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This article is about the item. For the server software, see Bukkit.

Buckets are tools used for carrying water, lava or milk. Water and lava buckets can only be obtained by using the bucket on a source block; shallow, running fluids cannot be collected. Milk buckets are collected by right-clicking an empty bucket on a Cow or a Mooshroom.

If one is under water and moving forward, filling an empty bucket will create a momentary air pocket. This is enough to refill the player's air meter, allowing them to stay under water indefinitely. To reuse the bucket just dump out the water.

Buckets can be crafted from iron, or found in dungeons. There is, approximately, a 53% chance of finding one bucket in a dungeon chest.

Usage

Water buckets can be used to extinguish fires in an emergency, and to drain and fill lakes.
Buckets can also be used as a diving tool. By pointing directly down and filling the bucket the player will be surrounded by air for a short time, thus filling the player's air meter.

Water that is used in a bucket can clear out tall grass on small fields. It is useful for collecting seeds and clearing the area for building. The water can be picked back up when the water has been used. This bucket could also be used to make farms where you could grow wheat, and other items. Another usage is filling a cauldron with a water filled bucket. This allows the filling of glass bottles for making potions.

Crafting

Ingredients Input » Output
Iron Ingots Template:Grid2/Crafting Table

Types of buckets

Video

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History

infdev
June 15, 2010Added bucket, can pick up only water and lava.
alpha
1.0.11Cows are now milkable.
beta
1.9pre5In Creative mode, buckets now remain empty when used to pick up water and lava.
r
12w06aBuckets are now renewable.
12w21aBuckets are now stackable up to 16.
When used on cows, buckets that are stacked all disappear leaving only one bucket filled with milk - similar to the old bug with mushroom soup/bowls in which the player used to receive only 1 empty bowl when consuming a stack of soup.
12w22aFixed bug causing stacked buckets to disappear when used to milk cows.

Trivia

  • While underwater, holding an empty bucket and right-clicking will create a temporary pocket of air around your head for long enough to recover breath. If there is a block within your reach, you can empty the bucket by right clicking on that block and repeating the process, allowing you to stay underwater for extended periods of time.

See also

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