Barrel

A barrel is a solid block used to store items. Unlike a chest it cannot connect to other barrels and blocks placed above it do not prevent it from opening. It also serves as a fisherman's job site block.

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

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

Usage
Barrels can be moved by pistons, 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. Unlike chests, a barrel can be placed below a solid block and still be able to be opened. 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 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 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. To exit the barrel GUI, use the control.

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 command (for example, to label a chest at (0,64,0) as "Bonus Barrel!", use ).

$$, a barrel can be "locked" by setting its  tag using the  command. If a barrel's  tag is not blank, the barrel cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item with the same name as the   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.

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.

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




 * See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.
 * See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Trivia

 * 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. Alex wearing Barrel.png
 * While wearing a barrel, the player's vision becomes largely obstructed and they can see only through a narrow window; when sneaking, it will disguise the player as a barrel block, showing resemblance to the popular online game Prop Hunt. Alex sneaking in Barrel.png