How To Make A Sponge in Minecraft? Minecraft Sponge Recipe
This page explains how to make a sponge in minecraft. Sponge in minecraft could be used to soak water. It has only one feature.
The sponge is active in all the latest versions of Minecraft. Lets have a look how to make a dry sponge in minecraft.
Crafting Recipe
Sponge in the game could be crafted like any other object. But this time it is not with the crafting table. You should use oven to craft a sponge.
- You need to put the wet sponge in the oven's top block.
- After placing the wet sponge you should put a coal or any other block that might used as a fuel.
- You'll see that wet sponge turns into a dry sponce.
You can use the crafted material over and over again. Soak it into water and than cook it to dry.
Is Sponge in Minecraft Stackable?
Yes, you can stack up to 64 sponges in one slot in your inventory.
What is the Command for Sponge in Minecraft?
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 and 1.18.1, the /give command for Sponge is:
/give @p sponge 1
In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Sponge is:
/give @p sponge 1 0
How To Use a Sponge in Minecraft?
Sponge material in the game might be used in different scenerios. Before all that, lets learn how to use one:
- After you created one, select the item from your hottab. It should be shown on your hand.
- You need to aim with your crosshair (plus sign) to a water or a puddle.
- Click on your right mouse button to place it on the world.
- It will only soak water if it touches it.
- Don't forget to place the sponge on a solid block. Sponges which tried to be placed on top of a puddle won't soak the water.
How Muck Water Can a Sponge Soak in Minecraft?
We've learned how to craft a sponge in minecraft and how to place it into the game world. Lets see how many blocks of water it really soaks?
It soaks up to 5 blocks by 5 blocks wide and 2 blocks deep.
After it absorb water, becomes wet sponge again. If you want to use the sponge, you should put it into the oven and cook it to remove water.
What Happenes if I Place the Sponge at the Edge of a Puddle?
It is less effective this way and won't be able to absorb the water across. So you want to place it in the middle of the puddle or water supply to absorb all the water. Remember it only absorbs in case of contact with water.
When you place it inside a water supply you'll see it turning into a wet sponge. You need to cook it in the oven to dry.
How to Find Sponge in Minecraft?
There are only 2 ways you can find a sponge in the game. Lets look at it:
1- You can find them in the Ocean Monument.
You will recognize it when you see it. The monument being spawned in the middle of a ocean.
2- Kill the Elder Guardian
Elder Guardians also spawns inside the ocean monument. You can kill them to drop some sponges. Remember to chase the Elder Guardian since it will try to runaway from you while it's life goes down. An indicator of its getting low is it's color will turn into pink.