Minecraft
How to Craft a Bucket in Minecraft
To craft a bucket in Minecraft you need three iron ingots. On the Crafting Table they make a V: two in the top corners and one in the center. Below are the items, the recipe, and where the iron comes from.
Iron IngotIron IngotIron Ingot
Bucket| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Iron Ingot |
3 | Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Bucket specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also dungeon chests, savanna village houses and woodland mansions.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table: iron in the top-left, top-right and center squares.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:bucket - Numerical ID
-
325 - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 16
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:bucket 1
Ingredient specs
Iron Ingot
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains. Also buried treasure and village chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:iron_ingot- Numerical ID
265- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Furnace time
- 10 s
Raw Iron
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better. Silk Touch keeps the ore block; otherwise you get raw iron.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains, mostly between deepslate and the surface.
- Item ID
minecraft:raw_iron- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
How to craft these materials
Iron Ingot
1 Raw Iron
Iron IngotThree iron ingots
Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt three pieces in a furnace. Zombies and iron golems can drop an ingot too. Three bars cover the whole craft — the bucket stacks to sixteen when empty.
A V on the table
Open the Crafting Table. Put an ingot in the top-left square, one in the top-right, and one in the exact center. Leave the rest empty. One bucket appears on the right; take it. The 2×2 inventory grid cannot hold this V.
Scoop water or lava
Use the bucket on a water or lava source to pick it up, then use it again to pour. Aim at a cow, mooshroom or goat for milk. Empty buckets come back when you drink the milk or burn the lava as furnace fuel.
