Potato Pressure Plate

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

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Blast resistance

0.5

Hardness

0.5

Luminous

No

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire
from lava

Yes 

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A potato pressure plate is a variant of a pressure plate made of potato planks in 24w14potato.

Obtaining

Breaking

Block Potato Pressure Plate
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.

Natural generation

Potato pressure plates can generate naturally as part of potato villages.

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 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 Pressure Plate.png: Inventory sprite for Potato Pressure Plate in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Potato Pressure Plate

Usage

For information about all wooden pressure plates, see Wooden Pressure Plate § Usage.

Sounds

Generic

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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.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
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Pressure Plate clicksBlocksWhen a Nether wood pressure plate is deactivatedblock.nether_wood_pressure_plate.click_offsubtitles.block.pressure_plate.click​0.30.716
​Pressure Plate clicksBlocksWhen a Nether wood pressure plate is activatedblock.nether_wood_pressure_plate.click_onsubtitles.block.pressure_plate.click​0.30.816

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierBlock tagsTranslation key
BlockSprite potato-pressure-plate.png: Sprite image for potato-pressure-plate in Minecraft Potato Pressure Platepotato_pressure_platewooden_pressure_plates
pressure_plates
wall_post_override
mineable/axe		block.minecraft.potato_pressure_plate

Block states

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values Description
poweredfalsefalse
true		True if pressure plate is depressed, providing power.

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