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MC-203597

Filling a cauldron in Creative mode gives the player an empty bucket

The bug

In creative mode filling a cauldron from a water or lava bucket gives the player an empty bucket, provided they don't already have one in their inventory. This didn't happen in 1.16.5 so it's introduced in 1.17's first snapshot.

Video demonstrating the issue:

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How to reproduce

  1. Place a cauldron

  2. Get a water bucket

  3. In creative mode, right click the cauldron with the water bucket
    →❌ Notice an empty bucket is added to the hotbar

Related issues

MC-203667 Filling Cauldron with liquids in Creative mode causes an empty bucket to be spawned in the players inventory. MC-203684 Right-clicking on cauldron with lava bucket it gives you a bucket on creative MC-204017 In creative mode, when filling a cauldron with lava, the game gives you an empty bucket.  MC-205039 Placing powder snow in a cauldron gives the player and empty bucket in creative mode MC-205065 Filling cauldrons in creative gives buckets, while normally placing them doesn't MC-205274 Cauldron buckets creative mode MC-205337 Filling a cauldron in creative gives a empty bucket MC-207570 duplicating a bucket using a cauldron MC-232212 Creative cauldron bucket creation MC-234369 In creative mode, using a water bucket for a cauldron refining pot will give you a bucket MC-275762 Bucket issue MC-275763 You get an empty bucket when you pour liquid into the cauldron MC-276147 bucket duplicate when using on cauldron in creative

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galaxy_2alex

That is an intentional feature, added in 1.16, please read the changelog for more information.

migrated

That is not true, in 1.16.4, you don’t get an empty bucket in creative mode when putting water into a cauldron.

violine1101

Can confirm that this didn't happen in 1.16.4. Reopened.

Might still be intentional though – after filling a cauldron you might want to empty it again, and you need an empty bucket for that.

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But you don't want your creative inventory full of buckets do you?

 

If you want to empty it, just get a bucket yourself!

violine1101

You only get one bucket in total, if you already have one, it won't give you another one.

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I feel like it's inconsistent with how buckets normally work though - you don't get an empty bucket when you place water in creative mode, why should the cauldron be different?

Avoma

Can confirm in 20w51a.

Avoma

Can confirm in 21w03a.

osfanbuff63

I feel like this is a Won't Fix since the MCPE version of this bug (MCPE-13798) was resolved that way so I would assume the Java Edition version (this one) would go the same way.

Jack McKalling

I also tested 1.16.5, in which this issue does not happen like in 1.16.4.

Avoma

Can confirm in 21w13a.

RobinDinVienna

But wasn't that a feature introduced in 1.15 or 1.16 together with getting filled food bowls from mooshrooms in creative. I thought that was WAI...

Avoma

Can confirm in 21w14a.

Avoma

Can confirm in 21w16a.

migrated

This behavior is not listed in the changelog for 1.16 pre-release 1 (https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-1-16-pre-release-1), if that's what you're talking about. The changelog talks about a different change:

"When you use an empty bucket on water in creative mode, you now get a bucket of water. If you have a bucket of water in your inventory already, no additional water buckets will be added when you use your empty bucket on water."

The change described here was the fix for MC-9856.

Avoma

Can confirm in 1.18.1.

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Confirmed in 1.18.2
Doesn't happend if you already have an empty bucket in your inventory or if your inventory is full.

Avoma

Can confirm in 1.19.

Avoma

Can confirm in 1.19.2.

Xyzzy_

Still in 1.19.4. I think this is a worthwhile fix to creative mode, as you can just break and place the cauldron again if you want to change its contents.

Lunarian

Can confirm from 1.19.4 to 23w13a.

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Affects 1.20.6

Minecraft386882

Confirmed in 1.21.3

RicTheCoder
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It seems to still happen in 1.21.4 and with water bottles as well! This makes me believe the issue is with the interaction itself, and makes this the same issue as MC-269237

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Confirmed

Platform

Normal

Items

20w45a, 20w46a, 20w49a, 20w51a, 21w03a, ..., 1.21.1, 24w34a, 1.21.3, 1.21.4, 1.21.5

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