# Half Barrels

**Description:** A half barrel is a block that can hold water for [Horses](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/swequestrian-mod/chapter/horse "SWEM Horse") to drink.

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**Details:**

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-renewable%3A-%C2%A0-stackab" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 40.4938%; height: 242px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Renewable:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">Yes</td></tr><tr style="height: 10px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 10px;">**Stackable:**

</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 10px;">Yes (64)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Tool:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">Pickaxe (Any)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Blast Resistance:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">N/A</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Hardness:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">N/A</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Luminant:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">No</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Transparent:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">No</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Flammable:**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">No</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td class="align-right" style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">**Flammable (Lava):**</td><td style="width: 20.2469%; height: 29px;">No</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Obtaining**

Half Barrels come in 16 Minecraft colors.  
A Half Barrel is crafted by right-clicking a Barrel or [Western Barrel](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/star-worm-equestrian-mod/page/western-barrel) with Shears.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-shear-a-western-barr" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 49.9383%;">![image-1686278996042.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/scaled-1680-/image-1686278996042.png)</td><td style="width: 49.9383%;">![image-1686279074212.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/scaled-1680-/image-1686279074212.png)</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="width: 49.9383%;">Shear a Western Barrel (2 x White Half Barrels)</td><td class="align-center" style="width: 49.9383%;">Shear a Barrel (2 x Brown Half Barrels)</td></tr></tbody></table>

A Half Barrel can be redyed with 1 Dye of the chosen color.

![image-1686279410825.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/scaled-1680-/image-1686279410825.png)

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#### **Usage**

**Placement** Right-click a block with a half barrel in hand to place it on the ground. Unlike [troughs](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/star-worm-equestrian-mod/page/water-trough), half barrels to not connect to adjacent water items. Half Barrels can hold 3 buckets of water and are ideal for horse stalls. If a larger container is needed for use by multiple horses, [troughs](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/star-worm-equestrian-mod/page/water-trough) can hold up to 4-16 buckets of water.

**Filling &amp; Use**  
Water troughs can hold four buckets of water per individual troughs. When filled the water level will gradually rise until it is near the brim, at which point the barrel contains the maximum amount of water.

- Right-click a half barrel with a water bucket to add it to the trough
- Right-click a [spigot](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/star-worm-equestrian-mod/page/spigot) placed above a half barrel
- Rain will slowly fill an uncovered half barrel over time

<div class="pointer-container" id="bkmrk-%C2%A0" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="pointer anim is-page-editable"><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="link" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg><div class="input-group inline block"> <button class="button outline icon" data-clipboard-target="#pointer-url" title="Copy Link" type="button"><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="copy" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></button></div><svg class="svg-icon" data-icon="edit" role="presentation" viewbox="0 0 24 24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"></svg></div></div>[Horses](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/star-worm-equestrian-mod/page/swem-horse "SWEM Horse") will drink from accessible half barrels and [troughs](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/books/star-worm-equestrian-mod/page/water-trough) when thirsty. They consume 1 bucket per use but may take multiple drinks in a short space of time, quickly depleting the contents. As they drink, the water levels will visibly decrease to reflect the current volume.

![image-1686280163188.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/scaled-1680-/image-1686280163188.png)

<span style="color: #7e8c8d;">**Shown:** All 16 color variants of half barrels.</span>

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#### **Known Issues**

If you find an issue, please report it to our bugs channel on **[Discord](https://discord.com/channels/715626418893095012/898242623716855868)**. We ask that you look to see if your issue was reported first!

- **\[~\]** When there is a block or spigot above the half-barrel, it occasionally does not show the water level. It is still functional, and removing any blocks above usually corrects the render issue.

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#### **Changelog**

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<p class="callout info">This is not a complete list of version changes / fixes. It is a changelog of relevant wiki-related version information.</p>

<table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 121.781px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.7969px;"><td class="align-center" style="width: 13.3504%; height: 29.7969px;">**MC Version**</td><td class="align-center" style="width: 20.0257%; height: 29.7969px;">**Release**</td><td class="align-center" style="width: 66.6239%; height: 29.7969px;">**Notes**</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 13.3504%;">1.18.2  
</td><td style="width: 20.0257%;">1.18.2-1.2.3  
</td><td style="width: 66.6239%;">Half barrels gradually fill up when raining.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### **Data values**

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swem:half\_barrel\_white  
swem:half\_barrel\_light\_gray  
swem:half\_barrel\_gray  
swem:half\_barrel\_black  
swem:half\_barrel\_blue  
swem:half\_barrel\_cyan  
swem:half\_barrel\_light\_blue  
swem:half\_barrel\_purple  
swem:half\_barrel\_magenta  
swem:half\_barrel\_pink  
swem:half\_barrel\_red  
swem:half\_barrel\_orange  
swem:half\_barrel\_yellow  
swem:half\_barrel\_brown  
swem:half\_barrel\_green  
swem:half\_barrel\_lime

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