Big Dripleaf is a tall plant that generates naturally in lush caves, added to Minecraft in the 1.17 Caves & Cliffs update. Big Dripleaf is topped with a broad flat leaf on a thin stem. A player or mob that stands on the leaf triggers a timer — after 10 game ticks (about half a second) the leaf begins to tilt, and 10 ticks later it is fully tilted and everything on it slides off. The leaf automatically returns to horizontal after 100 game ticks (5 seconds), and a redstone signal applied to the leaf itself locks it flat so it never tilts, while powering the stem has no effect.

Big Dripleaf grows from small dripleaf, the juvenile form found in lush caves; applying bone meal to small dripleaf turns it into Big Dripleaf, and more bone meal extends the Big Dripleaf stem upward as a renewable climbing column you can regrow endlessly with bone meal. Breaking Big Dripleaf with any tool drops the plant — one item per stem block plus the leaf — and an axe is fastest; shears are required only for harvesting small dripleaf.

In adventure maps and trap builds, Big Dripleaf works as a delayed pitfall that looks like solid footing, and in mob farms the tilt mechanic drops creatures through floors automatically. Because Big Dripleaf can grow on clay underwater, builders use it for hidden submerged platforms. Visually, Big Dripleaf anchors lush-cave interiors and pairs naturally with azalea, spore blossom, and glow berries.