Minecraft:Pointed Dripstone

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

Stalactites (which point Template:Tooltip) can be used as falling projectiles, to renewably drip Minecraft:water and Minecraft:lava into Minecraft:cauldrons and to convert Minecraft:mud into Minecraft:clay.

Stalagmites (which point Template:Tooltip) deal extra damage to Minecraft:players and Minecraft:mobs that land on them.

Obtaining

Breaking

Pointed dripstone can be mined with any tool,<ref>Template:Bug</ref> but Minecraft:pickaxes are the quickest. Pointed dripstone breaks instantly when hit by a thrown Minecraft:trident. However, it cannot be broken with any other projectile.

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Natural generation

Pointed dripstone can be found in Minecraft:dripstone caves in cluster formations. It also generates in Minecraft:trial chambers (a trapped variant of spiral staircases, as well as the "Encounter 4" room). Template:Block distribution

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders may sell 2 pointed dripstones for 1 Minecraft:emerald. Template:Trade sources

Mob loot

Template:IN, Minecraft:wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Minecraft:Looting) to drop 2 pointed dripstones when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Post-generation

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Pointed dripstone can grow only if it is hanging directly under a Minecraft:dripstone block while there is a Minecraft:water source above (not a Minecraft:waterlogged block). In addition, if there is a solid block less than eleven blocks below this stalactite, a stalagmite grows on that block toward the stalactite. This growth does not occur if the stalactite's tip is waterlogged and a stalagmite below does not grow if its tip is waterlogged. They do not grow to more than seven blocks long.

Every time the block receives a Minecraft:random tick, there is a small chance of 1.138% (Template:Frac) for a stalactite or stalagmite to grow one block, meaning that every single growth step takes an average time of 5 in-game days (100 minutes).

Usage

Pointed dripstone comes in two different forms, stalactites and stalagmites. Placing a pointed dripstone between a stalagmite and stalactite without Minecraft:sneaking connects them. It can be Minecraft:waterlogged. Mobs can jump up pointed dripstone as long as its height does not exceed four blocks. Minecraft:Horses and other similar mobs can travel up the same pointed dripstone as if they were stairs.

Stalactites

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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 Minecraft:particles (or lava particles in Minecraft: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 does not 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 Minecraft:anvil. After 2 blocks' falling, the amount of damage is Template:Hp per pointed dripstone falling (less than 6 will be count as 6) per each block of falling distance in Java Edition, or Template:Hp per each block of falling distance in Bedrock Edition<ref>Template:Bug</ref>. (e.g., one single pointed dripstone that falls 4 blocks deals Template:Hp damage). The damage is capped at Template:Hp, no matter how far the stalactite falls. Wearing a Minecraft:helmet reduces the damage by ¹⁄₄, but this costs twice as much durability on the helmet as on other armor pieces. When a player dies by a stalactite falling on them, the Minecraft:death message "<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite" appears. However, if a player is merely touched by a falling stalactite entity, no damage is dealt unless the stalactite hits the ground in the same block where the player is located. Stalactites with multiple pointed dripstone can cause multiple damage; however, Minecraft: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 waterlogged blockTemplate:Only or water source two blocks above it and a Minecraft:cauldron within 10 blocks under the tip with no non-air blocks in between. Template:IN, open Minecraft:trapdoors, Minecraft:ladders and blocks with no collision box are also allowed.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> If both conditions are satisfied, there is a Template:Frac (~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 Template:Frac (~5.9%) chance for it to completely fill an empty cauldron with lava instead, making lava a Minecraft:renewable resource. Refilling a cauldron with water or lava averages nearly one Minecraft day (19+ minutes) although the actual time for any individual refill varies.

Converting mud into clay

If Minecraft:mud is placed above a block with a stalactite underneath, the mud eventually turns into Minecraft:clay. There is a Template:Frac (~17.2%) chance of this happening when the block gets randomly ticked. This conversion does not happen in the Nether.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Stalagmites

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A stalagmite.

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

Falling onto the top most block of a stalagmite multiplies the fall distance by two to calculate the total amount of fall damage, using the formula ceil(fall_distance × 2 − 2). A Minecraft:player or Minecraft:mob gets Template:Hp damage each time they jump on top of a single stalagmite (with a normal jump height of Template:Frac blocks). The distance traveled during the last Minecraft:game tick of falling time is not included in this calculation, making it slightly off at higher distances; see Template:Slink for more information.

If a player dies from falling onto a stalagmite, the Minecraft:death message "<player> was impaled on a stalagmite" appears.

All mobs that are immune to fall damage do not take damage from falling into stalagmites; the same applies to the player if the Minecraft:game rule fallDamage is set to false.<ref>Template:Bug</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>

It is possible to climb up portions of stalagmites entirely composed of differently sized parts because of the different collision box sizes of the pointed dripstone that it composes of.

Columns

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A naturally generated dripstone column.

Dripstone columns can be found naturally in Minecraft:dripstone caves, they are formed when stalactites and stalagmites join together in mid-air. When grown, they stop where they join (unlike in real life).

Columns can be created manually by stacking pointed dripstones on either the stalactite or the stalagmite or both until they join together, the last pointed dripstone placed being the most slender part of the whole column. Based on the direction of the last block placed, the shape of the column's slender part can vary.