Poisonous Potato Block
For the add-on block, see Poisonous Potato Add-On.
This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
Poisonous Potato Block

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
0.2 |
| Hardness |
0.2 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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A poisonous potato block is a storage block made of poisonous potatoes in 24w14potato.
Obtaining
Breaking
A poisonous potato block can be broken using anything, but a pickaxe is the fastest. Poisonous potato blocks always drop themselves when mined.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 0.3 | |
| 0.15 | ||
| 0.1 | ||
|
0.1 | |
| 0.05 | ||
| 0.05 | ||
| 0.05 | ||
| 0.05 | ||
Legend
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Note: No version exists with both copper tools and this block, but the breaking time can be calculated from the block's hardness.
Natural generation
Poisonous potato blocks generate naturally as part of potato geodes.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Poisonous Potato |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Compressed Poisonous Potato Block | ||
| Poisonous Potato |
Sounds
potone sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Issues
Issues relating to "Poisonous Potato Block" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".
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