Bucket of aquatic mob

Bucket of aquatic mob

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A bucket of aquatic mob is a form of a water bucket with an aquatic mob (a fish, axolotl, or tadpole) inside.

Obtaining

A bucket of aquatic mob can be obtained by using a water bucket on an applicable mob. Once a water bucket is used, the mob is picked up along with the water source block. The mob bucket obtained corresponds to the mob picked up.

Trading

Wandering traders have ¹⁄₆ chance to either sell a bucket of pufferfish or a bucket of tropical fish for 5 emeralds.

Novice-level Fisherman villagers have a 50% chance to sell a bucket of cod for 3 emeralds.

Usage

Pressing use with a bucket of aquatic mob places a water source block, and spawns the mob back into the world, leaving an empty bucket in the player's inventory. For buckets of tropical fish, the fish and its details (color, size, 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 oceans.

If a bucket of aquatic mob is inside a dispenser, the dispenser spawns the mob and water block in front of it upon activation, leaving an empty bucket inside. Dispensers cannot pick up 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 display 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.‌^{[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.‌^{[Java Edition only]} If a named mob is captured in Bedrock Edition, the item is called "Bucket of <Name>".

Bucket of tropical fish

Tropical fish also have assigned names that can be seen after capture. In Java Edition, the smaller text under the item name is displayed showing the fish name, similar to the text that displays enchantments under enchanted items. In Bedrock Edition, the item name is displayed showing "Bucket of <fish name>". Their colors are mostly named according to the colored block names, though with a few exceptions:

• White
• Orange
• Magenta
• Sky
• Yellow
• Lime
• Rose
• Gray
• Silver
• Teal
• Plum
• Blue
• Brown
• Green
• Red

The base color comes first, and if the pattern color is different, it comes after that. Lastly, the fish bucket is given a name according to the shape and pattern of the fish:

Flopper Glitter Betty Stripey Blockfish Clayfish

Kob Snooper Brinely SunStreak Dasher Spotty

Some tropical fish don't follow the normal naming system, and instead, reference real-life fish species. Apart from these names, these types of fish aren't different from regular tropical fish in terms of design or behavior.

These varieties are:

Name	Type
Anemone	Orange-Gray Stripey
Black Tang	Gray Flopper
Blue Dory ‌[Bedrock Edition only]	Gray-Sky SunStreak
Blue Tang ‌[Java Edition only]	Gray-Blue Flopper
Butterfly Fish ‌[Bedrock Edition only]/Butterflyfish ‌[Java Edition only]	White-Gray Clayfish
Cichlid	Blue-Gray SunStreak
Clownfish	Orange-White Kob
Cotton Candy Betta	Rose-Sky Spotty
Dottyback	Plum-Yellow Blockfish
Emperor Red Snapper	White-Red Clayfish
Goatfish	White-Yellow Spotty
Moorish Idol	White-Gray Glitter
Ornate Butterfly ‌[Bedrock Edition only]/Ornate Butterflyfish ‌[Java Edition only]	White-Orange Clayfish
Parrotfish	Teal-Rose Dasher
Queen Angel Fish ‌[Bedrock Edition only]/Queen Angelfish ‌[Java Edition only]	Lime-Sky Brinely
Red Cichlid	Red-White Betty
Red Lipped Blenny	Gray-Red Snooper
Red Snapper	Red-White Blockfish
Threadfin	White-Yellow Flopper
Tomato Clown ‌[Bedrock Edition only]	Red-White SunStreak
Tomato Clownfish ‌[Java Edition only]	Red-White Kob
Triggerfish	Gray-White SunStreak
Yellowtail Parrot ‌[Bedrock Edition only]/Yellowtail Parrotfish ‌[Java Edition only]	Teal-Yellow Dasher
Yellow Tang	Yellow Flopper

A bucket of tropical fish purchased from a wandering trader or pulled from the Creative inventory spawns random tropical fish when used, due to it having no associated NBT.

Bucket of axolotl

In Bedrock Edition, if an axolotl is picked up with a bucket, the bucket appears in the player's inventory as "Bucket of <Baby/Adult> <Color> Axolotl" based on the age and color of the axolotl. These varieties are:

• Bucket of Baby Leucistic Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Leucistic Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Brown Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Brown Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Gold Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Gold Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Cyan Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Cyan Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Blue Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Blue Axolotl

When the player spawns in an axolotl with a Bucket of Axolotl from creative inventory, it is always a leucistic adult. Buckets containing other variants will always spawn that variant when used in creative mode.

The bucket of axolotl does not change textures in the inventory to reflect the captured axolotl's color, it always appears leucistic.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Fish captured	Friendly Creatures	Plays when collecting fish	item.bucket.fill_fish	subtitles.item.bucket.fill_fish	1.0	1.0	16
	Axolotl scooped	Friendly Creatures	Plays when collecting axolotls	?	subtitles.item.bucket.fill_axolotl	?	?	?
	Bucket empties	Friendly Creatures	Plays when depositing fish or axolotls	item.bucket.empty_fish	subtitles.item.bucket.empty	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Bucket of Cod	cod_bucket	Item	None	item.minecraft.cod_bucket
Bucket of Salmon	salmon_bucket	Item	None	item.minecraft.salmon_bucket
Bucket of Pufferfish	pufferfish_bucket	Item	None	item.minecraft.pufferfish_bucket
Bucket of Tropical Fish	tropical_fish_bucket	Item	axolotl_tempt_items	item.minecraft.tropical_fish_bucket
Bucket of Axolotl	axolotl_bucket	Item	None	item.minecraft.axolotl_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Bucket of Cod	cod_bucket	bucket / 2	364	Item	item.bucketFish.name
Bucket of Salmon	salmon_bucket	bucket / 3	365	Item	item.bucketSalmon.name
Bucket of Tropical Fish	tropical_fish_bucket	bucket / 4	366	Item	item.bucketTropical.name item.bucketCustomFish.name
Bucket of Pufferfish	pufferfish_bucket	bucket / 5	367	Item	item.bucketPuffer.name
Bucket of Axolotl	axolotl_bucket	bucket / 12	369	Item	item.bucketAxolotl.name
Bucket of Tadpole	tadpole_bucket	bucket / 13	630	Item	item.bucketTadpole.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Main article: Player.dat format

