Barrier Blocks are invisible blocks used as a barricade in Minecraft. The unique thing is that they are unbreakable. Barrier blocks can be used to stop other players from breaching and looting your valuable items that you spend night and days in collecting them.

Sometimes players look for a shortcut to get valuable items which will also save them with the trouble and time, so they start looting other players chest and valuable items

Importance of Barrier Blocks in Minecraft

Protecting your valuable items from the mobs and other players should be your top priority as they can use your items against you as well. There are many ways to protect your items such as by making secret trap doors or automatic redstone door.

Also you can use durable blocks like cobblestone, obsidian or a netherite but they are only able to protect your base to some extent. Such bases can easily be found and breakable especially for hardcore Minecraft players, so is there a better solution to protect your items from other players? The quick answer is Yes, by using barrier blocks.

Using these blocks is a lot better than others that we have discussed above because it is unbreakable. There is no way anyone can break these blocks and there is no need to worry about your precious items when you place these blocks accordingly.

How to Get Barrier Blocks in Minecraft

You need to keep in mind that there is no recipe that you can use to make barrier blocks and there is no place in the whole Minecraft world from where you can find it as well. So, the only method to get these blocks is by using a command mentioned below:

This command will provide 10 barrier blocks to the user ‘Linuxhint’ and you can further increase or decrease the number of barriers by changing the quantity.

Keep this in mind that if you are playing in a survivor or creative mode then you can only apply this command by activating the cheat mode. Also, there is no way to apply this command in the hardcore mode as you cannot use the cheats there.

How to use Barrier Blocks in Minecraft

Just like any other block you can place these as well by pressing the right-click button as shown below:

You won’t be able to see the impact of the barrier blocks in creative mode as everything is allowed there. So, you need to change your mode from creative to survival and then you will notice that these blocks are now unbreakable. You can use the below mentioned command to access any mode of your choice.

Now it looks like that there is nothing in front of the chest but there are invisible barrier blocks which you are unable to see and you can have an access to it.

FAQs

Q. Are Barrier Blocks real in Minecraft?

No, they are not. You can’t craft them or find them naturally.

Q. Can Ender Dragon break barrier blocks?

No, there is no way to break these blocks.

Q. Can Rain go through these blocks?

No, there is nothing that can go through from these blocks

Conclusion

Minecraft game comes with variety of blocks that you can use for protecting your precious items from other players and mobs. But barrier blocks which cannot be broken by anyone that making them far more superior than other blocks. The only way to get the access on these blocks is by using a command as it is not possible to craft or find them from anywhere in the Minecraft world.