5 Must Have Minecraft Dripstone Machines!

DRIPSTONE FARMS 💧 Did you know that dripstone is actually insanely useful for many Minecraft farms, like dripstone, clay, and lava farms?! In this video we take a look at 5 super easy must have dripstone farms!!
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[@CriticalOneMedia]

You don’t need dripstone blocks for the lava machine to work. Cobblestone works just fine

[@wattlesplays]

Thats my bad!! Great clarification

[@abhaymehta69]

Yeah Wattles you don't dripstone, u can yse any solid block

[@esmaeilzarei1304]

@@wattlesplays among us

[@chiirp]

Glass is fun to use because then you can see the lava and it puts out light

[@a_wardenstale2691]

I would say use magma blocks because it is just a cool design

[@Viper76PL]

Hey Wattl you only need the dripstone block to grow more dripstone, everything else can be random blocks :D

[@unwarranteddesign806]

Yep, the farms I have that use it don't use the dripstone block.

[@balenassassin4413]

​@@unwarranteddesign806 really tyyyy

[@uhohhotdog]

Mud turns to clay pretty quickly. Don’t think an indicator is all that necessary. Just place a bunch at one time and by the time you’re done the first few you placed will have already turned. As you start picking them up more will start turning. I have a 12x12 area. Half of them turn before I finish placing them.

[@KAIJUKING123]

The lava drip stone machine is rather useful for fuel substitutes for your furnaces and cookers etc because if you put a bucket of lava in the fuel slot of the cooker furnace whatever the fuel will last a long long time and not burn out as fast as using regular coal for fuel which will use up a full stack of coal in like 10-15 minutes. But with lava and this lava dripstone farm machine you can have unlimited long lasting fuel for your furnaces cookers etc.

[@AngerMaker413]

It does have a downside that each time you activate the lava fueled furnace, all the fuel will burn out even if you only smelter one block. Best used for super smelters

[@Tinyjb0]

@@AngerMaker413 that's why you build a lava cauldron room right next to your furnaces.

[@TheCosmicDrama]

I use this method for my furnaces. I set up multiple of these drip stone setups for the lava and it never runs out. I try to wait til i have a stack of something to use it though. You get 100 items per bucket of lava, whether it be chicken or bars.

[@cindyhargan7844]

You can also just let the dripstone drip water on stone floor and dripstone will start to grow up from the floor also as well as growing down.

[@jchoneandonly]

Improvement on the mud to clay farm, add a second dispenser facing the campfire loaded with flint and steel to relight the camp fire. Maybe a comparator to run a light if you want an empty indicator too.

[@cameronb532]

I have a question about the mud into clay, i didn’t realize that was even a thing lol, but does the dripstone underneath it have to be there to dry it out into clay? I assume it does because the water from the mud would seep into the dripstone and therefore dries it out, but i don’t know. Do you?

[@cozie-mango]

@@cameronb532 yes it does

[@cameronb532]

@@cozie-mango cool, thanks!

[@Nonickavailiable]

Also, you can turn this backwards placing flint and steel instead of water, and turning the campfire off. This way, when you see the smoke, you can go and restart the machine with new mud. Is easier to spot something that was not there, than figure out why something that was there is not anymore

[@Braydaft]

@@Nonickavailiable exactly what I was thinking while watching

[@lennertvandyck5185]

After years of watching Minecraft tutorials for all kinds of things I have finally found a guy with the most perfect short, funny and complete instructions. Thanks man

[@calebfulton3992]

To make the first "machine" less bulky looking, you can use wooden trap doors on the sides to hold the lava in as well :D

[@TandJgaming]

They would have to be made of nether wood but yes you’re correct

[@futuristicbus61]

Someone pointed it out already, but you don’t need the dripstone block for the lava farm, you do however need the dripstone block if you want to grow more pointed dripstone. I didn’t actually know it had a use outside of the lava dripping, it’s insane just how much you can do with this stuff!

[@nesletchimaew9209]

what can it be used for except lava and clay

[@RedSntDK]

@@nesletchimaew9209 Mobs falling on upwards pointing dripstone takes extra fall damage, and you can mine out the top part of a longer downwards pointing dripstone on top of mobs to hurt them as well (like how an anvil can fall and hurt players/mobs). And of course, if you are really struggling and only have one water source, you can get a new one by placing water instead of lava over the dripstone for it generate more water, but it's really not very efficient compared to the infinite water trick using a 2x2 grid of water or a 1x3 layout.

