More Buckets Mod Wiki

The More Buckets mod, developed by BlakeBr0, is an essential utility expansion for Minecraft that addresses the limitations of the vanilla iron bucket. While the standard bucket is restricted to a single unit of fluid, this mod introduces a tiered system of buckets crafted from various materials—ranging from simple wood and stone to precious diamond and emerald.

These buckets are not merely cosmetic; they serve as portable fluid tanks with significantly increased capacities. This allows players to transport large volumes of water, lava, or milk in a single inventory slot, making large-scale projects like obsidian farming, infinite water source creation, and automated fluid management far more efficient. Furthermore, the mod is designed with high compatibility in mind, functioning as a universal fluid container for other mods and machines.

The core of the mod is its collection of material-based buckets. Each tier offers a different fluid capacity, measured in millibuckets (mB), where 1,000 mB is equivalent to one standard vanilla bucket.

Bucket Tiers and Capacities

Note: The capacities listed above are the default values and may vary depending on the specific modpack configuration.

More Buckets introduces several advanced mechanics that distinguish these items from vanilla tools.

Multi-Fluid Storage

Unlike vanilla buckets that are either full or empty, buckets from this mod track their fluid levels precisely. You can pick up multiple sources of the same fluid until the bucket reaches its maximum capacity. When placing fluid, the bucket will only deplete 1,000 mB per source block placed, allowing for multiple uses before needing a refill.

Crafting Integration

One of the most powerful features of the mod is its integration with the vanilla crafting system. These buckets can be used in any crafting recipe that requires a bucket of fluid (such as Cake or Concrete Powder).

• Efficiency: If you use a Diamond Bucket filled with 8,000 mB of milk in a Cake recipe, it will only consume 1,000 mB and return the bucket with 7,000 mB remaining, rather than consuming the entire item or requiring eight separate vanilla buckets.

Machine Compatibility

All buckets in this mod implement the standard Forge/NeoForge fluid handler capability. This means they can be placed inside machines from other mods (like Thermal Expansion, Mekanism, or Industrial Foregoing) to be filled or emptied automatically. They act as portable tanks that can be slotted into any fluid-compatible GUI.

Crafting the buckets follows the familiar "V" shape pattern used for the vanilla iron bucket. Replace the iron ingots with the corresponding material to create the desired tier.

General Crafting Pattern:

• Top Left: [Material]
• Top Right: [Material]
• Bottom Center: [Material]

Example for a Diamond Bucket:

Note: The Wooden Bucket can be crafted using any type of wood planks, and the Stone Bucket can be crafted using Cobblestone or Stone.

The mod is highly customizable via its configuration file (morebuckets-common.toml). Server administrators and modpack creators can adjust the following settings:

• Capacity: The maximum amount of fluid each bucket can hold can be increased or decreased.
• Enabled Buckets: Specific bucket types can be disabled if they do not fit the progression of a modpack.
• Fluid Blacklist: Certain fluids can be prevented from being picked up by these buckets if necessary for balance.

To function correctly, the More Buckets mod requires the Cucumber Library to be installed. This is a shared code library used by all of BlakeBr0's mods to ensure stability and performance. Ensure that the version of Cucumber Library matches the Minecraft version and the mod loader (Forge or NeoForge) you are using.