Ceramic Bucket in FTB Skies 2

Ceramic Bucket is a small mod that adds two items: the Unfired Clay Bucket and the Ceramic Bucket. This pack ships version 1.21-6.1.1.0 of the mod, built for NeoForge.^[1][2]

Where it fits in progression

You meet this mod right at the start. It has a quest in the "the_beginning" chapter, "Clay Buckets" quest, which asks you to obtain both the unfired clay bucket and the ceramic bucket. The quest only unlocks after you finish two earlier quests in that chapter, so you'll be a few steps into the pack when it shows up.^[2]

Since the quest asks for the unfired version first and the finished bucket second, the ceramic bucket looks like an early-game step up from the unfired clay bucket. The sources don't show how you make it, so check the recipe viewer in-game for the exact in-pack recipe.^[2]

Unverified The sources don't describe what the Ceramic Bucket can hold or how it behaves compared to a vanilla bucket, and the mod has no in-jar guidebook to confirm it. Treat any details beyond the item names and the quest as unconfirmed until you test them in-game.

The Ceramic Bucket is one of the first things this pack asks you to make. The "Clay Buckets" quest quest in the "the_beginning" chapter has you get both the Unfired Clay Bucket and the finished Ceramic Bucket. It unlocks after two other quests in the same chapter.^[2]

Step by step

1. Craft the Unfired Clay Bucket. This is the raw version, and it is what you fire in the next step.^[3]
2. Fire it to turn it into the Ceramic Bucket. You can use a regular smelting recipe, or a campfire cooking recipe that this pack adds.^[3]

Unfired Clay BucketMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Clay Ball	Empty slot	Clay Ball
Empty slot	Clay Ball	Empty slot

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:unfired_clay_bucket

First, this shaped crafting recipe gives you the raw bucket.

Ceramic BucketMod recipe

Smelting

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:ceramic_bucket

Firing, option A: smelt the Unfired Clay Bucket.

Ceramic BucketAdded by the pack

Campfire Cooking

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ftb:ceramic_bucket_from_campfire

Firing, option B: this campfire cooking recipe is added by the pack.

Good to know

The pack also changes a treetap recipe that outputs a Ceramic Bucket. It uses the tap_extract recipe type with crying obsidian and water as inputs, and it also gives back water and a water bucket.^[3]

Water BucketChanged by the pack

Tap Extract (treetap)

• Crying Obsidian
• Water

Recipe id: treetap:ceramic_bucket_mod_example

This treetap recipe is changed by the pack.

The mod has settings for the bucket's maximum durability, for the fluid temperature at which the bucket breaks when emptied, and for whether you can milk entities or pick up fish with it. Setting durability to 0 turns durability off.^[4]

The Ceramic Bucket doesn't add machines or multiblocks, and the sources don't describe any power, fluid-pipe or automation systems for it. Its mechanics come down to how you make it and four settings that change how it behaves in this pack.^[3][4][5]

Getting a Ceramic Bucket

It takes two steps. First you craft an Unfired Clay Bucket. Then you fire it into a Ceramic Bucket by smelting.^[3]

Unfired Clay BucketMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Clay Ball	Empty slot	Clay Ball
Empty slot	Clay Ball	Empty slot

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:unfired_clay_bucket

Ceramic BucketMod recipe

Smelting

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:ceramic_bucket

This is the mod's own smelting recipe for the firing step.

The pack adds a second way to do the firing step: cooking the unfired bucket over a campfire. This recipe is not part of the mod itself.^[3]

Ceramic BucketAdded by the pack

Campfire Cooking

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ftb:ceramic_bucket_from_campfire

Added by the pack, it turns the unfired bucket into a Ceramic Bucket by campfire cooking.

The pack also changes a Tree Tap extraction recipe that produces a Ceramic Bucket. The sources only list its inputs and outputs and don't explain how that machine works.^[3]

Water BucketChanged by the pack

Tap Extract (treetap)

• Crying Obsidian
• Water

Recipe id: treetap:ceramic_bucket_mod_example

Changed by the pack, this Tree Tap extraction recipe gives a Ceramic Bucket among its outputs.