[@mitHundundRad]

You can also hang dripstone on glass and then lava. This works perfectly and lighting is provided

[@tom940]

I got my mud room on the way to my tree farm, only difference is i made my machine to accept dirt, dump water into it to create mud and then pistons push it away to the drip stone area. The water bottles self replenish etc

[@sandripple]

Thank you wattles for your simple and useful videos. I suggest a DRIPSTONE FARM possible improvement: you can also let the dripstone grow from the bottom by using a solid block and putting the rails and the hopper minecart just below it. Then put another row of observers just below the first one and connect them to sticky pistons to move the ground and break the dripstone! Alternatively you can also use mud with regular hopper below.

[@dsur5547]

I never knew you could grow dripstone! That’ll be a lifesaver later on

[@wattlesplays]

its a great mechanic!

[@BrotherHercules01]

Dripstone, every time i need it i can't find it but i need it so bad cause infinite lava is so useful, i use it for light(safely of course) and for a furnace.

[@JUST-UK-JAY]

buy dripstone from wandering trader, 1 emerald 2 dripstones

[@BrotherHercules01]

@@JUST-UK-JAY yeah and all you need is to have a nearby village or to have found 2 emeralds while mining. the odds are almost the same but ill take note of that.

[@jacemangum7349]

I love this idea of video. Simple, informative, clean and specific. Please do more of these redstone builds. I'll be adding these to my survival world ASAP. Perhaps you could go over other farms such as food and resources or you could try your hand at building simple complex farms. Keep to the good work 😊

[@UnfazedNik]

Dripstone is a pretty slick update, I will defs be utilizing some of these mechanics! Great video, thanks!

[@jgoemat]

For slow things like dripstone and sugar cane, I like to use a simple item despawn timer instead of using a bunch of observers. It can power the pistons, and the minecart. Probably want a few repeaters set to 4 ticks in the line to the minecart so it doesn't go by the first few blocks before the broken dripstone has fallen to the ground. I have one clock for all my machines, so every five minutes they fire and collect whatever, then they are all silent and unmoving until the next despawn.

[@respectrealperson290]

Playback speed 2, and understood everything Wattles was saying in the video! 😁 Thank you Wattles!

[@mirzaayyan65]

You should have at least 10M subs. You are one of the most under rated youtuber on this planet. Love ya wattles!! Thank you for being the cause of our smiles. BTW I love your survival series the most, I've learned a lot from you.

[@chiirp]

Definitely! I still rewatch survival guide series episodes just because!?? 😊

[@kaelankramer2658]

I was just listening to the video and I look up and I see a cake fly across the screen and I was like why? "piece of cake" comedy genius lol

[@Misterscout]

I faintly remember a thing where you can put potions in a cauldron for easy scoop. Wonder if drip stone refills them keeping potion active.

[@AchiragChiragg]

It was patched.

[@Misterscout]

@@AchiragChiragg damm

[@troyyao27]

Wow I need to use the drip stone growing machine because I use a lot of drip stone which I’m low on right now

[@Tinyjb0]

I know you've heard it a thousand times, but you do not need dripstone to make the lave cauldron... BECAUSE of this, it looks extra cool to use magma blocks instead! I have a full room made from iron blocks dedicated to the magma block (aesthetic purpose only) lava dripstone cauldrons. Now I have infinite power to my furnaces. Nice.

[@joshualoiacono5488]

Just started watching your videos- you’re fantastic at making fun and understandable explanations!

[@christopherflores5405]

Is it possible to invert the mud-clay signal by putting a flint and steel in the dispenser so that it lights up a campfire when the mud turns into clay? And then you can put a dispenser with water on the opposing side of the campfire to put out the signal once you take the clay and reset the machine?

[@Braydaft]

Yes

[@T4N7]

As soon as u mentioned the lil dripstone spike farm I was like, "oh, ya, i gotta get more iron to make an automatic farm for dripstone that is the inverse of my sugarcane n bamboo farm... n then u show exactly wut i was imagining 👍👍

[@RedSntDK]

Ok so.. It's possible by using bonemeal on moss on stone to get azalea's, then bonemeal the azalea's to get wood and rooted dirt. You can then turn the rooted dirt into regular dirt. You can then turn the dirt into mud, and then you can turn the mud into clay. That's a lot of magic!

[@1x1.studio]

Really glad you're making Minecraft videos, i really like the way you express yourself and have a calming voice to share information.

[@Thri11craft]

Hey wattles, unless it's a new thing in 1.20 then you can put almost any solid block under the lava and still get lava cauldrons It doesn't have to be a drip stone block.

[@jackmamabanana3814]

Wattle ur farm designs are soo op were do u get ur ideas from?

