Villager In A Bucket
Modby JustDoom
Pick up a villager in a bucket
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
0
CurseForge ID
956231
Modrinth Downloads
313,247
Modrinth ID
IAvnm8Mq
Last Updated
Apr 27, 2026
Description

Do you find moving villagers annoying? Do they keep running off? Is transporting them by boat getting on your nerves? Do you want to be able to just pick them up? Well this mod helps you with that! You can now click a villager with a bucket and pick them up with ease! No longer will you have to suffer through the annoying boat rides while transporting a single villager at a time, just collect them with buckets!
Features
- Pick up a villager with an empty bucket
- Textures depending on Villager region. Only if they have head decorations (Snow, Desert, Swamp and Savanna)
- Works with Wandering Traders!
- Information about the specific villager is saved, nametag, job, trades etc
- Item lore with information about the specific villager in the bucket
- Custom advancements!
- Support for collecting and dispensing the villager with a dispenser
- Zombie Villager in a bucket (Configurable)
Kidnap villagers

Different textures depending on the villager type

Custom advancements

Zombie Villagers in buckets

Planned
- Attempt to properly support modded Villager types and bucket textures
- Make Villager spawned from bucket without NBT data (Creative item) spawn Villager with biome specific clothing like spawn egg does
Usage
To use this mod just get an empty bucket and right click a villager! It's that easy.
Requirements
This mod requires the Architectury API to be installed along with the mod
As of 1.20.1-1.2.0 and 1.20.2-1.1.0 Architectury API is no longer required. Only earlier versions of the 1.20.1 and 1.20.2 builds require it, any possible 1.19.X or earlier builds do not require it (May be coming in the future).
Configuration
There are currently two options in the config file which can be found in <minecraft directory>/config/villager-in-a-bucket.properties.
enable-zombie-villager sets whether a Zombie Villager can be picked up in a bucket. It does not remove the Zombie Villager In A Bucket item when disabled. Default is true
Support
Support can be provided on my discord server or you can report any bugs on the GitHub repository here
If you need a new server check out our partner lagless.gg
Screenshots
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