Get In The Bucket Mod
by vladaviedov
Get In The Bucket lets players capture mobs in buckets, carrying them and placing them back into the world.
What it does
Right-clicking a mob with a bucket takes the mob and stores it in the bucket, and placing the bucket releases the mob again with its saved data. Crouching restores normal interaction, so the mob can be handled without capture. The mod runs on client and server, so both sides need it. Files are published for Forge only, for four game versions, 1.17.1 – 1.20, with 4.2.0 as the latest file for 1.20.
Key features
Mob buckets
Mobs can be put into buckets, which turns a captured creature into an item that can be carried around.
Saved entity data
The stored entity's NBT is kept on pickup and restored when the bucket is placed, so the mob keeps its state.
Creative placement
In Creative Mode, picking up and placing mobs works the same way as spawn eggs, and commands can add entity data.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
MoreBuckets is a Forge option for 1.19.2 – 1.20.4 that also runs on client and server, but it is released under All rights reserved and is not open source. CraftMobs is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.18 – 1.20.4.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get In The Bucket Mod | Forge | 1.17.1 – 1.20 | Client and server | 2023-06-11 |
| MoreBuckets | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-04-17 |
| CraftMobs | Forge | 1.18 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2025-01-03 |
In the catalog
Get In The Bucket Mod is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 10,288 mods support Minecraft 1.20.
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What the author says
Right-clicking mobs will give you a bucket with that mob. Crouch to restore normal behavior. NBT is saved when an entity is picked up and restored when placed. With commands, entity NBT can be placed into the EntityData tag.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/get-in-the-bucket-mod
- Owner
- vladaviedov
- Published
- 2023-01-18
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2023-06-11
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15