Milk Bucket

"Milk" redirects here. For the action, see Cow § Milking. For the real-life milk made to coincide with A Minecraft Movie, see TruMoo.

Milk Bucket

Rarity tier	Common
Consumption time	32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Status effects	Clears all
Always consumable	Yes
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

A milk bucket is a drink obtained from using a bucket on cows, mooshrooms and goats that can be consumed to clear all effects.

Obtaining

Harvesting

Milk buckets can be obtained from cows, mooshrooms, and goats by pressing use while looking at them with an empty bucket.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Milk Bucket	Trial Chambers	Supply chest	1	20.4% { "item": "Milk Bucket", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }

Mob loot

Wandering traders have an 8.5%‌^{[JE only]}/25%‌^{[BE only]} chance (increased by 1% per level of Looting) of dropping a milk bucket if they die while they are drinking from it.

Usage

To drink milk, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Drinking it immediately removes all status effects from the player and returns an empty bucket. Drinking milk doesn't extinguish a burning player.

In Java Edition, the drinking animation for milk is shown only in first person view.

When removed by milk, area status effects (granted by beacons, potent sulfur noxious gas and conduits) are restored almost immediately in Bedrock Edition and after a few seconds in Java Edition.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Cake	Milk Bucket + Sugar + Any Egg + Wheat		After crafting the cake, the empty buckets remain in the crafting grid in Java Edition, or are moved to the first available inventory slot in Bedrock Edition.

Trading

Wandering traders occasionally purchase a milk bucket for 2 emeralds.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Purchase	33%	33%	Milk Bucket	2 × Emerald	2	—	—

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Milk Bucket	milk_bucket	Item	item.minecraft.milk_bucket

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Milk Bucket	milk_bucket	bucket / 1	361	Item	item.milk.name

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		The Lie	Bake a cake using: wheat, sugar, milk, and eggs.	Pick up a cake from a crafting table output.	30	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.8							Milk has been introduced, but it has no purpose and is obtainable only through inventory editing.
v1.0.11							Milk can now be obtained by using an empty bucket on a cow. However, it is not yet drinkable.
v1.0.17							Milk can now be emptied by using it on a block, leaving an empty bucket.
v1.0.17_02							Milk is no longer stackable; it previously stacked up to 64.[note 1]
Java Edition Beta
1.2							Added cakes, which are crafted with milk.
							Added squid, which can be milked just like cows. This bug occurred because the code for cows was used as a basis for squid, and the milking feature was accidentally left in.
1.3							Squid can no longer be milked.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease				Added mooshrooms, which can be milked.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Milk can no longer be emptied like before.
							Milk is now drinkable, leaving an empty bucket behind when consumed.
							Added status effects, which can be removed from the player by drinking milk.
1.8			14w25a				Drinking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swinging animation.[1]
			14w30a				Milk is now positioned a little higher and further left during the drinking animation in first person view.[2]
1.9			15w50a				Milking a cow now makes a sound.
1.13			18w20a				"Milk" has been renamed to "Milk Bucket".
1.14			18w43a				The texture of milk buckets has been changed.
			19w06a				Wandering traders now drink milk when invisible at daytime.
							Wandering traders now have a chance of dropping a milk bucket if they die while holding it.
1.17			21w13a				Added goats, which can be milked.
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			23w31a				Wandering traders now have a chance to buy a milk bucket from the player.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Added trial chambers, allowing milk buckets to be obtained from their supply chests.
1.21			24w19a				Drinking a milk bucket in Creative mode now gives the player an empty bucket.
1.21.2			24w34a				Drinking a milk bucket in Creative mode no longer gives the player an empty bucket.
1.21.5			25w07a				The milk bucket trade with wandering traders has been fully implemented and is no longer hidden behind the "Villager Trade Rebalance" experimental toggle.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.7.0							Added milk buckets.
							Milk buckets are not yet drinkable.
v0.11.0			build 4				Drinking milk now removes status effects.
							Added milk buckets to the Creative inventory.​
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Moved all bucket items, including milk, from the Equipment tab to the Items tab in the Creative inventory.​
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of milk buckets has been changed.
1.16.200			beta 1.16.200.52				Added goats, which can be milked.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Added trial chambers, allowing milk buckets to be obtained from their supply chests.
1.21.0			?				Wandering traders now have a chance of dropping a milk bucket if they die while holding it.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				"Milk" has been renamed to "Milk Bucket" to match Java Edition.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added milk buckets.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Drinking immediately after attacking no longer continues the swinging animation.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Milking a cow now makes a sound.
TU49	CU39	1.42	1.42	1.42	Patch 18		Milk buckets are now positioned a little higher and further left during the drinking animation in first person view.
			1.90				The texture of milk buckets has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added milk buckets.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

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

See also

• Water Bucket
• Lava
• Food
• Cake
• Honey Bottle (alternative to remove Poison effect)
• Medicine

Notes

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Milk Bucket" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, October 8, 2019.