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This article describes content that may be included in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. 

This content has appeared in Java Edition 1.17 and Bedrock Edition 1.17.0 development versions, but the full update containing it has not been released yet.

The features on this page are exclusive to Experimental Gameplay in Bedrock Edition. 

These features may be properly added in a future update, but currently require enabling one or more settings in the "Caves and Cliffs" section of the Game Settings menu.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

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

Breaking[]

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

Trading[]

Wandering traders can sell 2 pointed drip stones for 1 emerald.

Growth[]

If a stalactite is hanging from a drip stone block with a water source above, the stalactite will grow very slowly. In addition, if there is a solid block within ten blocks below this stalactite, a stalagmite will grow on that block towards the stalactite. This growth will not occur if the stalactite's tip is waterlogged, and a stalagmite below will not grow if its tip is waterlogged. They will not grow to more than seven blocks long.

Usage[]

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

Stalactites[]

Stalactites are created when pointed drip stone 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[]

Stalagmites are created when pointed drip stone is placed on the ground.

Falling onto stalagmites multiplies the fall distance by two to calculate the total amount of fall damage, using the formula roundup(fall_distance × 2 − 2). 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.^[1]

Crafting ingredient[]

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History[]

Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w48a			Added pointed drip stone alongside with other drip-related things.
		20w49a			Pointed dripstone can now be generated in drip stone 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.[2]
		21w03a			Pointed drip stone can now be used to craft drip stone blocks.
					Sounds drip_lava, drip_lava_into_cauldron, drip_water, and drip_water_into_cauldron now have subtitles.[3]
		21w13a			Wandering traders can now sell pointed drip stones, making them renewable.
		21w16a			Pointed drip stone can now grow into longer stalagmites and/or stalagmites.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.210		beta 1.16.210.56			Added pointed drip stone.
		release			Pointed Drip Stone have been made inaccessible in the full release.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			Item texture and rotation of pointed drip stone now matches Java Edition.
					Pointed dripstone can now be waterlogged.
					Tweaked visual shape of pointed drip stone to match Java Edition.
					Pointed drip stone now breaks if being hit by a trident.
					Pointed drip stone can now be used to craft drip stone 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 drip stone.
					Now generate in Drip Stone Caves, though they can generate only through add-ons.
		release			Pointed drip stone 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 drip stones for an emerald.
					Pointed drip stone now generate rarely in caves in small patch from layer 0 to 59.
					Water and lava now drip more often from pointed dripstone.
1.17.0		beta 1.17.0.50			Stalagmites no longer deal damage when doFallDamage is set to false
					Pointed drip stone can now grow into longer stalactites and/or stalagmites.

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