Bucket'Em
by Ghost
Bucket'Em lets players catch, carry and release mobs in ways vanilla buckets do not cover, filling gaps in how mobs are bucketed.
What it does
The mod adds more ways to store and move mobs, covering both buckets and other containers. Squids, striders and frogs can be bucketed, and a new bottling mechanic turns captured mobs into bottled items. Allays and vexes can be trapped, which makes them easier to transport between places.
Some changes concern visibility and inventory. A potion effect helps players see under lava, a feature taken over from the Magma Vision mod. Updated models tell vanilla buckets, axolotls and tropical fish apart, and stack size changes help buckets organize an inventory more neatly. Further miscellaneous changes are listed on the mod's wiki.
The mod runs on the server, so players join without installing it. It requires Architectury API. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with builds covering 1.20 – 1.21.1 and 1.21.1-1.9.3 as the latest Fabric file.
Key features
Bucketable mobs
Squids, striders and frogs can be picked up in buckets, adding to the vanilla set of bucketable creatures.
Bottled mobs
A bottling mechanic stores captured mobs in a bottle form that can be carried and used later.
Trapping allays and vexes
Allays and vexes can be captured, which makes moving them between locations simpler.
Bucket model and stack changes
New models set vanilla buckets, axolotls and tropical fish apart, and buckets stack to help organize inventory.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Moving mobs between builds
Players who relocate animals or flying mobs to a new base can capture them with buckets or bottles rather than leading them by hand.
Lava exploration
The potion effect that helps players see under lava suits trips through lava lakes and underground caves.
Who it’s for: Players who want more ways to capture and transport mobs than vanilla provides, and server owners who keep a server-side mob collection.
How it compares
Bucket of Frog is a client and server option under All rights reserved, covering frogs with files for 1.20.1 – 26.3. Breed Axolotl With Tropical Fish Item [PurpurPack] is open source under the MIT License and needs the server, with client optional, for 1.20.1 – 26.2. Bucket'Em runs on the server alone and is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucket'Em | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2025-05-31 |
| Bucket of Frog | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-29 |
| Breed Axolotl With Tropical Fish Item [PurpurPack] | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-06-24 |
Questions
Does Bucket'Em require Architectury API?
Do players need Bucket'Em installed?
Which loaders does Bucket'Em support?
In the catalog
Bucket'Em is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Bucket'Em is a mod about adding more ways to store and move mobs in both buckets and non-bucket ways for convenience and to fill in the gaps left in vanilla regarding bucketing mobs. You are free to use my mod in a modpack or a youtube video as long as you give me proper credit.:3
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bucketem
- Owner
- Ghost
- Published
- 2023-12-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-31
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15