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Bucket-Pickup

by lukasabbe

Bucket-Pickup lets a player fill a bucket with lava or water by holding Shift and using the pick block key while looking at a fluid.

FabricNeoForgeClient-side onlyMIT LicenseOpen source1.21 – 1.21.11

What it does

Normally, picking a block copies a block into the hotbar. With this mod, when the player looks at a lava or water source and presses the pick block key while holding Shift, the matching bucket is selected from the inventory, or placed in the hotbar if it is not there. The bucket is taken from wherever it sits in the inventory, so no manual searching is needed.

The feature is aimed at building and survival play, where swapping between a fluid bucket and other tools is frequent. It also works in creative mode, where the matching bucket is provided from the creative menu. Bucket-Pickup is client-side only, so players install it alone and servers run without it. The mod is open source under the MIT License and is published for Fabric and NeoForge, with files for 1.21 – 1.21.11 and snapshot builds included.

Key features

  1. Fluid-aware pick block

    Holding Shift and using pick block on lava or water selects the matching bucket instead of copying a block.

  2. Automatic bucket selection

    The bucket is moved to the active hotbar slot when it is already somewhere in the inventory.

  3. Creative mode support

    In creative, the matching bucket is handed over from the creative inventory, so no item needs to be found first.

  4. Fluid sources only

    The shortcut applies when looking at lava or water, while ordinary blocks keep the vanilla pick block behaviour.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.21.112.0+1.21.112.0+1.21.11
1.21.102.0+1.21.9Not available
1.21.92.0+1.21.92.0+1.21.9
1.21.82.0+1.21.62.0+1.21.8
1.21.72.0+1.21.6Not available
1.21.62.0+1.21.62.0+1.21.6
1.21.51.0+1.21.5Not available
1.21.41.0+1.21.4Not available
1.21.31.0+1.21.2Not available
1.21.21.0+1.21.2Not available
1.21.11.0+1.21Not available
1.211.0+1.21Not available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

This mod also publishes snapshot builds. Snapshots are not shown in the matrix.

Use cases

Who it’s for: Players who often work with lava or water and want the bucket to come up in the hotbar without opening the inventory. Single-player and multiplayer clients both run it, since it only affects the client.

How it compares

Full comparison

Anti-pickup is client-side only and runs on Fabric alone, with files for 1.21 – 1.21.11 under the MIT License, and it is not open source. Auto MLG Bucket is also client-side only and Fabric-only, under the MIT License, but it is not open source and focuses on automatic water placement when falling. SnowCrafting is a different kind of mod: a server-required, client-optional Apache License 2.0 project that runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, so it is not a substitute for a client pick block change.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Bucket-PickupFabric and NeoForge1.21 – 1.21.11Client-side only2025-12-09
Anti-pickupFabric1.21 – 1.21.11Client-side only2026-02-23
Auto MLG BucketFabric1.21 – 1.21.11Client-side only2026-04-11
SnowCraftingFabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt1.21 – 1.21.11Server required, client optional2025-12-16

Questions

Does Bucket-Pickup need to be installed on the server?

No. Players add it to their own game, and a server needs no copy.

Which loaders does Bucket-Pickup support?

Fabric and NeoForge. The latest file for either loader is 2.0+1.21.11 for 1.21.11, published on 2025-12-09.

Does Bucket-Pickup work on snapshot builds?

Snapshot builds are published, so the mod can be installed on snapshot versions that have files for it.

In the catalog

Bucket-Pickup is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.

Utility mods36,990Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1119,862

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What the author says

This mod lets you use the pick block feature on fluids to get your bucket from your inventory.
lukasabbe, on the Modrinth page

Official listing

Owner
lukasabbe
Published
2024-09-08
Updated on Modrinth
2025-12-09
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

Utility
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