Animated 3D Axolotl bucket for Totem and Shield
This project requires the resource pack Refined Buckets and the mod Punchy! to work. It changes the model of the totem and shield to be a bucket of…
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**Animated 3D Axolotl bucket for Totem and Shield**
Turn your Shield and Totem of Undying into cute animated axolotl buckets.
This resource pack replaces the held models for the shield and totem with the animated axolotl bucket model from the resource pack: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/refined-buckets The items still work exactly like normal: the shield still blocks, and the totem still saves you from death. Only the visuals are changed.
Features
Replaces the Shield with an axolotl bucket model
Replaces the Totem of Undying with an axolotl bucket model
Keeps the original item behaviour
Uses Punchy animated held models
Supports separate settings for the shield and totem
Lets you choose different axolotl colours:
Lucy / pink
Wild / brown
Gold
Cyan
Blue
Lets you choose whether the GUI shows:
the animated axolotl bucket model
or the default shield/totem icon
Lets you enable or disable the replacement for the shield and totem separately
Required Mods
For the animated held models to work correctly, you need:
Punchy
Respackopts
LibJF
Required by Respackopts for the resource pack settings menu.
Without Respackopts, the pack will still load, but it will use the default settings.
Required Resource Pack
For the best result, use this together with:
Refined Buckets - Resource Pack
Punchy! - Mod
This pack should be placed above the Refined/Fresh bucket pack in the resource pack list.
Recommended Load Order
From top to bottom:
Animated 3D Axolotl bucket for Totem and Shield
Refined Buckets
Other resource packs
Notes:
This pack is mainly designed for players who use Punchy and want their shield and totem to match the animated axolotl bucket style.
If the model does not update after changing settings, press Done and let Minecraft reload the resource packs.
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .zip (resource pack)
- How to install: Download the .zip resource pack — do not unzip it. → Put it in .minecraft/resourcepacks. → Enable it in Options → Resource Packs.
- Where to get it: Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java resource packs walks through it step by step.
- Downloads as Animated 3D Axolotl Bucket Shield and Totem V1.2.zip
- Download size: 572 KB
- Download link checked 24 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.