Poisonous Potato

Not to be confused with Poisonous Potato Plant.

This article is about the food item. For the April Fools’ update themed around poisonous potatoes, see Java Edition 24w14potato. For the April Fools’ add-on themed around poisonous potatoes, see Poisonous Potato Add-On. For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation).

Poisonous Potato

Rarity tier	Common
Consumption time	32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Hunger	2 ()
Saturation	1.2 ()
Saturation boost‌[JE only]	Heals: 0.8HP × 0.4 Duration: 0.4 seconds
Status effects	Poison (0:05) (60% chance)
Always consumable	No
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64) (24w14potato: 99)

A poisonous potato is a type of potato that can poison the player when eaten.

Obtaining

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Poisonous Potato	Shipwreck	Supply chest	2–6	42.1% { "item": "Poisonous Potato", "stacksize": "2–6", "chance": 0.42061090139687074, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }

Farming

The poisonous potato is a rare drop when harvesting (destroying) potato crops; a fully grown plant has a 2% chance of dropping one in addition to the 2–5 regular potatoes. Using a tool with Fortune has no effect on the drop rate.

If a farmer villager breaks a potato crop, a poisonous potato can still drop, but the villager will not collect the item. Therefore, together with an automatic collection system, the process of farming poisonous potatoes can be automated.

Usage

Poisonous potatoes cannot be planted on farmland or baked. They also have no use with the composter.^[1]

Food

To eat a poisonous potato, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 () hunger and 1.2 hunger saturation and has a 60% chance of applying 5 seconds of Poison I, draining 4HP points of health. A poisonous potato restores twice as much hunger and saturation as a normal potato.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	A Furious Cocktail	Have every potion effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 17​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/18​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Fire Resistance Freezing Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Night Vision Oozing Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement.
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 34​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/35​[upcoming] status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Breath of the Nautilus Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Freezing Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Infested Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Oozing Poison Raid Omen Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Trial Omen Water Breathing Weakness Weaving Wind Charged Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	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.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Poisonous Potato	poisonous_potato	Item	item.minecraft.poisonous_potato

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Poisonous Potato	poisonous_potato	282	Item	item.poisonous_potato.name

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.4.2			12w34a				Added poisonous potatoes.
1.13			18w11a				Poisonous potatoes now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed.
			18w50a				The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed, once again.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added poisonous potatoes.
Bedrock Edition
1.7.0			beta 1.7.0.2				Poisonous potatoes can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Poisonous potatoes can now be found inside of shipwreck chests.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed.

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 poisonous potatoes.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Poisonous potatoes can now be found inside of shipwreck chests.
			1.90				The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added poisonous potatoes.

Data history

Issues

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

Trivia

• In real life, potatoes contain toxins called glycoalkaloids, usually in negligible amounts. Minecraft's poisonous potatoes visually resemble potatoes with excessive sprouting, which have higher concentrations of glycoalkaloids.
• Poisonous potatoes not having a purpose is intentional, and is one of Minecraft's design rules.^[2]

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A poisonous potato on obsidian
• 
  A poisonous potato being eaten

In other media

• 
  A poisonous potato as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
• 
  A happy poisonous potato, from an episode of How We Make Minecraft

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Poisonous Potato" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, April 1, 2024.