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 in 24w14potato.

Potato Button
Potato Button.png: Infobox image for Potato Button the block in Minecraft
Invicon Potato Button.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Button in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: 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

Obtaining Edit

Breaking Edit

Block Potato Button
Hardness 0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 0.75
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 0.4
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 0.2
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 0.15
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.1
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.1
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 0.1
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
  1. These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting Edit

Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe
Potato Planks
Invicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato Planks
Invicon Potato Button.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Button in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Button

Usage Edit

For information on all wooden buttons, see Wooden Button § Usage.

Sounds Edit

Generic Edit

[hide]BlockSprite warped-planks.png: Sprite image for warped-planks in Minecraft nether_wood sound type
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nether_wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.7216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.nether_wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.7216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.nether_wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.4516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.nether_wood.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.nether_wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Unique Edit

[hide]Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Button clicksBlocksWhen a potato button deactivatesblock.nether_wood_button.click_offsubtitles.block.button.click0.30.516
​Button clicksBlocksWhen a potato button activatesblock.nether_wood_button.click_onsubtitles.block.button.click0.30.616

Data values Edit

ID Edit

NameIdentifierBlock tags[hide]Translation key
BlockSprite potato-button.png: Sprite image for potato-button in Minecraft Potato Buttonpotato_buttonwooden_buttons
mineable/axe
buttons
block.minecraft.potato_button

Block states Edit

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values [hide]Description
facewallceiling
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.
facingnortheast
north
south
west
The direction it's facing.
Opposite to the direction the player is facing if placed on the side of a block.
poweredfalsefalse
true
If true, the button is currently activated.

Issues Edit

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".

Navigation Edit