{{Redirect|Dripstone|the pointed block which deals damage|Pointed Dripstone|the biome|Dripstone Caves}}
{{Block
|title=Dripstone Block
|image=Dripstone Block.png
|invimage=Dripstone Block
|transparent=No
|light=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
|renewable=Yes
|tool=Wooden Pickaxe
}}
The '''dripstone block''' is a [[rock]] block that allows [[pointed dripstone]] to grow beneath it.

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===
Dripstone blocks require a [[pickaxe]] to be mined, in which case it drops itself. When mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. It can be blown up by [[TNT]], in which case it also drops itself.
{{breaking row|Dripstone Block|pickaxe|wooden|horizontal=1}}

=== Natural generation ===
{{main|Dripstone (feature)}}
Dripstone blocks can be found in [[dripstone caves]]. They can generate on the floor, the ceiling, as stalactites, stalagmites, or stalagnates (joined stalactite and stalagmite). They can generate underwater.

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
  |A2=Pointed Dripstone |B2=Pointed Dripstone
  |A3=Pointed Dripstone |B3=Pointed Dripstone
  |Output= Dripstone Block
  |type= Building block
}}

=== Trading ===
{{IN|java}}, journeyman-level stone mason [[villager]]s have a {{frac|2|7}} chance to [[trading|sell]] 4 dripstone blocks for one [[emerald]] as part of their trades.

{{IN|bedrock}}, journeyman-level stone mason villagers have a {{frac|1|4}} chance to sell 4 dripstone blocks for one emerald as part of their trades.‌

== Usage ==
Dripstone blocks are used primarily for decoration.

=== Natural growth ===
{{main|Pointed Dripstone#Growing}}
If a stalactite is hanging from a dripstone block with a [[water]] source above, it will slowly grow both the stalactite from above and a stalagmite from below.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Dripstone block}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dripstone Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=dripstone_block
|foot=1|showblocktags=y|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe}}

{{el|be}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Dripstone Block
|nameid=dripstone_block
|spritetype=block
|id=572
|foot=1}}

=== Block states ===
{{see also|Block states}}

{{/BS}}

== History ==
{{History||October 2020|link=https://twitter.com/Xilefian/status/1390661653969133568|[[File:Dripstone Block (pre-release).png|32px]] Dripstone block concepts are created by [[xilefian]].}}
{{History||October 3, 2020|link={{ytl|DBvZ2Iqmm3M|t=11m38s}}|[[File:Dripstone Block JE1.png|32px]] The dripstone block is shown unnamed at [[Minecraft Live 2020]] within the dripstone caves biome.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w48a|[[File:Dripstone Block JE1.png|32px]] Added dripstone blocks.}}
{{History|||snap=20w49a|Dripstone blocks now generate naturally in [[dripstone caves]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w03a|Dripstone blocks can now be crafted from four pointed dripstone.}}
{{History|||snap=21w13a|Dripstone blocks now rarely generate naturally in other cave types in [[Dripstone cluster|dripstone clusters]].
|Mason villagers now sell dripstone blocks, making them [[renewable]].}}
{{History|||snap=21w16a|Dripstone blocks can now be used for growing pointed dripstone, making both renewable without villagers.}}
{{History||1.18|snap=Experimental Snapshot 1|Dripstone caves, where dripstone blocks can be found, now generate naturally.
|Dripstone blocks no longer generate outside the dripstone caves biome.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||Caves & Cliffs (experimental)|link=Bedrock Edition 1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Dripstone Block JE1.png|32px]] Added dripstone blocks.|It was called Dripstone in the inventory.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-119573}}</ref>}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.230.54|Wandering traders now sell [[pointed dripstone]].
|Mason villagers now sell dripstone blocks, making them renewable.
|Dripstone blocks now generate rarely in caves in small patch.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.50|"Dripstone" has been renamed to "Dripstone Block" to match ''Java Edition''.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.17.0.52|Dripstone Blocks are no longer available only through [[Experimental Gameplay]].}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Canyon Drip.png|Naturally generated dripstone blocks in a [[canyon]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week--dripstone Block of the Week: Dripstone] – Minecraft.net on June 10, 2021

{{Blocks|natural}}

[[Category:Natural blocks]]
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