Villager In A Bucket
Modby JustDoom
Pick up a villager in a bucket
Type
Mod
CurseForge Downloads
370,980
CurseForge ID
956231
Modrinth Downloads
386,405
Modrinth ID
IAvnm8Mq
Last Updated
Jul 27, 2026
Description

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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!
**WE NOW SUPPORT PAPER/PURPUR SERVERS WITH A PLUGIN WOOOOOO, CHECK OUT THE "VILLAGER IN A BUKKIT" VERSION**
## 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) - Both mod and server side only plugin!
- Works with Wandering Traders and Zombie Villagers!
- Information about the specific villager is saved, nametag, job, trades etc
- Item lore with information about the specific villager in the bucket
- Custom advancements! - Mod only
- Support for collecting and dispensing the villager with a dispenser - Mod only
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 - Mod only
- Make Villager spawned from bucket without NBT data (Creative item) spawn Villager with biome specific clothing like spawn egg does - Mod only
- Dispenser support - Plugin, mod already contains it
## 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](https://modrinth.com/mod/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
#### Mod
There are currently two options in the config file which can be found in `/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`
#### Plugin
Old config settings have been deprecated in favour of using permissions. Please read https://github.com/JustDoom/VillagerInABukkit/wiki/Configuring-using-permissions
```yml
# If enabled, the other options, "villager", "zombie-villager", "wandering-trader", "disable-bucket-use-on-disable" and "harm-reputation"
# (except the resource pack options) will be ignored in favour of using permissions instead. This is the recommended method.
# The other ones will be removed in the future. If you are switching please read https://github.com/JustDoom/VillagerInABukkit/wiki/Configuring-using-permissions
# If you can not see the other settings listed above in this file do not worry, you have just generated it after they were deprecated, and they have not been generated for you.
use-permissions: true
# Should the server ask the client to download a resource pack when they join
resource-pack: true
# The below options are commented out so that it uses the right resourcepack version for the minecraft/plugin version by default
# If you want to override it/manually use an updated resourcepack you can uncomment and override them
# The URL to download the resource pack from
#resource-pack-url: "https://cdn.modrinth.com/data/9tf9GGch/versions/ZBgqIN0Y/VillagerInABukkitPack.zip"
# The SHA-1 hash of the resource pack ZIP
#resource-pack-hash: "f2d4dd5bf8ee221234b738236099b2592c58b8e8"
# The ID for the resource pack. Please do not touch unless you know what you are doing
#resource-pack-id: "68a4b411-e409-4d89-b563-66049ba4914b"
# Should any villager placing and picking up be logged to the console
console-logging: false
# Should any villager placing and picking up be logged to a file
file-logging: false
```
## Support
Support can be provided on my [discord server](https://discord.gg/ydGK5jYV6t) or you can report any bugs for the mod on the GitHub repository [here](https://github.com/JustDoom/VillagerInABucket/issues). For the plugin please use [this one](https://github.com/JustDoom/VillagerInABukkit/issues)
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Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Bukkit
Fabric
Forge
Neoforge
Paper
Purpur
Spigot
Game Versions
1.6.4
1.20
1.20.1
1.20.2
1.20.3
1.20.4
1.20.5
1.20.6
1.21
1.21.1
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