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Lava Bucket

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Lava Bucket
Lava Bucket.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item 'Lava Bucket'
Invicon Lava Bucket.png: Inventory sprite for Lava Bucket in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Lava Bucket
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A lava bucket is a bucket filled with lava, which is the only way to carry it as an item. It can be used as fuel, smelting 100 items.

Obtaining

Interacting

To fill an empty bucket with lava, it needs to be used on a lava source block or lava in a cauldron. The block is consumed in the process. Flowing lava does not fill a bucket.

Usage

A lava bucket can be used to place down lava sources with the use item button. Doing so gives the player the bucket back. Lava buckets can be used to replace some transparent, non-full blocks such as short grass and water, both flowing and sources.

In Java Edition, lava buckets can be used to break Nether portal blocks by placing the lava on the side of a block next to the portal block.

Fuel

A lava bucket can be used as an efficient fuel. It has the longest burning value of 1000 seconds, compared to 800 seconds for a coal block (a lava bucket smelts 100 items, and a coal block smelts 80). After smelting starts, the lava bucket turns into an empty bucket.

Trading

VillagerProbabilityVillager wantsPlayer receivesTrades in
stock		Villager
experience		Price
multiplier
JEBE
Armorer Journeyman40%100%Lava BucketEmerald12200.05

Cauldrons

A lava bucket can be used to fill a cauldron with lava. The lava damages any entity standing inside the cauldron, unless the entity is immune to fire damage. Flowing water or waterlogging does not affect the lava in the cauldron.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Bucket fillsPlayersWhen a bucket is filled with lavaitem.bucket.fill_lavasubtitles.item.bucket.fill​1.01.016
​Bucket emptiesBlocksWhen a lava bucket is emptieditem.bucket.empty_lavasubtitles.item.bucket.empty​1.01.016

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​ ?BlocksWhen a bucket is filled with lavabucket.fill_lava​ ?1.01.0
​ ?BlocksWhen a lava bucket is emptiedbucket.empty_lava​ ?1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite lava-bucket.png: Sprite image for lava-bucket in Minecraft Lava Bucketlava_bucketItem item.minecraft.lava_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite lava-bucket.png: Sprite image for lava-bucket in Minecraft Lava Bucketlava_bucketbucket / 10363Item item.bucketLava.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Super FuelPower a Furnace with LavaSmelt an item using a lava bucket on a furnace, blast furnace or smoker and pick up the resulting item from the output slot.20Bronze

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
Hot StuffFill a Bucket with lavaHave a lava bucket in the inventory.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Infdev
20100615 Added lava buckets.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.0Buckets of lava can now be used to fuel a furnace for 100 smelts, consuming the lava and the bucket. This is the highest number of smelts of any single item in the game.
v1.2.6Using a lava bucket on blocks with GUIs (chests, furnaces, etc.) no longer places the lava.
Java Edition
1.2.11.2Changed name from "Lava bucket" to "Lava Bucket".
1.3.112w22aSmelting in a furnace with a lava bucket now leaves an empty bucket for the player to retrieve.
1.814w25aA lava bucket is now shown as the icon when lava is used as a layer in Superflat.
1.915w50aAdded sounds for filling and pouring lava buckets.
1.1418w43a The texture of lava buckets has been changed.
19w11aArmorer villagers now buy a lava bucket for 1 emerald.
1.1720w45aLava buckets can now be used to fill a cauldron with lava.
21w13aThe lava bucket is now fully renewable, as pointed dripstone can now be obtained in Survival mode without custom generation.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.7.0 Added lava buckets.
v0.7.4Lava buckets can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
Lava buckets no longer stack to 64.
v0.14.0build 1Added dispensers, which can dispense lava from lava buckets.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Moved all bucket items, including lava buckets, from the Equipment tab to the Items tab in the Creative inventory.[verify]​[more information needed]
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.2Lava bucket can now be used to fill a cauldron.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of lava buckets has been changed.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.4Lava buckets can now be sold to armorer villagers.
1.17.0beta 1.16.230.54The lava bucket is now fully renewable, as pointed dripstone can now be obtained in Survival mode without custom generation.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU1CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added lava buckets.
TU9Dispensers have now been given the ability to shoot out the liquids inside lava buckets. They can also suck up the liquids if activated again, but do not fill up the buckets with the liquid dropped due to a bug.
TU46CU361.381.381.38Patch 15Added sounds for filling and pouring lava buckets.
1.88 Lava buckets can now be used to fill a cauldron with lava.
1.90 The texture of lava buckets has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added lava buckets.

Data history

Java Edition
Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to the Flattening this item's numerical ID was 327.
Bedrock Edition
Bedrock Edition
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56The ID of lava buckets has been changed from bucket/10 to lava_bucket.

Issues

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

Trivia

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