Barrel

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.

ObtainingEdit

Natural generationEdit

Barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in villages.

BreakingEdit

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

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

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Chest lootEdit

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

CraftingEdit

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

UsageEdit

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.

ContainerEdit

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 professionEdit

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.‌

FuelEdit

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

Note BlocksEdit

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

PiglinsEdit

Piglins become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.

SoundsEdit

GenericEdit

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	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
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wood.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	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
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wood.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.wood.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

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

UniqueEdit

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Barrel closes	Blocks	Closing the barrel	`block.barrel.close`	`subtitles.block.barrel.close`	1.0	1.0	16
	Barrel opens	Blocks	Opening the barrel	`block.barrel.open`	`subtitles.block.barrel.open`	1.0	1.0	16

Data valuesEdit

IDEdit

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`

MetadataEdit

In Bedrock Edition, barrels use the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Down facing barrel
	1	Up facing barrel
	2	East facing barrel
	3	West facing barrel
	4	South facing barrel
	5	North facing barrel

Block statesEdit

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.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing_direction	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `4` `5`	The direction the barrel is facing.
open_bit	`0`	`0` `1`	Whether the barrel is currently being looked at by a player; changes the texture on the top face.

Block dataEdit

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
- CustomName: Optional. The name of this container in JSON text component, which appears in its GUI where the default name ordinarily appears.
- 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
- Lock: Optional. When not blank, prevents the container from being opened unless the opener is holding an item whose name matches this string.
- 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 uses a random seed.^{[note 1]}

↑ ^a ^b Both loot table tags are removed once the items have been generated.

HistoryEdit

Java Edition
1.14	18w44a	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.^{[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	Sounds have been added for barrels.
	19w07a	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	^[verify] Added barrels.
		Barrels have unused textures titled "fish barrel."
		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.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	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		Added barrels.

IssuesEdit

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

GalleryEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

↑ "Me and the amazing @ProfMobius are working on the updated looks of villages, here is a savanna village!" – @_LadyAgnes, November 23, 2018

[breakingtimenote-1] Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[bugMC-177082-2] MC-177082

[loot-3] Both loot table tags are removed once the items have been generated.

[4] "Me and the amazing @ProfMobius are working on the updated looks of villages, here is a savanna village!" – @_LadyAgnes, November 23, 2018

[A]

[sound 1]

[note 1]

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Barrel

Contents

ObtainingEdit

Natural generationEdit

BreakingEdit

Chest lootEdit

CraftingEdit

UsageEdit

ContainerEdit

Changing professionEdit

FuelEdit

Note BlocksEdit

PiglinsEdit

SoundsEdit

GenericEdit

UniqueEdit

Data valuesEdit

IDEdit

MetadataEdit

Block statesEdit

Block dataEdit

HistoryEdit

IssuesEdit

GalleryEdit

ReferencesEdit