Baked Potato

Not to be confused with Hot potato.

Baked Potato

Other names	Jacket Potato (GB)
Rarity tier	Common
Consumption time	32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Hunger	5 ()
Saturation	6 ()
Saturation boost‌[JE only]	Heals: 4HP Duration: 2 seconds
Always consumable	No
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

A baked potato^[a] is a food item obtained by cooking a potato.

Obtaining

Cooking

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Potato + Any fuel	0.35

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Baked Potato	Ancient City	Ice box chest	1–10	54.9% { "item": "Baked Potato", "stacksize": "1–10", "chance": 0.549273355504249, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Ice box chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Trial spawner	1–3	10% { "item": "Baked Potato", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.09999999999999998, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Trial spawner" }
		Ominous trial spawner	2–4	21% { "item": "Baked Potato", "stacksize": "2–4", "chance": 0.20999999999999996, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Ominous trial spawner" }
		Supply chest	2–4	37.3% { "item": "Baked Potato", "stacksize": "2–4", "chance": 0.37281466804405383, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
		Intersection barrel	6–10	49.3% { "item": "Baked Potato", "stacksize": "6–10", "chance": 0.4928996113569116, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Intersection barrel" }

Mob loot

This feature is exclusive to Java Edition.

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Zombie[A][B]	0–1	0.83%	0.01	0–1	1.17%	0.01	0–1	1.50%	0.01	0–1	1.83%	0.02
	Zombie Villager[A][B]	0–1	0.83%	0.01	0–1	1.17%	0.01	0–1	1.50%	0.01	0–1	1.83%	0.02
	Husk[A][B]	0–1	0.83%	0.01	0–1	1.17%	0.01	0–1	1.50%	0.01	0–1	1.83%	0.02

Mob		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Zombie[A][B]	0–1	1⁄120	1⁄120	0–1	7⁄600	7⁄600	0–1	3⁄200	3⁄200	0–1	11⁄600	11⁄600
	Zombie Villager[A][B]	0–1	1⁄120	1⁄120	0–1	7⁄600	7⁄600	0–1	3⁄200	3⁄200	0–1	11⁄600	11⁄600
	Husk[A][B]	0–1	1⁄120	1⁄120	0–1	7⁄600	7⁄600	0–1	3⁄200	3⁄200	0–1	11⁄600	11⁄600

Mob		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Zombie[A][B]	0	119⁄120 (99.17%)	593⁄600 (98.83%)	197⁄200 (98.50%)	589⁄600 (98.17%)
		1	1⁄120 (0.83%)	7⁄600 (1.17%)	3⁄200 (1.50%)	11⁄600 (1.83%)
		Average	1⁄120 (0.01)	7⁄600 (0.01)	3⁄200 (0.01)	11⁄600 (0.02)
	Zombie Villager[A][B]	0	119⁄120 (99.17%)	593⁄600 (98.83%)	197⁄200 (98.50%)	589⁄600 (98.17%)
		1	1⁄120 (0.83%)	7⁄600 (1.17%)	3⁄200 (1.50%)	11⁄600 (1.83%)
		Average	1⁄120 (0.01)	7⁄600 (0.01)	3⁄200 (0.01)	11⁄600 (0.02)
	Husk[A][B]	0	119⁄120 (99.17%)	593⁄600 (98.83%)	197⁄200 (98.50%)	589⁄600 (98.17%)
		1	1⁄120 (0.83%)	7⁄600 (1.17%)	3⁄200 (1.50%)	11⁄600 (1.83%)
		Average	1⁄120 (0.01)	7⁄600 (0.01)	3⁄200 (0.01)	11⁄600 (0.02)

Drops		1
Mob		Expected Number of Kills
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Zombie[A][B]	120.00	85.71	66.67	54.55
	Zombie Villager[A][B]	120.00	85.71	66.67	54.55
	Husk[A][B]	120.00	85.71	66.67	54.55

In Bedrock Edition, zombies and related mobs drop raw potatoes when killed by fire damage.^[1]

Usage

Food

To eat a baked potato, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 5 () hunger and 6.0 hunger saturation.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Rabbit Stew	Cooked Rabbit + Carrot + Baked Potato + Any Mushroom + Bowl

Composting

Placing a baked potato into a composter has an 85% chance of raising the compost level by 1. This is more efficient than composting with raw potatoes.

Trading

Wandering traders occasionally purchase 4 baked potatoes for a single emerald.

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Wandering Trader	Purchase	33%	33%	4 × Baked Potato	Emerald	2	—	—

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Baked Potato	baked_potato	Item	item.minecraft.baked_potato

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Baked Potato	baked_potato	281	Item	item.baked_potato.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Husbandry	The world is full of friends and food	Consume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.
	A Balanced Diet	Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you	Eat each of these 40 foods: Apple Baked Potato Beetroot Beetroot Soup Bread Carrot Chorus Fruit Cooked Chicken Cooked Cod Cooked Mutton Cooked Porkchop Cooked Rabbit Cooked Salmon Cookie Dried Kelp Enchanted Golden Apple Glow Berries Golden Apple Golden Carrot Honey Bottle Melon Slice Mushroom Stew Poisonous Potato Potato Pufferfish Pumpkin Pie Rabbit Stew Raw Beef Raw Chicken Raw Cod Raw Mutton Raw Porkchop Raw Rabbit Raw Salmon Rotten Flesh Spider Eye Steak Suspicious Stew Sweet Berries Tropical Fish Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w34a				Added baked potatoes.
			12w37a				The texture of baked potatoes has been slightly changed to remove the lines in the air above the potato.
1.8			14w02a				Baked potatoes now restore 5 () hunger points instead of 6.
			14w27a				Baked potatoes are now used to craft rabbit stew.
1.13			17w47a				As part of The Flattening, the numeric ID (393) of the baked potato has been removed.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of baked potatoes has been changed.
			19w03a				Placing a baked potato into a composter now has an 80% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Baked potatoes now have an 85% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.17			21w13a				Baked potatoes can now be dropped by flaming zombies.[2]
1.19			22w13a				Baked potatoes can now be found in ancient city ice box chests.
1.20.2 Experiment Villager Trade Rebalance			23w31a				Wandering traders now have a chance to buy baked potatoes from the player.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Baked potatoes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels and supply chests.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Baked potatoes can now be ejected as loot from trial spawners.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.8.0			build 1				Added baked potatoes.
v0.12.1			build 1				Baked potatoes now restore hunger instead of health.
v0.13.0			build 1				Baked potatoes are now used to craft rabbit stew.
Bedrock Edition
1.7.0			beta 1.7.0.2				Baked potatoes can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of baked potatoes has been changed.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Baked potatoes can now be used to fill up composters.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Baked potatoes can now be found in trial chambers intersection barrels and supply chests.
1.21.0 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.21.0.20				Baked potatoes can now be ejected as loot from trial spawners.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU14	CU1	1.04	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added baked potatoes.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Baked potatoes now restore 5 () hunger points instead of 6.
							Baked potatoes are now used to craft rabbit stew.
			1.90				The texture of baked potatoes has been changed.
			1.91				Baked potatoes can now be used to fill up composters.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added baked potatoes.

Issues

Issues relating to "Baked Potato" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

In other media

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  An inventory mostly filled with baked potatoes
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  A baked potato as it appears in Minecraft Earth

See also

• Poisonous Potato
• The Haunted Baked Potato

Notes

References