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 Stairs
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | 
|
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Hardness | 2 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | Partial (blocks light)[JE only] |
| Flammable | Yes (5) |
| Catches fire from lava |
Yes |
| Note block instrument | Bass |
Potato stairs are a potato variant of the wooden stairs, crafted from the respective potato planks, exclusive to 24w14potato.
Obtaining
Breaking
Potato stairs can be broken using anything, but axes are the fastest.
| Block |  Potato Stairs
| |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Natural generation
Potato stairs generate naturally as part of potato villages.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Potato Planks |  4 |
Usage
For information about the placement mechanics of all stairs, see Stairs § Usage.
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 Stairs | potato_stairs | stairswooden_stairsmineable/axe |
block |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the stairs' full-block side faces. When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces. |
| half | bottom | bottomtop | Top if the stairs are upside-down. |
| shape | straight | inner_leftinner_rightouter_leftouter_rightstraight | "straight" is the default stairs shape. "inner" is an "inside corner" stair shape, with two full-block and two stair-shaped side faces. "outer" is an "outside corner" stair shape, with two stair-shaped and two half-block side faces. "left" and "right" specify in which direction is the higher part of the step. |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Potato Stairs" 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".