•  tag: The item's tag tag.

• •  BucketVariantTag: The variant data of the tropical fish in the bucket. Applies only to Bucket of Tropical Fish.
  •  EntityTag: Stores entity data that is applied to the aquatic mob when it is poured out. If this data includes a tropical fish variant, it overrides the one provided in BucketVariantTag.
    • See entity format.

Normal buckets of fish use only the BucketVariantTag tag to store the variant of any tropical fish that is picked up, and the item's display name to store the fish's custom name.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Item format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms
		I am a Marine Biologist	Collect a fish in a bucket	Use an empty bucket on any fish mob to collect it.	20G	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Bukkit Bukkit	Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket‌[upcoming: JE 1.19]	Husbandry	—	husbandry/tadpole_in_a_bucket
	Tactical Fishing	Catch a fish... without a fishing rod!	Fishy Business	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.	husbandry/tactical_fishing
	The Cutest Predator	Catch an axolotl in a bucket	Tactical Fishing	Use a water bucket on an axolotl.	husbandry/axolotl_in_a_bucket

History

Java Edition
1.13		18w08b			Added cod, salmon and "Puffer Fish" buckets.
					The texture of what appears to be a clownfish bucket can be seen in the game files.
		18w10a			Added tropical fish buckets.
		18w14a			Catching a fish in a water bucket now awards the Tactical Fishing advancement.
		18w19a			"Puffer Fish Bucket" has been corrected to "Pufferfish Bucket".
					The ID of tropical fish buckets has been changed to tropical_fish_bucket.
		18w22a			The texture of tropical fish buckets has been updated, due to an inconsistent dark pixel on the bottom right of the bucket's texture that wasn't part of the other fish buckets.
		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.
1.13.1		18w33a			Tooltips have been added for buckets of tropical fish.
1.14		18w43b			The textures of buckets of cod, salmon, pufferfish and tropical fish have been changed.
		19w05a			Added the wandering trader, which sells buckets of tropical fish and buckets of pufferfish.
		19w11a			Fisherman villagers can now sell a bucket of cod.
October 3, 2020					In Minecraft Live 2020, a bucket of axolotl was shown.
					On the live event, it has an untranslated name: item.minecraft.axolotl_bucket.
1.17		20w51a			Added the bucket of axolotl.
					Bucket of tropical fish can be used to breed the new axolotls.
					Bucket of tropical fish can be used to make axolotls attack drowned and guardians.
		21w20a			Axolotls can now be fed buckets of tropical fish, not just tropical fish.
Upcoming Java Edition
October 16, 2021					Buckets of Tadpoles were mentioned, but not shown.
December 8, 2021					LadyAgnes tweets the first image of a tadpole in a bucket.
1.19		22w11a			Added the bucket of tadpole.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Added fish buckets of cod, salmon and tropical fish.
					Added buckets of pufferfish.
					Buckets of pufferfish have a different texture compared to Java Edition.
		beta 1.2.20.2			Fish buckets are now available in the Creative inventory.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Buckets of pufferfish and tropical fish are now sold by the new wandering traders.
					The textures of buckets of cod, salmon, pufferfish and tropical fish have been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.4			Buckets of cod can now be bought from fisherman villagers.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The IDs of buckets with fish have been changed from bucket to <fish>_bucket.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Added the bucket of axolotl.
					Bucket of tropical fish can be used to breed and attract the new axolotls.
1.18.10		beta 1.18.10.24			Added the bucket of tadpole behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added buckets of cod, salmon, pufferfish and tropical fish.
		1.90			The textures of buckets of cod, salmon, pufferfish and tropical fish have been changed.
Education Edition
1.4.0					Added buckets of cod, salmon, pufferfish and tropical fish.
					The texture of the bucket of pufferfish and the texture of the bucket of tropical fish are the same as the ones in Bedrock Edition.

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  Teaser for buckets of axolotl and powder snow in item frames.

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  First image of a bucket of tadpole.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bucket of Fish", "Bucket of Mob", "Bucket of Cod", "Bucket of Salmon", "Bucket of Pufferfish", or "Bucket of Tropical Fish" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• When a water bucket is transformed into a bucket of aquatic mob, it actually pushes the bucket texture down one pixel. According to Dinnerbone, JAPPA says this is due to the "weight of the fish".
• Buckets of tropical fish always appear to contain a clownfish, regardless of whatever fish is actually inside.
• Since empty buckets can be used to capture fish or axolotls in Bedrock Edition, it is possible to create an infinite amount of water source blocks simply by catching a fish mob with a bucket and continually placing and re-capturing the mob.
• The bucket of cod and bucket of tropical fish are actually re-colorations of each other.

References

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