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 fence is a potato variant of a fence, crafted from the respective potato planks.

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

Yes

Stackable

Yes  (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

3

Hardness

2

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Waterloggable

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire from lava

No

Obtaining Edit

Breaking Edit

Potato fences can be broken with anything, but axes are faster.

Block Potato Fence
Hardness 2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 3
BlockSprite oak-planks.png: Sprite image for oak-planks in MinecraftWooden 1.5
BlockSprite cobblestone.png: Sprite image for cobblestone in MinecraftStone 0.75
ItemSprite iron-ingot.png: Sprite image for iron-ingot in MinecraftIron 0.5
ItemSprite diamond.png: Sprite image for diamond in MinecraftDiamond 0.4
ItemSprite netherite-ingot.png: Sprite image for netherite-ingot in MinecraftNetherite 0.35
ItemSprite gold-ingot.png: Sprite image for gold-ingot in MinecraftGolden 0.25
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.

Natural generation Edit

Potato fences generate naturally as part of potato villages, potato mineshafts, as well as in arboretum and fields biomes.

Crafting Edit

Ingredients [hide]Crafting recipe
Potato Planks +
Stick
Invicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato PlanksInvicon Stick.png: Inventory sprite for Stick in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Stick with description: StickInvicon Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato Planks
Invicon Potato Fence.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Fence in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Fence3

Usage Edit

For information about all fences, see Fence § Usage.

Note blocks Edit

Potato stairs can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Sounds 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

Data values Edit

ID Edit

NameIdentifierBlock tags[hide]Translation key
BlockSprite potato-fence.png: Sprite image for potato-fence in Minecraft Potato Fencepotato_fencemineable/axe
wooden_fences
fences
block.minecraft.potato_fence

Block states Edit

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values [hide]Description
eastfalsefalse
true
When true, the fence extends from the center post to the east.
northfalsefalse
true
When true, the fence extends from the center post to the north.
southfalsefalse
true
When true, the fence extends from the center post to the south.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as this fence.
westfalsefalse
true
When true, the fence extends from the center post to the west.

Navigation Edit