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.

Sponge Traders

Four new trader mobs that spawn naturally in the world, similar to the Wandering Trader. Each trader specializes in one sponge type and only appears in biomes matching their element.

Trader	Spawns In
Water Sponge Trader	Ocean, river, and beach biomes
Lava Sponge Trader	Nether biomes
Fire Sponge Trader	Badlands and desert biomes
Snow Sponge Trader	Cold and snowy biomes

Trades

Each trader offers three tiers of trades:

• Buying — The trader buys your sponges in exchange for emeralds.
• Common — Buy base and compressed (1x) sponges with emeralds.
• Uncommon — Buy higher-tier compressed sponges (2x–5x) with emeralds or emerald blocks.

Traders despawn after roughly 2.5 in-game days. They can also be spawned manually using their respective spawn eggs.

Game Rule

Rule	Default	Description
moresponge:spawn_sponge_traders	true	Controls whether Sponge Traders spawn naturally in the world.