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Bucket of Tadpole

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Bucket of Tadpole
Bucket of Tadpole.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Bucket of Tadpole'
Invicon Bucket of Tadpole.png: Inventory sprite for Bucket of Tadpole in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Bucket of Tadpole
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A bucket of tadpole, also known as a tadpole bucket, is a tadpole inside of a water bucket. The color of water in the texture is changed to be similar to water in a swamp, which is
 #617B64.

Obtaining

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

Usage

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

Tadpoles caught in buckets then released do not despawn, unlike mobs that spawn naturally in their aquatic environments. However, they still grow into frogs.

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

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

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Tadpole capturedFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole is collecteditem.bucket.fill_tadpolesubtitles.item.bucket.fill_tadpole​0.51.516
​Bucket emptiesFriendly MobsWhen a tadpole is placeditem.bucket.empty_tadpolesubtitles.item.bucket.empty​0.51.516

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Fish capturedBlocksWhen a creature is collected into a water bucketbucket.fill_fish​ ?1.01.0
​Bucket emptiedBlocksWhen a creature is placed from a bucketbucket.empty_fish​ ?1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormItem tags Translation key
ItemSprite bucket-of-tadpole.png: Sprite image for bucket-of-tadpole in Minecraft Bucket of Tadpoletadpole_bucketItemNone item.minecraft.tadpole_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite bucket-of-tadpole.png: Sprite image for bucket-of-tadpole in Minecraft Bucket of Tadpoletadpole_bucketbucket / 13630Item item.bucketTadpole.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:

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Bukkit BukkitCatch a Tadpole in a BucketUse a water bucket on an tadpole.

History

Development

October 16, 2021Buckets of Tadpoles were mentioned, but not shown, at Minecraft Live 2023.
December 8, 2021 LadyAgnes tweets the first image of a tadpole in a bucket.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1922w11a Added buckets of tadpoles.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.18.10
Experiment
Wild Update		beta 1.18.10.24 Added the bucket of tadpole behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.
1.19.0Preview 1.19.0.21Buckets of tadpoles are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.
  • First image of a bucket of tadpole.
    First image of a bucket of tadpole.

Issues

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

Sources