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This page is about Barrel added by Ex Nihilo. For other uses, see Barrel.
Barrel






ModEx Nihilo
TypeTile entity
Upgrades
Next tier

The Barrel is one of the most basic but most useful blocks in Ex Nihilo. It can be used to process a wide range of biological materials into Dirt, to collect Water from rain, or to perform certain combinations of fluids and items.

Recipe[]

Usage[]

The Barrel can be used to hold liquids or to convert blocks and items into other blocks and items.

Items and fluids may be imported to and exported from a Barrel by any item or fluid transport system (Hoppers, Itemducts, Transfer Nodes, etc.). Items must be input from the top, fluids must be input from the sides, and all outputs must be taken from the bottom.

Liquids[]

Right-clicking on a Barrel with a liquid container will transfer the liquid to the Barrel. A Barrel can hold 1,000 mB.

Lava can be placed in a Barrel, but the Barrel will "burn" and transform into a Lava source block after 20 seconds. Removing the Lava — with a Bucket, by processing an item with it, etc. — will prevent the "burning", so all Lava processing operations can be performed with a wooden Barrel if initiated before the Barrel burns. A Stone Barrel can hold Lava indefinitely.

If an empty Barrel can see the sky and it starts to rain, water will start to collect in the Barrel. It takes 125 seconds of rain to fully fill a Barrel with one Bucket of Water (1,000 mB).

Processing[]

Right-clicking on a Barrel with an item can transform the Barrel's contents into another item (consuming the right-clicked item in the process). Transformed items can be removed by right-clicking the Barrel (with an empty Bucket for liquids).

Barrel Processing
Initial Contents Added Item Product Time
None Rain
Water
125 seconds

Lava

Angry Doll

Blaze
50 seconds [note 1]

Lava

Glowstone Dust

End Stone
Instantaneous

Lava

Redstone

Netherrack
Instantaneous

Lava

Sky Stone Dust

Sky Stone
Instantaneous

Water

Dust

Clay
Instantaneous

Water

Milk

Slimeball (1-4) [note 2]
50 seconds

Water

Ancient Spores

Mushroom Stew

Witch Water [note 3]
50 seconds

Witch Water

Azure Bluet

Peony
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Creepy Doll

Enderman
50 seconds

Witch Water

Dandelion

Sunflower
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Fern

Large Fern
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Grass

Double Tallgrass
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Oak Sapling

Dark Oak Sapling
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Poppy

Rose Bush
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Sand

Soul Sand
Instantaneous

Witch Water

Witches Hand

Coven Witch
50 seconds
  1. Initiating the summoning of a Blaze will prevent a wooden Barrel from "burning" even though the summoning time is greater than a Barrel's burn time.
  2. If the Slimeballs are not collected within another 50 seconds, the Barrel will spawn a Slime (losing its contents). The spawned Slime can be of any natural size and thus may ultimately yield more Slimeballs.
  3. A Water-filled Barrel will also transform into Witch Water if placed near Mycelium (again taking 50 seconds) and will cause Mushrooms to grow on the Mycelium.

In addition to the transformations above, there are two unique methods of transforming blocks:


Cobblestone to
Moss Stone

Stone Bricks to
Mossy Stone Bricks
A Water-filled (or partially filled) Barrel can randomly transform nearby Cobblestone and Stone Bricks blocks to Moss Stone and Mossy Stone Bricks respectively. Blocks to be transformed must be in a 4-high 5x5 square centered on the Barrel (two blocks above to one block below the Barrel), and must have another opaque block somewhere above them (i.e., they cannot have sky light 15 directly above them). 100 mB Water is removed from the Barrel for each block transformed.

Lava to
Obsidian
Placing Water above a Lava-filled Barrel, or filling a Barrel with Lava while Water is already above it, will instantly transform the Barrel's contents to Obsidian (without consuming the Water). Right-clicking the Barrel will remove the Obsidian.

Composting[]

A Barrel can be used to transform "compostable" items into Dirt. Right-click on a Barrel to add a compostable item. Each added item contributes some percentage to filling the Barrel (see Compostable Items table below). Once added, items cannot be removed. When the Barrel is full (added items equal or exceed 100%), its contents will transform in 50 seconds to Dirt which can be removed by right-clicking. Excess items are not carried over to the next operation.

Compostable Items
Item Amount per item Items per Dirt

Jack o'Lantern,
Melon (Block)
16.67% 6

Bread,
Pumpkin Pie
16% 7

Clownfish,
Cooked Fish,
Cooked Salmon,
Pufferfish,
Raw Fish,
Raw Salmon
15% 7

Acacia Leaves,
Acacia Sapling,
Birch Leaves,
Birch Sapling,
Dark Oak Leaves,
Dark Oak Sapling,
Jungle Leaves,
Jungle Sapling,
Oak Leaves,
Oak Sapling,
Spruce Leaves,
Spruce Sapling,
Wood Chippings (Ex Compressum)
12.5% 8

Allium,
Azure Bluet,
Blue Orchid,
Cactus,
Dandelion,
Lilac,
Lily Pad,
Mushroom (Brown),
Mushroom (Red),
Nether Wart,
Orange Tulip,
Oxeye Daisy,
Peony,
Pink Tulip,
Poppy,
Rose Bush,
Red Tulip,
Rotten Flesh,
Sunflower,
Vines,
White Tulip
10% 10

Baked Potato,
Egg,
Grass,
Poisonous Potato,
Spider Eye,
Sugar Canes,
Wheat
8% 13

Cooked Silkworm,
Melon (Item),
Silkworm,
String
4% 25

Apple,
Carrot,
Cooked Chicken,
Cooked Porkchop,
Melon Seeds,
Potato,
Pumpkin,
Pumpkin Seeds,
Raw Beef,
Raw Chicken,
Raw Porkchop,
Seeds,
Steak
3.125% 32

In addition, "organic" items from other mods may also be compostable (flowers, food, leaves, saplings, etc.).


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