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The dripstone caves is an underground biome filled with pointed dripstone and dripstone blocks.

Description

Dripstone caves generate as a plains biome but with dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone both hanging as stalactites and growing from the ground as stalagmites. Very large dripstone speleothem structures generate rarely in expansive areas of caves or in ravines in this biome. They mostly appear like pre-1.17 caves, except with patches of dripstone blocks and pointed dripstone.

Dripstone caves cannot generate naturally in normal worlds, but can be generated with a buffet or custom world type.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Dripstone caves [sic][1]dripstone_cavesbiome.minecraft.dripstone_caves

History

Upcoming Java Edition
1.17
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Compass|Compass]]<br/>{{About|the item used to point to the world spawn or to a lodestone|the item used to point to the location of the player's last death|Recovery Compass}}
{{Item
| image = Compass.gif
| image2 = Lodestone Compass.gif
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = '''Compass:''' Yes (64)<br>'''Lodestone Compass:''' No
}}
A '''compass''' is an item used to point to the world spawn or to a [[lodestone]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
                |B1= Iron Ingot
|A2= Iron Ingot |B2= Redstone Dust   |C2= Iron Ingot
                |B3= Iron Ingot
|Output= Compass
|type= Tool
}}

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|compass}}

=== Trading ===

{{IN|java}}, expert-level librarian [[villager]]s have a 50% chance to sell a single compass for 4 [[emerald]]s.

{{IN|bedrock}}, expert-level librarian villagers have a {{frac|1|3}} chance to sell a single compass for 4 emeralds.

== Usage ==

Normally, the compass' needle points toward the world [[Spawn#World spawn|spawn point]]. The compass points to spawn when viewed in any way, including as a dropped [[Item (entity)|item]], in a player's hand, in an inventory or the crafting table, or in an [[item frame]]. The direction the needle points to is relative to the player who is viewing it.

In [[the Nether]] or [[the End]], the compass' needle spins and points in random directions.

The compass can be used on a [[lodestone]], after which it is named lodestone compass by default and points to that lodestone as long as the compass is in the same dimension as the lodestone, but if the compass is taken to a different dimension, it spins randomly, as a normal compass would in the Nether or the End. If the lodestone is destroyed, it also spins randomly, even if the lodestone is replaced afterward.  However, if a lodestone compass is placed in storage, the lodestone can be broken and replaced without the compass losing the attunement, as long as the compass remains in storage while the lodestone is missing.

A lodestone compass appears [[enchanting|enchanted]], similar to the [[Enchanted Golden Apple|enchanted golden apple]].

Using {{cmd|setworldspawn}} to change the world spawn also changes where the compass points.

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|Compass, Compass.gif}}

=== Anvil usage ===

{{:Map/BE|position}}

=== Trading ===

A single compass can be sold to a journeyman-level cartographer villager for 1 [[emerald]].{{only|java}}

A single compass can be sold to an expert-level cartographer villager for 1 emerald as their sixth trade.{{only|bedrock}}
 
A compass is also part of the cost of [[explorer map]]s:

* An ocean explorer map and{{only|java|short=1}}/or{{only|bedrock|short=1}} a woodland explorer map can be bought from a journeyman-level cartographer for 12 emeralds and one compass, as part of their fifth trade.{{only|bedrock}}

* {{IN|java}}, apprentice-level cartographer villagers offer to sell an ocean explorer map for 13 emeralds and a compass, and journeyman-level cartographer villagers offer to sell a woodland explorer map for 14 emeralds and one compass.

