| Type |
Underground |
|---|---|
| Rarity |
Common |
| Temperature |
0.8[Java Edition only] |
| Blocks | |
| Grass color | |
| Foliage color | |
| Water color |
|
The dripstone caves biome is an Overworld cave biome filled with clusters and pillars of pointed dripstone and dripstone blocks.
Description[]
Dripstone caves generate underground at any height. They favor areas that are far inland, which means they're essentially never found under ocean biomes or while bordering a coast.
Dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone both hanging as stalactites and growing from the ground as stalagmites, small water wells of 1 × 1 blocks are generated in the ground. They mostly appear like regular caves, except with patches of dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone. Large dripstone clusters structures generate occasionally inside ravines. This biome also generates larger copper ore blobs compared to other biomes. Drowned are able to spawn in aquifers.
When generated through a single biome world, the surface is made entirely out of stone with occasional patches of dripstone.
In Java Edition, the mob spawn rate for dripstone caves is:
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Underground water creature category | ||
| Glow Squid | 10⁄10 | 4–6 |
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 100⁄611.25 | 4 |
| Zombie | 95⁄611.25 | 4 |
| Drowned | 95⁄611.25 | 4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄611.25 | 1 |
| Skeleton | 100⁄611.25 | 4 |
| Creeper | 100⁄611.25 | 4 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄611.25 | 4 |
| Enderman | 10⁄611.25 | 1–4 |
| Witch | 5⁄611.25 | 1 |
| Spider Jockey | 1⁄611.25 | 1 |
| Chicken Jockey | 0.25⁄611.25 | 1 |
| Ambient category | ||
| Bat | 10⁄10 | 8 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
In Bedrock Edition :
| Mob | Spawn chance | Group size |
|---|---|---|
| Hostile category | ||
| Spider | 99⁄595 | 1 |
| Zombie | 94.25⁄595 | 2–4 |
| Zombie Villager | 5⁄595 | 2–4 |
| Drowned | 100⁄595 | 1–2 |
| Skeleton | 80⁄595 | 1–2 |
| Creeper | 100⁄595 | 1 |
| Slime[note 1] | 100⁄595 | 1 |
| Enderman | 10⁄595 | 1–2 |
| Witch | 5⁄595 | 1 |
| Spider Jockey | 1⁄595 | 1 |
| Chicken Jockey | 0.75⁄595 | 1 |
| Passive category | ||
| Glow Squid | 10⁄10 | 2–4 |
- ↑ Spawn attempt succeeds only in slime chunks.
Sounds[]
Music[]
These music tracks play while the player is in the Dripstone Caves.
| Filename in Minecraft |
Gameplay | Soundtrack Title | Soundtrack | Track preview | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hal1.ogg | The Overworld | "Subwoofer Lullaby" | Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 3 | 1 | |
| hal4.ogg | The Overworld | "Danny" | Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 21 | 1 | |
| nuance1.ogg | The Overworld | "Key" | Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 1 | 1 | |
| nuance2.ogg | The Overworld | "Oxygène" | Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 9 | 1 | |
| wending.ogg | Dripstone Caves, Grove, Jagged Peaks, Stony Peaks, and Menu screen | "Wending" | Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 4 | 2 | |
| infinite_amethyst.ogg | Dripstone Caves, Grove, and Menu screen | "Infinite Amethyst" | Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 5 | 1 | |
| an_ordinary_day.ogg | Dripstone Caves, Snowy Slopes, and Menu screen | "An Ordinary Day" | Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 10 | 1 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Dripstone Caves | dripstone_caves | biome.minecraft.dripstone_caves |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID |
|---|---|---|
| [No displayed name] | dripstone_caves | ? |
History[]
| October 3, 2020 | The dripstone caves biome is shown at Minecraft Live 2020. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w49a | Added the dripstone caves. | |||
| 21w03a | dripstone_caves display name is now Dripstone Caves instead of Dripstone caves.[1] | ||||
| March 22, 2021 | Henrik Kniberg shows the natural generation of dripstone caves. | ||||
| 1.18 | Experimental Snapshot 1 | Dripstone caves now generate naturally. | |||
| experimental snapshot 4 | Larger blobs of copper ore now generate in dripstone caves. | ||||
| experimental snapshot 5 | Dripstone caves now place stone instead of grass blocks when they leak out of cave entrances. | ||||
| 21w39a | Drowned are now able to spawn in aquifers inside dripstone caves. | ||||
| Zombies no longer spawn in dripstone caves. | |||||
| 21w40a | Zombies once again spawn in dripstone caves. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| Caves & Cliffs (experimental) | beta 1.16.220.50 | Added the dripstone caves. They don't naturally generate yet and are only accessible through add-ons. | |||
| beta 1.17.0.50 | Dripstone caves now generate throughout the Overworld behind experimental gameplay toggle. | ||||
| beta 1.17.20.22 | Dripstone caves can now generate below Y=0 to Y=-64. | ||||
| beta 1.17.40.21 | Dripstone caves now place stone instead of grass blocks when they leak out of cave entrances. | ||||
| 1.18.0 | beta 1.18.0.20 | Dripstone caves can now generate naturally by default, and no longer have to be enabled with experimental gameplay toggle. | |||
| Larger blobs of copper ore now generate in dripstone caves. | |||||
| beta 1.18.0.21 | Drowned are now able to spawn in aquifers inside dripstone caves. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Dripstone Caves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[]
- The Sơn Đoòng cave in Vietnam was of particular inspiration when coming up with the features of dripstone caves.[2]
Gallery[]
A large cavern below y=0 in the Dripstone Caves biome. Multiple pstone cluster
A spaghetti dripstone cave between the regular stone and deepslate layer.
A dripstone cave intersecting a h cave
References[]
- ↑ MC-207250 – "Dripstone caves biome name is not properly capitalized" – resolved as "Fixed"
- ↑ "One of the sources of inspiration for the new Minecraft caves & the large dripstone was Hang Son Doong caves in Vietnam. Mind blowing place with 80 meter stalagmites and other craziness!" – @henrikkniberg on Twitter, February 12, 2021