Pack settings

The mod's behavior is controlled by its server config. Here is what each option does and how this pack sets it.^[4][5]

• Cracking temperature ([[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.crackingTemperature]]): this is the minimum fluid temperature at which the bucket breaks when you empty it. The pack sets it to 1,000, which is also the mod default. The allowed range is -10,000 to 10,000. To switch the breaking off, set a number higher than the hottest fluid.^[4][5]
• Durability ([[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.durability]]): this sets the maximum durability of the bucket, from 0 to 10,000. The pack uses 0, which is the mod default and means durability is deactivated.^[4][5]
• Milking ([[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.milkingEnabled]]): this controls whether you can milk entities with the bucket. It is enabled in the pack, same as the default.^[4][5]
• Fish ([[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.fishObtainingEnabled]]): this controls whether you can obtain fish with the bucket. The pack sets it to false, while the mod default is true, so fish obtaining is disabled in this pack.^[4][5]

The Ceramic Bucket has no long tier ladder in this pack. It is a single early step: you make an Unfired Clay Bucket, then turn it into a Ceramic Bucket.^[2][3]

The quest

The quest "Clay Buckets" quest sits in the "the_beginning" chapter and has no title in the quest file. It has two item tasks: the Unfired Clay Bucket and the Ceramic Bucket. It unlocks after two other quests are done.^[2]

Step 1: Make the unfired bucket

The first stage is a shaped crafting recipe from the mod, and its result is the unfired version of the bucket.^[3]

Unfired Clay BucketMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Clay Ball	Empty slot	Clay Ball
Empty slot	Clay Ball	Empty slot

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:unfired_clay_bucket

This is the mod's own shaped crafting recipe.

Step 2: Fire it

The mod's own recipe for the second stage is a smelting recipe that turns the unfired bucket into the finished Ceramic Bucket.^[3]

Ceramic BucketMod recipe

Smelting

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:ceramic_bucket

This is the mod's own smelting recipe.

The pack also adds a campfire cooking recipe for the same conversion, so you can fire the bucket on a campfire as well as by smelting.^[3]

Ceramic BucketAdded by the pack

Campfire Cooking

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ftb:ceramic_bucket_from_campfire

Added by the pack, not part of the mod's defaults.

Alternative: the tap recipe

There is a third way to get a Ceramic Bucket: a tap extraction recipe that the pack changed. Its outputs also include water and a water bucket. Treat it as a pack-specific extra rather than the normal route the quest follows.^[3]

Water BucketChanged by the pack

Tap Extract (treetap)

• Crying Obsidian
• Water

Recipe id: treetap:ceramic_bucket_mod_example

Changed by the pack, and it is a tap extraction recipe rather than a crafting or smelting one.

In this pack, the Ceramic Bucket shows up in one quest chapter: "the_beginning". It's a short section, because there's only a single quest that involves the mod.^[2]

The Beginning

The quest "Clay Buckets" quest has no title in the pack files. It has two item tasks, and they go in this order: first the Unfired Clay Bucket, then the finished Ceramic Bucket.^[2]

The quest comes after two other quests in the chapter, 2FD12A67DBC2D15D and 3E25D043676C1CE9. You need to finish both of those before this one unlocks.^[2]

Unverified The sources don't say what the two prerequisite quests ask for, what rewards this quest gives, or how the Ceramic Bucket is crafted in this pack, so none of that is covered here.

The Ceramic Bucket's server config has a handful of options, all under Balance Options. Only one differs from the mod default in this pack, and it's the one most likely to catch you out: fishing with the bucket is switched off.^[5]

The value this pack changed

• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.fishObtainingEnabled]] is set to false in this pack, while the mod default is true. You can't scoop up fish with a Ceramic Bucket here.^[5]

Options left at the mod default

• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.milkingEnabled]] is true, the same as the mod default, so you can still milk entities with the Ceramic Bucket.^[5]
• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.durability]] is 0, the same as the mod default. A value of 0 turns durability off, so the bucket doesn't wear out from use. The allowed range is 0 to 10,000.^[5]
• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.crackingTemperature]] is 1000, the same as the mod default. This is the minimum fluid temperature at which the bucket breaks when you empty it. The allowed range is -10,000 to 10,000.^[5]