The Potato War

Origins of the War

Hypixel SkyBlock tracks farming totals publicly — and in 2019, Technoblade decided the top of the potato leaderboard belonged to him. His rival was the farmer known as im_a_squid_kid, and the two escalated a simple leaderboard dispute into a months-long campaign of optimization, counter-strategy and psychological warfare. Technoblade approached it like a military operation: tracking spreadsheets, testing farming layouts, and treating every hour of sleep as a strategic concession.

The Video Trilogy

The war was chronicled in three videos, all on his official channel and all embedded in the Video Archive:

• “Skyblock: The Great Potato War” (November 13, 2019 — 62.5M views): the declaration of war and the opening strategies.
• “Skyblock: Potato War 2” (March 7, 2020 — 33.4M views): the escalation, as both sides push their grinds to the limit.
• “Skyblock: Potato War 3 (FINALE)” (July 13, 2020 — 42.4M views): the endgame and victory.

Victory at 500 Million

The war ended with Technoblade reaching 500,000,000 potatoes — a number no player had hit before. The finale documents the final grind and the moment the leaderboard confirmed the result, delivered in the flattest voice imaginable for someone who had just farmed half a billion potatoes.

Why It Became Legend

The Potato War is remembered because it is pure Technoblade: an absurd goal pursued with genuine competitive fury, documented with charts and deadpan narration, and won. The trilogy introduced countless viewers to Hypixel SkyBlock, and “potato” jokes remain a permanent part of the community’s vocabulary. In the years since, the series has been collectively viewed more than 138 million times.

Three parts. Two farmers. 500,000,000 potatoes. One winner.