How to pick up water with a bucket in Minecraft pc

This may very well be a silly question, but I'm asking anyways. How do I fill a bucket? I tried filling a bucket with water, but all that happened was that it looked like me hitting the water. I even tried jumping into the water, yet it still wouldn't fill. So what I'm I doing wrong?

How do you pick up water with a bucket in Minecraft? 

Fill the Bucket with Water

While standing in front of the water, fill up the bucket with water. The game control to collect the water in the bucket depends on the version of Minecraft: For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the water. For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the water.

Why is my bucket not working in Minecraft? 

Avoiding this requires either reducing lag or updating the water bucket after picking up the water. Move the water bucket in your inventory, if its really empty it should update to empty and then you can update the spot where you left the water and actually pick it up.

What can you do with a bucket of water on Minecraft? 

A single water bucket can be used to fill up a cauldron in Minecraft. Cauldrons are a block that can be used to hold water, lava, powdered snow, potions and more. Cauldrons can be used to irrigate farmland and sugarcane as if they are a waterlogged block.

How do you put a dish in a bucket in Minecraft? 

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Fill the Bucket with Water. While standing in front of the water, fill up the bucket with water. The game control to collect the water in the bucket depends on the version of Minecraft: For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the water. For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the water.

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To fill an empty bucket with water, use it on a water source block. The water is consumed in the process. Flowing water does not fill a bucket. Using an empty bucket on a cauldron filled with water (water level 3) empties the cauldron and fills the bucket.

If the water or Lava is flowing, you cannot pick that up in a bucket. It has to a Still (“Source”) block of water/lava (i.e, not moving or flowing) Target it with your crossheir, then right click,…

To fill up a bucket in minecraft, there are two ways to do it, Go to a water source, aim with your cursor with the bucket in your hand and …

How to collect water in Minecraft?

First, you need to find a source of water in your Minecraft world. 2. Hold a Bucket Next, select a bucket in your hotbar so that you are holding it in your hand. 3. Fill the Bucket with Water While standing in front of the water, fill up the bucket with water. The game control to collect the water in the bucket depends on the version of Minecraft:

How do you use water buckets in Minecraft?

The texture of water buckets has now been changed. Water buckets can now suck up liquids directly adjacent to the side they are facing. How this works is unknown, given the water bucket clearly already contains a liquid. Water buckets can now be found in chests in village fishing cottages. Water buckets can now be used to put out campfires.

What is a water bucket?

A water bucket is a bucket filled with water . To fill an empty bucket with water, use it on a water source block. The block is consumed in the process. Flowing water does not fill a bucket.

How to make a water pit in Minecraft?

First, you need to find a source of water in your Minecraft world. 2. Hold a Bucket. Next, select a bucket in your hotbar so that you are holding it in your hand. 3. Fill the Bucket with Water. While standing in front of the water, fill up the bucket with water.

A water bucket is a bucket filled with water.

Obtaining[]

Interacting[]

To fill an empty bucket with water, use it on a water source block. The water is consumed in the process. Flowing water does not fill a bucket.

Using an empty bucket on a cauldron filled with water (water level 3) empties the cauldron and fills the bucket.

Water buckets can also be filled by placing an empty one in the fuel slot of a furnace, and a wet sponge into the oven slot. The bucket is filled when the smelting process completes, which also leaves the sponge dry and ready to be reused.

Chest Loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Water Bucket Village Fisherman's chest 1–3 24.2%

Usage[]

Using a full water bucket on a solid block places a water source block against that block, emptying the bucket. In the Nether, however, the water evaporates, making a fire extinguishing sound and displays smoke particles while nothing gets placed.

Dispensers[]

A dispenser can be loaded with a water bucket, and when activated it places a water block directly before it, emptying the bucket. A dispenser loaded with an empty bucket and a water source right in front of it draws the source into the bucket when activated.

Cauldrons[]

A single water bucket can fill a cauldron, and using an empty bucket on a water-filled cauldron fills the bucket. Empty buckets cannot be filled from partly-filled cauldrons.

Filling bucket with mobs[]

Water buckets can be used on a fish, axolotl and tadpole to create a bucket of aquatic mob.

Elevator[]

Main article: Tutorials/Elevators § Water elevators

Water buckets can be used as a means of quickly descending great heights in the Overworld and End, either by creating a waterfall or using the water block while falling to create a safe water landing.

Water buckets can also be used to climb vertical surfaces anywhere but the Nether by repeatedly creating higher waterfalls from the bottom and swimming up them.

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Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Water Bucketwater_bucketItemitem.minecraft.water_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormTranslation key
Water Bucketwater_bucketbucket / 8362Itemitem.bucketWater.name

Advancements[]

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Resource location
How to pick up water with a bucket in Minecraft pc
Bukkit Bukkit
Catch a Tadpole in a Bucket Husbandryhusbandry/tadpole_in_a_bucket
How to pick up water with a bucket in Minecraft pc
Tactical Fishing
Catch a fish... without a fishing rod! Fishy BusinessUse a water bucket on any fish mob.husbandry/tactical_fishing
How to pick up water with a bucket in Minecraft pc
The Cutest Predator
Catch an axolotl in a bucket Tactical FishingUse a water bucket on an axolotl.husbandry/axolotl_in_a_bucket

History[]

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Water Bucket" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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