Potato Stairs

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

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

3

Hardness

2

Luminous

No

Transparent

Partial (blocks light)‌

Flammable

Yes (5)

Catches fire
from lava

Yes 

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Potato stairs are a potato variant of the wooden stairs, crafted from the respective potato planks, added in 24w14potato.

Obtaining

Breaking

Potato stairs can be broken using anything, but axes are the fastest.

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 stairs generate naturally as part of potato villages.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Potato Planks
Invicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato Planks
Invicon Potato Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Stairs4

Usage

For information about the placement mechanics of all stairs, see Stairs § Usage.

Note blocks

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

Sounds

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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

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite potato-stairs.png: Sprite image for potato-stairs in Minecraft Potato Stairspotato_stairsstairs
wooden_stairs
mineable/axe		block.minecraft.potato_stairs

Block states

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west		The direction the stairs' full-block side faces.
When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces.
halfbottombottom
top		Top if the stairs are upside-down.
shapestraightinner_left
inner_right
outer_left
outer_right
straight		"straight" is the default stairs shape.
"inner" is an "inside corner" stair shape, with two full-block and two stair-shaped side faces.
"outer" is an "outside corner" stair shape, with two stair-shaped and two half-block side faces.
"left" and "right" specify in which direction is the higher part of the step.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs.


Issues

Issues relating to "Potato Stairs" 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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