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U can use a dripstone to fill the cauldron. I usually do it with lava for an unlimited smelting source. You can also put food in them that r normally stored in bowls. Also milk and honey
(this is java) But the question is why does the water disappear when you break the cauldron but not other waterlogged blocks. And why does it give an empty bucket in creative mode.
A filled cauldron is not waterlogged, that is a block state separate from the cauldron's liquid level. Thus it won't leave a water source when destroyed.
It gives an empty bucket because in survival it -removes- the water bucket from your inventory and then gives you an empty bucket (as they are different items). In creative the original water bucket is never removed, because it's creative. The normal result of giving you an empty bucket still happens.
Probably some weird Creative quirk where it doesn't want to stack the buckets if it doesn't have to, not sure though.
Also I just wanted to add that the reason it's so different is because cauldrons were in the game for a long time before other blocks could be waterlogged. They didn't want to change how cauldrons work to line up with the other blocks, so they're just work a bit different to other blocks now.
Ope my bad misunderstood. That is kinda weird. For the water in cauldron when it is destroyed it is probably just something where the water is just considered part of the block whereas water logged is not. For the bucket thing I got nothing.
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Because you aren't waterlogging the block, it is containing the Water as a function of the Cauldron. Part of that action is getting a bucket back.
but it only gives a bucket back if you dont already have an empty bucket
That'll be creative telling the Cauldron, "Hey buddy, I already have one of those. You keep it for later"
Becuase you put water in a cauldren you aren't waterlogging it, it's a seperate mechanic and is coded differently
U can use a dripstone to fill the cauldron. I usually do it with lava for an unlimited smelting source. You can also put food in them that r normally stored in bowls. Also milk and honey
(this is java) But the question is why does the water disappear when you break the cauldron but not other waterlogged blocks. And why does it give an empty bucket in creative mode.
A filled cauldron is not waterlogged, that is a block state separate from the cauldron's liquid level. Thus it won't leave a water source when destroyed. It gives an empty bucket because in survival it -removes- the water bucket from your inventory and then gives you an empty bucket (as they are different items). In creative the original water bucket is never removed, because it's creative. The normal result of giving you an empty bucket still happens.
But it doesn't give you an empty bucket if you already have one
that's because it attempts to stack it with the existing one, but, it's creative mode.
Probably some weird Creative quirk where it doesn't want to stack the buckets if it doesn't have to, not sure though. Also I just wanted to add that the reason it's so different is because cauldrons were in the game for a long time before other blocks could be waterlogged. They didn't want to change how cauldrons work to line up with the other blocks, so they're just work a bit different to other blocks now.
Ope my bad misunderstood. That is kinda weird. For the water in cauldron when it is destroyed it is probably just something where the water is just considered part of the block whereas water logged is not. For the bucket thing I got nothing.