Minecraft:Sulfur Spike

Template:For Template:Planned Template:In development Template:Infobox block Sulfur spikes are pointed Minecraft:blocks found only in Minecraft:sulfur caves. It forms stalactites and stalagmites, functioning similarly to Minecraft:pointed dripstone.

Obtaining

Breaking

Sulfur spikes drop when mined by any Minecraft:tool or hand, but Minecraft:pickaxes are the quickest. Sulfur spikes break instantly when hit by a thrown Minecraft:trident. However, it cannot be broken with any other Minecraft:projectile.

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Natural generation

Sulfur spikes generate in Minecraft:sulfur caves in cluster formations.

Trading

Minecraft:Wandering traders may sell 2 sulfur spikes for 1 Minecraft:emerald. <ref>Currently bugged. See MC-307560</ref>

Post-generation

Unlike Minecraft:pointed dripstone, sulfur spikes do not need a water source above to grow and can grow if it is hanging under a Minecraft:sulfur block.

Usage

Sulfur spikes can be found in two different forms, stalactites and stalagmites. Placing a sulfur spike between a stalagmite and stalactite without sneaking connects them. Sulfur spikes can also be Minecraft:waterlogged. They behave similarly to pointed dripstone.

Stalactites

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A stalactite

Stalactites are created when sulfur spikes are placed on the bottom of a block.

If the block supporting a stalactite or any block of the stalactite is broken, all of the unsupported sulfur spike below the broken block drops, causing damage to any player and mobs standing beneath it, similar to a falling Minecraft:anvil. When a player dies by a stalactite falling on them, the Minecraft:death message "<player> was skewered by a falling stalactite" appears.

Stalagmites

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A stalagmite

Stalagmites are created when sulfur spikes are placed on the ground.

Unlike pointed dripstone, falling on a sulfur stalagmite does not affect the amount of fall damage taken.<ref>https://youtu.be/CjaKAogRc8s?t=356</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref>Dying by falling onto a sulfur spike stalagmite treats the death as standard fall damage, meaning the death message "<player> was impaled on a stalagmite" is not displayed.

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

Columns

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A naturally generated sulfur spike column

Sulfur spike columns can be found naturally in sulfur caves, and 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 sulfur spikes on either the stalactite or the stalagmite or both until they join together, the last sulfur spikes 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.