Potato Stairs

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

Potato stairs are a potato variant of the wooden stairs, crafted from the respective potato planks, added in 24w14potato.

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Breaking[edit | edit source]

Potato stairs can be broken using anything, but axes are the fastest.

Block Potato Stairs
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 | edit source]

Potato stairs generate naturally as part of potato villages.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

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 PlanksInvicon 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 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 Potato Planks.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Planks in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Potato Planks with description: Potato Planks
Invicon Potato Stairs.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Stairs in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Stairs4

Usage[edit | edit source]

For information about the placement mechanics of all stairs, see Stairs § Usage.

Note blocks[edit | edit source]

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

Sounds[edit | edit source]

[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 | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

NameIdentifierBlock tags[hide]Translation key
BlockSprite potato-stairs.png: Sprite image for potato-stairs in Minecraft Potato Stairspotato_stairsstairs
wooden_stairs
mineable/axe
block.minecraft.potato_stairs

Block states[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values [hide]Description
facingnortheast
north
south
west
The direction the stairs' full-block side faces.
When placed in-game by a player, this matches the direction the player faces.
halfbottombottom
top
Top if the stairs are upside-down.
shapestraightinner_left
inner_right
outer_left
outer_right
straight
"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.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as these stairs.


Issues[edit | edit source]

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".

Navigation[edit | edit source]