container inventory with 27 slots, similar to 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 and PlayStation 4 editions 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 (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"}.

Fuel

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

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.‌

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.wood.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16
	Barrel closes	block.barrel.close	subtitles.block.barrel.close	Blocks	1.0	1.0	16
	Barrel opens	block.barrel.open	subtitles.block.barrel.open	Blocks	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	down east north south up west	The direction the barrel is facing.
open	false	false true	Whether the barrel is currently being looked at by a player; changes the texture on the top face.

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

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

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  •  CustomName: Optional. The name of this container in JSON text component, which display in its GUI where the default name ordinarily appears.
  •  Lock: Optional. When not blank, prevents the container from being opened unless the opener is holding an item whose name matches this string.
  •  Items: List of items in the container.
    • : An item, including the slot tag. Barrel slots are numbered 0-26, 0 starts in the top left corner.
      • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/item/template
  •  LootTable: Optional. Loot table to be used to fill the barrel when it is next opened, or the items are otherwise interacted with.
  •  LootTableSeed: Optional. Seed for generating the loot table. 0 or omitted will use a random seed.

History

Java Edition
1.14		18w44a			Added barrels.
					Added to creative inventory.
					Barrels currently have the inventory of a chest.
					Barrels can currently only be filled by hoppers and droppers.
					Barrels can currently only be emptied by hoppers.
					Barrels currently do not drop the items they contain when broken.
		18w47b			The facing=south block state texture has now been changed.[more information needed]
		18w48a			Barrels can now generate naturally in plains villages.
		18w49a			Barrels can now generate naturally in savanna and snowy taiga villages.
		18w50a			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			Added sounds for barrels.
		19w07a			Added the open block state.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			Added barrels.
					Barrels have unused textures titled "fish barrel".
					A barrel can be used to smelt 1.5 items in a furnace.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Added crafting recipe for the barrel, 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			Added barrel functionality.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91					Added barrels.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  The GUI of the barrel.

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

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  A close up of the barrels in the previous image.

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  The fish-filled Barrel top found in the Bedrock Edition files.

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  How the fish-filled barrel with the aforementioned texture as the top would look in-game.

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  Another Barrel top found in the Bedrock Edition files, this one being empty. Different texture than later implemented in the game.

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  How the empty barrel with the aforementioned texture as the top would look in-game. Again, the empty top texture is different than its later in-game counterpart.

References

Blocks

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