This module allows you to store liquids which, depending on the liquid, can affect entities, be bottled and un-bottled, or fuel furnaces.

Liquid Tanks

Module TypeBase
Created byBloo, Sparks and SpiderRobotMan
Last Updated bySpecialBuilder32 and BluePsychoRanger
Complementary ModulesPotion Liquids, Liquid Minecarts, Cement Mixers, Relocators
Compatible MC Versions1.8, 1.12+

Features

A liquid tank is used to store and distribute liquids such as milk, experience, rabbit stew, potions, and more. The first slot of the tank is a smart interface for items filling and draining liquids as needed

By itself, the Liquid Tanks module comes with the Standard Liquids expansion pack, but other expansion packs can add support for different liquids. One example of an expansion pack that adds liquids is Potion Liquids and others can be found below.

Storing Liquids

A liquid tank can store a maximum of 100 buckets of each liquid, but some items will fill up only part of a bucket. Placing a valid item into the first slot of a corresponding tank will fill it with some liquid. Draining the liquid from a tank can be done usually by putting in a empty bucket, bottle, or bowl into a tank. For information on types of liquids that can be stored and what counts as one bucket, visit the individual expansion pack pages.

Utility Interactions

Along with storing liquids, liquid tanks can interact with blocks and entities around them. For example, a player standing on an experience tank will fill up the tank, reducing their own xp level. A player standing under an experience tank will drain the tank and gain the xp back. For more specific details on interactions, visit the individual expansion pack pages.

Utility interactions can be disabled by powering the liquid tank with redstone.

Crafting

The Liquid Tank can be crafted in a Custom Crafter with the following recipe:

Item Ingredients Recipe (Custom Crafter)
Liquid Tank Iron Ingot +

Glass +

Comparator +

Hopper

Custom Crafter

Compatibility

Liquid Tanks can be moved with Relocators. Picking up a Liquid Tank with a relocator will preserve the liquid inside it.

Technical Details

Filling, draining, or interactions of Liquid Tanks are processed every 0.8 seconds, 16 game ticks, or 8 redstone ticks. For a liquid tank to switch from filling the tank to draining the tank, it must be empty for one processing cycle.

When breaking a liquid tank, any liquid inside will be destroyed.

Textures made by Vilder50.

Advancements

Advancement Requirement
Oh, That Kind of Tank
Find out a liquid tank is not an awesome submarine
Have a Liquid Tank in your inventory

Expansion Packs and Reliant Modules

The Liquid Tanks module is packaged with one default expansion pack. Expansion packs for this module add liquid-specific features, such as new liquids and utility interactions. Some reliant modules depend on this module in order to properly function, for example adding a tank type for a specific feature of the module.

Expansion Packs

Reliant Modules

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History

Version Date Change
1.8 16 Apr 2015 Released Liquid Tanks
18 Apr 2015 Updated module for new 1.8.4 skull formats
The module also allows stacking of brewing stands in last slot
Fixed consuming lapis bug
25 May 2015 Fixed 1-click command crash
1.12 20 May 2018 Completely overhauled
1.13 03 May 2019 Maximum tank size is now 100 buckets rather than 30 buckets
Standard Liquids is now packaged with the base module
1.15 12 Apr 2020 Slightly modified liquid tank behavior to work better
Powering liquid tanks disables utility interactions
1.16 29 Nov 2020 Liquid Tanks drop a custom block when moved with Relocators
1.17 23 Aug 2021 Stackable items can be filled or emptied stackwise
Liquid level HUD now displays fractional buckets
1.18 23 Apr 2022 Liquid Tanks are now crafted as items instead of created within hoppers
Updated crafting recipe
Liquid Tanks will drop as an item when broken instead of the crafting components
"Oh, That Kind of Tank" advancement trigger changed to picking up a Liquid Tank
Liquid Tanks no longer void their liquids when moved by relocators

Previous Versions

MC 1.8 Version

The MC 1.8 Version was completely overhauled and had the Standard Liquids and Potion Liquids expansion packs included within it. See Liquid Tanks 1.8 for more info.

MC 1.12 Version

In the MC 1.12 Version, liquid tanks had a maximum of 30 buckets rather than 100 buckets.

MC 1.12-1.17 Versions

Prior to 1.18, Liquid Tanks were created by inserting the following items into a hopper (shapeless recipe), followed by dropping a Glass Block on top of the hopper to complete the creation of the tank.

Item Hopper

 

Additionally, breaking the Liquid Tank dropped the items used to craft them instead of a custom item.