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{{Infobox block
| group = Closed
| 1-1 = Barrel.png
| group2 = Open
| 2-1 = Open_Barrel.png
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = Axe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = Yes
}}
A '''barrel''' is a solid [[Minecraft:block]] used to store [[Minecraft:item]]s. Unlike a [[Minecraft:chest]], it cannot connect to other barrels. It also serves as a [[Minecraft:fisherman]]'s [[Minecraft:job site block]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Barrels can be mined with or without any [[Minecraft:tool]], but [[Minecraft:axe]]s are the quickest.

{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Barrel|Axe}}

=== Natural generation ===
Empty barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in [[Minecraft:village]]s. Up to 3 barrels can generate in a village fisher cottage.

In [[Minecraft:trial chambers]], barrels containing loot can be found in the corridors, while empty barrels generate beneath [[Minecraft:hopper]]s at chamber entrances.

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|barrel}}

=== Crafting ===
{{-}}
{{Crafting
|head=1
|A1= Any Planks
|B1= Any Wooden Slab
|C1= Any Planks
|A2= Any Planks
|C2= Any Planks
|A3= Any Planks
|B3= Any Wooden Slab
|C3= Any Planks
|Output= Barrel
|type= Decoration block
|foot=1
}}

== Usage ==
Barrels can be moved by [[Minecraft:piston]]s.{{only|bedrock}} [[Minecraft:Water]] and [[Minecraft:lava]] flow around barrels without affecting them. Lava can create [[Minecraft:fire]] in air blocks next to barrels as if the barrel was flammable, but the barrel does not actually catch fire and can't burn away.

=== Container ===
[[File:Barrel GUI.png|thumb|right|176px|The GUI of the barrel.]]

Barrels have a container inventory with 27 slots, which is the same as a single [[Minecraft:chest]]. Unlike chests, the action of opening a barrel is never prevented.
They can be filled by [[Minecraft:dropper]]s and both filled and emptied by [[Minecraft:hopper]]s. When broken, barrels drop the contents of the container and the barrel item itself. 

To open the barrel interface, use the {{control|Use Item}} control. To move items between the barrel inventory and the player inventory or hotbar while the barrel interface is open, drag or shift-click the items. Holding {{key|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.{{only|Java}} To exit the barrel interface, use the {{key|Esc}} control.

By default, the interface of a barrel is labeled "Barrel". A barrel's GUI label can be changed by naming the barrel in an [[Minecraft:anvil]] before placing it or by using the {{cmd|data}} command{{only|Java}} (for example, to label a barrel at (0,64,0) as "Bonus Barrel!", use {{cmd|data merge block 0 64 0 <nowiki>{CustomName:'"Bonus Barrel!"'}</nowiki>}}).

{{IN|je}}, a barrel can be "locked" by setting its <code>lock</code> tag using the {{cmd|data}} command. If a barrel's <code>lock</code> tag is not blank, the barrel cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item that matches the item predicate in the <code>lock</code> tag. 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 {{cmd|data merge block 0 64 0 <nowiki>{lock:{components:{"custom_name":"Barrel Key"}}}</nowiki>}}.

=== Profession ===
{{main|Job site block}}
If a barrel has not been claimed by a [[Minecraft:villager]], any nearby unemployed villager has a chance to change their profession to fisherman and claim the barrel as their [[Minecraft:job site block]].

=== Fuel ===
Barrels can be used as a fuel in [[Minecraft:furnace]]s, smelting 1.5 items per block.

=== Note blocks ===
Barrels can be placed under [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce "bass" sounds.

=== Piglins ===
[[Minecraft:Piglin]]s become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.

== Sounds ==
=== Generic ===
{{Sound table/Block/Wood}}

=== Unique ===
{{edition|java}}
{{SoundTable
| type = java
| {{SoundLine
|sound =Barrel close.ogg
|subtitle=Barrel closes
|source=Blocks
|description=When a barrel closes
|id=block.barrel.close
|translationkey=subtitles.block.barrel.close
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|rowspan=2
|sound=Barrel open1.ogg
|sound2=Barrel open2.ogg
|subtitle=Barrel opens
|source=Blocks
|description=When a barrel opens
|id=block.barrel.open
|translationkey=subtitles.block.barrel.open
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|subtitle=Fisherman works
|source=neutral
|description=Randomly while a fisherman is working
|id=entity.villager.work_fisherman
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.villager.work_fisherman
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
| {{SoundLine
|sound=Door close.ogg
|sound2=Door open.ogg
|subtitle=Chest locked<ref group=sound name=lock>{{Bug|MC-98316||Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction}}</ref>
|source=block
|description=When a player attempts to open a barrel locked using the {{nbt|compound|lock}} tag
|id=block.chest.locked|idnote=<ref group=sound name=lock/>
|translationkey=subtitles.block.chest.locked|translationkeynote=<ref group=sound name=lock/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
| distance = 16
}}
}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = bedrock
| {{SoundLine
| sound =Barrel close.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a barrel closes
|id=block.barrel.close
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
| {{SoundLine
|rowspan=2
|sound=Barrel open1.ogg
|sound2=Barrel open2.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a barrel opens
|id=block.barrel.open
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
| {{SoundLine
|source=block
|description=Randomly while a fisherman is working
|id=block.barrel.open
|volume=1.0
| pitch = 1.0
}}
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{JE}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Barrel
|spritetype=block
|nameid=barrel
|blocktags=guarded_by_piglins
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=Barrel
|spritetype=block
|nameid=barrel
|foot=1}}

