Ceramic Bucket in FTB Skies 2: Aero

The Ceramic Bucket is the clay-fired bucket this pack's quest book introduces early on. This pack ships Ceramic Bucket version 1.21-6.1.1.0 for NeoForge, and it has been in the pack since version 1.0.3 or earlier.^[1][2]

The quest text calls it a proper bucket for the job of turning dripped-on dirt into clay, and says fired clay does the task well. It can even hold hot fluids, but the quest hints that this works only once, so don't plan around reusing it that way.^[2]

Where it sits in the quest book

You meet the bucket in the quest "Clay" quest. It is in the "Getting Started" chapter, in the "Main Questline" group. That is chapter 4 of 31 in the book, and the chapter holds 57 quests.^[2]

The Clay quest asks you to hand in a clay ball and the Ceramic Bucket. It comes after two quests: "Scooping And Dripping" and a quest in "Getting Started". The dirt quest follows "The Aero Scoop" quest and has you turn dirt essence from the scoop into dirt blocks. So you reach the bucket once your first resource generation is running.^[2]

The sources here don't show the full chapter: 34 of its 57 quests aren't included. Check the quest book itself to see what comes after the Clay quest.^[2]

The Ceramic Bucket has its own quest, "Clay" quest, in the Getting Started chapter of the Main Questline. The quest asks for a clay ball and a Ceramic Bucket, and it comes after the water-dripping and dirt quests. Here's the order to work through.^[2]

Step by step

1. Make wooden tools and Wooden Shears ("Wooden Tools" quest). You need the shears to get Leaves, which you squeeze for water in the next step.^[2]
2. Follow "Getting Water" quest. Make a Basin, place Leaves on top and jump on them to squeeze out water. You'll also need a bowl to scoop it.^[2]
3. Follow "Scooping And Dripping" quest. Make and place a Dripper above the block you want to drip water on. Using a filled bowl on it drips water onto the block below.^[2]
4. Get dirt through a quest in "Getting Started". You craft it from dirt essence, which your Aero Scoop gathers. The Scoop needs a Cloth Mesh first, as "The Aero Scoop" quest explains.^[2]
5. Drip water over the dirt to turn it into clay. That's the whole point of the "Clay" quest quest.^[2]

Crafting the bucket

Once you have clay, you make an Unfired Clay Bucket first.^[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

Then you fire it into the finished bucket. The mod's own recipe does this by smelting.^[3]

Ceramic BucketMod recipe

Smelting

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:ceramic_bucket

The pack also adds a campfire cooking recipe that turns the unfired bucket into the same Ceramic Bucket.^[3]

Ceramic BucketAdded by the pack

Campfire Cooking

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ftb:campfire_cooking/ceramic_bucket_from_campfire

This campfire recipe is added by the pack.

What to know before you use it

The quest text calls fired clay a proper bucket for the clay job, and says it can even hold hot fluids, but only once. That matches the config: with [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.crackingTemperature]] set to 1000, the same as the mod default, the bucket breaks when you empty a fluid at or above that temperature.^[2][4]

• Durability is set to 0 in [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.durability]], which is the mod default and means durability is deactivated.^[4]
• Milking is enabled ([[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.milkingEnabled]]), so you can milk entities with it.^[4]
• Fish obtaining is turned off in this pack ([[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.fishObtainingEnabled]] is false, while the mod default is true).^[4]

Ceramic Bucket is a bucket variant, so the mechanics come down to how you make it and a handful of server settings that change how it behaves. All of those settings live in [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.crackingTemperature]] and its neighbours in the same file.^[4]

Getting a Ceramic Bucket

First you craft an Unfired Clay Bucket. Then you fire it into a Ceramic 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

The mod's own firing step is a smelting recipe.^[3]

Ceramic BucketMod recipe

Smelting

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:ceramic_bucket

The pack adds a second route: you can cook the unfired bucket on a campfire instead.^[3]

Ceramic BucketAdded by the pack

Campfire Cooking

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ftb:campfire_cooking/ceramic_bucket_from_campfire

