Buckets

Buckets

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Statistics

Type	ToolMiscellaneous
Use time	10 (Very fast)
Rarity	00*

This article is about the miscellaneous tools. For the consumable fishing item obtained during Blood Moons, see Chum Bucket.

A Water Bucket being used to deposit and collect water.

Buckets are tools used to carry water, lava, or honey, allowing them to be removed or placed. With an Empty Bucket, pressing the ⚒ Use / Attack button on any sufficient body of liquid collects it, which replaces the Empty Bucket with the respective Water Bucket, Lava Bucket, or Honey Bucket. Pressing the ⚒ Use / Attack button again will deposit the liquid at the location of the cursor, wherein the filled bucket is again replaced with an Empty Bucket. Each bucket holds one tile of liquid. Shimmer cannot be collected with standard buckets.

The Bottomless Water Bucket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), Bottomless Lava Bucket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and Bottomless Honey Bucket(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) act as infinite water, lava, and honey placing buckets, whereas the Super Absorbant Sponge(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), Lava Absorbant Sponge(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), and Honey Absorbant Sponge(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) are essentially infinite Empty Buckets that accept only water, lava or honey, respectively. They also add and remove liquids at a slightly faster speed than their normal bucket counterparts (especially when moving the cursor around while filling/draining).

Types

Empty Bucket

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Statistics

Type	ToolArmor
Defense	1
Body slot	Helmet
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Can be used to scoop up a small amount of liquid
Rarity	00*
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 205
• Internal Armor ID: 13

Water Bucket

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Statistics

Type	MiscellaneousCrafting material
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Contains a small amount of water Can be poured out
Rarity	00*
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 206

Lava Bucket

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Statistics

Type	MiscellaneousCrafting material
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Contains a small amount of lava Can be poured out
Rarity	00*
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 207

Honey Bucket

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Statistics

Type	MiscellaneousCrafting material
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Tooltip	Contains a small amount of honey Can be poured out
Rarity	00*
Research	1 required

Sounds

Use

• Internal Item ID: 1128

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
only: Empty Bucket	Any Iron Bar2	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
only: Empty Bucket	Any Iron Bar3
Honey Bucket	Lava Bucket	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Lava Bucket	Water Bucket
Water Bucket	Honey Bucket

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Nebula Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Nebula Brick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket	Ancient Manipulator(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Solar Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Solar Brick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Stardust Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Stardust Brick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Vortex Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Vortex Brick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Bone Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Bone6 Water Bucket	Bone Welder(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Lesion Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Lesion Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket	Decay Chamber(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Flesh Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Flesh Block6 Water Bucket	Flesh Cloning Vat(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Glass Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Glass6 Water Bucket	Glass Kiln(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Honey Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Honey Block6 Water Bucket	Honey Dispenser(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Frozen Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Ice Block6 Water Bucket	Ice Machine(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Metal Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Any Iron Bar3 Water Bucket	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil
Lihzahrd Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Lihzahrd Brick6 Water Bucket	Lihzahrd Furnace(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Living Wood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wood6 Water Bucket	Living Loom(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Honey Bucket	Lava Bucket	Shimmer Transmutation(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)
Lava Bucket	Water Bucket
Water Bucket	Honey Bucket
Skyware Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Sunplate Block6 Water Bucket	Sky Mill(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Slime Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Slime Block6 Water Bucket	Solidifier
Steampunk Sink	Cog6 Water Bucket	Steampunk Boiler(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)
Ash Wood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Ash Wood(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket	Work Bench
Balloon Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Any Balloon6 Water Bucket
Bamboo Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Bamboo(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Blue Dungeon Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Blue Brick6 Water Bucket
Boreal Wood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Boreal Wood(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Cactus Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Cactus6 Water Bucket
Crystal Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Crystal Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)15 Water Bucket
Dynasty Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Dynasty Wood(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Ebonwood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Ebonwood6 Water Bucket
Granite Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Smooth Granite Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Green Dungeon Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Green Brick6 Water Bucket
Marble Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Smooth Marble Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Martian Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Martian Conduit Plating(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Meteorite Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Meteorite Brick(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Mushroom Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Glowing Mushroom6 Water Bucket
Obsidian Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Obsidian4 Hellstone2 Water Bucket
Palm Wood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Palm Wood(Desktop, Console, Old-gen console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Pearlwood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Pearlwood6 Water Bucket
Pink Dungeon Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Pink Brick6 Water Bucket
Pumpkin Sink	Pumpkin6 Water Bucket
Reef Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Reef Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Rich Mahogany Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Rich Mahogany6 Water Bucket
Sandstone Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Smooth Sandstone(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Shadewood Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Shadewood6 Water Bucket
Spider Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Spider Nest Block(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)6 Water Bucket
Spooky Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Spooky Wood6 Water Bucket
Wooden Sink(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions)	Wood6 Water Bucket