=== Enchantments ===

A compass can receive the following [[enchantment]]s:
{|class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Lodestone lock1.ogg
|sound2=Lodestone lock2.ogg
|source=player
|subtitle=Lodestone Compass locks onto Lodestone
|description=When a compass is used on a lodestone
|id=item.lodestone_compass.lock
|translationkey=subtitles.item.lodestone_compass.lock
|volume=1.0
|pitch=''varies'' <ref group=sound>Can be 0.85 or 0.95 for each sound</ref>
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Lodestone lock1.ogg
|sound2=Lodestone lock2.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a compass is used on a lodestone
|id=lodestone_compass.link_compass_to_lodestone
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.85-0.95
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Compass
|spritetype=item
|nameid=compass
|form=item
|translationkey=item.minecraft.compass,item.minecraft.lodestone_compass
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Compass
|spritetype=item
|nameid=compass
|id=391
|form=item}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Lodestone Compass
|spritename=lodestone-compass-be
|spritetype=item
|nameid=lodestone_compass
|aliasid=lodestonecompass
|id=602
|form=item
|translationkey=item.lodestonecompass.name
|foot=1}}

=== Item data ===

{{el|java}}:
{{main|Player.dat format}}
<div class="treeview">
* {{nbt|compound|tag}}: The item's '''tag''' tag.
{{:Player.dat_format/Compasses}}
</div>

{{el|bedrock}}:
: See [[Bedrock Edition level format/Item format]].

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Country Lode}}

== History ==
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.1.0|[[File:Compass JE1.gif|32px]] Added compasses.
|They have 102 visually distinct frames due to how the texture is generated - see the section below.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Compasses can now be found in library [[chest]]s in the new [[strongholds]].}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 1 compass for 10–11 [[emerald]]s, making them [[renewable]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|Since the mapping system has been changed, a compass can now be used to [[crafting|craft]] an empty [[map]].}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w02a|[[File:Compass JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] Compasses now, instead of splitting two textures, use the new animation feature included in texture packs. As a result, they are considerably less precise, having only 29 visually distinct frames. }}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Librarian villagers now sell 1 compass for 10–12 emeralds.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w31a|Compasses are now broken up into individual textures, instead of having every individual frame on one vertical strip like with animated textures.}}
{{History|||snap=15w43a|The average yield of compasses in [[stronghold]] library [[chest]]s has been increased.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Cartographer [[villager]]s have been added, who [[trading|buy]] compasses as their tier 2 trade.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 345.}}
{{History|||snap=18w11a|Compasses can now generate in [[shipwreck]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w48a|Compasses can now generate in chests in [[village]] cartographer houses.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w13a|[[File:Lodestone Compass JE1.gif|32px]] Compasses can now be used on [[lodestone]]s to make them point to the stones.
|Compasses now point to the center of the spawn point block, instead of its north-west corner.}}
{{History|||snap=20w14a|Compasses now have the <code>LodestonePos</code>, <code>LodestoneDimension</code>, and <code>LodestoneTracked</code> data fields. If <code>LodestoneTracked</code> is zero, the game skips checking for a lodestone in the specified position.
|Compasses can now have the [[Curse of Vanishing]] [[enchantment]] on them.}}
{{History|||snap=20w19a|Compasses no longer work in the [[recipe book]].<ref>{{bug|MC-116293}}</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=20w22a|Compasses no longer work in the villager trading GUI.<ref>{{bug|MC-182888}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w48a|[[File:Compass JE3.gif|32px]] [[File:Lodestone Compass JE2.gif|32px]] The textures of compass and lodestone compass have been changed.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w13a|Compasses may now be found in [[ancient city]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=22w14a|Compasses can now used to craft [[recovery compass]]es.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Compass BE1.png|32px]] Added compasses.
|Compasses currently have no function or legitimate method of obtaining them.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Compass JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] Added animated texture to compasses.
|Compasses are now functional and [[crafting|craftable]]. They have been added into the Creative Inventory.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Compasses must now be added to a [[map]] using an [[anvil]] to add the location marker.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=?|[[Windows 10 Edition]] can now use the [[anvil]], as well as the [[crafting table]], to apply position markers, with compasses just as [[Pocket Edition]] can in general.}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|Librarian [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 1 compass for 10–12 [[emerald]]s.}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.3|Cartographer villagers have been added, who [[trading|buy]] compasses as part of their tier 2 trade.
|Compasses used with emeralds can be used to buy explorer maps as part of cartographer villagers' fourth tiers trade.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Compasses can now be found inside map room [[chest]]s in [[shipwreck]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Compasses can now be found in [[village]] cartographer house chests.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has been changed, cartographer [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] compassess as part of their fourth tier trades.
|Compasses used with [[emerald]]s can now be used to buy explorer maps as part of cartographer and fletcher villagers' third tier trades.
|Librarian villagers now have a {{frac|1|3}} chance to [[trading|sell]] compasses for 4 emeralds as part of their fourth tier trades.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[File:Lodestone Compass BE1.gif|32px]] Compasses can now be used on [[lodestone]]s to make them point to the stones.
|Compasses now have the <code>LodestonePos</code>, <code>LodestoneDimension</code>, and <code>LodestoneTracked</code> data fields. If <code>LodestoneTracked</code> is zero, the game skips checking for a lodestone in the specified position.
|Compasses can now have the [[Curse of Vanishing]] [[enchantment]] on them.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|Changed the ID {{code|lodestonecompass}} to {{code|lodestone_compass}}.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.17.0.54|[[File:Compass JE3.gif|32px]] The texture of compass has been changed.}}
{{History||1.18.10|snap=beta 1.18.10.20|[[File:Lodestone Compass JE2.gif|32px]] The texture of lodestone compass has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Compass JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] Added compasses.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Compass JE2 BE2.gif|32px]] Added compasses.}}
{{History|foot}}
	
