How to get barrier blocks in minecraft survival

This article is about the invisible block in current versions. For the similar block used in old worlds in Bedrock Edition, see Invisible Bedrock. For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see Minecraft Dungeons:Barrier. For barrier at the edge of the world, see World border.

Barrier

Barrieris an invisible blockused to create solid boundaries.

Obtaining[]

Barriers can be obtained only using commands such as , on Java Edition, and on Bedrock Edition and cannot be broken in survival mode.

In Java Edition, barriers are available in the creative inventory when the "Operator Items Tab" is enabled in control settings.

How to get barrier blocks in minecraft creative

Natural generation[]

In normal worlds, barriers don't generate naturally. They only generate in debug mode worlds, where barriers generate as the floor exclusively on Java Edition as the Debug mode world type is not on Bedrock Edition.

However, due to a glitch, barrier blocks used to generate on Java Edition snapshot