How do you get Barrel in Minecraft?

Barrel is crafted from Planks and Slab at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.

How long does Barrel take to break?

The block data for Barrel holds 2.5 for hardness on it and 2.5 for blast resistance. It with matching values is as easy to blow up as it is to mine. The tool tag on Barrel is an axe, with no tier requirement behind it. Java 26.2 gives Barrel these numbers, and no stopwatch was held to it.

Can Barrel be used as fuel?

One Barrel keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Since one craft turns Planks and Slab into Barrel, a furnace fed that way runs on Planks and Slab.

Where do you find Barrel in chests?

Barrel is chest loot in one place and one only: village fisher chests (about 24%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

How many Barrel can you stack?

64 Barrel fills a slot, and that slot costs 384 Planks and 128 Slab, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Barrel comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Barrel

A storage block that holds 27 stacks of items and can be opened even with a solid block directly above it. It is the job site block for fisherman villagers.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Barrel at a glance

Barrel comes from crafting and natural world generation, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. A single slot takes 64 Barrel, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest. Feed Barrel to a furnace and 1.5 smelts follow, 96 from a stack of 64.

Barrel is a 2.5-hardness block. The tool tag on Barrel is an axe, with no tier requirement behind it. Blast resistance on Barrel is that same 2.5. Generated chests only ever hold Barrel in one place: village fisher chests (about 24%, 1 to 3 at a time). It sits between Banner and Beacon in Utility Blocks, number 20 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Barrel
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Barrel has the grid for Barrel

How to obtain

Crafting
Natural generation

Fuel value

Barrel burns for 15 seconds (300 ticks), which is 1.5 items per Barrel

Notes

Made from any wood planks and any wood slabs. Generates in fisher cottages in villages.

Frequently asked questions about Barrel

How do you get Barrel in Minecraft?
Barrel is crafted from Planks and Slab at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.
How long does Barrel take to break?
The block data for Barrel holds 2.5 for hardness on it and 2.5 for blast resistance. It with matching values is as easy to blow up as it is to mine. The tool tag on Barrel is an axe, with no tier requirement behind it. Java 26.2 gives Barrel these numbers, and no stopwatch was held to it.
Can Barrel be used as fuel?
One Barrel keeps a furnace running for 15 seconds, which is 1.5 items for each one burnt. Since one craft turns Planks and Slab into Barrel, a furnace fed that way runs on Planks and Slab.
What is Barrel used for?
A storage block that holds 27 stacks of items and can be opened even with a solid block directly above it. It is the job site block for fisherman villagers.
Where do you find Barrel in chests?
Barrel is chest loot in one place and one only: village fisher chests (about 24%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
How many Barrel can you stack?
64 Barrel fills a slot, and that slot costs 384 Planks and 128 Slab, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Barrel comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

A barrel is six planks and two slabs, and it holds the same twenty-seven slots as a chest with one advantage: it opens with a block directly above it. That makes barrels the storage of choice in tight rooms and under staircases, where a chest simply refuses.

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