Bucket

General

Usage

Water

The bucket can be used to carry up to 25 units of water. To fill a bucket with water, simply right-click the water source and select "Fill Bucket", consuming the bucket and producing a bucket of water. If the source is considered unclean, the water in the bucket will be tainted and displayed with a green skull icon (). Leaving the bucket on the ground outside while it is raining, will gradually fill it with tainted water.

Plaster

The bucket can be used with water and plaster powder to produce a bucket of plaster, which can be applied to a built wall, allowing it to be painted. A bucket of plaster can be filled with water, which will remove the plaster.

Recipes

Product	XP gained	Skill(s)	Recipe	Ingredient 1	Ingredient 2	Ingredient 3
Bucket x1		none		Bucket x1	Water (consumed)
Bucket of Plaster x1		none		Bucket x1	Water (5 units) (consumed)	Bag of Plaster Powder Bag of Plaster Powder x1 (consumed)

Distribution

Buckets are relatively rare as they can only be found in garden and storage areas at low frequency.

Buildings

Building/Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
All	Crate	1	2
Shed	Counter	1	10
Storage Unit	All	3	1
Garden store	Crate	3	2
Farm Storage	All	3	2

Vehicles

Profession	Container	Rolls	Chance
Construction Worker	Trunk	5	1

Code

From items.txt (Project Zomboid directory/media/scripts/)

Bucket Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

	item BucketEmpty
	{
	    DisplayCategory = WaterContainer,
		Weight	=	1,
		CanStoreWater	=	TRUE,
		Type	=	Normal,
		DisplayName	=	Bucket,
		Icon	=	MetalBucket,
        ReplaceOnUseOn = WaterSource-BucketWaterFull,
        MetalValue = 20,
        RainFactor = 1,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_item_RainFromGround,
        EatType = Bucket,
        SurvivalGear = TRUE,
        WorldStaticModel = Bucket_Ground,
	}

Bucket of Water Retrieved: Build 41.78.16

	item BucketWaterFull
	{
	    DisplayCategory = Water,
		IsWaterSource	=	TRUE,
		Weight	=	4,
		CanStoreWater	=	TRUE,
		FillFromDispenserSound = GetWaterFromDispenserMetalBig,
		FillFromTapSound = GetWaterFromTapMetalBig,
		Type	=	Drainable,
		DisplayName	=	Bucket of Water,
		UseWhileEquipped	=	FALSE,
		UseDelta	=	0.04,
		ReplaceOnDeplete	=	BucketEmpty,
		ReplaceOnUseOn	=	WaterSource-BucketWaterFull,
		Icon	=	MetalBucket_Water,
		RainFactor = 1,
		Tooltip = Tooltip_item_RainFromGround,
		StaticModel = Bucket,
		EatType = Bucket,
		WorldStaticModel = BucketFullWater_Ground,
		IsCookable = TRUE,
		Tags = HasMetal,
	}

Trivia

In build 41.78 the bucket had its icon changed, to reflect that it's made of metal, previously it used to have a blue icon: .