Dripstone (feature)

Dripstone clusters are large dripstone block structures found in dripstone cave biomes.

Generation
Dripstone clusters generate inside large dripstone caves, going from the ceiling to the floor of the cave. Due to their size, they are usually only generated in canyons and noise caves.

Structure
Dripstone clusters take the form of either a separated stalagmite and stalactite or a stalagnate, composed entirely of dripstone blocks. The maximum possible size of a stalagnate varies depending on the available space.

Stalagnates generate around two positions selected on the floor and ceiling of a cave, which may potentially be separated by several blocks horizontally. The shape of stalagmites is determined by the function l(r)=scale((3/4)r^(4/3)-r^(2/3)-1/3ln(r)).

Trivia

 * For a brief time in snapshot 21w06a, dripstone clusters were one of the only underground structures which 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.