Bucket of Axolotl

For other uses, see Axolotl (disambiguation).

Bucket of Axolotl

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A bucket of axolotl, internally known as an axolotl bucket, is an axolotl inside of a water bucket.

Obtaining

A bucket of axolotl can be obtained by using a water bucket on an axolotl. Once a water bucket is used, the axolotl is picked up into the bucket.

Usage

Pressing use with a bucket of axolotl places a water source block, and spawns the axolotl back into the world, leaving an empty bucket in the player's inventory. Placing a bucket of axolotl in the Nether causes the same particles to appear that generate when a normal water bucket is placed in the Nether, and the axolotl is spawned alone.

Axolotls caught in buckets then released do not despawn, unlike mobs that spawn naturally in their aquatic environments.

If a bucket of axolotl is inside a dispenser, the dispenser spawns the axolotl and water block in front of it upon activation, leaving an empty bucket inside. Dispensers cannot pick up an axolotl when using a water bucket, due to the bucket being emptied instead.

If a bucket of axolotl is named a certain name through an anvil, the axolotl inside displays that name as if it were named with a name tag.‌^{[Java Edition only]} Alternatively, if a named axolotl is captured with a bucket of water, the resulting bucket of axolotl shares a name with the captured axolotl.‌^{[Java Edition only]} If a named axolotl is captured in Bedrock Edition, the item is called "Bucket of <Name>".

Axolotl variants

In Bedrock Edition, if an axolotl is picked up with a bucket, the bucket appears in the player's inventory as "Bucket of <Baby/Adult> <Color> Axolotl" based on the age and color of the axolotl. These varieties are:

• Bucket of Baby Leucistic Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Leucistic Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Brown Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Brown Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Gold Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Gold Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Cyan Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Cyan Axolotl
• Bucket of Baby Blue Axolotl
• Bucket of Adult Blue Axolotl

When a player spawns in an axolotl with a bucket of axolotl from the Creative inventory, it is always a leucistic adult. Buckets containing other variants always spawn that variant when used in creative mode.

The bucket of axolotl does not change textures in the inventory to reflect the captured axolotl's color, it always appears leucistic.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Bucket of Axolotl	axolotl_bucket	Item	None	item.minecraft.axolotl_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Bucket of Axolotl	axolotl_bucket	bucket / 12	369	Item	item.bucketAxolotl.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	The Cutest Predator	Catch an Axolotl in a Bucket	Use a water bucket on an axolotl.

History

Reveal

October 3, 2020							In Minecraft Live 2020, a bucket of axolotl was shown.
							On the live event, it has an untranslated name: item.minecraft.axolotl_bucket.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			20w51a				Added buckets of axolotls.
			21w20a				Axolotls can now be fed buckets of tropical fish, not just tropical fish.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.52				Added buckets of axolotls behind the "Caves and Cliffs" experimental toggle.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Buckets of axolotls are now available without enabling experimental gameplay.

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  Teaser for bucket of axolotl and powder snow.
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  Teaser for bucket of axolotl and powder snow.

Issues

Issues relating to "Bucket of Axolotl" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

In other media

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  Mug of a bucket of axolotl
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  Axolotl in a bucket figure of Flippin' Figs
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External links

• "Taking Inventory: Bucket of Axolotl" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, July 14, 2022.