| Type |
Underground |
|---|---|
| Rarity | |
| Temperature |
0.8[Java Edition only] |
| Blocks | |
| Grass color | |
| Foliage color | |
| Water color |
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The dripstone caves biome is an Overworld cave biome filled with clusters and pillars of pointed dripstone and dripstone blocks.
Description[]
On the surface, this biome is indistinguishable from a plains biome, except from cold looking grass[Bedrock Edition only].
Underground, dripstone caves generate as a cave biome but with 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.
In Java Edition 1.18 Experimental Snapshot 1, Dripstone Caves generates naturally underground. In Bedrock Edition, it generates randomly underground in caves if the Experimental Gameplay feature is turned on.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Resource location | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Dripstone Caves | dripstone_caves | biome.minecraft.dripstone_caves |
| Name | Resource location | 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. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 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. | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| 1.17.10 | release | Dripstone caves can now generate naturally outside the beta versions behind experimental gameplay toggle. | |||
| 1.17.30 | beta 1.17.20.22 | Dripstone caves can now generate below Y=0 to Y=-64 if the Caves & Cliffs experimental gameplay toggle is enabled. | |||
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 dripstone clusters are visible.
A spaghetti dripstone cave between the regular stone and deepslate layer.
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
