- Type
- Portable water tool
- First location
- Pond beside the Crash Site
- Opening objective
- Extinguish 3 marked ship fires
- Refill sources
- Open water or a filled Water Container
- Crafted at
- Craftbot
- Recipe unlock
- Available from the start
- Used by recipes
- 1 across Craftbot
Where Water Bucket fits
Water Bucket has 1 production route at Craftbot. It is consumed by 1 recipe across Craftbot, using 1–1 per batch.
- Craftbot5× Metal Block Level 11× Water Bucket / 5 seconds / Available from the start
- WaterUses 1× Water Bucket at Craftbot
Recipe and trader connections checked for version 1.0.1.869.
Routes and locations
The opening Water Bucket is placed at the pond beside the Crash Site and is required to extinguish the three marked fires inside the crashed ship.
Crash Site pond
Enter the ship to activate Getting Started, then follow the path opposite the crashed ship entrance. The bucket sits at the pond edge beside seeds, Soil Bags, a planted Tomato, and the farming billboard.
Open related entry →Farming patches
Some small meadow farming structures contain a placed bucket alongside soil bags, seeds, or fertilizer.
- Fill the empty Water Bucket at the pond, throw one splash at a marked interior fire, then refill it for the next fire.
- Getting Started advances after all three marked fires inside the crashed ship are extinguished.
- A filled Water Container can refill an empty bucket after the opening route.
Water Bucket recipes and properties
Fill it with water to water your plants.
Combine 5 Metal Block Level 1 at Craftbot for 5sto make 1 Water Bucket.
- Max stack
- 1
- Size
- 2-block diameter × 2-block depth (Y-axis)
- Material
- Plastic
- Durability
- 3/10
- Friction
- 6/10
- Buoyancy
- 5/10
Water Bucket states
| Current state | Player action | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Empty | Use it on the pond or a filled Water Container | Bucket becomes filled |
| Filled | Throw water at a marked ship fire | Fire is extinguished and bucket becomes empty |
| Filled | Throw water at a dry crop plot | The targeted plot is watered |
| Filled | Throw water at a Haybot | The bot is interrupted briefly |
The Crash Site objective requires repeated fill-and-return trips until all three marked interior fires are out.
Where the First Water Bucket Is
Enter the crashed ship first so Getting Started activates, then stand at its entrance and follow the path running in the opposite direction. The nearby pond is grouped with the farming billboard, Soil Bags, seeds, and a planted Tomato. The Water Bucket is placed at the pond edge and receives a quest marker while the ship-fire objective is active.
How to Fill the Bucket and Put Out the Ship Fires
- Equip the empty Water Bucket at the pond and use it on the water surface.
- Return through the crashed ship entrance with the filled bucket.
- Aim at one of the three fires carrying the active quest marker and throw the water.
- Return to the pond after the bucket becomes empty, refill it, and repeat.
- Continue until all three marked interior fires are gone and Getting Started points to the Master Battery.
The Opening Fire Does Not Need a Fire Extinguisher
The crashed-ship objective is completed with pond water and the Water Bucket. The Fire Extinguisher appears later through Built to Last and Where's the Fire?, so searching for that reward during the opening sequence sends the player into the wrong part of progression.