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It very much depends on the genre you are trying to create.
Some drops are bass heavy, others focus more on the beat. Some use a large number of different sounds to create a hook/melody, others use one sound in a melodic manner. Depends what you want to achieve with it.
As well as on how much your cpu can handle .

Cant help without any context

Start with your basic drum beat. When making a specific genre, look up some other songs of that genre and copy the drum pattern. Then, you want to start creating the main feature of your drop. For trap, it would probably be a lead/pluck, dubstep, a growl or stab. EDM, a pluck/chord progression, ect...
Then you want to add more features like arps and cymbals and bass breaks to keep your drop interesting for its duration. And don't forget that sub bass. I can't really help you any more than this without you giving me a specific genre to tailor my response to.

As for transitions, again it depends on the intro/break/drop/main section too. the whole point being it is a transition between the two. Whether you go for a hard build into silence then drop, or slowly mix from one element to the other. You can just add or subtract a few elements along with some fx automation for a quick and easy method of transition.

I put a track im working on in the description. Thanks for all this help tho its very appreciated :)

yeah, just listened. I'd work on just making the beat solid first.
Learn how to eq/mix drums together. Making the beat interesting enough to listen to on a loop.
From there, learn some sound design or, learn how to write a melody.
After that, I would then look at making a full track.
It's something I wish I had done when I started.

Thxs https://www.audiotool.com/user/callycus/ Im also still learning how to make drums to, so ill work on it some more :)

when you say make drums, do you mean synthesising your own? Or creating the beat?

I mean both.... I use to try using the 808 and 909 but that failed. So I have started using the Machiniste, and its still a big mess

https://bassgorilla.com/nasty-neurofunk-course-1st-preview-tutorial/

this works to a certain degree when using the heisenberg synth.
Gives a basic understanding to how to create a kick or snare and can be adapted to a few different styles.

A drop is generally about impact. It doesn't matter that much what you have in it, it matters that it has an impact. As such, it is more important what is around the drop than what is in it, although that can't be ignored either.
Having a good buildup is an important first step. Now good doesn't mean that you have to maximize tension. Depending on how hard your drop is, your build will have to compensate for it. This is why I feel like big room house fails (sorry vulkron still love you though), because they have the fattest buildups of history followed by disappointment that is just as fat. When it comes to actually making the drop I can't help that much without knowing the genre you are working in, but one thing is important: Make it count. If someone listens to the song without seeing your arrangement and they can't tell that what they are listening to is supposed to be a drop, then you did something wrong.
This is not researched and rather comes from personal experience and thinking. I hope this helped you. If you have questions you can ask them.

https://www.audiotool.com/user/aringrey/ thank you :)