Barrel
| Type |
Tile Entity |
|---|---|
| Requirements |
None |
| Physics |
No |
| Transparency |
Yes |
| Luminance |
No |
| Blast resistance | |
| Hardness |
2.5 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No, but catches fire from lava |
| Drops |
Itself |
| Sounds |
|
| Block Entity ID |
barrel |
| Name |
barrel |
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This page contains content on features that may be included in the next update to Java Edition. These features have appeared in Java Edition development versions, but the full update containing these features has not been released to Java Edition yet.
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Barrels are block entities used to store items.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Natural generation[edit]
Barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in villages.
Crafting[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrel | Any Planks + Any Wood Slab |
[Java Edition only] | |
| Barrel | Stick + Any Wood Slab |
[Bedrock Edition only] |
Usage[edit]
Container[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, barrels have a container inventory 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. Unlike chests, a barrel can be placed below a solid block and still be able to be opened.
Fuel[edit]
Barrels can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.[Bedrock Edition only]
Changing profession[edit]
If a village has a barrel and there is no fisherman villager in the village, any villager who does not have a chosen workstation has a chance to change their profession into a fisherman.
Data values[edit]
Block states[edit]
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | downeastnorthsouthupwest | The direction the barrel is facing. |
| open | false | falsetrue | Whether the barrel is currently being looked at by a player; changes the texture on the top face. |
Block entity[edit]
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 will display in its GUI where the default name ordinarily is.
- 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
- : An item, including the slot tag. Barrel slots are numbered 0-26, 0 starts in the top left corner.
- LootTable: Optional. Loot table to be used to fill the barrel when it is next opened, or the items are otherwise interacted with.[note 1]
- LootTableSeed: Optional. Seed for generating the loot table. 0 or omitted will use a random seed.[note 1]
History[edit]
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.14 | 18w44a | Added barrels. | |||
| Barrels are currently only obtainable from the 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 will not drop the items they contain when broken. | |||||
| 18w47b | Changed the facing=south block state. | ||||
| 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 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. | |||
| Barrels now generate in fisher cottages in villages. | |||||
| Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Added barrel functionality. | |||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Barrel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
The GUI of the barrel.
LadyAgnes tweets a screenshot of an updated savanna village, which features some barrels.[1]
A close up of the barrels in the previous image.
The fish-filled Barrel top found in the Bedrock Edition files.
How the fish-filled barrel with the aforementioned texture as the top would look in-game.
Another Barrel top found in the Bedrock Edition files, this one being empty. Different texture than in the game.
How the empty barrel with the aforementioned texture as the top would look in-game. Again, the empty top texture is different than its in game counterpart.
Trivia[edit]
- In Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34, barrels render in 2D, are on fire, and spawn naturally within the world, containing random potions, tipped arrows, weapons and armor. Barrels will also explode when closed while empty or shot at.
References[edit]
