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 Trapdoor
| Renewable | Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance | 3 |
| Hardness | 3 |
| Luminous | No |
| Transparent | Yes |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava |
Yes |
| Note block instrument | Bass |
A potato trapdoor is a variant of a trapdoor made of potato planks, exclusive to 24w14potato.
Obtaining
Breaking
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 4.5 (JE) 4.5 (BE) | |
| 2.25 (JE) 2.25 (BE) | ||
| 1.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE) | ||
| 0.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE) | ||
| 0.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE) | ||
| 0.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE) | ||
| 0.4 (JE) 0.4 (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 trapdoors generate naturally as part of potato villages in the potato dimension.
Two potato trapdoors generate in every colosseum located in the potato dimension, one at each end of the maze beneath the arena.
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 | 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 | |
Unique
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Trapdoor creaks | Blocks | When a potato trapdoor opens | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 16 | |
| Trapdoor creaks | Blocks | When a potato trapdoor closes | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.9–1.0 | 16 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
potato_trapdoor | mineable/axetrapdoorswooden_trapdoors |
block |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the trapdoor swings open. The opposite from the side its hinge is attached to. |
| half | bottom | bottomtop | Whether the trapdoor occupies the top or bottom part of a block. |
| open | false | falsetrue | True if the trapdoor is currently open (may differ from powered). |
| powered | false | falsetrue | True if the trapdoor is currently powered (may differ from open). |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this trapdoor. |
Issues
Issues relating to "Potato Trapdoor" 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".







