Minecraft: Marine Biologist trophy guide

Capture a live fish with a water bucket. Status: Verified.

PS5 trophy details

• Grade: Bronze. Set: Expansion Pack 8. No separately purchased DLC is implied by the catalogue's expansion-pack label.
• Missable: no story-ending lockout; the task can be repeated in an eligible Survival world. Eligibility can still be lost through settings.
• Difficulty: 2/10, Hizzle editorial estimate. Time: UNSURE. Hidden flag: UNSURE.
• Players: Solo route described; online play is not required by this method. Online required: no for the described route; local play can be used for the two-player tasks.
• Roadmap: early phase of Minecraft PS5 Platinum trophy roadmap.

What to do

1. Fill a bucket with water and find a living cod swimming in accessible water. Leave yourself a clear route back to air.
2. Hold the water bucket and use it directly on the fish. Aim at the animal rather than a nearby water block.
3. Check that the bucket now contains the live fish and keep it in your inventory while the trophy registers.

Before you repeat it

A dropped raw fish or a fishing-rod catch is a food item, not a live bucket capture. The checked route begins with water in the bucket; old empty-bucket advice and claims that cod cannot count are not used.

Evidence and editions

Fill a bucket with water, use it on a living fish and obtain the fish-filled bucket. The official four-step capture procedure and current Wiki bucket/achievement reference agree; this route chooses a cod. Stable Bedrock 26.60 notes were reviewed November 4, 2026. No in-game PS5 unlock test is claimed. PS4 players should use this route only for a matching trophy in their own stack; see Minecraft PS5 vs PS4 trophy differences. Xbox points and Java advancement equivalence are not established by this PS5 record.

Related

Minecraft PS5 trophies: complete catalogue and solutions, Minecraft trophy world settings and eligibility, Minecraft trophy not unlocking: safe checks.