How to Craft Barrel in Minecraft

Barrel in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own block model. Storage block with 27 slots. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.14.

A Barrel comes from 6 Planks and 2 Wooden Slabs, worked on a Crafting Table. On the grid you want six Planks in the left and right columns and two Wooden Slabs stacked in the middle column. You end up with 1 Barrel each time. Fuel value is 300 ticks, putting 43 Barrels behind a full stack of 64.

Barrel Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Barrel is minecraft:barrel. In commands the namespace may be left off, so barrel works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one: /give @p barrel
Give a full stack of 64: /give @p barrel 64
Give it to a named player: /give Steve barrel 1

Cheats have to be on for Barrel to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

A Barrel stores 27 stacks like a chest but can open even with a solid block above it. Barrel uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.14, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with planks (craft from logs) and wooden slab (craft from planks).

One Stack, Counted

One stack is 10 goes at 6 planks each, which totals 10 barrels. Bring 20 wooden slabs along for the ride. The box keeps 4 planks.

Materials Needed

Item	Amount	Where to Find
Planks	6x	Craft from logs
Wooden Slab	2x	Craft from planks

Gather 6x Planks (craft from logs) and 2x Wooden Slab (craft from planks), then take the lot to a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

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6x Planks
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2x Wooden Slab
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Barrel

Minecraft crafting recipe for Barrel: 6 x Planks, 2 x Wooden Slab in a crafting table, making 1 Barrel.

Tips & Notes

Line up 6x Planks and 2x Wooden Slab before you open the Crafting Table. Planks: craft from logs.

Uses for Barrel

Storage block with 27 slots
Can open even with blocks above
Fisherman villager job site

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Barrel on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Barrel in Minecraft?

To craft a Barrel you need 6 Planks and 2 Wooden Slabs at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces one Barrel.

Can you craft a Barrel without a crafting table?

You need a table for a Barrel. It is laid out as six Planks in the left and right columns and two Wooden Slabs stacked in the middle column, and that takes 3 rows, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.

Where do you find the materials for a Barrel?

The parts of a Barrel do not all come from one place. Planks: craft from logs. Wooden Slab: craft from planks.

How many Barrels do you get from one craft?

The Barrel recipe makes one Barrel per craft.

What is the item ID for Barrel in Minecraft?

The Barrel item ID is minecraft:barrel, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write barrel on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.

Can you farm everything you need for a Barrel?

Barrel needs nothing you have to go find: planks and slab from trees you can replant. Set those up once and you can keep making barrel.

What is the give command for Barrel?

/give @p barrel gives you a Barrel. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.

What version of Minecraft added the Barrel?

Mojang's own data puts the barrel at Minecraft 1.14, the first release that describes how to make it. That pattern above is still the one the game uses.

Sources

How far back it goes: Java 1.14 is the first release that knows this recipe at all. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
That the ingredients come back: What drops, what villagers trade and what farms regrow in Minecraft Java, followed through the recipes to see what those ingredients can be turned into.
Stack size, burn time: The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock: What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum: Counted, not played: 1 Barrel per craft against the stack size.

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