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Bucket of Pufferfish

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Bucket of Pufferfish
Bucket of Pufferfish.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Bucket of Pufferfish'
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A bucket of pufferfish, internally known as a pufferfish bucket, is a living pufferfish inside of a water bucket. They can also be used to tame and breed nautiluses.

Obtaining

A bucket of pufferfish can be obtained by using a water bucket on a pufferfish. Once a water bucket is used, the pufferfish is picked up along with the water source block.

Trading

Wandering traders occasionally sell a bucket of pufferfish for 3 emeralds.

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Wandering TraderOrdinary7%7%3 × EmeraldBucket of Pufferfish4——

Mob loot

In Bedrock Edition, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop one bucket of pufferfish when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an emerald.

Usage

Pressing use with a bucket of pufferfish places a water source block, and spawns the pufferfish back into the world, leaving an empty bucket in the player's inventory. Placing a bucket of pufferfish in the Nether causes the same particles to appear that generate when a normal water bucket is placed in the Nether, and the pufferfish is spawned alone.

Pufferfish caught in buckets then released do not despawn, unlike mobs that spawn naturally in their aquatic environments.

If a bucket of pufferfish is inside a dispenser, the dispenser spawns the pufferfish and water block in front of it upon activation, leaving an empty bucket inside. Dispensers cannot pick up a pufferfish when using a water bucket, due to the bucket being emptied instead.

If a bucket of pufferfish is named a certain name through an anvil, the pufferfish inside displays that name as if it were named with a name tag.‌[Java Edition only] Alternatively, if a named pufferfish is captured with a bucket of water, the resulting bucket of pufferfish shares a name with the captured pufferfish.‌[Java Edition only] If a named pufferfish is captured in Bedrock Edition, the item is called "Bucket of <Name>".

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Fish capturedFriendly MobsWhen a pufferfish is collecteditem.bucket.fill_fishsubtitles.item.bucket.fill_fish​1.01.016
​Bucket emptiesFriendly MobsWhen a pufferfish is placeditem.bucket.empty_fishsubtitles.item.bucket.empty​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksWhen a pufferfish is collected into a water bucketbucket.fill_fish​ ?1.01.0
​ ?BlocksWhen a pufferfish is placed from a bucketbucket.empty_fish​ ?1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormItem tags Translation key
ItemSprite bucket-of-pufferfish.png: Sprite image for bucket-of-pufferfish in Minecraft Bucket of Pufferfishpufferfish_bucketItemNone item.minecraft.pufferfish_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite bucket-of-pufferfish.png: Sprite image for bucket-of-pufferfish in Minecraft Bucket of Pufferfishpufferfish_bucketbucket / 5367Item item.bucketPuffer.name

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.
      • [Boolean] AgeLocked: Turns into AgeLocked entity tag for axolotls and tadpoles.
      • [Float] Health: Turns into Health entity tag for all bucketable entities.
      • [Int] Age: Turns into Age entity tag for axolotls and tadpoles.
      • [Long] HuntingCooldown: Turns into the expiry time of the memory module has_hunting_cooldown for axolotls.
    • [String][NBT List / JSON Array][NBT Compound / JSON Object] minecraft:custom_name: The player-assigned name of this item, block, or entity, typically assigned with an anvil or a name tag. See Text component format.
    • If present on an item, this component has highest priority to display as the item's name, and appears italic unless overridden by the text component format.
    • If present on an entity, it will replace the entity's name tag, will show the name tag to players when they hover over the entity (unless invisible), and will appear as that entity's name in commands and chat messages.
    • If present on a block with a GUI (such as a container), this replaces the name at the top of the GUI.
    • If present on a command block, this replaces the execution context name when the command is ran. The custom name of the fish.

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
I am a Marine BiologistCollect a fish in a bucketUse a water bucket on any fish mob by right-clicking.20Bronze

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Tactical FishingCatch a Fish... without a Fishing Rod!Use a water bucket on any fish mob.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1318w08b Added "Puffer Fish" buckets.
18w14aCatching a pufferfish in a water bucket now awards the Tactical Fishing advancement.
18w19a"Puffer Fish Bucket" has been corrected to "Pufferfish Bucket".
pre5"Pufferfish Bucket" has been renamed to "Bucket of Pufferfish", to match Bedrock Edition.
1.13.118w33aTooltips have been added for buckets of pufferfish.
1.1418w43b The texture of buckets of pufferfish has been changed.
19w05aAdded wandering traders, which sell buckets of pufferfish.
1.20pre2Fish buckets, including buckets of pufferfish, are now listed in the same order as the fish items in the Creative inventory.
1.21.1125w41aBuckets of pufferfish can now be used to tame nautilus.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Added buckets of pufferfish.
Buckets of pufferfish have a different texture compared to Java Edition.
beta 1.2.20.2Buckets of pufferfish are now available in the Creative inventory.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Buckets of pufferfish are now sold by the new wandering traders.
The texture of buckets of pufferfish has been changed.
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The IDs of buckets of pufferish has been changed from bucket to pufferfish_bucket.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added buckets of pufferfish.
1.90 The texture of buckets of pufferfish has been changed.
1.91Added wandering traders, which sell buckets of pufferfish.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.4.0 Added buckets of pufferfish.
The texture of the bucket of pufferfish is the same as the one in Bedrock Edition.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bucket of Pufferfish" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

  • When a water bucket is transformed into a bucket of pufferfish, it actually pushes the bucket texture down one pixel. According to Dinnerbone, JAPPA says this is due to the "weight of the fish".[1]

In other media

References

  1. ↑ MC-127919 – resolved as "Works As Intended".

Sources