=== Texture generation prior to Java Edition 13w02a ===
{{:Procedural animated texture generation/Compasses}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
12w21a CompassPurchase.png|Purchasing a compass from a librarian [[villager]].
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Clock]]
*[[Tutorials/Navigation|Navigation]]

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--compass Taking Inventory: Compass] – Minecraft.net on August 15, 2019

{{Items}}

[[Category:Tools]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Kompas]]
[[de:Kompass]]
[[es:Brújula]]
[[fr:Boussole]]
[[hu:Iránytű]]
[[it:Bussola]]
[[ja:コンパス]]
[[ko:나침반]]
[[nl:Kompas]]
[[pl:Kompas]]
[[pt:Bússola]]
[[ru:Компас]]
[[uk:Компас]]
[[zh:指南针]]</li><li>[[Charcoal|Charcoal]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Charcoal.png
|type=
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Charcoal''' is an [[item]] obtained by smelting [[log]]s or [[wood]]. It is used as fuel, or for crafting [[torch]]es and [[campfire]]s. Unlike [[coal]], charcoal cannot be traded with [[villager]]s or crafted into a [[block of coal]]. Coal and charcoal also cannot stack together. It can be used as a substitute for coal, as both charcoal and coal have an equivalent duration when smelted.

== Obtaining == 

=== Breaking ===

A [[campfire]] broken without the [[Silk Touch]] enchantment drops 2 charcoal.

=== Smelting ===

{{Smelting
 |Any Log; Any Stripped Log; Any Wood; Any Stripped Wood
 |Charcoal
 |foot=1
 |0,15
}}

=== Compound creation ===

Charcoal can be created from its base [[element]]s, using the [[compound creator]].{{only|bedrock|education}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Elements
!Example recipe
|- <!-- Temporarily using crafting grid as substitute for compound creator (template not yet available), since the layout is the same, even if the appearance is different -->
!Charcoal
|7 Carbon<br>4 Hydrogen<br>1 Oxygen
|{{Crafting Table
|shapeless= 1
|A2=Carbon,7 |B2=Hydrogen,4 |C2=Oxygen
|Output=Charcoal}}
|}

== Usage ==

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|Charcoal}}
{{Crafting
|B1= Stick
|A2= Stick
|B2= Coal; Charcoal
|C2= Stick
|A3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|B3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|C3= Any Log or Stem; Any Stripped Log or Stem; Any Wood or Hyphae; Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
|Output= Campfire
}}

