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	1616

Usage

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

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
minecraft:connection_east	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, the bars extend from the center post to the east.
minecraft:connection_north	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, the bars extend from the center post to the north.
minecraft:connection_south	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, the bars extend from the center post to the south.
minecraft:connection_west	`false`	`false` `true`	When true, the bars extend from the center post to the west.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Beta
1.8	Pre-release	Added iron bars.
Java Edition
1.21.9	25w32a	Added copper bars.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0	build 1	Added iron bars.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.111	Preview 1.21.110.23	Added copper bars.

Issues

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