Potato Fence
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.
Potato Fence
| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool |
|
| Blast resistance |
3 |
| Hardness |
2 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
Yes |
| Waterloggable |
Yes |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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A potato fence is a potato variant of a fence, crafted from the respective potato planks.
Obtaining
Breaking
Potato fences can be broken with anything, but axes are faster.
| Block | 
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | 
| |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 3 | |
 Wooden
|
1.5 | |
 Stone
|
0.75 | |
 Copper |
0.6 | |
 Iron
|
0.5 | |
 Diamond
|
0.4 | |
 Netherite
|
0.35 | |
 Golden
|
0.25 | |
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
Potato fences generate naturally as part of potato villages, potato mineshafts, as well as in arboretum and fields biomes.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Potato Planks + Stick |
  3 |
Usage
For information about all fences, see Fence § Usage.
Note blocks
Potato stairs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.
Sounds
 nether_wood 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 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.45 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Fence | potato_fence | mineable/axewooden_fencesfences | block |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| east | false | falsetrue | When true, the fence extends from the center post to the east. |
| north | false | falsetrue | When true, the fence extends from the center post to the north. |
| south | false | falsetrue | When true, the fence extends from the center post to the south. |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this fence. |
| west | false | falsetrue | When true, the fence extends from the center post to the west. |
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