# 5902: Buckets aren't suitable to carry water?
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [November 20, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968 "2016-11-20T01:38:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@proxiehunter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/proxiehunter)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968/1 "2016-11-20T01:38:07Z")
That doesn’t seem like it would be intended. I assume it’s a bug? Found a bucket at a farm and it won’t let me use it to contain water. Says I have no suitable containers.
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### Author:  [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BorkBorkGoesTheCode)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968/2 "2016-11-20T01:55:50Z")
Are you holding the bucket in your hands or in inventory?
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### Author:  [@proxiehunter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/proxiehunter)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968/3 "2016-11-20T02:01:20Z")
> [@BorkBorkGoesTheCode](#):
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> Are you holding the bucket in your hands or in inventory?
Inventory, do I need to wield it? No other container seems to work that way.
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968/4 "2016-11-20T02:53:24Z")
Buckets, pots, pans, open cans, glasses and other similar containers only work when wielded or placed on the ground.
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### Author:  [@Kadian](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Kadian)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968/5 "2016-11-20T03:27:50Z")
When in doubt, check the Item itself. It it says the Container is resealable, then you can carry it in your inventory. Not resealable Items can, as CT said, only be carried in your hands or they have to be emptied out before putting them in your inventory.
That said, maybe someone should add buckets with lids, for resealing. Those do exist, and they could come in handy.
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### Author:  [@Wally-kun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wally-kun)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/5902-buckets-arent-suitable-to-carry-water/12968/6 "2016-11-23T12:48:58Z")
Those aren’t the kinds of buckets you’re going to find laying around nearly as often. Just a regular old mop bucket is what I’d put my money on finding first. Bucket with a lid is kinda…niche.