Bars

This article is about the block type in Minecraft. For other namesakes, see Bar.
All bars.

Bars are blocks that serve a similar purpose to glass panes, but made out of certain metal ingots instead of glass.

Variants

There are 9 variants of bars:

Obtaining

Crafting

Both iron and regular unwaxed, unoxidized copper bars have the same crafting recipe format, where six ingots result in sixteen bars of the same type.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Copper Ingot or 
Iron Ingot

Usage

Iron bars used to create arrow slits.

As with glass panes and fences, bars can be used to create narrow slits when placed between a door and a solid block. Mobs can see through and attack through these gaps, and arrows may be shot through them. Also as with fences and glass panes, arrows cannot be shot through bars themselves.

Endermen seen through bars do not become angry. The ender dragon cannot destroy iron bars (some of the end crystals are protected by them), which makes them a useful material in the End.

Placement

Bars can be placed in much the same way as fences or glass panes. If no solid block is adjacent to the bars, they have appearance of a slim, tall column. If something is placed next to bars, they appear either flat, shaped, shaped or shaped, depending on the blocks surrounding it.

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
eastfalsefalse
true
When true, the bars extend from the center post to the east.
northfalsefalse
true
When true, the bars extend from the center post to the north.
southfalsefalse
true
When true, the bars extend from the center post to the south.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as these bars.
westfalsefalse
true
When true, the bars extend from the center post to the west.

History

Java Edition
1.21.925w32aDue to the addition of copper bars, there are now more than one type of bars.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.111Preview 1.21.110.23Due to the addition of copper bars, there are now more than one type of bars.


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