Potato Pressure Plate
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 Pressure Plate
| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool |
|
| Blast resistance |
0.5 |
| Hardness |
0.5 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
Yes |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
Yes |
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A potato pressure plate is a variant of a pressure plate made of potato planks in 24w14potato.
Obtaining
Breaking
| Block | 
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.5 | |
| Tool | 
| |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 0.75 | |
 Wooden
|
0.4 | |
 Stone
|
0.2 | |
 Copper |
0.15 | |
 Iron
|
0.15 | |
 Diamond
|
0.1 | |
 Netherite
|
0.1 | |
 Golden
|
0.1 | |
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 pressure plates can generate naturally as part of potato villages.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Potato Planks |  |
Usage
For information about all wooden pressure plates, see Wooden Pressure Plate § Usage.
Sounds
Generic
 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 | |
Unique
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate is deactivated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate is activated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Pressure Plate | potato_pressure_plate | wooden_pressure_platespressure_plateswall_post_overridemineable/axe | block |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| powered | false | falsetrue | True if pressure plate is depressed, providing power. |
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