Dispenser Cauldron
by frekvens1
Dispenser Cauldron lets dispensers fill and empty cauldrons with water, lava, powdered snow and bottles, so a dispenser can handle the cauldron steps of a farm.
What it does
Dispensers gain the ability to use buckets and glass bottles on cauldrons. A dispenser loaded with a water or lava bucket fills an empty cauldron with that fluid, and a bucket of powdered snow fills it with powdered snow. A dispenser holding an empty bucket can take a full cauldron's contents back out of it. Glass bottles work in the other direction: a dispenser with bottles fills a water cauldron, which raises its level by one, and a dispenser with empty bottles can draw water from a cauldron, which lowers the level by one.
When an action cannot be completed, for example when a cauldron is already full or already empty, the dispenser spits the item out instead of consuming it. The mod is built for Fabric and runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. It works in single-player and on multiplayer servers. Files exist for 1.17.1 and 1.18.2, and the latest Fabric file, 1.0.5 for 1.18.2, was published on 2022-03-09.
Key features
Buckets on dispensers
A dispenser can use both water and lava buckets, plus powdered snow buckets, on an empty cauldron.
Bottles on cauldrons
Glass bottles move water in and out of a cauldron one level at a time, so a dispenser can fill or drain it.
Failed actions drop the item
If a cauldron is already empty or full, the dispenser ejects the item rather than losing it.
Dripstone and lava farms
Dispensers can now feed a cauldron from a dripstone or lava source, which automates a farm that used to need manual filling.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners and builders who want automated cauldron filling on Fabric. Since only the server needs the mod, players on a server that runs it install nothing.
How it compares
Fill My Cauldron is server-side only, open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license and published for 1.21 – 26.2, so it targets much later game versions than Dispenser Cauldron. Dispenser Configurator is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and runs on Fabric and Quilt for 1.17 – 26.3, which covers the same early versions and adds a configuration layer. Dispenser Automation is server-side only and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21 – 1.21.4 only.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dispenser Cauldron | Fabric | 1.17.1 – 1.18.2 | Server-side only | 2022-03-09 |
| Fill My Cauldron | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-06-17 |
| Dispenser Configurator | Fabric and Quilt | 1.17 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-27 |
| Dispenser Automation | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.4 | Server-side only | 2024-10-26 |
Questions
Does Dispenser Cauldron need to be installed on the client?
Which game versions does Dispenser Cauldron support?
Does Dispenser Cauldron work outside of Fabric?
In the catalog
Dispenser Cauldron is one of 8,499 Technology mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,201 Technology mods for Fabric. 9,044 mods support Minecraft 1.18.2.
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What the author says
Works for both singelplayer and servers. Clients don't need this mod when playing on a server. Now you can finally fully automate that dripstone lava farm!:)
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fabric-dispenser-cauldron
- Owner
- frekvens1
- Published
- 2021-09-29
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2022-03-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15