Bucket

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Can be used to collect rainwater when placed on the ground outside

— In-game tooltip

A bucket is a water container required in carpentry.

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	Ingredients	Tools	Requirements	Workstation	XP
Bucket of Plaster	One of: Bucket ×1 Bucket ×1 Each of: Water ×5 unit(s) Bag of Plaster Powder ×1	none	none	none	none

Distribution

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

The loot distributions can be found in the table(s) below.

BucketEmpty distribution Show / Hide

Containers
Building / Room	Container	Rolls	Chance
all	crate	1	0.4
armysurplus	counter	1	10.0
bedroom	crate	1	1.0
classroom	counter	4	1.0
closet	crate	4	2.0
closet	crate	4	4.0
daycare	counter	4	1.0
farmstorage	crate	4	2.0
gardenstore	metal_shelves	4	2.0
gasstorage	counter	4	10.0
generalstore	metal_shelves	4	2.0
laundry	counter	4	10.0
mechanic	wardrobe	4	10.0
toolstorestorage	metal_shelves	4	2.0

Vehicles
Vehicle Type/Location	Rolls	Chance
ConstructionWorkerTruckBed	4	10
FarmerTruckBed	4	4
FireTruckBed	4	4
PainterTruckBed	1	50
PainterTruckBed	4	10

Vehicles

Profession	Container	Rolls	Chance
Construction Worker	Trunk	5	1

Code

Code snippet! This section contains source code from Project ZomboidShow / Hide

Base.BucketEmpty
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt

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,
	}

Base.BucketWaterFull
Source: ProjectZomboid\media\scripts\items.txt

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,
	}

Gallery

Model used for animations

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: .