Minecraft:Barrel

Template:Infobox block A barrel is a solid Minecraft:block used to store Minecraft:items. 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:axes are the quickest.

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Natural generation

Empty barrels can generate naturally in fisher cottages in Minecraft:villages. 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:hoppers at chamber entrances.

Generated loot

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Crafting

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Usage

Barrels can be moved by Minecraft:pistons.Template:Only 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

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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:droppers and both filled and emptied by Minecraft:hoppers. When broken, barrels drop the contents of the container and the barrel item itself.

To open the barrel interface, use the Template:Control 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 Template:Key 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.Template:Only To exit the barrel interface, use the Template:Key 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 Template:Cmd commandTemplate:Only (for example, to label a barrel at (0,64,0) as "Bonus Barrel!", use Template:Cmd).

Template:IN, a barrel can be "locked" by setting its lock tag using the Template:Cmd command. If a barrel's lock tag is not blank, the barrel cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item that matches the item predicate in the lock 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 Template:Cmd.

Profession

Template:Main 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:furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Note blocks

Barrels can be placed under Minecraft:note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Piglins

Minecraft:Piglins become hostile toward players who open or break barrels.

Sounds

Generic

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Unique

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Data values

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Block states

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Block data

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

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Template:Nbt Block entity data
- Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity
- Template:Nbt inherit/nameable
- Template:Nbt inherit/lockable
- Template:Nbt inherit/lootable
- Template:Nbt: List of items in the container. Represents the Template:DCL component. The component is still present on the block entity, even if the tag does not exist (due to a loot table existing instead).
  - Template:Nbt: An item, including the slot tag. Barrel slots are numbered 0-26, 0 starts in the top left corner.
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See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Videos

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Issues

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Trivia

File:Alex wearing Barrel.png

Alex wearing a barrel

In the 2022's 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.

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