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Barrel

12Block states
2Properties
YesItem form

The barrel is a wooden block that players craft from planks and wooden slabs. It can be placed facing different directions, and an axe is the quickest tool for chopping it down.

When broken, a barrel drops itself, so it can be picked up and moved to a new spot without being lost.

Contents (5)
  1. Data values
  2. Sounds
  3. Block states
  4. History
  5. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:barrel
Numeric default state ID24100
Block states12
State properties2
Item formYes

Sounds

Sound events named after this block. Blocks that share a generic sound group are not listed, because the game keeps those groupings in code rather than in its data files.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation key
ClosedBarrel closesblock.barrel.closesubtitles.block.barrel.close
OpenedBarrel opensblock.barrel.opensubtitles.block.barrel.open

Block states

2 properties combine into 12 distinct states.

PropertyDefaultAllowed valuesMeaning
facingnorthnorth east south west up downWhich way the block faces.
openfalsetrue falseWhether the block is open.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
18w44a31 October 2018Added.

See also