Potatoes

I am frequently seeing the Wild Potatoes that when you hit them, you get a message that says, "This potato is facing X-Location." Does anybody know what these are for?

 

search the forums before posting this.

 

For a puzzle that one of the developers put in the game; it's been solved a few weeks ago.

 

https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/wynncraft-map-with-all-potatoes.219601/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-cipher-solved.219195/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-hunt-cipher.218992/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-puzzle-update.218870/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-stuff.218806/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/new-potato-clue.218802/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-puzzle-solved.218799/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-text-completed.218793/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/i-solved-new-potato-things.218784/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/potato-puzzle-location.218719/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/complete-mysterious-potato-puzzle.218703/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/completed-potato-puzzle.218702/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/some-potatoes-in-wynn.218582/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/mysterious-potato-findings-thread.218569/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/what-the-banners-and-potatoes-are.218548/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/found-a-mysterious-potato-in-troms.218534/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/found-a-mysterious-potato-in-llevigar.218529/
https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/weird-banners-spread-through-the-world.218518/