How do you get Wet Sponge in Minecraft?

Wet Sponge is obtained through placing a sponge in water, and Wet Sponge from found in ocean monuments. There is no crafting recipe. Wet Sponge comes out of the world, and a hoe is what breaks it.

How many Wet Sponge can you stack?

64 Wet Sponge in a slot, a double chest 3,456, and your own 36 inventory slots 2,304. A shulker box of Wet Sponge comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

How long does Wet Sponge take to break?

0.6 hardness is one number on Wet Sponge, and 0.6 blast resistance is the other number on it. With both figures at 0.6, Wet Sponge is not something you rely on for protection. Reach for a hoe if you want Wet Sponge fast; the wooden one already drops it. Java 26.2 carries Wet Sponge at the values above, which is where it gets them.

When was Wet Sponge added to Minecraft?

Wet Sponge was added in version 1.8.

Utility Blocks

Wet Sponge

A water-saturated sponge created after a dry sponge absorbs water. It can be dried in a furnace to become a reusable dry sponge.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Wet Sponge at a glance

Placing a sponge in water and found in ocean monuments give you Wet Sponge, a block filed under Utility Blocks. Carrying Wet Sponge is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Breaking Wet Sponge works against a hardness of 0.6. Reach for a hoe if you want Wet Sponge fast; the wooden one already drops it. There is no second figure for Wet Sponge; explosions meet 0.6 too. It sits between Warped Planks and White Banner in Utility Blocks, number 324 of 340 there.

How to obtain

Placing a sponge in water
Found in ocean monuments

Mobs that drop it

Killing a Elder Guardian leaves 1 behind.

Notes

Smelts into a dry sponge, releasing water as a bonus from the bucket if a bucket is in the fuel slot. Drips water when placed.

Frequently asked questions about Wet Sponge

How do you get Wet Sponge in Minecraft?
Wet Sponge is obtained through placing a sponge in water, and Wet Sponge from found in ocean monuments. There is no crafting recipe. Wet Sponge comes out of the world, and a hoe is what breaks it.
How many Wet Sponge can you stack?
64 Wet Sponge in a slot, a double chest 3,456, and your own 36 inventory slots 2,304. A shulker box of Wet Sponge comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
Which mobs drop Wet Sponge?
Killing a Elder Guardian leaves 1 behind.
What is Wet Sponge used for?
A water-saturated sponge created after a dry sponge absorbs water. It can be dried in a furnace to become a reusable dry sponge.
How long does Wet Sponge take to break?
0.6 hardness is one number on Wet Sponge, and 0.6 blast resistance is the other number on it. With both figures at 0.6, Wet Sponge is not something you rely on for protection. Reach for a hoe if you want Wet Sponge fast; the wooden one already drops it. Java 26.2 carries Wet Sponge at the values above, which is where it gets them.
When was Wet Sponge added to Minecraft?
Wet Sponge was added in version 1.8.

Building with it

A wet sponge is what a sponge becomes after it absorbs water, and elder guardians drop them too. Smelt it in a furnace, with a bucket in the fuel slot to catch the water, and it dries back into a working sponge ready for the next room.

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Wet Sponge at a glance

How to obtain

Mobs that drop it

Notes

Frequently asked questions about Wet Sponge

How do you get Wet Sponge in Minecraft?

How many Wet Sponge can you stack?

Which mobs drop Wet Sponge?

What is Wet Sponge used for?

How long does Wet Sponge take to break?

When was Wet Sponge added to Minecraft?

Building with it

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