Water Trough
Description: A Water Trough is a block that can hold water for SWEM Horses to drink.
Details:
| Renewable: | Yes |
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Stackable: |
Yes (64) |
| Tool: | Pickaxe (Any) |
| Blast Resistance: | N/A |
| Hardness: | N/A |
| Luminant: | No |
| Transparent: | Yes |
| Flammable: | No |
| Flammable (Lava): | No |
Obtaining
Crafting
Water Troughs come in a single (silver/gray) color.
4 water troughs can be crafted with 5 Dried Kelp and 1 Cauldron.
Usage
Water troughs can hold four buckets of water per individual troughs. Right-click a water trough with to place it inside the trough. Alternatively, use a Spigot to fill your barrels easily without going back and forth between a water source or needing multiple buckets. The water level will gradually rise until it is near the brim, at which point the barrel contains the maximum amount of water. SWEM Horses will drink from accessible half barrels and troughs when thirsty.
When drinking from a trough, horses will consume 1 bucket per use but may take multiple drinks in a short space of time. As they drink, the water levels will visibly decrease to reflect the current volume.
Placement
Right-click a block with a water trough in hand to place it on the ground. When a water trough is placed adjacent to another trough it will become a larger trough; connecting on the attached sides. Up to 4 troughs can be connected, allowing up to 16 buckets worth of water - perfect for large multi-horse pastures.
Water troughs will only join other troughs facing the same direction, directly next to them (similar to Separators). Face a single direction, placing each trough next to the other while moving sideways rather than turning. Troughs cannot be joined at intersections to make L/U shaped or circular troughs.
Water troughs are technically over 1 block to prevent them being climbed up on, but nearby shavings may make it possible for horses to get on top of a trough. For that reason, they should be considered for escape points in stalls.
One, Two, Three and 4 wide troughs.
Known Issues
- [Common] Occasionally, when there is a block or spigot above the half-barrel, it does not visually render water. The item is still functional, and removing any blocks above will usually correct the render issue.
- [Common - Compatability] Multiple troughs as a tiling/connective block can represent some problems with World Edit when selections are rotated from their original axis. Unlike other multiblock items such as stall doors, gates and jumps, they usually do not present any issue with corruption of schematics or other game-breaking issues, but can become displaced (incorrectly rotated). It is recommended that you remove multiblock items pre-world edit +/- schematics, and replace after.
Data values
swem:water_trough