{{about|the raw potato|the cooked potato|Baked Potato|the potato that can inflict poison|Poisonous Potato|other uses|Potato (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox item
| 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
| image = Potato.png
| invimage = Potato
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|1}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

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

'''Potato crops''' are planted in [[farmland]] and used to grow potatoes and, rarely, [[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 [[poisonous potato]]. Potato yield can be increased using a tool enchanted with [[Fortune]], with Fortune III harvesting an average of {{frac|5|3|7}} potatoes. [[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|horizontal=1}}

=== Natural generation ===
[[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 ===
[[Zombie]]s, [[husk]]s, and [[zombie villager]]s have a 2.5% ({{frac|1|40}}) chance of dropping either an [[iron ingot]], [[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

When killed with fire, a zombie drops a baked potato instead.

{{Drop sources|Potato}}

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

== Usage ==

=== Farming ===
{{main|Tutorials/Crop farming}}
When farmed, potatoes go through 8 [[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 [[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 [[Light#Internal light level|internal light level]] of 9 to grow. Crops grow faster if the farmland they are planted in is [[Farmland#Hydration|hydrated]]. Using [[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 [[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 [[hotbar]]. Eating a potato restores {{hunger|1}} hunger and 0.6 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

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

[[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 [[composter]] has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1, less than composting with [[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}}
{{/BS}}

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

== History ==
{{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 [[village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w09b|The [[Fortune]] enchantment now works when harvesting potatoes.<ref>{{bug|MC-1680}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|Potatoes can now be [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s, at 15–19 potatoes for 1 [[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 [[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 [[pig]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w38a|The [[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=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 142, and the item's 392.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w06a|Potatoes can now grow at night.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w11a|Potatoes now have a chance of generating in [[shipwreck]] [[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 [[pillager outpost]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w48a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[plains]] village houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w49a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[snowy tundra|snowy]] village houses.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w50a|Potatoes can now be found in chests in [[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 [[sound]]s to potatoes.
|Placing a potato into the new [[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||1.15|dev=19w34a|[[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>}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{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 [[drops|drop]] from killing [[zombie]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 3|Potatoes now have a chance to drop when tilling [[grass block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 4|Potatoes are no longer dropped from tilling grass blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.9.0|dev=build 1|Potato crops now naturally spawn in [[village]]s.
|Potatoes can now be used to lead and breed [[pig]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Potatoes now restore [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].
|Farmer (profession) [[villager]]s now plant and harvest potatoes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.16.2|Potatoes can now be found in the [[chest]] inside large houses in [[ice plains]] and [[cold taiga]] [[village]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|Potatoes can now be found in [[pillager outpost]]s and [[plains]] [[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 [[composter]]s.
|Potatoes can now be found in [[taiga]], [[snowy taiga]] and [[snowy tundra]] village house [[chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has now been changed, farmer [[villager]]s now have a 25% chance to [[trading|buy]] 26 potatoes for an [[emerald]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14.0|dev=beta 1.14.0.1|[[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>}}

|{{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 [[trading|sold]] to farmer [[villager]]s, at 15–19 potatoes for 1 [[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 [[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 [[shipwreck]] [[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 [[pillager outpost]] chests.}}

|{{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.}}
}}

=== Potatoes "item" ===
{{:Technical blocks/Potatoes}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
File:AllSeeds.png|All the seeds that exist in the game (except [[Pitcher Pod|pitcher pods]], [[torchflower seeds]], [[nether wart]], and [[cocoa beans]]).
File:VillageGrowingCarrotsAndPotatoes.png|[[Carrot]]s and potatoes found growing naturally in a [[village]].
File:Ari’s inventory.jpeg|Several potatoes in [[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>
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--potato Taking Inventory: Potato] – Minecraft.net on December 16, 2021

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

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[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Non-solid blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]

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