The barrel has a wide range of uses. You can use it to compost organics into dirt, transform one fluid into another, transform a fluid into a block with an item, and spawn mobs. When in the rain, the barrel will collect water. Right click the barrel to get a block out of the barrel. Right click the barrel with a bucket to add or remove a fluid.
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Wood barrels cannot accept hot fluids. Stone barrels can accept hot fluids. Water has a temperature of 300. Anything over 433 will not go into a wood barrel.
Warning
Once a compost item is in the barrel, it cannot be removed. A barrel will void any fluid in it when it is broken.
Recipe
Fluid Transformation
The following are the fluids that will transform. A full barrel and the correct block placed below the barrel is required for the transformation to occur.
| Water | Mycelium | Witchwater |
| Water | Sand | Sea Water |
Fluid Block Transformation
The following are the recipes that a barrel will perform when a block, or an item is right clicked on a full barrel with the correct fluid.
| Water | Dust | Clay |
| Lava | Redstone Dust | Netherrack |
| Lava | Glowstone Dust | End Stone |
| Witchwater | Sand | Soul Sand |
| Witchwater | Red Mushroom | Slime |
| Witchwater | Brown Mushroom | Slime |
| Sea Water | Tube Coral Seed | Tube Coral Block |
| Sea Water | Brain Coral Seed | Brain Coral Block |
| Sea Water | Bubble Coral Seed | Bubble Coral Block |
| Sea Water | Horn Coral Seed | Horn Coral Block |
| Sea Water | Fire Coral Seed | Fire Coral Block |
| Sea Water | Tube Coral Fan | Tube Coral Wall Fan |
| Sea Water | Brain Coral Fan | Brain Coral Wall Fan |
| Sea Water | Bubble Coral Fan | Bubble Coral Wall Fan |
| Sea Water | Horn Coral Fan | Horn Coral Wall Fan |
| Sea Water | Fire Coral Fan | Fire Coral Wall Fan |
Fluid On Top
The following are the recipes that a barrel will perform when a barrel contains a fluid and another fluid is placed on top.
| Lava | Water | Obsidian |
| Water | Lava | Cobblestone |
Mob Spawning
In order to spawn a mob, create the doll of the mob you want to spawn and right click a barrel that has the correct fluid in it.
| Blaze | Blazing Doll | Lava |
| Enderman | Creeping Doll | Witchwater |
| Shulker | Floating Doll | Witchwater |
| Guardian | Protecting Doll | Water |
| Bee | Buzzing Doll | Witchwater |
Compostable Blocks and Items
The following are items and blocks that can be composted and their amounts. A barrel begins composting when a barrel reaches a solid amount of 1000.
| All Saplings | 125 |
| All Leaves | 125 |
| All Flowers | 100 |
| All Fish | 150 |
| All Cooked Meat | 200 |
| All Uncooked Meat | 200 |
| All Seeds | 80 |
| Wheat | 80 |
| Carrot | 100 |
| Beetroot | 100 |
| Potato | 100 |
| Nether Wart | 100 |
| Eggs | 80 |
| String | 40 |
| Rotten Flesh | 100 |
| Spider Eye | 80 |
| Bread | 160 |
| Mushrooms | 100 |
| Pumpkin Pie | 160 |
| Silkworm | 40 |
| Cooked Silkworm | 40 |
| Apple | 100 |
| Mellon Slice | 40 |
| Mellon | 167 |
| Pumpkin | 167 |
| Carved Pumpkin | 167 |
| Jack-O-Lantern | 167 |
| Cactus | 100 |
| Baked Potato | 150 |
| Poisonous Potato | 200 |
| Lily Pad | 100 |
| Vine | 100 |
| Tall Grass | 100 |
| Sugar Cane | 80 |
Configuration
Fluid Transformation Configuration
Configuration for Fluid Transformations are found in ~/config/exnihilosequentia/FluidTransformRegistry.json.
The format of the file is: < { "fluidInBarrel: "modid:name", "blockBelow: "modid:name", "result: "modid:name" }, ...>- modid: The mod id the block/item/fluid comes from (i.e. exnihilosequentia)- name: The name of block/item/fluid (i.e. witchwater)
fluidInBarrel: The fluid in the barrel to start the transformation (Must be a fluid or a tag). Required field.blockBelow: The block below the barrel to start the transformation (Must be a block or a tag). Required field.result: The fluid remaining after the transformation (Must be a fluid). Required field.Fluid Block Transformation Configuration
Configuration for Fluid Block Transformations are found in ~/config/exnihilosequentia/FluidBlockTransformRegistry.json.
The format of the file is: < { "fluid: "modid:name", "input: "modid:name", "result: "modid:name" }, ...>- modid: The mod id the block/item/fluid comes from (i.e. exnihilosequentia)- name: The name of block/item/fluid (i.e. witchwater)
fluid: The fluid in the barrel (Must be a fluid or a tag). Required field.input: The input item/block (Must be an item, block or a tag). Required field.result: The resulting block (Must be a block). Required field.Fluid On Top Configuration
Configuration for Fluid On Top Recipes are found in ~/config/exnihilosequentia/FluidOnTopRegistry.json.
The format of the file is: < { "fluidInBarrel: "modid:name", "fluidOnTop: "modid:name", "result: "modid:name" }, ...>- modid: The mod id the block/item/fluid comes from (i.e. exnihilosequentia)- name: The name of block/item/fluid (i.e. witchwater)
fluidInBarrel: The fluid in the barrel (Must be a fluid or a tag). Required field.fluidOnTop: The fluid placed on top of the barrel (Must be a fluid or a tag). Required field.result: The resulting block (Must be a block). Required field.Compost Amount Configuration
Configuration for Compost Amounts are found in ~/config/exnihilosequentia/CompostRegistry.json.
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The format of the file is: < { "entry: "modid:name", "amount: 0 - modid: The mod id the block/item/fluid comes from (i.e. exnihilosequentia)- name: The name of block/item/fluid (i.e. witchwater)
entry: The item or block that can be placed in a barrel (Must be an item, fluid or a tag). Required field.amount: The solid amount the entry will add to a barrel (Must be an integer greater than 0). Required field.