Bucket of aquatic mob

A bucket of aquatic mob is a small aquatic mob (a fish, axolotl, or tadpole) inside of a water bucket, obtained by using a water bucket on each respective mob.

Bucket of aquatic mob

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

{
    "title": "Bucket of aquatic mob",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "Common",
            "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "Stackable"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "Bucket of Cod",
        "Bucket of Salmon",
        "Bucket of Tropical Fish",
        "Bucket of Pufferfish",
        "Bucket of Axolotl",
        "Bucket of Tadpole"
    ],
    "images": []
}

Types

There are six types of bucket of aquatic mob:

• Bucket of Axolotl
• Bucket of Cod
• Bucket of Pufferfish
• Bucket of Salmon
• Bucket of Tadpole
• Bucket of Tropical Fish

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.

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 their aquatic environments.

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).

Naming

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.‌ Alternatively, if a named mob is captured with a bucket of water, the resulting mob bucket shares a name with the captured mob.‌ 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.‌

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Fish captured	Friendly Creatures	When a fish is collected	item.bucket.fill_fish	subtitles.item.bucket.fill_fish​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Tadpole captured	Friendly Creatures	When a tadpole is collected	item.bucket.fill_tadpole	subtitles.item.bucket.fill_tadpole​	0.5	1.5	16
	​Axolotl scooped	Friendly Creatures	When an axolotl is collected	item.bucket.fill_axolotl	subtitles.item.bucket.fill_axolotl​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket empties	Friendly Creatures	When a fish is placed	item.bucket.empty_fish	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Bucket empties	Friendly Creatures	When a tadpole is placed	item.bucket.empty_tadpole	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	0.5	1.5	16
	​Bucket empties	Friendly Creatures	When an axolotl is placed	item.bucket.empty_axolotl	subtitles.item.bucket.empty​	1.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a creature is collected into a water bucket	bucket.fill_fish	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When a creature is placed from a bucket	bucket.empty_fish	1.0	1.0

Data values

Item data

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] components: the item's components tag.
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:bucket_entity_data: NBT applied to an entity when placed from this bucket. Only tags below are applied.
    • [Boolean] NoAI: Turns into NoAI entity tag for all bucketable entities.
    • [Boolean] Silent: Turns into Silent entity tag for all bucketable entities.
    • [Boolean] NoGravity: Turns into NoGravity entity tag for all bucketable entities.
    • [Boolean] Glowing: Turns into Glowing entity tag for all bucketable entities.
    • [Boolean] Invulnerable: Turns into Invulnerable entity tag for all bucketable entities.
    • [Float] Health: Turns into Health entity tag for all bucketable entities.
    • [Int] Age: Turns into Age entity tag for axolotls and tadpoles.
    • [Int] Variant: Turns into Variant entity tag for axolotls.
    • [Long] HuntingCooldown: Turns into the expiry time of the memory module has_hunting_cooldown for axolotls.
    • [Int] BucketVariantTag: Turns into Variant entity tag for tropical fish.
    • [String] type: Turns into type entity tag for salmon.
  • [String][NBT List / JSON Array][NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:custom_name: Text component to use as this item's name. See Text component format. The custom name of the fish.

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		I am a Marine Biologist	Collect a fish in a bucket	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.	20	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Bukkit Bukkit	Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket	—
	Tactical Fishing	Catch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod!	Use a water bucket on any fish mob.
	The Cutest Predator	Catch an Axolotl in a Bucket	Use a water bucket on an axolotl.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			18w08b				Added cod, salmon and "Puffer Fish" buckets.
			18w10a				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				Added buckets of axolotls.
1.19			22w11a				Added buckets of tadpoles.
1.20			pre2				Fish buckets are now listed in the same order as the fish items in the Creative inventory.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added fish buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish.
			beta 1.2.20.2				Fish buckets are now available in the Creative inventory.
1.17.0			beta 1.16.230.52				Added buckets of axolotls.
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.24				Added the bucket of tadpole behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish.
[hide]Minecraft Education
1.4.0							Added buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish.

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  Teaser for bucket of axolotl and powder snow.

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  Teaser for bucket of axolotl and powder snow.

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  First image of a bucket of tadpole.

Data history

[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.56				The IDs of buckets with fish have been changed from bucket to <fish>_bucket.​

Issues

Issues relating to "Bucket of Fish", "Bucket of Mob", "Bucket of Cod", "Bucket of Salmon", "Bucket of Pufferfish", "Bucket of Tropical Fish", or "Bucket Of Tadpole" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-276105 – Creative mode obtained Bucket of Salmon only spawns medium Salmon
• MC-279909 – Big salmon occasionally suffocate when released from a bucket
• MC-276106 – Bucket of Salmon has no lore
• MC-151457 – Fish buckets/Powder Snow buckets are not leaving buckets in crafting
• MC-196402 – Buckets of tropical fish from Wandering traders nor buckets of fish from creative inventory cannot be buckets of fish with black color, making these variants of fish unobtainable
• MC-209723 – You can pick up fish and axolotls in buckets in spawn protection
• MC-278960 – Mobs released from a bucket towards a waterlogged block will get stuck in the block above (and suffocate)

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-57604 – Named buckets of fish do not spawn named fish
• MCPE-161447 – Collecting fish/axolotl with an empty bucket causes them to disappear
• MCPE-176367 – Tadpole and axolotl buckets play wrong empty sound

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".

External links

• Taking Inventory: Bucket of Fish – Minecraft.net on March 26, 2020
• Taking Inventory: Bucket of Axolotl – Minecraft.net on July 14, 2022