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{{about|the raw potato||Potato (disambiguation)|and|Seeds}}
{{Infobox item
| image = Potato.png
| group = Age 0-1
| 1-1 = Potatoes Age 0-1.png
| 1-2 = Potatoes Age 0-1 BE.png
| group2 = Age 2-3
| 2-1 = Potatoes Age 2-3.png
| 2-2 = Potatoes Age 2-3 BE.png
| group3 = Age 4-6
| 3-1 = Potatoes Age 4-6.png
| 3-2 = Potatoes Age 4-6 BE.png
| group4 = Age 7
| 4-1 = Potatoes Age 7.png
| 4-2 = Potatoes Age 7 BE.png
| *-1caption = ''Java Edition''
| *-2caption = ''Bedrock Edition''
| *-1class = notpageimage
| *-2class = notpageimage
| invimage = Potato
| consumptiontime = {{convert|32|ticks|seconds}}
| hunger = 1
| saturation = 0.6
| saturationboost = <abbr title="Assumes saturation is 0 before eating.">'''Heals'''</abbr>: {{hp|0.4}}<br/><abbr title="The time it takes for saturation boost to fully finish healing, assuming the player does not reach full health before it finishes.">'''Duration'''</abbr>: 0.2 seconds
| alwaysconsumable = No
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

A '''potato''' is a [[Minecraft:food]] [[Minecraft:item]] obtained from potato crops that can be used to plant them, consumed raw or [[Minecraft:cook]]ed to make [[Minecraft:baked potato]]es.

'''Potato crops''' are planted in [[Minecraft:farmland]] and used to grow potatoes and, rarely, [[Minecraft:Poisonous Potato|poisonous potatoes]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===
{{See also|Fortune#Seeds}}

Fully grown potato crops drop 2 to 5 potatoes ({{frac|3|5|7}} per crop harvested on average) and have a 2% chance of dropping an additional [[Minecraft:poisonous potato]]. Potato yield can be increased using a tool enchanted with [[Minecraft:Fortune]], with Fortune III harvesting an average of {{frac|5|3|7}} potatoes. [[Minecraft:Bone meal]] can be used to mature the potato to its last stage of growth.

The first two potatoes always drop, and then three more attempts are made to drop a potato with a success rate of 57.14286% to yield the extra 0–3 drops. Each level of Fortune enchantment increases the number of attempts by one.
{{breaking row|Potatoes|link=none|horizontal=1}}

=== Natural generation ===
[[Minecraft:Village]] farm plots have a chance of being planted with potatoes. The exact chance depends on the style of the village:

{| class="wikitable"
! Village style !! Chance
|-
| {{EnvSprite|snowy-village}} Snowy || 70%
|-
| {{EnvSprite|plains-village}} Plains || 15%
|-
| {{EnvSprite|taiga-village}} Taiga || 10%
|}

=== Mob loot ===
[[Minecraft:Zombie]]s, [[Minecraft:husk]]s, and [[Minecraft:zombie villager]]s have a 2.5% ({{frac|1|40}}) chance of dropping either an [[Minecraft:iron ingot]], [[Minecraft:carrot]], or potato when killed by a player or tamed wolf. This is increased by 1% ({{frac|1|100}}) per level of looting. This gives potatoes the following chances of dropping:
* {{frac|1|120}} (about 0.83%)
* {{frac|7|600}} (about 1.17%) with Looting I
* {{frac|9|600}} (1.50%) with Looting II
* {{frac|11|600}} (about 1.83%) with Looting III

{{IN|java}}, when killed with fire, a zombie drops a [[Minecraft:baked potato]] instead.

{{Drop sources|Potato}}

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|potato}}

== Usage ==

=== Farming ===
{{main|Tutorial:Crop farming}}
When farmed, potatoes go through 8 [[Minecraft:Block tick|stages]] of growth. However, there are four ''apparent'' stages because the texture only changes upon reaching stages 1, 3, 5, and 8 with stage 8 being the final, mature appearance.

Potatoes require a [[Minecraft:Light|light level]] of 8 or greater to plant{{only|java}} and 9 or greater to grow. {{IN|bedrock}} they can be planted at any light level, but need an [[Minecraft:Light#Internal light level|internal light level]] of 9 to grow. Crops grow faster if the farmland they are planted in is [[Minecraft:Farmland#Hydration|hydrated]]. Using [[Minecraft:bone meal]] on crops also increases the speed of growth by randomly increasing their growth stage by 2 to 5.

Crops break if pushed by a [[Minecraft:piston]] or if their supporting farmland breaks or turns to dirt (e.g. by being trampled), dropping their usual drops.

