Water Trough
Farm animals and the horse family drink from it instead of pet bowls. A water bucket fills it for six drinks.
| ID | vanillapets:water_trough |
|---|---|
| Stack size | 64 |
| How to get it | Crafting: planks and an iron ingot over three wooden slabs |
| Fastest tool | Axe (it drops by hand too) |
| Drops | Itself. The water in it is lost. |
| Holds | 6 servings |
| Placing | It runs across your view as you place it. Burns like wood. |
Recipe
Filling it
| Use on the trough | Servings | You get back |
|---|---|---|
| A water bucket | Fills it (6) | An empty bucket |
| A water bottle | +2 | A glass bottle |
A full trough says it's full and takes nothing. Right-click it with an empty hand to see how many servings are left.
How pets use it
- When an animal's
Thirst drops below 40%, it looks for the nearest trough with water in it, within 16 blocks of where it is. - It walks round to the side and drinks with its head down over the rim.
- It drinks one serving: Thirst +40%.
With no water trough around, these animals drink from a pond, river or lake within 10 blocks instead.
Only animals on Idle or Follow go and drink. The search range is the searchRange setting (16 by default).
Who uses it
Cow
Mooshroom
Sheep
Pig
Goat
Chicken
Horse
Donkey
Mule
Skeleton Horse
Zombie Horse
Llama
Trader Llama
Camel
Camel Husk
Panda
Polar Bear
Sniffer
ArmadilloThese animals never drink from pet bowls.
Related
Feed Trough
Farm animals eat from it. Holds 6 servings: a hay bale fills it, crops and other animal food add 1 each.
Water Bowl
Holds 4 servings. Fill with a water bucket (full) or a water bottle (2 servings).
Tips
- A paddock by a river doesn't need a water trough at all.
- In a desert there may be no pond to fall back on: give your camels a water trough.
- A comparator next to the trough gives a signal by how full it is.
