Poisonous Potato - minecraft.fandom.com
A poisonous potato is a type of potato that can poison the player.
Obtaining[]
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.
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Poisonous Potato | Shipwreck | Supply chest | 2–6 | 42.1% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Poisonous Potato | Shipwreck | Supply chest | 2–6 | 42.1% |
Usage[]
Poisonous potatoes cannot be planted on farmland or baked. They also have no use with the composter.[1]
Food[]
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 II, draining 4![]()
points of health.
Interestingly, a poisonous potato actually restores double the hunger and saturation than a normal, unpoisoned potato. (A normal potato gives 1 (
) hunger and 0.6 saturation points.)
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Advancements[]
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|
Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
![]() | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
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![]() | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poisonous Potato | poisonous_potato | Item | item.minecraft.poisonous_potato |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poisonous Potato | poisonous_potato | 282 | Item | item.poisonous_potato.name |
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 394. | |||
| 18w11a | Poisonous potatoes now generate in the chests of shipwrecks. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 18w50a | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Poisonous potatoes can now be found inside of shipwreck chests. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Poisonous Potato" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

