Barium Element Block in Minecraft

Barium is a chemical element block in Minecraft Education Edition and Bedrock Edition. It represents the element Barium (Ba) with atomic number 56 on the periodic table. You can find it in the Chemistry Update features and use it to craft compounds or build educational structures.

What is Barium in Minecraft?

Barium is one of the 118 element blocks available in Minecraft Education Edition. It’s used in chemistry crafting recipes, most commonly for making Barium Sulfate compounds. The block has a light metallic appearance and stacks up to 64.

This element is available in Minecraft Education Edition and can be enabled in Pocket Edition, Windows 10, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch by toggling the Education Edition option in your world settings.

How to Find Barium

In Creative Mode

You can find Barium in the Creative Inventory menu:

• Education Edition 1.4.0 – 1.14.31: Look in the Construction tab
• Education Edition 1.17.30+: Look in the Items tab

Getting Barium with Commands

Use the /give command in Minecraft Pocket Edition and Bedrock versions 1.12.0 and above:

/give @p element_56 1 0

This gives you 1 Barium element block. Change the number to get more.

Barium Details

Property	Value
Item ID	element_56
Data Value	0
Stack Size	64
Supported Versions	1.4.0 – 1.20.0+

What Can You Make With Barium?

Barium is used in chemistry recipes to create compounds. The main crafting recipe is:

• Barium Sulfate (compound) – used in educational chemistry lessons

Enabling Chemistry in Your World

If you’re playing in Pocket Edition, Windows 10, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch, you need to enable Education Edition chemistry features:

1. Open your world settings
2. Toggle the “Education Edition” option on
3. The game will create a copy of your world starting with [EDU]
4. Element blocks and chemistry features are now available

Note: Education gameplay features can affect your world, which is why the game creates a separate copy.

Versions and Availability

Barium is available across multiple Minecraft versions:

• Minecraft Education Edition (all recent versions)
• Minecraft Pocket Edition 1.4.0+
• Windows 10 Edition (with Education features)
• Xbox One (with Education features)
• Nintendo Switch (with Education features)

Make sure you have the Education Update installed to access element blocks and chemistry features.