Poisonous Potato — Minecraft block
Poisonous Potato
Poisonous Potato is a rare ~2% junk drop from harvesting potato crops — it refills 2 hunger but has a 60% chance to poison you for 5 seconds, and it cannot be composted, so most players simply discard it.
Description
Eating Poisonous Potato restores 2 hunger points and 1.2 saturation, but carries a 60% chance to inflict the Poison effect for 5 seconds, draining health down to a minimum of half a heart. Unlike most food items, Poisonous Potato cannot be composted at all, so most players simply discard it. In a pinch, eating Poisonous Potato is a risky emergency food source when no safer option is available.
Block properties
| Item ID |
minecraft:poisonous_potato
|
|---|---|
| /give command |
/give @p minecraft:poisonous_potato
|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Renewable | Yes |
| Restores hunger | 2 |
| Java Edition | 1.4.2 |
Java & Bedrock Guide
How to get and use a Poisonous Potato in Minecraft
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1
Harvest potato crops
Plant and grow potatoes, then harvest the fully grown crops; each harvest has roughly a 2% chance to drop a Poisonous Potato.
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2
Identify the item
Spot a Poisonous Potato by its green-tinted, blotchy skin in the inventory, clearly different from a normal tan potato.
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3
Decide its fate
Composting is not an option: Poisonous Potato is one of the few foods a composter rejects, so discard it or keep it as risky emergency food.
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4
Eat only if desperate
Eat the Poisonous Potato to restore 2 hunger points, accepting the 60% chance of Poison for 5 seconds when no safe food remains.
Poisonous Potato cannot be planted, baked, composted, or crafted into anything — it is purely a byproduct of potato farming.
Frequently asked questions
Can you craft a Poisonous Potato?
No. Poisonous Potato has no crafting recipe and is only obtained as a roughly 2% drop when harvesting fully grown potato crops.
Is it safe to eat a Poisonous Potato?
Not really. Eating Poisonous Potato restores 2 hunger but has a 60% chance to apply Poison for 5 seconds, which lowers health to at most half a heart without killing you.
Can you plant a Poisonous Potato?
No. Unlike a normal potato, Poisonous Potato cannot be planted on farmland and will not grow into a crop.
Can you compost a Poisonous Potato?
No. Poisonous Potato is one of the few foods the composter does not accept, so most players simply discard it or keep it as a last-resort food.
What version added the Poisonous Potato?
Poisonous Potato was added in Java Edition 1.4.2 and is available in both Java and Bedrock Edition.