Minecraft:Dripstone Caves

Template:Infobox biome The dripstone caves is a cave Minecraft:biome found in inland areas, filled with clusters and pillars of Minecraft:pointed dripstone and Minecraft:dripstone blocks.

Generation

Dripstone caves generate underground at any Minecraft:altitude beneath areas with high Minecraft:continentalness values (≥ 0.8), which means they are usually found far inland, and are essentially never found under Minecraft:ocean biomes or bordering a coast. An indicator of high continentalness is when Minecraft:river fjords stop generating and mountain valleys are elevated.

While Minecraft:dark forests, Minecraft:old growth taigas, Minecraft:bamboo jungles, Minecraft:wooded badlands, and Minecraft:taigas at temperatures of -0.450 and below are almost guaranteed to have Minecraft:lush caves under them, dripstone caves may generate under them instead of lush caves when they're far inland.

Description

File:Large dripstone.png

A dripstone cluster.

A dripstone cave looks similar to a regular cave, but Minecraft:dripstone blocks and Minecraft:pointed dripstone, both hanging as stalactites and growing from the ground as stalagmites generate throughout the biome. The ground is filled with small Minecraft:water wells of only a few blocks wide, containing waterlogged dripstone.

Large Minecraft:dripstone cluster structures occasionally generate inside expansive caves and ravines. This biome also generates larger copper ore blobs compared to other biomes. Minecraft:Drowned and rarely Minecraft:zombie nautiluses are able to spawn in aquifers, unlike in other biomes. The same cave structures and features can generate as normally, like Minecraft:monster rooms and Minecraft:glow lichen. Template:IN, Minecraft:woodland mansions also rarely generate.

When exposed to the surface, the surface is made entirely out of stone with occasional patches of dripstone. Above Y=120±8, rainfall changes to Minecraft:snowfall in Bedrock Edition, freezing all water and covering the terrain with snow, even when generated in warm biomes like Minecraft:badlands.

Mobs

The following mobs naturally spawn here: Template:Spawn table

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Sounds

Music

These music tracks play while the player is in the dripstone caves.

Filename in Minecraft	Minecraft:Gameplay	Soundtrack title	Soundtrack	Track preview	Weight
hal1.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Subwoofer Lullaby"	Template:Sort	File:Subwoofer lullaby.ogg	1
hal4.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Danny"	Template:Sort	File:Danny.ogg	1
nuance1.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Key"	Template:Sort	File:Key.ogg	1
nuance2.ogg	Minecraft:The Overworld	"Minecraft:Oxygène"	Template:Sort	File:Oxygene.ogg	1
wending.ogg	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:Wending"	Template:Sort	File:Wending.ogg	2
infinite_amethyst.ogg	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:Infinite Amethyst"	Template:Sort	File:Infinite amethyst.ogg	1
an_ordinary_day.ogg	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, and Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:An Ordinary Day"	Template:Sort	File:An ordinary day.ogg	1
deeper.ogg	Minecraft:Deep Dark, Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Main menu, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:Deeper"	Template:Sort	File:Deeper.ogg	1
eld_unknown.ogg	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, Minecraft:Main menu, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:Eld Unknown"	Template:Sort	File:Eld Unknown.ogg	2
endless.ogg	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Stony Peaks, Minecraft:Main menu, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:Endless"	Template:Sort	File:Endless.ogg	2
pokopoko.ogg	Minecraft:Dripstone Caves, Minecraft:Grove, Minecraft:Jagged Peaks, Minecraft:Snowy Slopes, Minecraft:Main menu, and Minecraft:Sulfur Caves Template:Upcoming	"Minecraft:pokopoko"	Template:Sort	File:Pokopoko.ogg	2