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A baked potato is a food item that can be eaten by the player.
Obtaining[]
Baked potatoes can be obtained by cooking potatoes in a furnace, smoker, or campfire.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Potato + Any fuel |
In Java Edition, baked potatoes can also be obtained by killing a zombie or one of its variants while it is on fire. The drop chance is still affected by Looting.
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Baked Potato | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 1–10 | 54.9% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Baked Potato | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 1–10 | 54.9% |
Usage[]
To eat a baked potato, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 5 (
) hunger and 6.0 hunger saturation.
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbit Stew | Cooked Rabbit + Carrot + Baked Potato + Any Mushroom + Bowl |
Composting[]
Placing a baked potato into a composter has an 85% chance of raising the compost level by 1. This is more efficient than composting with raw potatoes.
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 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Potato | baked_potato | Item | item.minecraft.baked_potato |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Potato | baked_potato | 281 | Item | item.baked_potato.name |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
 | 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
|
History[]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a |  Added baked potatoes. | |||
| 12w37a |  The texture of baked potatoes has been slightly changed. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Baked potatoes now restore 5 ( ) hunger points instead of 6. | |||
| 14w27a | Baked potatoes are now used to craft rabbit stew. | ||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 393. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of baked potatoes has been changed. | |||
| 18w50a |  The texture of baked potatoes has been changed, once again. | ||||
| 19w03a | Placing a baked potato into the new composter has an 80% chance of raising the compost level by 1. | ||||
| 19w05a | Baked potatoes now have an 85% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1. | ||||
| 1.17 | 21w13a | Baked potatoes can now be dropped by flaming zombies.[1] | |||
| 1.19 | 22w13a | Baked potatoes can now be found in ancient city ice box chests. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| Villager Trade Rebalance (Experimental) | 23w31a | Wandering traders now have a chance to buy baked potatoes from the player. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | Added baked potatoes. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Baked potatoes now restore hunger instead of health. | |||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Baked potatoes are now used to craft rabbit stew. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of baked potatoes has been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Baked potatoes can now be used to fill up composters. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added baked potatoes. |
| 1.00 | Added baked potatoes to the PS4 and PSVita. | ||||
| 1.90 | The texture of baked potatoes has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added baked potatoes. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Baked Potato" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.