{{BE}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Barrel
|spritetype=block
|nameid=barrel
|blocktags=minecraft:is_axe_item_destructible,wood
|id=458
|foot=1}}
{{ID table
|notnamespaced=y
|displayname=Block entity
|spritename=Barrel
|spritetype=block
|nameid=Barrel
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{JE}}:
{{bst|facing|north|down,east,north,south,up,west|The direction the barrel is facing.}}
{{bst|open|false|false,true|Whether the barrel is currently being looked at by a player; changes the texture on the top face.|foot=1}}

{{BE}}:
{{bst|showaux=1|bits=0x1,0x2,0x4|facing_direction|0|0,1,2,3,4,5|The direction the barrel is facing.
*0:Down facing barrel
*1:Up facing barrel
*2:East facing barrel
*3:West facing barrel
*4:South facing barrel
*5:North facing barrel}}
{{bst|bits=0x8|open_bit|0|0,1|Whether the barrel is currently being looked at by a player; changes the texture on the top face.|foot=1}}

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

{{JE}}:
{{see also|Block entity format}}
<section begin="block data" /><div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound}} Block entity data
** {{nbt inherit/blockentity}}
** {{nbt inherit/nameable|indent=**}}
** {{nbt inherit/lockable|indent=**}}
** {{nbt inherit/lootable|indent=**}}
** {{nbt|list|Items}}: List of items in the container. Represents the {{DCL|minecraft:container}} component. The component is still present on the block entity, even if the tag does not exist (due to a loot table existing instead).
*** {{nbt|compound}}: An item, including the slot tag. Barrel slots are numbered 0-26, 0 starts in the top left corner.
**** {{nbt inherit/item|indent=****}}
</div><section end="block data" />

{{BE}}:
: See [[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format]].

== Videos ==
{{yt|di1fNQ94fcM}}

== History ==
{{See asset history|type=block}}
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w44a|[[File:Barrel (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (D) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (S) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (W) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (E) JE1.png|32px]] Added barrels.
|Barrels have been added to the [[Minecraft:Creative inventory]].
|Barrels currently have the inventory of a [[Minecraft:chest]], but there is no way to view this in-game.
|Barrels can currently be filled only by [[Minecraft:hopper]]s and [[Minecraft:dropper]]s.
|Barrels can currently be emptied only by hoppers.
|Barrels currently do not drop the [[Minecraft:item]]s they contain when broken.}}
	|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w47b|[[File:Barrel_(S)_JE2.png|32px]] The {{cd|1=facing=south}} [[Minecraft:block state]] texture of barrels has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w48a|Barrel items are now found in chests in village fisher cottages.
|Barrels can now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:village]]s in [[Minecraft:plains]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w49a|Barrels can now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:savanna]] and [[Minecraft:Snowy Tundra|snowy]] villages.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Barrels can now generate naturally in [[Minecraft:desert]] and [[Minecraft:taiga]] villages.
|Barrels now act as a storage unit.
|Barrels can now be used in tight spaces, even if there is a [[Minecraft:block]] above it, unlike a [[Minecraft:chest]].
|Barrels can now be crafted using 6 wood [[Minecraft:planks]] and 2 wood [[Minecraft:slab]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w03a|[[Minecraft:Sound]]s have been added for barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w07a|[[File:Open Barrel (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (D) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (S) JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (W) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (E) JE1.png|32px]] An {{cd|open}} block state has been added to barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Barrels now serve as fisherman [[Minecraft:villager]]s' job site block.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|[[Minecraft:Crimson planks]] and [[Minecraft:warped planks]] can now be used to craft barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w15a|[[Minecraft:Piglin]]s now become hostile toward [[Minecraft:player]]s who open or [[Minecraft:Breaking|break]] barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=pre5|[[File:Barrel (D) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (W) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (N) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Bottom texture was changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w11a|[[Minecraft:Mangrove planks]] can now be used to craft barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|exp=Update 1.20|dev=22w42a|[[Minecraft:Bamboo planks]] can now be used to craft barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|[[Minecraft:Cherry planks]] can now be used to craft barrels.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|exp=Update 1.21|dev=23w45a|Barrels containing loot now generate in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|dev=24w33a|Empty barrels now generate beneath [[Minecraft:hopper]]s at chamber entrances in trial chambers.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.0
|[[File:Fish Barrel (texture) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Empty Barrel (texture) BE1.png|32px]] Unused barrel textures are added, including textures titled "fish barrel" and "empty barrel." {{Verify|Textures have so far only been found in an official resource pack template for beta 1.9.0.0}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.2|exp=Experimental Gameplay|[[File:Barrel (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (D) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (S) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (W) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (E) BE1.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Open Barrel (U) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (D) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (S) BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (W) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (N) JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel (E) BE1.png|32px]] <br>Added barrels which are currently behind [[Minecraft:Experimental Gameplay]].
|A barrel can be used to [[Minecraft:smelt]] 1.5 [[Minecraft:item]]s in a [[Minecraft:furnace]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|exp=Experimental Gameplay|A [[Minecraft:crafting]] recipe has been added to barrels, which is different compared from {{el|je}}'s crafting recipe.
|Barrels now generate in fisher cottages in [[Minecraft:village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|The functionality of barrels has been added.|Barrels are now available outside of Experimental Gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.10|dev=beta 1.18.10.22|[[File:Barrel (D) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (W) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] [[File:Barrel (N) JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Changed the bottom texture to match the spruce planks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.10|dev=Preview 1.20.10.20|The crafting recipe for barrels now uses [[Minecraft:planks]] instead of [[Minecraft:stick]]s to match {{JE}}.}}
}}