=== Food ===
To eat a potato, press and hold {{control|use}} while it is selected in the [[Minecraft:hotbar]]. Eating a potato restores {{hunger|1}} hunger and 0.6 [[Minecraft:Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Breeding ===
[[Minecraft:Pig]]s follow and can be [[Minecraft:bred]] by a player holding a potato.

[[Minecraft:Villager]]s can pick up potato items to become willing, which allow them to breed. Villagers require 12 potatoes to become willing.

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Potato
|Baked Potato
|0.35
}}

=== Trading ===
{{Trade uses}}

=== Composting ===
Placing a potato into a [[Minecraft:composter]] has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1, less than composting with [[Minecraft:baked potato]]es, which has a higher success chance of 85%.

== Sounds ==
=== Block ===
{{Sound table/Block/Crop}}

=== Item ===
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Potatoes
|spritetype=block
|nameid=potatoes
|blocktags=bee_growables, crops
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Potato
|spritetype=item
|nameid=potato
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Potatoes
|spritetype=block
|nameid=potatoes
|id=142
|form=block}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Potato
|spritetype=item
|nameid=potato
|id=280
|form=item
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{el|je}}:
{{bst|age|0
|0,1|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-1}}
|2,3|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-2}}
|4,5,6|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-3}}
|7|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-4}} Fully grown.|foot=1}}

{{el|be}}:
{{bst|showaux=1|bits=0x1,0x2,0x4|growth|0
|0,1|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-1}}|
|2,3|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-2}}|
|4,5,6|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-3}}|
|7|{{BlockSprite|potatoes-4}} Fully grown.|foot=1}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}

== History ==
{{more sounds|section=1|type=old|Sounds before 19w03a}}
{{See technical block|Potatoes}}
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w34a|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE1.png|32px]] Added potato crops.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w36a|Potatoes can now be found in [[Minecraft:village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w09b|The [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment now works when harvesting potatoes.<ref>{{bug|MC-1680}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|Potatoes can now be [[Minecraft:trading|sold]] to farmer [[Minecraft:villager]]s, at 15–19 potatoes for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w04a|Farmer villagers now harvest fully grown potatoes.
|Villagers can now be made willing using 12 potatoes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w06a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE2.png|32px]] Potato crops are now a pixel higher - previously they were offset one pixel down as to match farmland's sunken model. This is likely an accidental result of model conversion.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w10a|[[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]]<br>[[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Missing Model (anisotropic filtering) JE2.png|32px]]<br>Potato crops of all stages [[Minecraft:Missing model|no longer have a model]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w10b|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE4.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE4.png|32px]] Potato crops now have models again.<ref>{{bug|MC-50232}}</ref> In addition, they are now offset downwards by one pixel once more.<ref>{{bug|MC-50155}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w25a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE5.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE5.png|32px]] Potato crops are now darker and subject to directional shading.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w27a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6.png|32px]] Potato crops are no longer subject to directional shading.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w31a|Potatoes can now be used to lead and breed [[Minecraft:pig]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w38a|The [[Minecraft:drop]] chances of potatoes has now been slightly improved from average {{frac|2|3|5}} per potato crop harvested to {{frac|2|5|7}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w49a|The hitbox of planted potatoes now adjusts depending on their growth state.<ref>{{bug|MC-55942|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w06a|Potatoes can now grow at night.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w11a|Potatoes now have a chance of generating in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] [[Minecraft:chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Potato JE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE7.png|32px]] The textures of potato crops have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w47a|Potatoes now generate in [[Minecraft:pillager outpost]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w48a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[Minecraft:plains]] village houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w49a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[Minecraft:snowy tundra|snowy]] village houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[Minecraft:taiga]] village houses.
|[[File:Potato JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed, once again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w03a|Added placement and new breaking [[Minecraft:sound]]s to potatoes.
|Placing a potato into the new [[Minecraft:composter]] has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w05a|Potatoes now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w09a|Potato growth is now determined by the light level of the crop's block. Previously it was determined by the light level of the block above.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w11a|Farmer villagers now buy 26 potatoes for 1 emerald.
|Potatoes can now be planted by aiming at the side and underside of blocks rather than just on top of the farmland.<ref>{{bug|MC-135157}}</ref>|Potatoes can now replace replaceable blocks such as fire when planted.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.15|dev=19w34a|[[Minecraft:Bee]]s can now pollinate potato crops.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w13a|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE8.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE8.png|32px]] The "crop" template model has changed such that pixels appear in the same physical positions on opposite sides of texture planes, changing the potato crop's appearance in the process.<ref>{{bug|MC-199242}}</ref>}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||October 15, 2013|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105235351/https://twitter.com/jbernhardsson/status/390118430298218496|[[Minecraft:Johan Bernhardsson]] announces potatoes alongside [[Minecraft:carrot]]s for 0.8.0.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added potato crops.
|Potatoes are a rare [[Minecraft:drops|drop]] from killing [[Minecraft:zombie]]s.
|[[Minecraft:Pig]]s follow players holding potatoes, but cannot be fed yet.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 3|Potatoes now have a chance to drop when tilling [[Minecraft:grass block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 4|Potatoes are no longer dropped from tilling grass blocks.
|Pigs can now be fed potatoes to enter love mode and breed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Potato crops now naturally spawn in [[Minecraft:village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Potatoes now restore [[Minecraft:hunger]] instead of [[Minecraft:health]].
|Farmer (profession) [[Minecraft:villager]]s now plant and harvest potatoes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.16.2|Potatoes can now be found in the [[Minecraft:chest]] inside large houses in [[Minecraft:ice plains]] and [[Minecraft:cold taiga]] [[Minecraft:village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.0|dev=beta 1.7.0.2|Potatoes can now be eaten in Creative mode and on Peaceful difficulty.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|Potatoes can now be found in [[Minecraft:pillager outpost]]s and [[Minecraft:plains]] [[Minecraft:village]] houses.
|[[File:Potato JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE7.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of potato crops have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11.0|dev=beta 1.11.0.1|Potatoes can now be used to fill up [[Minecraft:composter]]s.
|Potatoes can now be found in [[Minecraft:taiga]], [[Minecraft:snowy taiga]] and [[Minecraft:snowy tundra]] village house [[Minecraft:chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Minecraft:Trading]] has now been changed, farmer [[Minecraft:villager]]s now have a 25% chance to [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 26 potatoes for an [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14.0|dev=beta 1.14.0.1|[[Minecraft:Bee]]s can now pollinate potato crops.}}
|{{HistoryLine||?|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 BE.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 BE.png|32px]] Potato crop planes use a mapping that results in very unnatural mirroring when viewed from certain angles, such as northwest.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-146936}}</ref>}}
}}

