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 Slab
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | 
|
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Hardness | 2 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | Double slab: No Single slab: Partial (blocks light) |
| Flammable | Yes (5) |
| Catches fire from lava |
Yes |
| Note block instrument | Bass |
A potato slab is a potato variant of a wooden slab, crafted from its corresponding potato planks, exclusive to 24w14potato.
Obtaining
Breaking
A potato slab can be broken using anything, but axes are the fastest.
| Block |  Potato Slab
| |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | 
| |
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 3 (JE) 3 (BE) | |
 Wooden
|
1.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE) | |
 Stone
|
0.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE) | |
 Iron
|
0.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE) | |
 Diamond
|
0.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE) | |
 Netherite
|
0.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE) | |
 Golden
|
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.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Potato Planks |  6 |
Usage
For information about the placement mechanics of all slabs, see Slab § Usage.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Composter | Potato Slab |  |
| Barrel | Potato Planks + Potato Slab |
 |
| Chiseled Bookshelf | Potato Planks + Potato Slab |
 |
| Daylight Detector | Glass + Nether Quartz + Potato Slab |
   |
| Lectern | Potato Slab + Bookshelf |
  |
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 Slab | potato_slab | slabsmineable/axewooden_slabs |
block |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | bottom
| bottomtop | Where the slab is within its block. |
double | The block is a double slab. | ||
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this slab. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Potato Slab" 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".