Notes

• When using Empty Buckets on a liquid, the game checks a 3×3-tile square around that tile for more liquid of the same type. If it finds at least half a tile of liquid in that area, each Empty Bucket collects up to a full tile of that liquid. Regardless of whether it collected less than a full tile, an Empty Bucket is always filled completely and is able to pour out a full tile.
• An Empty Bucket can also be placed in the armor's helmet slot, where it provides +1 defense.
• Putting an Empty Bucket in the vanity slot and another Empty Bucket in the armor slot will stack the buckets on top of each other:
  • Only two other items can stack this way, Badger's Hat(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) and the Rabbit Perch(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions).
• (Old-gen console version) Because the Empty Bucket has no hue, dyes mostly have an unnoticeable effect on its appearance.

Tips

Using a Bucket to duplicate liquids.

• Buckets may be utilised when duplicating liquids. When they are placed in a location that causes the liquid to begin flowing, this separates the liquid tile into multiple portions. This combines with the fact that each bucket collected is always full and will place a whole tile of liquid, even when a half tile portion is removed from the world. In other words, a half bucketful portion can be collected which will still place a whole tile and restart the cycle, while the remaining portion accumulates somewhere else. Overall because of this "rounding up" effect more liquid is now present than before. In practice this can be accomplished by either repeatedly using a full bucket on a single tile to place and remove the liquid, or instead splitting the fluid into two separate half tiles and collecting one of them.
  • This is ideally done with one bucket in the inventory, which will switch states immediately as it is used. With a stack of buckets present, the player will have to reselect the appropriate stack of items after each "use" action. Therefore it is best to store extra buckets during the actual duplication process and retrieve them afterwards when all of them can be filled at once.
• The Empty Bucket "helmet" is of little practical use. While it is much cheaper than a proper Iron Helmet, it is also no more effective than a Wood Helmet, which is far more accessible than the Empty Bucket.
• While falling, a Water or Honey Bucket can be used as an emergency method to prevent potentially fatal fall damage, although this may require some practice to perform effectively. Water Walking Boots or any of their upgrades prove useful. With protection against lava, e.g. via an Obsidian Skin Potion or Lava Charm (or any of its upgrades), a Lava Bucket can also be used.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.4:
  • Empty Bucket Iron/Lead Bar cost reduced from 3 to 2.
  • Sprites updated. Old sprites were .
  • Filled buckets are now used to craft each other via shimmer.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Now displays hair underneath when equipped, changing their equipped appearance from to .
  • Now used to craft the Spider, Lesion, Sandstone, Bamboo, Nebula, Solar, Stardust, and Vortex Sinks.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Inventory and equipped sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.4:
  • Fixed bug where the last bucket of a stack would not go into an available stack when used.
  • Fixed bug where buckets do not stack together by themselves when dropped in the world.
  • Fixed exploit where one could duplicate Empty Buckets on Mannequins.

• Desktop 1.2.3.1: Fixed an issue where placing an Empty Bucket on a Mannequin would eat it whole.

• Desktop 1.2.3: Increased stack limit from 1 to 99.

• Desktop 1.0.5: Filled buckets may no longer be emptied into solid ground.

• Desktop 1.0.4: Empty Buckets now offer 1 defense to their wearer.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.