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Potato Button

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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 Button
Potato Button.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Potato Button'
Invicon Potato Button.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Button in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Button
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A potato button is a variant of the button made of potato planks, only present in 24w14potato.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block Potato Button
Hardness 0.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 0.75
ItemSprite wooden-axe.png: Sprite image for wooden-axe in MinecraftWooden 0.4
ItemSprite stone-axe.png: Sprite image for stone-axe in MinecraftStone 0.2
ItemSprite iron-axe.png: Sprite image for iron-axe in MinecraftIron 0.15
ItemSprite diamond-axe.png: Sprite image for diamond-axe in MinecraftDiamond 0.1
ItemSprite netherite-axe.png: Sprite image for netherite-axe in MinecraftNetherite 0.1
ItemSprite golden-axe.png: Sprite image for golden-axe in MinecraftGolden 0.1
Options
Efficiency
000
Haste
001
1JEBE
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 any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Crafting

Ingredients 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

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.
BlockSprite warped-planks.png: Sprite image for warped-planks in Minecraft nether_wood sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.nether_wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.7216
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.nether_wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.7216
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.nether_wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.4516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.nether_wood.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.nether_wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Unique

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Button clicksBlocksWhen a potato button deactivatesblock.nether_wood_button.click_offsubtitles.block.button.click​0.30.516
​Button clicksBlocksWhen a potato button activatesblock.nether_wood_button.click_onsubtitles.block.button.click​0.30.616

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tags 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

Name Default value Allowed values 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

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".

Sources