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VOOZH | about |
| Rarity tier | Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
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"Bucket of Cod",
"Bucket of Salmon",
"Bucket of Tropical Fish",
"Bucket of Pufferfish",
"Bucket of Axolotl",
"Bucket of Tadpole",
"Bucket of Sulfur Cube"
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"Bucket of Salmon.png",
"Bucket of Tropical Fish.png",
"Bucket of Pufferfish.png",
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A bucket of mob is a small aquatic mob (a fish, axolotl, or tadpole) or a large sulfur cube inside of a water bucket or a bucket, obtained by using the bucket on the mob.
Small aquatic mobs are stored inside of water buckets, while sulfur cubes are stored inside of empty buckets.
There are seven types of bucket of mob:
A bucket of mob can be obtained by using a water bucket on an applicable aquatic mob or using a bucket on a large sulfur cube. Once a water bucket is used, the mob is picked up, along with the water source block for aquatic mobs. The mob bucket obtained corresponds to the mob picked up.
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | Trades in stock | Villager experience | Price multiplier | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||||||
| π Image Fisherman | π Image Novice | 50% | 50% | 3 Γ π Image Emerald | π Image Bucket of Cod | 16 | 1 | 0.05 |
| π Image Wandering Trader | Ordinary | 7% | 7% | 3 Γ π Image Emerald | π Image Bucket of Tropical Fish | 4 | β | β |
| 7% | 7% | 3 Γ π Image Emerald | π Image Bucket of Pufferfish | 4 | β | β | ||
Pressing use with a bucket of mob places a water source block (in the case of aquatic mobs), and spawns the mob itself back into the world, leaving an empty bucket in the player's inventory.
The mob's details (such as size or name) are kept. Placing a bucket of aquatic mob in the Nether causes the same particles to appear that generate when a normal water bucket is placed in the Nether, and the fish is spawned alone.
Mobs caught in buckets then released do not despawn, unlike mobs that spawn naturally in their aquatic environments.
If a bucket of aquatic mob is inside a dispenser, the dispenser spawns the mob and water block (if applicable) in front of it upon activation, leaving an empty bucket inside. Dispensers cannot pick up aquatic mobs with water buckets (the bucket is emptied).
If a bucket of aquatic mob is named a certain name through an anvil, the mob inside displays that name as if it were named with a name tag, making fish, axolotls, and tadpoles the only mobs that can exist in item form, and be named without a name tag.β[Java Edition only] Alternatively, if a named mob is captured with a bucket of water, the resulting mob bucket shares a name with the captured mob.β[Java Edition only] If a named mob is captured in Bedrock Edition, the item is called "Bucket of <Name>".
Tropical fish have assigned names depending on their color after they are caught, in Java Edition this name is displayed in smaller text under the main item name, whereas in Bedrock Edition the main item name displays "Bucket of <fish name>". Axolotls also have assigned names depending on their growth stage and color after they are caught.β[Bedrock Edition only]
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| βFish captured | Friendly Mobs | When a fish is collected | item.bucket.fill_fish | subtitles.item.bucket.fill_fishβ | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| βTadpole captured | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole is collected | item.bucket.fill_tadpole | subtitles.item.bucket.fill_tadpoleβ | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16 | |
| βAxolotl scooped | Friendly Mobs | When an axolotl is collected | item.bucket.fill_axolotl | subtitles.item.bucket.fill_axolotlβ | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| βBucket empties | Friendly Mobs | When a fish is placed | item.bucket.empty_fish | subtitles.item.bucket.emptyβ | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| βBucket empties | Friendly Mobs | When a tadpole is placed | item.bucket.empty_tadpole | subtitles.item.bucket.emptyβ | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16 | |
| βBucket empties | Friendly Mobs | When an axolotl is placed | item.bucket.empty_axolotl | subtitles.item.bucket.emptyβ | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| βSulfur Cube scooped | Blocks | When a Sulfur Cube is collected into a bucket | item.bucket.fill.sulfur_cube | subtitles.item.bucket.fill_sulfur_cubeβ | ? | ? | ? | |
| βBucket empties | Blocks | When a Sulfur Cube is placed from a bucket | item.bucket.empty.sulfur_cube | subtitles.item.bucket.emptyβ | ? | ? | ? | |
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| β ? | Blocks | When a creature is collected into a water bucket | bucket.fill_fish | β ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| β ? | Blocks | When a creature is placed from a bucket | bucket.empty_fish | β ? | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| βSulfur cube scooped | Blocks | When a Sulfur Cube is collected into a bucket | bucket.fill_sulfur_cube | subtitles.item.bucket.fill_sulfur_cubeβ | ? | ? | |
| βBucket empties | Blocks | When a Sulfur Cube is placed from a bucket | bucket.empty_sulfur_cube | subtitles.item.bucket.emptyβ | ? | ? | |
NoAI entity tag for all bucketable entities.Silent entity tag for all bucketable entities.NoGravity entity tag for all bucketable entities.Glowing entity tag for all bucketable entities.Invulnerable entity tag for all bucketable entities.AgeLocked entity tag for axolotls and tadpoles.Health entity tag for all bucketable entities.Age entity tag for axolotls and tadpoles.has_hunting_cooldown for axolotls.| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | ||||||
| π Image | π Image | I am a Marine Biologist | Collect a fish in a bucket | Use a water bucket on any fish mob. | 20 | Bronze | |
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) |
|---|---|---|---|
| π Image π Image | Bukkit Bukkit | Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket | Use a water bucket on an tadpole. |
| π Image π Image | Tactical Fishing | Catch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod! | Use a water bucket on any fish mob. |
| π Image π Image | The Cutest Predator | Catch an Axolotl in a Bucket | Use a water bucket on an axolotl. |
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 18w08b | π Image π Image π Image Added cod, salmon and "Puffer Fish" buckets. | |||||
| 18w10a | π Image Added tropical fish buckets. | ||||||
| 18w14a | Catching a fish in a water bucket now awards the Tactical Fishing advancement. | ||||||
| pre5 | The name of fish buckets has been changed from "[type of fish] bucket" to "bucket of [type of fish]", like they are in Bedrock Edition. | ||||||
| 1.17 | 20w51a | π Image Added buckets of axolotls. | |||||
| 1.19 | 22w11a | π Image Added buckets of tadpoles. | |||||
| 1.20 | pre2 | Fish buckets are now listed in the same order as the fish items in the Creative inventory. | |||||
| 26.2 | snap1 | π Image Added buckets of sulfur cubes. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | π Image π Image π Image π Image Added fish buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish. | |||||
| beta 1.2.20.2 | Fish buckets are now available in the Creative inventory. | ||||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The IDs of buckets with fish have been changed from bucket to <fish>_bucket.β[more information needed] | |||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.52 | π Image Added buckets of axolotls. | |||||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.24 | π Image Added the bucket of tadpole behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle. | |||||
| 26.20 Experiment | Preview 26.20.23 | π Image Added buckets of sulfur cubes. | |||||
| 26.30 | Preview 26.30.20 | Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | π Image π Image π Image π Image Added buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish. | ||
| Minecraft Education | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | π Image π Image π Image π Image Added buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish. | ||||||
Issues relating to "Bucket of Fish", "Bucket of Mob", "Bucket of Cod", "Bucket of Salmon", "Bucket of Pufferfish", "Bucket of Tropical Fish", "Bucket of Tadpole", or "Bucket of Sulfur Cube" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.