[@Andykern12]

Well I was playing Skyblock the other day and I thought you couldn't get renewable clay, now I know you can through mud!

[@VanillaFace413]

Magma cubes work in place of drip stone for lava in bedrock. I have it set up like that on my world surrounded by glass panes. Looks very nice!

[@jcwolves]

I believe you can use a shovel instead of water for the dispensers in the mud farm to put it out and not have water just existing

[@sethquinton9376]

I was literally just thinking what else dripstone could be used for besides the renewable lava source, then I came to KZbin for unrelated reasons and find this immediately. 👀

[@thehairybeast9707]

Dripstone and tuff are my go-to for cave base camo on pvp servers. use it right and no one will even so much as look at your base.

[@celticlion]

FYI 2 pointed dripstone ups the rate. It's weird but Minecraft logic lol.

[@overcomersolving]

Me watching the Minecraft Live community section, just waiting for Wattles to be there. Next year, next year Wattles!

[@awkwardt]

You could combine Kmods Sugarcane/Bamboo farm with your pointed dripstone farm. Triple farm

[@cameronb532]

Yo wattles there should be an extra layer of blocks under the observer with blocks connecting to the walls so that falling dripstone doesn’t randomly break the hopper minecart

[@blackeyedincubus]

And here I was hoping there's a way to automate a clay farm. :')

[@overcomersolving]

Wattles got drip drip

[@SamSmithSMusic]

luv your energy man, ill be back :)

[@dykema_dark_market5628]

Hey dripstone block are for drip stone growth under water and lava and source block

[@fxn09here]

Wattles,do you creat a new bamboo farm?

[@phixidelta]

If you want dripstone faster, put more blocks above the piston so only the last few blocks get broken. The long chain of dripstone not broken will make it grow faster

[@XxJkmurdaRxX]

Does the lava farm work on bedrock

[@michaelc2032]

Nice video of simple ideas that work well, I like the dripstone farm, I wont have to go to my dripstone source averytime I want some. I know it has been brought up, but for the lava farm, I keep mine in a basement and using glass lights up a really big area .

[@djr4yman]

I have done the first build without dripstone block (cobblestone instead) and I always get lava to fill up the cauldron. Was it changed in an update?

[@NitrousDragon]

Me realizing what it is: "Ugh, the "Campfire indicator" part is useless." Me a minute later realizing the applications and possibilities: "Omg, what a genius idea. 😮"

[@royalsquishy7058]

Lave generator can use ice blocks instead of normal block very cool thing to show out to friends

[@RGB_tv]

i like the short farm builds!!!!

[@redstarwarrior85]

For the clay farm, you could use fire charges or flint and steel and an extinguished campfire so the smoke is the signal.

[@that70sgamer]

I've also been doing it your way. Smoke on when done. But Wattles only copies the popular versions of builds.

[@redstarwarrior85]

@@that70sgamer It’s still worth mentioning alternative methods so other people can be inspired. That’s the beauty of Minecraft, in my opinion.

[@TheATWcorp]

Dripstone can also remove water from mud making clay I made a automatic waterbottle dispenser to auto water dirt and the dirt is pushed to a area with dripstone under a block then I wait 2 min and it turns it to clay

[@c.jandrews304]

Bro, I love this stuff. Here's a like, a nice comment, and I'm adding this video to my Minecraft tutorial playlist for future use

[@MrHaggyy]

You could improve the last dripstone farm by making a line instead of redstone dots. That way all pistons get triggered.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Instructions unclear. Skewered row of creepers with dripstone.

[@karl-filipolsson5970]

What the heck you are telling me that its possible to click redstone dust to change it like that?! When was that added? I am one of the worlds biggest minecraft veterans and i did not know this...

[@mateonardelli4139]

Im watching these kind of your videoes and im amazed!

[@cameronb532]

Thats what i was just thinking lol

[@Bruce_W29]

Definitely will use the last one

[@royalfelineandtracygrant]

11:36 That’s why they’re called observers, they’re watching you…

[@karenbaldwin8156]

This helps a lot. Ty

[@sbritton1313]

How many videos has he said these are the exact materials you need only to either tell us touch or to few of an item?

[@bryanveal9036]

I seem to have grown pointed dripstone on top of my hopper and now the piston won't activate.

[@jasminehillman1583]

"Any kinda liquid" my goblin brain: MiLk.

