Potato Button

Potato Button
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.5
Hardness	0.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire; from lava	No
Note block instrument	Bass

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.

A potato button is a variant of the button made of potato planks, exclusive to 24w14potato.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block	Potato Button
Hardness	0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)^[A]
Default	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Wooden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Stone	10.2 (JE) 0.2 (BE)
Iron	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Netherite	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Golden	10.1 (JE) 0.1 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

↑ 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
Potato Planks

Usage

Sounds

Generic

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.

Because of MC-177082, subtitles for falling on blocks may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.

`nether_wood` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.nether_wood.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.72	16
	Block placed^{[until: JE 26.4]}	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.nether_wood.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.72	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.nether_wood.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.45	16
	Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.nether_wood.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.nether_wood.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Unique

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Button clicks	Blocks	When a potato button deactivates	`block.nether_wood_button.click_off`	`subtitles.block.button.click`	0.3	0.5	16
	Button clicks	Blocks	When a potato button activates	`block.nether_wood_button.click_on`	`subtitles.block.button.click`	0.3	0.6	16

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Block tags	Translation key
Potato Button	`potato_button`	`wooden_buttons` `mineable/axe` `buttons`	`block.minecraft.potato_button`

Block states

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
face	`wall`	`ceiling` `floor` `wall`	The face of the block it's placed on. Floor is on top of a block, ceiling is on the bottom, and wall is on one of its sides.
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction it's facing. Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
powered	`false`	`false` `true`	If true, the button is currently activated.

Issues

Issues relating to "Potato Button" 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".

[breakingtimenote-1] These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

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