More Sponge

More Sponge expands on the vanilla sponge by adding new variants that absorb different elements, each available in 5 compression tiers for increasingly large absorption areas.

Features

Compressed Water Sponge

Compressed versions of the vanilla sponge that absorb a much larger area of water.

• Compressed Sponge (1x – 5x)
• Wet Compressed Sponge (1x – 5x) — Dries when placed in the Nether, or in a furnace.

Lava Sponge

Absorbs lava from the world instead of water.

• Lava Sponge / Compressed Lava Sponge (1x – 5x)
• Hot Lava Sponge / Hot Compressed Lava Sponge (1x – 5x) — Dries when placed in a cold or snowy biome (e.g. Snowy Taiga, Taiga).

Snow Sponge

Absorbs snow layers and ice from the world.

• Snow Sponge / Compressed Snow Sponge (1x – 5x)
• Frozen Snow Sponge / Frozen Compressed Snow Sponge (1x – 5x) — Melts back when placed in any Nether biome.

Fire Sponge

Absorbs fire from the world.

• Fire Sponge / Compressed Fire Sponge (1x – 5x)
• Burnt Fire Sponge / Burnt Compressed Fire Sponge (1x – 5x) — Resets when placed in a cold/snowy biome, an ocean biome, or next to water.

Freezer

A new machine that handles freezing recipes — used to process sponges and convert saturated forms back to their dry state.

Loot

Sponges can also be found as loot.

Chest Loot (0–4)

Sponge Found In Sponge (vanilla) Buried Treasure, Shipwreck (map, supply, treasure) Lava Sponge Bastion Remnant (all chests), Nether Fortress Snow Sponge Ancient City Ice Box, Igloo, Snowy Village House Fire Sponge Ruined Portal, Desert Pyramid, Desert Village House

Mob Drops (1–2)

Sponge Dropped By Compressed Sponge 2x Elder Guardian Compressed Lava Sponge 2x Ender Dragon Compressed Snow Sponge 2x Warden Compressed Fire Sponge 2x Wither

Crafting

Result Recipe Lava Sponge Surround a sponge with ice Snow Sponge Surround a sponge with magma blocks Fire Sponge Surround a sponge with snow blocks Freezer Crafted from stone and packed ice

Compressed tiers are crafted in a 2×2 pattern from the previous tier. All compression recipes are reversible.