[@bhxlegend]

That's basically useful and stupid to make that indicator farm

[@Craxin01]

My dripstone lava generator uses one bucket of lava, 25 blocks, 25 dripstone, and 25 cauldrons. Block in the middle, three out each side, connect the corners, bucket of lava on top the middle, no need for anything to contain the lava as it flows to the edge and no farther. Never run out of lava.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Doesn't have to be Dripstone Block, genius!

[@MrHaggyy]

Mhm converting mud to clay is random. So the smoke signal would need a lot of indicators and'ed together. As dripstone is cheap i would just make the drying area large enough. I made a mud generator for ~80 blocks and 3 areas of 8x8. Make mud - replace clay with mud on each area repeat until you have enough clay.

[@MrZacOFC]

Will some of this machine work on bedrock? Ik the lava one is working but idk about the other one

[@alphantomy5930]

I love dripstone! Its suck an interesting block and it can be used for lots of different farms!!

[@wattlesplays]

yes!! its great

[@dylanpelo]

Just casually watching, then @8:38 What we do here is go back.... back.... back..... back....

[@Nordorf]

So this whole video is basically just about using dripstone for lava and for drying out mudblocks.. the rest is just crap about how to farm dripstones themselves, which there's no point in doing since the world map is absolutely full of caves with unlimited dripstones.. Great video. :P

[@joeyderrico8134]

The last one you can make without observers. Trap a villager and have it walk back and forth over a plate to set off the pistons

[@Peter-os7nk]

Is it bad to say that minecraft is my downtime hobby at 29 years old?

[@AzaleaJane]

I'm 43. I didn't start playing Minecraft till my 30s. Do what makes you happy. Life is too short to not like what you like. 🕹️🎮🖱️

[@lblackstormoriginal]

You can open chest even if there is an glass block above an chest 🙃

[@4mymetc4lf]

I am once again asking... where is this Wendigo you threatened me with ages ago?

[@planning9930]

If I was a stone I’d be a dripstone

[@Plasmagon99]

Machine 4 & 5 are just the same as 2 & 3 but bigger. Lame. But for Machine 1 you have the bigger version in the same machine section so that's fine. In the end, the video only gave us 3 must have dripstone machines with 2 being delayed bigger versions.

[@br88dy]

I really like super simple farms like these. I overcomplicate most of my custom farm builds

[@marinduplancic6310]

Put trapdoors around the lava and make it all more compact!

[@Random_user_8472]

Wow wattles, you talk faster than my ears can hear 😄

[@xswords5086]

probably the most drippy video that has come out

[@kamui7789]

it doesnt have to be dripstone. i use coal block and it still works. Dont know why everyone says 'yOu HaVe To UsE iT"

[@colegriffiths5971]

Anyone know if the lava farm needs to have a lava source block for each caldron?

[@robertpayne3932]

Yes ... I fill in the space im gonna fill with lava with blocks and as you get buckets of lava from the farm just remove a placeholder block and add a lava source block until its fu ll

[@JediKt]

@@robertpayne3932 I usually just leave the flowing lava and drop source blocks in on top of it as the cauldrons fill.

[@Marszalek99]

Dripstone block isn't necessary. Every other nonflammable block does the job

[@Wandrative]

Clay is everywhere and its equally time consuming to harvest mud, why the need of a clay machine?

[@koolerpure]

its neat but since its so basic that you gotta make it fancy to make it worth while. i made my lava farm over lap my underground train network and water and lava just collects in the train cars i have randomly placed in my mining sector

[@paolofermusic]

Anyone having issues of not getting any drip with a water or lava source and know a fix for it? Tried both cobblestone and dripstone block and both not working. I'm on 1.19.4 java. 😭

[@nicosovideos]

It dosnt need to be dripstone block, it can be any solid block, but thats for lava farms and water farms

[@TheSaguache]

For the lava farm you don't need the drip stone block. Any stone will work.

[@stanbrandstater3654]

you know, there are much more efficient clay farms. the last farm, alright, not bad. I'll see if I have any need for dripstone though.

[@mntxchords]

Back after a year. Didn't you used to have an accent? Or do you just sound much happier?

[@jordanford7189]

We all wattle in victory of the Sniffer!

[@__The_Real_V__]

I seriously miss the potion dripstone farms

[@wattlesplays]

those were so amazing

[@__The_Real_V__]

@@wattlesplays they absolutely were!

[@smirkinone4025]

good one

[@FringeWizard2]

Timestamp the different machines in the video please.

[@VinVaris]

I've used dirt and it's worked

[@Chew1ee]

Glass blocks work with the drip stone block doesn’t have to be drip stone

[@samlofthouse1223]

Drip drip

[@shaundracula3315]

Good news❤❤