=== Lab table ingredient ===

Charcoal is one of the [[lab table]] ingredients needed to produce the [[heat block]].{{only|education}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Result
! Materials Needed
|-
!rowspan=2|{{slot|Heat Block.gif}}<br>[[Heat Block]]
|{{slot}}{{slot|Iron|link=Element}}{{slot|Water (compound)|link=Compound}}{{slot|Charcoal}}{{slot|Salt|link=Compound}}{{slot}}
|-
|<center>[[Element|Iron]], [[Water (compound)|Water]], Charcoal, [[Compound|Salt]]</center>
|}

=== Fuel ===

When used in a [[furnace]] as a fuel, a piece of charcoal lasts 80 seconds (smelting up to 8 items), the same as coal. Charcoal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than [[wood planks]] or [[wood]] logs used as fuel, being more efficient than any other use of wood for smelting in ''[[Java Edition]]'', but outstripped by [[wooden slabs]] in Bedrock. 

Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by [[Minecart with Furnace|furnace minecarts]]. They provide approximately four minutes of transit each.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Charcoal
|spritetype=item
|nameid=charcoal
|itemtags=coals
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showitemtags=y
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Charcoal
|spritetype=item
|nameid=charcoal
|aliasid=coal / 1
|id=303
|itemtags=minecraft:coals
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==

{{load achievements|Renewable Energy}}

== History ==

{{History|java beta}}
{{History||December 25, 2010|link=http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/131047-lantern-update-incoming/page__st__20#entry1986964| In 0.3.2, charcoal was suggested to [[Markus Persson|Notch]] by [https://twitter.com/Moleculor @Moleculor] on [[wikipedia:Twitter|Twitter]] as a writing implement.}}
{{History||1.2|[[File:Charcoal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added charcoal, with the same texture as coal.
|Charcoal is not used as a writing implement.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w04a|Charcoal can now be used to craft [[fire charge]]s.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=?|Charcoal is now directly available in the creative inventory.}}
{{History|||snap=1.3|[[File:Charcoal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w19a|[[File:Charcoal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Charcoal can no longer be [[trading|traded]] from [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the {{code|coal}} ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 263.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Charcoal JE4 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=19w02a|Charcoal can now be used to craft [[campfire]]s. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.3.0|[[File:Charcoal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added charcoal, with the same texture as coal. It is not yet obtainable.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|Charcoal is now obtainable by smelting [[log|wood]] in a furnace.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Charcoal JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History||v0.8.1|[[File:Charcoal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.13.8|Added [[stripped log]] variants, which can be [[smelting|smelted]] to obtain charcoal.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Charcoal now can be crafted using 7 Carbon, 4 Hydrogen, and an Oxygen in a [[compound creator]].
|Charcoal can now be used in the [[lab table]] to create a [[heat block]].}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Charcoal can now be used to craft [[campfire]]s. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal.
|[[File:Charcoal JE4 BE4.png|32px]] The textures of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|Charcoal are now used to craft [[soul fire torch]]es.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of charcoal has been changed from {{code|coal/1}} to {{code|charcoal}}.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Charcoal JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added charcoal.}}
{{History||?|[[File:Charcoal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Charcoal JE4 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of charcoal has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Charcoal JE3 BE3.png|32px]] Added charcoal.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list|Charcoal}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[de:Holzkohle]]
[[fr:Charbon (objet)#Charbon de bois]]
[[hu:Faszén]]
[[it:Carbonella]]
[[ko:목탄]]
[[pt:Carvão#Carvão vegetal]]
[[nl:Steenkool#Houtskool]]
[[ru:Уголь#Древесный уголь]]
[[zh:木炭]]</li></ul>
20w49a Added the dripstone caves.

Issues

Issues relating to "Dripstone Caves" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

References

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