=== ''Legacy Console Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added potato crops.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|Potatoes can now be [[Minecraft:trading|sold]] to farmer [[Minecraft:villager]]s, at 15–19 potatoes for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|Potatoes can now be used to lead and breed [[Minecraft:pig]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU46|xbone=CU36|ps3=1.38|psvita=1.38|ps4=1.38|wiiu=Patch 15|switch=1.0.1|The hitbox of planted potatoes now adjusts depending on their growth state.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Potatoes now have a chance of generating in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] [[Minecraft:chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Potato JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of potatoes has been changed.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE7.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE7.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} The textures of potato crops have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Potatoes now generate in [[Minecraft:pillager outpost]] chests.|Potatoes can now be used to fill up [[Minecraft:composter]]s.|[[Minecraft:Trading]] has now been changed, farmer [[Minecraft:villager]]s now have a chance to [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 26 potatoes for an [[Minecraft:emerald]].}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Potato JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added potatoes.
|[[File:Potatoes Age 0-1 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 2-3 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 4-6 JE6 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Potatoes Age 7 JE6 BE1.png|32px]]{{verify|Correct models?}} Added potato crops.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Crop blocks now have dedicated model json files; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.{{info needed|The file crop.json was added in this version, but invalid data value crops do not use the missing model until 14w10a, unlike for torches and redstone torches which use it starting from 14w06b. Was the model json file actually used in this version, or was it only used from a future version onwards?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 142, and the item's 392.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w19a|<code>minecraft:potatoes</code> has been added to the newly-implemented <code>#minecraft:mineable/axe</code> [[Minecraft:block tag]]. This, however, has no effect in-game, since the block breaks instantly anyway regardless of tool used or active effects.{{check the code|Prior to this version, assigned tools were presumably hardcoded; were potatoes also coded to have axes as their "preferred" tool before this version?}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.5|dev=25w10a|<code>minecraft:potatoes</code> has been removed from the block tags <code>#minecraft:mineable/axe</code> and <code>#minecraft:sword_efficient</code>.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:AllSeeds.png|All the seeds that exist in the game (except [[Minecraft:nether wart]] and [[Minecraft:cocoa beans]]).
File:VillageGrowingCarrotsAndPotatoes.png|[[Minecraft:Carrot]]s and potatoes found growing naturally in a [[Minecraft:village]].
File:Ari’s inventory.jpeg|Several potatoes in [[Minecraft:Ari]]’s inventory.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|1727714055182221545|Stomach inventory be like:}}</ref>
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:Hot Potato.jpeg|Official render of a potato to celebrate National Potato Day.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|1692969488617029859|Hot potato! @ a friend to toss it. #NationalPotatoDay 🥔}}</ref>
AMCM potato props.jpeg|Potatoes in {{amcm}}.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Mcnet|taking-inventory--potato|Taking Inventory: Potato|December 16, 2021|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]}} 

== Navigation ==
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{{Navbox blocks|vegetation}}

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