=== ''PlayStation 4 Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|ps4}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.91|[[File:Barrel JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Open Barrel JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added barrels.}}
}}
<gallery>
File:LadyAgnes savanna village barrels.png|A close up of barrels.
File:Fish Barrel (texture) BE1.png|An unused texture of a barrel of fish, found in a {{BE}} [[Minecraft:resource pack]] template.
File:Fish Barrel.png|How a barrel would look if the unused texture was on its top.
File:Ore UI development barrel container.jpg|Prototype of a barrel menu in [[Minecraft:Ore UI]].
</gallery>

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:Alex wearing Barrel.png|thumb|right|upright=0.5|[[Alex]] wearing a barrel]]
* In the 2022's [[Minecraft:Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime|April Fool's update]], a barrel can be thrown onto a [[Minecraft:player]] and make them appear as if they were "wearing" or "hiding" under the block.
{{-}}

== Gallery ==
=== Render ===
====Close====
'''{{JE}} '''
<gallery>
Barrel (U).png|Up
Barrel (D).png|Down
Barrel (S).png|South
Barrel (W).png|West
Barrel (N).png|North
Barrel (E).png|East
</gallery>

'''{{BE}}'''
<gallery>
Barrel (U) BE.png|Up
Barrel (D) BE.png|Down
Barrel (S) BE.png|South
Barrel (W) BE.png|West
Barrel (N) BE.png|North
Barrel (E) BE.png|East
</gallery>

==== Open ====
'''{{JE}} '''
<gallery>
Open Barrel (U).png|Up
Open Barrel (D).png|Down
Open Barrel (S).png|South
Open Barrel (W).png|West
Open Barrel (N).png|North
Open Barrel (E).png|East
</gallery>

'''{{BE}}'''
<gallery>
Open Barrel (U) BE.png|Up
Open Barrel (D) BE.png|Down
Open Barrel (S) BE.png|South
Open Barrel (W) BE.png|West
Open Barrel (N) BE.png|North
Open Barrel (E) BE.png|East
</gallery>

=== Mojang screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:LadyAgnes savanna village.jpg|First image of barrels in a [[Minecraft:savanna]] [[Minecraft:village]].
File:Barrel Alignment.jpg|Barrels placed next to each other facing opposite directions.
File:Blast Furnace Smoker & Barrel.jpg|A [[Minecraft:blast furnace]], [[Minecraft:smoker]], and a barrel.
File:Barrel-ingame.jpeg
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Barrel-header.jpeg|A stack of barrels.
File:Barrel 3DShareware.gif|A [[Minecraft:bonus barrel]], which randomly generates throughout the world in the [[Minecraft:Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34|April Fool's update]] 2019.
File:Vision in Barrel.png|Player's vision while hiding inside a barrel in the [[Minecraft:Java Edition 22w13oneBlockAtATime|April Fool's update]] 2022.
File:MCD Barrels.png|Barrels as they appear in {{MCD}}, even including a fish barrel.
File:Barrel MV.png|A barrel as it appeared on the [[Minecraft:2022 Mob Vote Event]].
File:Barrel MCC Event.png|A barrel as it appeared in the [[Minecraft:MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party]].
File:Cubeez 2025 Barrel.png|[[Minecraft:Cubeez]] of a barrel.
File:A Barrel.png|Barrels as they appear in {{AMCM}}.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* {{Mcnet|block-week--barrel|Block of the Week: Barrel|December 23, 2021|Duncan Geere}}

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