Potato Sign

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

Yes

Stackable

Yes (23)

Tool

Blast resistance

1

Hardness

1

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

No 

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            "field": "Yes",
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        },
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            "field": "No",
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A potato sign is a variant of a sign made of potato planks, only present in 24w14potato.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block
Hardness 1
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 1.5
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 0.75
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 0.4
ItemSprite copper-ingot.png: Sprite image for copper-ingot in MinecraftCopper
​ 		0.3
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 0.25
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.2
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.2
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 0.15
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.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Potato Planks +
Stick
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 PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: Stick
Invicon Potato Sign.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Sign in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Sign3

Usage

For information on the usage of all signs, see Sign § Usage.

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
​Glow Ink Sac splotchesBlocksWhen a glow ink sac is used on a signitem.glow_ink_sac.usesubtitles.item.glow_ink_sac.use​1.0varies [sound 1]16
​Ink Sac splotchesBlocksWhen an ink sac is used on a signitem.ink_sac.usesubtitles.item.ink_sac.use​1.0varies [sound 2]16
​Dye stainsBlocksWhen dye is used on a signitem.dye.usesubtitles.item.dye.use​1.0varies [sound 3]16
​Wax onBlocksWhen a sign is waxeditem.honeycomb.wax_onsubtitles.item.honeycomb.wax_on​1.01.0/0.9/1.116
​Sign wobblesBlocksWhen a player attempts to edit a waxed signblock.sign.waxed_interact_failsubtitles.block.sign.waxed_interact_fail​1.0varies[sound 4]16
  1. ↑ Can be 1.0, 0.95, or 1.05 for each sound
  2. ↑ Can be 0.85, 0.88, or 0.9 for each sound
  3. ↑ Can be 1.0, 0.9, 0.95, or 1.1
  4. ↑ fail1 can be 1.0 or 0.9; fail2 and fail3 can be 0.8 or 0.9

Data values

NameIdentifierBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite potato-sign.png: Sprite image for potato-sign in Minecraft Potato Signpotato_signsigns
wall_post_override
all_signs
standing_signs
mineable/axe		block.minecraft.potato_sign
BlockSprite potato-wall-sign.png: Sprite image for potato-wall-sign in Minecraft Potato Signpotato_wall_signwall_signs
signs
wall_post_override
all_signs
mineable/axe		block.minecraft.potato_wall_sign

Block states

See also: Block states
Standing
Name Default value Allowed values Description
rotation0 0The block is facing south.
1The block is facing south-southwest.
2The block is facing southwest.
3The block is facing west-southwest.
4The block is facing west.
5The block is facing west-northwest.
6The block is facing northwest.
7The block is facing north-northwest.
8The block is facing north.
9The block is facing north-northeast.
10The block is facing northeast.
11The block is facing east-northeast.
12The block is facing east.
13The block is facing east-southeast.
14The block is facing southeast.
15The block is facing south-southeast.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as this sign.
Wall
Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west		The direction the block is facing. For example, a block facing east is attached to a block to its west.
Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as this sign.


Block data

A potato sign has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

See also: Block entity format
  • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
    • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
    • [Byte] is_waxed: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the text is locked with honeycomb.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] front_text: A compound that discribes front text.
      • [Byte] has_glowing_text: 1 or 0 (true/false) - true if the sign has been dyed with a glow ink sac.
      • [String] color: The color that has been used to dye the sign. The default value is black One of white, orange, magenta, light_blue, yellow, lime, pink, gray, light_gray, cyan, purple, blue, brown, green, red, and black.
      • [NBT List / JSON Array] filtered_messages: Only in Realms. The lines of text shown to players with the profanity filter turned on instead of the regular lines. This tag is automatically set to "" for lines containing blocked words and to the line's normal contents for the other lines when a player with the profanity filter turned off edits the sign, so players with the filter on cannot see the blocked words. If a player with the filter on tries to use blocked words in one or more lines, the line(s) in [NBT List / JSON Array] messages containing blocked words are set to "", which makes them render completely blank, and this tag is also given the same contents. If multiple lines have been edited before the sign editing GUI is closed, only the lines containing blocked words are blanked.
      • [NBT List / JSON Array] messages: A list of text for each line.
        • [String]: Text for each line. Must be Raw JSON text format. The character limit for the Text tags depends on the width of the characters.
    • [NBT Compound / JSON Object] back_text: A compound that discribes back text.
      • The same structure as [NBT Compound / JSON Object] front_text.

Issues

Issues relating to "Potato Sign" 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".

Trivia

  • Potato signs have a maximum stack size of 23, and are the first item in any version of the game to have this maximum stack size.

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