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Villager In A Bucket

by JustDoom · for Minecraft

Pick up a villager in a bucket!

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MITLicense
Bukkit · Fabric +6Loaders

About Villager In A Bucket

From Modrinth

Pick up a villager in a bucket!

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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

Mod vs Plugin

This page has downloads for both a mod and plugin. The mod only works when installed on both the client and server. The plugin does not work with the mod, it is for separate use with a Vanilla client. The plugin will download a resource pack which can also be found here.

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

Kidnap villagers

Villager being kidnapped

Different textures depending on the villager type

Varients

Custom advancements

Custom Advancements

Zombie Villagers in buckets

Zucket

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

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

Mod

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

Plugin

Old config settings have been deprecated in favour of using permissions. Please read https://github.com/JustDoom/VillagerInABukkit/wiki/Configuring-using-permissions

# Should the dispenser be able to pick up or place these villager types. Since players use permissions to determine this
# a config option is used here
dispenser:
  villager:
    pickup: true
    place: true
  wandering-trader:
    pickup: true
    place: true
  zombie-villager:
    pickup: true
    place: 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 or you can report any bugs for the mod on the GitHub repository here. For the plugin please use this one

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Highlights

From source data

Game versions

Supports 25 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.3.

Loaders

Runs on Bukkit, Fabric, Folia, Forge, NeoForge, Paper, Purpur and Spigot.

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Villager In A Bucket on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers. We download it from Modrinth, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server type needed
Bukkit, Fabric, Folia, Forge, NeoForge, Paper, Purpur, Spigot
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
1.6.4, released 2026-10-11

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
NeoForge1.21.6 to 26.3 (4 versions)26.3
Folia26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)26.3
Paper26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)26.3
Purpur26.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)26.3
Fabric26.326.3
Forge26.326.3

From 7 recorded builds of Villager In A Bucket.

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
1.6.42026-10-1126.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)Folia, Paper, Purpur
1.6.32026-10-1026.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)Folia, Paper, Purpur
1.6.22026-09-2526.2 to 26.3 (2 versions)Folia, Paper, Purpur
26.3-1.0.02026-09-2526.3Forge
26.3-1.0.02026-09-1726.3NeoForge
26.3-1.0.02026-09-1726.3Fabric

Run Villager In A Bucket on a Minecraft server

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Modrinth as “Mods”

Creatures & NPCs

Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Modrinth lists Villager In A Bucket as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Minecraft
Loaders
BukkitFabricFoliaForgeNeoForgePaperPurpurSpigot
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server
Game versions
26.3 and 24 earlier

Verified at the source

  • ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-11Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorJustDoom, as published on Modrinth
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Villager In A Bucket, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Villager In A Bucket?

Modrinth lists Villager In A Bucket as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.

Which loaders does it support?

Bukkit, Fabric, Folia, Forge, NeoForge, Paper, Purpur and Spigot.

Is it free?

Yes. Villager In A Bucket is free to download from Modrinth. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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