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

| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 0.75 | |
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.2 | ||
| 0.15 | ||
| 0.1 | ||
| 0.1 | ||
| 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
- ↑ 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 |
Usage
For information about all wooden pressure plates, see Wooden Pressure Plate § Usage.
Sounds
Generic
nether_wood sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.72 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.45 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Unique
| Sounds | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate is deactivated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.7 | 16 | |
| Pressure Plate clicks | Blocks | When a Nether wood pressure plate is activated | block | subtitles | 0.3 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
potato_pressure_plate | wooden_pressure_platespressure_plateswall_post_overridemineable/axe | block |
Block states
See also: Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| powered | false | falsetrue | True if pressure plate is depressed, providing power. |
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