Minecraft
How to Craft a Barrel in Minecraft
To craft a barrel in Minecraft you need six wooden planks and two wooden slabs. On the Crafting Table put planks on every side square and a slab in the top-middle and bottom-middle, and one barrel comes out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Wooden SlabWooden Slab
Barrel| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Wooden Planks |
6 | Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
| Wooden Slab |
2 | Craft on a Crafting Table: three oak planks across one row. Six wooden slabs come out. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Barrel specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Fishermen in villages also keep one.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: plank, slab, plank on the top and bottom rows, planks on the sides of the middle.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:barrel - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2.5
- Blast resistance
- 2.5
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:barrel 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Axe | 0.31s |
| Netherite Axe | 0.42s |
| Diamond Axe | 0.47s |
| Iron Axe | 0.63s |
| Stone Axe | 0.94s |
| Wooden Axe | 1.88s |
| Hand | 3.75s |
Ingredient specs
Wooden Planks
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe a log, then convert the log to planks in the 2×2 inventory grid. Oak, birch, spruce and the rest all count.
- Where it lives
- Overworld trees. Any wood biome.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_planks- Legacy item ID
minecraft:planks- Numerical ID
5- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Oak Log
Early game- Where to get it
- Punch or axe an oak tree. Any overworld log type also converts to its matching planks.
- Where it lives
- Oak trees in forests, plains, and villages in the Overworld.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_log- Legacy item ID
minecraft:log- Numerical ID
17- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 2
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
Wooden Slab
Early game- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: three oak planks across one row. Six wooden slabs come out.
- Where it lives
- Crafted from planks. Villages also generate oak slabs.
- Item ID
minecraft:oak_slab- Legacy item ID
minecraft:wooden_slab- Numerical ID
126- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 2
- Blast resistance
- 3
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
How to craft these materials
Wooden Planks
Oak LogShapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Wooden Slab
Wooden Slab ×6Six planks, two slabs
Punch logs and convert them in the inventory 2×2. Six matching planks fill the sides. Three planks in a row on the table make six wooden slabs; this recipe uses two. That covers the whole barrel.
Slabs in the middle column
Open the Crafting Table. Top row: plank, wooden slab, plank. Middle: plank, empty, plank. Bottom: plank, wooden slab, plank. One barrel appears on the right; take it. The 2×2 inventory cannot hold this 3×3.
Twenty-seven with a lid
Place it. The barrel opens even with a solid block sitting on top, which a regular chest cannot do. A hopper pulls from it the same way. Fishermen in villages already keep one as a job site. An axe breaks it fastest.
