A big dripleaf is a plant that generates within lush caves. Its leaf is a temporary platform; when stood on it will tilt down and drop its burden, resetting a few seconds later.
Obtaining[]
Natural generation[]
Big dripleaves naturally generate within lush caves biomes.
Post-generation[]
Bone meal can be used on a small dripleaf plant to turn it into a big dripleaf up to 5 blocks tall, as long as there is enough open space above it. Using bone meal on a big dripleaf plant makes it one block taller, creating an extra stem block (see #Growth).
Breaking[]
Big dripleaves can be obtained with any tool, but an axe is the most efficient. It also breaks when pushed with a piston or sticky piston. Breaking it at any spot on the plant causes the entire plant to collapse.
Destroying a big dripleaf plant drops one big dripleaf for each stem block and the leaf.
| Block | Big Dripleaf | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.1 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 0.15 | |
| Wooden | 0.1 | |
| Stone | 0.05 | |
| Iron | 0.05 | |
| Diamond | 0.05 | |
| Netherite | 0.05 | |
| Golden | 0.05 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Usage[]
Big dripleaves consist of any number of non-solid stem blocks atop of each other and a single leaf as the uppermost block, which can be stood on by any entity like a normal block for 1 second (20 game ticks). After this time, it tilts down, becoming lower than a block and giving a player warning that it is about to collapse. After a few ticks, it tilts down and becomes temporarily non-solid. When the leaf is powered by redstone, it does not tilt or collapse, however. Powering the stem has no effect.
One-block tall big dripleaves can be used to make the player crawl.[Java Edition only] If a player is standing inside a big dripleaf when it is fully tilted, and the dripleaf returns to the untilted position, the player is left crawling underneath the leaf.
When directly hit with any projectile, the leaf immediately becomes temporarily non-solid. This cannot be prevented by powering it with redstone.
Frogs enjoy jumping on big dripleaves, but will still cause them to tilt down and drop the frog.
Placement[]
Big dripleaves can only be placed on top of clay, coarse dirt, dirt, farmland, grass blocks, moss blocks, mycelium, podzol, rooted dirt, and mud. It is always one block tall when placed.
Growth[]
Using bone meal on a big dripleaf makes it grow 1 block taller.
Sounds[]
Generic[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| None[sound 1] | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | break | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | place | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.35 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.17 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.14 | 1.0 |
Unique[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dripleaf tilts down | Blocks | When a big dripleaf tilts down | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Dripleaf tilts up | Blocks | When a big dripleaf tilts up | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | When a big dripleaf tilts down | tilt_down | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Blocks | When a big dripleaf tilts up | tilt_up | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Blocks | When a big dripleaf tilts up | tilt_up | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Block tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Dripleaf | big_dripleaf | Block & Item | lush_plants_replaceable | block.minecraft.big_dripleaf |
| Big Dripleaf Stem | big_dripleaf_stem | Block | lush_plants_replaceable | block.minecraft.big_dripleaf_stem |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Dripleaf | big_dripleaf | 578 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile.big_dripleaf.name |
Block states[]
Leaf:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the big dripleaf is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the big dripleaf. |
| tilt | none | fullnonepartialunstable | How far this big dripleaf is tilted. |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether there is water in the same place as this big dripleaf. |
Stem:
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the big dripleaf stem is facing. |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether there is water in the same place as this big dripleaf stem. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| big_dripleaf_head | Not Supported | 1 | 01 | Unsupported | Whether this is the leaf part or the stem part of big dripleaf. |
| big_dripleaf_tilt | Not Supported | none | none unstable partial_tilt full_tilt | Unsupported | How far this big dripleaf is tilted. |
| direction (Deprecated) | Not Supported | 0 | 0123 | Unsupported | What direction this big dripleaf is facing.
|
| minecraft:cardinal_direction | Not Supported | south | eastnorthsouthwest | Unsupported | The direction the big dripleaf is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the big dripleaf. |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 |  Dripleaves (named as Dripleaf Plant) are announced at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 27, 2020 |  The big dripleaf has a new texture in a tweet from Agnes Larsson. | ||||
| December 6, 2020 |  The big dripleaf has a new texture in a tweet from Agnes Larsson. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 21w05a |  Added dripleaves | |||
| 21w06a | Big Dripleaves can no longer be broken with arrows in spawn protection.[1] | ||||
| No longer stop tilting while sneaking on, jumping on, or even jumping off it. | |||||
| Now tilt quicker. | |||||
| Now tilt when hit by projectiles, instead of being broken. | |||||
| Big Dripleaf can be used with redstone: Powering a dripleaf now prevents it from tilting down. Powering an already tilted dripleaf tilts it back up. Powering a dripleaf down allows it to tilt down again. Powering a dripleaf does not prevent tilting because of projectiles. Interestingly, the block does not save if it is powered unlike anything else that reacts to redstone. | |||||
| 21w07a |  The model of the big dripleaf has been changed. | ||||
| 21w10a | Big dripleaves can now generate in lush caves. | ||||
| 21w11a | Breaking the stem of a big dripleaf now drops the block. | ||||
| Applying bone meal to a dripleaf stem makes it grow. | |||||
| 21w13a | The model of the big dripleaves has been tweaked that the texture of the underside of the leaf flipped from  to  . | ||||
| 21w20a | Tweaked the big dripleaf's inventory model. | ||||
| 1.18 | 21w43a | Big dripleaves can now be placed only on clay, coarse dirt, dirt, farmland, grass blocks, moss blocks, mycelium, podzol, and rooted dirt. | |||
| 1.19 | 22w15a | Big dripleaves can now be planted on mud.[2] | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Caves & Cliffs (Experimental) | beta 1.16.220.52 | Added dripleaves. | |||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.16.230.54 | Breaking a dripleaf stem now drops a dripleaf item, matching Java Edition. | |||
| beta 1.17.0.52 | Big dripleaves are no longer available only in experimental gameplay. | ||||
| 1.18.10 | beta 1.18.10.20 | Big dripleaves can now only be placed on clay, coarse dirt, dirt, farmland, grass blocks, moss blocks, mycelium, podzol, and rooted dirt. | |||
| 1.19.20 | beta 1.19.20.20 | Big dripleaves can now be destroyed by ravagers. | |||
| 1.20.30 | beta 1.20.30.20 | Big dripleaves now use the minecraft:cardinal_direction block state instead of direction. | |||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Big Dripleaf" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- When tilted, the stem of the dripleaf intersects with the top part.[3]
Gallery[]
Concept art for the lush caves and vegetation including big dripleaves.
A view of the lush caves with big dripleaves from Minecraft Live 2020.
A view of the lush caves with big dripleaves.
A view of the lush caves with big dripleaves in broken generation.
Different phases[]
A render of a two block tall big dripleaf.
A render of a big dripleaf with the top slightly tilted.
A render of a big dripleaf with the top fully tilted.
A render of a big dripleaf stem.
