"Brain" redirects here. For a type of coral, see Coral.
| Rarity tier | Potato |
|---|---|
| Renewable | Yes |
| Stackable | No |
| Tool | 
|
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Hardness | 2 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | Yes |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
Yes |
| Note block instrument | Bass |
A big brain is a block, exclusive to 24w14potato, used to obtain potatoes of knowledge.
Obtaining
Breaking
A big brain can be broken using anything, but an axe is the fastest. Big brains always drop themselves and a potato of knowledge when mined.
- 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 any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Poisonous Potato + Zombie Head |
  |
Even though the recipe requires a zombie head, the recipe is unlocked by having a wither skeleton skull in the inventory.
Usage
Potatoes of knowledge
Big brains absorb nearby experience orbs. When broken, a big brain drops a potato of knowledge with a knowledge amount equal to how much experience it absorbed (if it didn't absorb anything, potato of knowledge still drops, with 0 knowledge). The maximum possible amount of experience stored in a single potato of knowledge is 1000 experience points, which takes the player from 0 to 25 levels; if the big brain absorbs this much experience, a potato of knowledge with 1000 experience is dropped by it automatically, without breaking the block.
Piston interactivity
Big brains cannot be pushed or pulled by pistons.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Big Brain | big_brain | mineable/axe |
block |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the big brain is facing |
Block data
A big brain has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.
- [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
- [Int] amount: The amount of experience stored in this big brain.
- [Int] delay: An integer that oscillates between 5 and 1 (inclusive) by decreasing by 1 every tick. Experience orbs can enter this big brain only when
delayis 1.
Issues
Issues relating to "Big Brain" 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".
