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 Planks
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Hardness | 2 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | No |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Note block instrument | Bass |
Potato planks are a joke block, exclusive to 24w14potato.
Obtaining
Breaking
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 3 (JE) 3 (BE) | |
| 1.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE) | ||
| 0.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE) | ||
| 0.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE) | ||
| 0.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE) | ||
| 0.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE) | ||
| 0.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE) | ||
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.
Natural generation
Potato planks generate as part of potato villages and potato mineshafts. Additionally, they generate in arboretum biome on "park lanes".
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Potato Stem |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
Potato planks recipes
Any planks recipes
Any combination of regular planks and potato planks can be used to craft the following items.
Sounds
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 | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block placed[until: JE 26.4] | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.45 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
potato_planks | planksmineable/axe |
block |
Issues
Issues relating to "Potato Planks" 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".
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