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 one of these mobs.
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 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).
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
- Silver
- Gray
- Black
- Brown
- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Lime
- Green
- Teal
- Sky
- Blue
- Plum
- Magenta
- Rose
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:
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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 |
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| 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.
Additionaly, buckets of tropical fish may be used to lead and breed axolotls. It can also speed up the growth of a baby axolotl.
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 the 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.
Bucket of tadpole[]
When a tadpole is picked up with a bucket, the bucket appears in the player's inventory as "Bucket of tadpole". The bucket can be emptied again like any other bucket of aquatic mob, depositing the tadpole and water on the targeted location.
The water in the bucket of tadpole appears green, unlike the other buckets of aquatic mobs, in which water appears blue.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
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| Fish captured | Friendly Creatures | When a fish is collected | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Tadpole captured | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is collected | item | subtitles | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16 | |
| Axolotl scooped | Friendly Creatures | When an axolotl is collected | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Bucket empties | Friendly Creatures | When a fish is placed | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Bucket empties | Friendly Creatures | When a tadpole is placed | item | subtitles | 0.5 | 1.5 | 16 | |
| Bucket empties | Friendly Creatures | When an axolotl is placed | item | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
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| Blocks | When a creature is collected into a water bucket | bucket | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | When a creature is placed from a bucket | bucket | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
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| 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 |
| Bucket of Tadpole | tadpole_bucket | Item | None | item.minecraft.tadpole_bucket |
| 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.nameitem.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[]
- 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.
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
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| PS4 | Other | |||||
| 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 |
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 | Bukkit Bukkit | Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket | Husbandry | — | husbandry/tadpole_in_a_bucket
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| Tactical Fishing | Catch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod! | Fishy Business | Use a water bucket on any fish mob. | husbandry/tactical_fishing
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| The Cutest Predator | Catch an Axolotl in a Bucket | Tactical Fishing | Use a water bucket on an axolotl. | husbandry/axolotl_in_a_bucket
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History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
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| 1.13 | 18w08b |    Added cod, salmon and "Puffer Fish" buckets.
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| 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.[1] | ||||
| 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, tropical fish, and pufferfish have been changed. | |||
| 19w05a | Added wandering traders, which sell 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.
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On the live event, it has an untranslated name: item.minecraft.axolotl_bucket. | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w51a |  Added buckets of axolotls.
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| Buckets of tropical fish can be used to breed the new axolotls. | |||||
| Buckets 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. | ||||
| 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 buckets of tadpoles. | |||
| 1.20 | pre2 | Fish buckets are now listed in the same order as the fish items in the Creative inventory. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 |  Added fish buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish.
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| 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 tropical fish and pufferfish are now sold by the new wandering traders. | |||
| The textures of buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish 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 buckets of axolotls.
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| Buckets 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, tropical fish, and pufferfish. | ||
| 1.90 | The textures of buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish have been changed. | ||||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | Added buckets of cod, salmon, tropical fish, and pufferfish.
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| 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. | |||||
Teaser for bucket of axolotl and powder snow.
Teaser for bucket of axolotl and powder snow.
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", "Bucket of Tropical Fish", or "Bucket Of Tadpole" 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".[2]
- Buckets of tropical fish always appear to contain a clownfish, regardless of whatever fish is actually inside.[3]
- The bucket of cod and bucket of tropical fish are actually re-colorations of each other.
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Bucket of Fish – Minecraft.net on March 26, 2020
- Taking Inventory: Bucket of Axolotl – Minecraft.net on July 14, 2022