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Poisonous Potato

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 Not to be confused with Poisonous Potato Plant.
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 This article is about the food item. For the April Fools’ update themed around poisonous potatoes, see Java Edition 24w14potato. For the April Fools’ add-on themed around poisonous potatoes, see Poisonous Potato Add-On. For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation).
Poisonous Potato
Rarity tier
  Common
Consumption time 32 game ticks (1.6 seconds)
Hunger 2 (👁 🍗
)
Saturation 1.2 (👁 🍖
)
Saturation boost‌[JE only] Heals: 0.8HP👁 ❤️
 × 0.4
Duration: 0.4 seconds
Status effects 👁 Image
Poison (0:05) (60% chance)
Always consumable No
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
(24w14potato: 99) 
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A poisonous potato is a type of potato that can poison the player when eaten.

Contents

Obtaining

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Generated loot

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Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
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Shipwreck 		Supply chest 2–6 42.1%
{ "item": "Poisonous Potato", "stacksize": "2–6", "chance": 0.42061090139687074, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }

Farming

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The poisonous potato is a rare drop when harvesting (destroying) potato crops; a fully grown plant has a 2% chance of dropping one in addition to the 2-5 regular potatoes.

Usage

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Poisonous potatoes cannot be planted on farmland or baked. They also have no use with the composter.[1]

See also: Hunger management

To eat a poisonous potato, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 2 (👁 🍗
) hunger and 1.2 hunger saturation and has a 60% chance of applying 5 seconds of Poison I, draining 4HP👁 ❤️
👁 ❤️
 points of health. A poisonous potato restores twice as much hunger and saturation as a normal potato.

Sounds

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Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​varies [sound 1]0.8–1.216
​EatingFriendly MobsWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.generic.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​1.00.6–1.416
​BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingentity.player.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp​0.50.9–1.016
  1. ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​EatingPlayersWhile a player is eating somethingrandom.eatsubtitles.entity.generic.eat​0.5–1.10.8–1.2
​BurpPlayersWhen a player finishes eating somethingrandom.burpsubtitles.entity.player.burp​0.50.9–1.0

Advancements

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IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
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HusbandryThe world is full of friends and foodConsume anything that can be consumed, except for cake.
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A Balanced DietEat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you Other foods and consumables can be eaten, but are ignored for this advancement.

Data values

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Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
👁 ItemSprite poisonous-potato.png: Sprite image for poisonous-potato in Minecraft
 Poisonous Potato		poisonous_potatoItem item.minecraft.poisonous_potato

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Form Translation key
👁 ItemSprite poisonous-potato.png: Sprite image for poisonous-potato in Minecraft
 Poisonous Potato		poisonous_potato282Item item.poisonous_potato.name

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.4.212w34a👁 Image
 Added poisonous potatoes.
1.1318w11aPoisonous potatoes now generate in the chests of shipwrecks.
1.1418w43a👁 Image
 The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed.
18w50a👁 Image
 The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed, once again.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1build 1👁 Image
 Added poisonous potatoes.
Bedrock Edition
1.7.0beta 1.7.0.2Poisonous potatoes can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2Poisonous potatoes can now be found inside of shipwreck chests.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3👁 Image
 The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed.

Legacy Console Edition

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Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU14CU11.041.001.00Patch 11.0.1👁 Image
 Added poisonous potatoes.
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Poisonous potatoes can now be found inside of shipwreck chests.
1.90 👁 Image
 The texture of poisonous potatoes has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

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New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0👁 Image
 Added poisonous potatoes.

Data history

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Java Edition
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 394.

Issues

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Issues relating to "Poisonous Potato" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

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  • In real life, potatoes contain toxins called glycoalkaloids, usually in negligible amounts. Minecraft's poisonous potatoes visually resemble potatoes with excessive sprouting, which have higher concentrations of glycoalkaloids.
  • Poisonous potatoes not having a purpose is intentional, and is one of Minecraft's design rules.[2]

Gallery

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Screenshots

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In other media

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References

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  1. ↑ MC-142373 – resolved as "Works As Intended".
  2. ↑ Poisonous potatoes can never have a purpose. It is one of the core design rules. – Reddit, u/HelenAngel, September 27, 2018 at 10:04:18 UTC

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