{{About|the solid block|other uses|Dripstone (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox 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 ===
A dripstone block requires 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.

{{block distribution}}

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

=== Trading ===
{{Trade sources}}

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

=== Natural growth ===
{{main|Pointed Dripstone#Stalactites}}
If a stalactite is hanging from a dripstone block with a [[water]] source above, it slowly grows 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 ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||October 2020|link=https://twitter.com/Xilefian/status/1390661653969133568|[[File:Dripstone Block (pre-release).png|32px]] Dripstone block concepts are created by [[xilefian]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||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.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=20w48a|[[File:Dripstone Block JE1.png|32px]] Added dripstone blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w49a|Dripstone blocks now generate naturally in [[dripstone caves]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w03a|Dripstone blocks can now be crafted from four pointed dripstone.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w13a|Dripstone blocks now rarely generate naturally in other cave types in [[dripstone cluster]]s.
|Mason villagers now sell dripstone blocks, making them [[renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w16a|Dripstone blocks can now be used for growing pointed dripstone, making both renewable without villagers.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Dripstone caves, where dripstone blocks can be found, now generate naturally.
|Dripstone blocks no longer generate outside the dripstone caves biome.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=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>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.54|Mason villagers now sell dripstone blocks, making them renewable.
|Dripstone blocks now generate rarely in caves in small patch.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.0.50|"Dripstone" has been renamed to "Dripstone Block" to match ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|Dripstone Blocks are no longer available only through [[Experimental Gameplay]].}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<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

== Navigation ==
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