What the pack sets in the config

Four options control how the bucket behaves. Here is what this pack sets compared with the mod defaults.^[4]

• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.fishObtainingEnabled]] is false in this pack. The mod default is true, so the pack turns off obtaining fish with a Ceramic Bucket.^[4][5]
• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.milkingEnabled]] is true, which matches the mod default, so you can still milk entities with the bucket.^[4][5]
• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.durability]] is 0, the same as the mod default. A value of 0 deactivates durability, so the bucket does not wear out from use. The allowed range is 0 to 10,000.^[4][5]
• [[config:config/ceramicbucket-server.toml#Balance Options.crackingTemperature]] is 1,000, also 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.^[4][5]

Getting a Ceramic Bucket in this pack is a short chain: you make an Unfired Clay Bucket and then fire it. The quest book is where you first run into it.^[2][3]

Where it shows up in the quest book

The bucket belongs to the quest "Clay" quest, in the Getting Started chapter of the Main Questline (chapter 4 of 31 in the book). It asks you to hand in a clay ball and a Ceramic Bucket.^[2]

Two quests come before it: "Scooping And Dripping" quest and a quest in "Getting Started". Scooping And Dripping is where you learn to drip water onto blocks. The dirt quest is where you turn dirt essence from the Aero Scoop into dirt blocks.^[2]

The quest text says dripping water over dirt works it into clay. It calls a proper bucket much better suited to the job, and says fired clay does it well. It also says the bucket can hold hot fluids, but only once.^[2]

Stage 1: the unfired bucket

The first stage is the unfired clay bucket. It is a shaped crafting recipe from the mod, and it starts from a clay ball.^[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

Stage 2: firing it

To finish the bucket you fire the unfired one. The mod's own recipe does this as a smelting recipe.^[3]

Ceramic BucketMod recipe

Smelting

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ceramicbucket:ceramic_bucket

The pack also adds its own way to do it: you can cook the unfired bucket on a campfire to get the same Ceramic Bucket. That recipe is an addition by the pack, not part of the mod's defaults.^[3]

Ceramic BucketAdded by the pack

Campfire Cooking

• Unfired Clay Bucket

Recipe id: ftb:campfire_cooking/ceramic_bucket_from_campfire

The Ceramic Bucket shows up in one place in the pack's quest book: the "Clay" quest quest. It sits in the "Getting Started" chapter, which is chapter 4 of 31 in the book and part of the "Main Questline" group.^[2]

What the Clay quest asks for

The quest has two item tasks: a clay ball and the Ceramic Bucket. Its text explains that dripping water over dirt works it into clay. It then says a proper bucket suits the job better, and that fired clay does it well. The quest also hints that the bucket can hold hot fluids, but only once.^[2]

What comes before it

Clay unlocks after you finish two quests, so you need both of them first:^[2]

• "Scooping And Dripping" quest is the dripper quest. You scoop water with a bowl and place a Dripper over a block to turn it into other materials.^[2]
• a quest in "Getting Started" is the dirt quest. You craft dirt from the dirt essence your Aero Scoop gathers, and the quest says dirt can be used to make Clay.^[2]

Each of those has its own chain behind it. The dripper quest comes after "Getting Water" quest, which comes after "Wooden Tools" quest. The dirt quest comes after "The Aero Scoop" quest. Both lines start from "The Sky of Beginning" quest.^[2]

Suggested order

1. Start with "The Sky of Beginning" quest, then craft your tools in "Wooden Tools" quest.^[2]
2. Do "Getting Water" quest to make a Basin and squeeze water out of leaves, then "Scooping And Dripping" quest for the Dripper.^[2]
3. Set up "The Aero Scoop" quest, then collect dirt for a quest in "Getting Started".^[2]
4. Finish with "Clay" quest, handing in a clay ball and the Ceramic Bucket.^[2]

The sources I have don't list any quest that comes after Clay in this chapter. They also don't show any other chapter that asks for the Ceramic Bucket.^[2]

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

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.^[6]

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.^[6]

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.^[6]
• [[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.^[6]
• [[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.^[6]