Slime Buckets
by MattieOF
Slime Buckets lets players catch Slimes and Magma Cubes in a bucket, with a few small utility features built around carrying them.
What it does
Slimes are hard to hold by hand because they are too slimy, so the mod adds a bucket that captures them. A captured Slime can be carried and released later. Magma Cubes can be bucketed as well, and they need care because they are hot to handle. Slimes are drawn to energy chunks of a special kind and become excited whenever they are inside one, which the bucket does not change.
Capturing works with an item, so no command or setup is needed. Slimes can get out of a bucket at some point; the point is configurable. The mod adds only these bucket and utility features and no other content, a suggestion that is fairly common for the Quark mod. Slime Buckets needs Architectury API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API, and Mod Menu is optional. It runs on client and server, and the code is under the MIT License, so it is open source. Files cover 1.20.1 – 26.2 for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with 14 release versions.
Key features
Slime capture
A bucket captures a Slime so it can be carried and set down again elsewhere.
Magma Cube buckets
Magma Cubes can be bucketed too, and the hot ones have to be handled with care.
Configurable escape
Captured Slimes can escape the bucket at a configurable point, so the behavior can be tuned.
Focused scope
The mod adds the bucket and its utility features without other content, as requested by players of Quark.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.21.x4 of 4 versions with builds
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Optional 1
Use cases
Moving slimes between areas
Players who need Slimes in another part of a world can carry them there with a bucket.
Who it’s for: Players who want to carry Slimes or Magma Cubes without other content, and server owners who want the bucket behavior adjusted in its config.
How it compares
More Buckets is open source under the MIT License, works on Forge and NeoForge, and is built for 1.12.2 – 26.1.2 with client and server running it. Wooden Bucket is open source under the MIT License, covers Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt for 1.18.2 – 26.3, and also runs on client and server. Slime Buckets is open source under the MIT License as well, but it targets 1.20.1 – 26.2 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slime Buckets | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-09 |
| More Buckets | Forge and NeoForge | 1.12.2 – 26.1.2 | Client and server | 2026-05-12 |
| Wooden Bucket | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.18.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
Questions
Does Slime Buckets need Fabric API?
Does the server need Slime Buckets?
Which loaders are supported?
Where are the source code and issues?
In the catalog
Slime Buckets is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Sometimes you want to hold a slime, but they're too slimy to hold in your hands, so there's one obvious solution: put them in a bucket. Now you can do that! Slimes can detect the energy of chunks in which their kind have a special connection to, and will get excited whenever they're inside one. Thankfully, they're…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/slime-buckets
- Owner
- MattieOF
- Published
- 2024-04-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15