Pointed Dripstone

This article is about the pointed block. For the solid block, see Dripstone Block. For the biome, see Dripstone Caves.

Pointed Dripstone

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	1.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Pointed dripstone is a block that makes up stalactites and stalagmites.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Pointed dripstone can be found in dripstone caves. They are also found in small groups inside ordinary caves.

Trading

Wandering traders may offer two pointed dripstone for one emerald.

Breaking

Pointed dripstone can be mined with any tool, but pickaxes are the quickest. Pointed dripstone breaks instantly when a trident is thrown at it.

Block	Pointed Dripstone
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	2.25
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2

Trading

Wandering traders can sell 2 pointed dripstones for 1 emerald.

Usage

Pointed dripstone comes in two different forms, stalactites and stalagmites. Placing a pointed dripstone between a stalagmite and stalactite without sneaking connects them. It can be waterlogged.

Stalactites

A stalactite.

Stalactites are created when pointed dripstone is placed on the bottom of a block.

Stalactites less than 11 blocks tall passively drip water particles (or lava particles in the Nether) in the absence of a liquid source, but these particles do not fill cauldrons. A waterlogged pointed dripstone at the tip of a stalactite does not produce drip particles. Waterlogging other parts of the stalactite doesn't affect the dripping.

If the block supporting a stalactite or any block of the stalactite is broken, all of the unsupported pointed dripstone below the broken block drops, causing damage to any player and mobs standing beneath it, similar to a falling anvil. The amount of damage is 2 for each block of falling distance after 2 blocks. Stalactites with multiple pointed dripstone cause multiple damage; however, damage immunity prevents most of the damage from additional blocks.

Cauldrons

When the uppermost block of a stalactite less than 11 blocks tall gets randomly ticked, it checks for a water source or waterlogged block two blocks above it and a cauldron within 10 blocks under the tip with no non-air blocks in between. If both conditions are satisfied, there is a ⁴⁵⁄₂₅₆ (~17.6%) chance for it to drip water and fill the cauldron by one level. If there is a lava source above the stalactite, there is a ¹⁵⁄₂₅₆ (~5.9%) chance for it to completely fill an empty cauldron with lava instead, making lava a renewable resource.

Stalagmites

A stalagmite.

Stalagmites are created when pointed dripstone is placed on the ground.

Falling onto stalagmites multiplies the fall distance by four to calculate the total amount of fall damage, using the formula roundup(fall_distance × 4 − 3). Note that the distance travelled during last game tick of falling time is not included in this calculation, making it slightly off at higher distances; see Damage § Fall damage for more information.

All mobs that are immune to fall damage do not take damage from falling into stalagmites, the same applies to the player if the game rule fallDamage is set to false.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dripstone Block	Pointed Dripstone

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.pointed_dripstone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	?	?	?
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.pointed_dripstone.fall	None	?	?	?
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.pointed_dripstone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	?	?	?
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.pointed_dripstone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	?	?	?
	Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	block.pointed_dripstone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	?

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Lava drips	Blocks	Lava drip lands on a block	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava	?	?	?
	Lava drips into Cauldron	Blocks	Lava drip lands on and fills a cauldron	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_lava_into_cauldron	?	?	?
	Water drips	Blocks	Water drip lands on a block	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water	?	?	?
	Water drips into Cauldron	Blocks	Water drip lands on and fills a cauldron	block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron	subtitles.block.pointed_dripstone.drip_water_into_cauldron	?	?	?
	None	Blocks	When the block lands when falling	block.pointed_dripstone.land	None	?	?	?

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Form	Translation key
Pointed Dripstone	pointed_dripstone	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pointed_dripstone

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Pointed Dripstone	pointed_dripstone	563	Block & Item	tile.pointed_dripstone.name

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
thickness	tip	tip_merge
		tip
		frustum
		middle
		base
vertical_direction	up	up down	The direction of the pointed dripstone.
waterlogged	false	true false	Whether or not the pointed dripstone is located inside of water.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
dripstone_thickness	tip	merge
		tip
		frustum
		middle
		base
hanging	true	false true	Whether or not the pointed dripstone is pointing down.

History

October 3, 2020					Pointed dripstone is shown at Minecraft Live 2020 within the dripstone caves biome.
					Item texture was different.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w48a			Added pointed dripstone alongside with other dripstone related things.
		20w49a			Pointed dripstone can now be generated in dripstone caves, which is accessible using only the buffet or custom world type.
					Changed death message from being killed by a stalactite from "<player> was squashed by a falling block" to "<player> was skewered by a stalactite".
					Stalactites taller than 1 block can now fill cauldrons.
		21w03a			Pointed dripstone can now be used to craft dripstone blocks.
					Sounds drip_lava, drip_lava_into_cauldron, drip_water, and drip_water_into_cauldron now have subtitles.
		21w13a			Wandering traders can now sell pointed dripstones, making them renewable.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.56			Added pointed dripstone.
		release			Pointed Dripstone have been made inaccessible in the full release.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Item texture and rotation of pointed dripstone now matches Java Edition.
					Pointed dripstone can now be waterlogged.
					Tweaked visual shape of pointed dripstone to match Java Edition.
					Pointed dripstone now breaks if being hit by a trident.
					Pointed dripstone can now be used to craft dripstone blocks.
					Changed death message from being killed by a stalactite from "<player> was squashed by a falling block" to "<player> was skewered by a stalactite".
					Now uses the correct sounds for pointed dripstone.
					Now generate in Dripstone Caves, though they can generate only through add-ons.
		release			Pointed dripstone has once again been made unaccessible in the full release
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.230		beta 1.16.230.54			Wandering traders now sell 2 pointed dripstones for an emerald.
					Pointed dripstone now generate rarely in caves in small patch from layer 0 to 59.
					Water and lava now drip more often from pointed dripstone.

Issues

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