Waterlogging other parts of the stalactite does not affect the dripping.

A waterlogged pointed dripstone at the tip of a stalactite does not produce drip particles.

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. Stalactites are created when pointed dripstone is placed on the bottom of a block. Horses and other similar mobs can travel up the same pointed dripstone as if they were stairs. Mobs can jump up pointed dripstone as long as its height does not exceed four blocks. Placing a pointed dripstone between a stalagmite and stalactite without sneaking connects them. Pointed dripstone comes in two different forms, stalactites and stalagmites. They do not grow to more than seven blocks long.Įvery time the block receives a random tick there is a small chance of 1.138% ( 64⁄ 5625) 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). This growth does not occur if the stalactite's tip is waterlogged, and a stalagmite below does not grow if its tip is waterlogged. In addition, if there is a solid block less than eleven blocks below this stalactite, a stalagmite grows on that block toward the stalactite.

Stalactites grow extremely slowly, speeding up if there is a water source or a waterlogged block above the dripstone, growing even faster if the block between the water and the dripstone is a dripstone block.

Wandering traders can sell 2 pointed dripstone for 1 emerald. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds.

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