Potato Fence Gate

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 Gate
Potato Fence Gate.png: Infobox image for Potato Fence Gate the block in Minecraft
Invicon Potato Fence Gate.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Fence Gate in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Fence Gate
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

3

Hardness

2

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

Yes (9)

Catches fire
from lava

Yes 

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A potato fence gate is a potato variant of a fence gate, crafted from the respective potato planks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Potato fence gate can be broken with anything, but axes are faster.

Block
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 3
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 1.5
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 0.75
ItemSprite copper-ingot.png: Sprite image for copper-ingot in MinecraftCopper
​ 		0.6
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 0.5
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.4
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.35
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 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
  1. ↑ 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 fence gates generate naturally as part of potato villages.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Stick +
Potato Planks
Invicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Potato Fence Gate.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Fence Gate in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Fence Gate

Usage

For information about the mechanics of all fence gates, see Fence Gate § Usage.

Note blocks

Potato fence gates can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Sounds

Generic

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BlockSprite warped-planks.png: Sprite image for warped-planks in Minecraft nether_wood sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nether_wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.7216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.nether_wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.7216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.nether_wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.4516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.nether_wood.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.nether_wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Unique

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Fence Gate creaksBlocksWhen a potato fence gate opensblock.nether_wood_fence_gate.opensubtitles.block.fence_gate.toggle​1.00.9-1.016
​Fence Gate creaksBlocksWhen a potato fence gate closesblock.nether_wood_fence_gate.closesubtitles.block.fence_gate.toggle​1.00.9-1.016

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite potato-fence-gate.png: Sprite image for potato-fence-gate in Minecraft Potato Fence Gatepotato_fence_gatemineable/axe
unstable_bottom_center
fence_gates		block.minecraft.potato_fence_gate

Block states

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west		For an open gate, the direction the gates swing open.
For a closed gate, the direction the player was facing when the gate was placed, or the last direction the gates have swung.
in_wallfalsefalse
true		If true, the gate is lowered by three pixels, to accommodate attaching more cleanly with walls.
openfalsefalse
true		If true, the gate is opened.
poweredfalsefalse
true		If true, the gate is receiving redstone power.

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