Dripstone (feature)

A dripstone cluster is a large structure primarily made of dripstone blocks, found commonly in dripstone caves, and uncommonly in other cave biomes.

Generation
Dripstone clusters generate inside large dripstone caves, going from the ceiling to the floor of the cave. Clusters may also rarely generate in other cave types as well. Due to their size, they generate more commonly in canyons and noise caves, and less commonly in carvers.

Dripstone clusters can generate in underwater caves.

Structure
Dripstone clusters take the form of either a separated stalagmite and stalactite or a stalagnate, composed primarily of dripstone blocks. Pointed dripstone hangs from the ceiling or grows on the floor, attached to the dripstone blocks, forming detailed stalagnates. Water puddles can be occasionally found on the floor.

Stalagnates generate around two positions selected on the floor and ceiling of a cave, which may potentially be separated by several blocks horizontally. The maximum possible size of a stalagnate varies depending on the available space.

Trivia

 * For a brief time in snapshot 21w06a, dripstone clusters were one of the only underground structures that did not generate correctly in negative y levels. This was because the developers initially hardcoded the minimum y level to be 0, intending to change it when changing the world height, then forgot to.