Getting started

More Sponge adds sponges that soak up lava, snow and fire as well as water. Each one can be compressed into stronger versions with a much bigger reach.

Install

1. Install Fabric with Fabric API, or NeoForge, for Minecraft 26.3.
2. Put the More Sponge jar in your mods folder.
3. Optional: add JEI to look up freezing recipes and freezer fuels in game.

Your first sponges

All four elements start from a regular sponge. Find one in an ocean monument, or buy one from a Water Sponge Trader. Surround the sponge with the opposite element:

Shaped ➜ Lava Sponge

Shaped ➜ Snow Sponge

Shaped ➜ Fire Sponge

Place a sponge next to its element and it soaks it up. A soaked sponge changes texture and stops working until you reset it. The sponge pages show how to reset each type.

TIP

A Lava Sponge has the same reach as a vanilla sponge. Put four of any sponge in a 2×2 grid to get a compressed sponge with a much bigger reach.

Resetting soaked sponges

Soaked sponge	Resets instantly when placed…	Or smelt it in
Wet Compressed Sponge 1x	in the Nether	Furnace
Hot Lava Sponge	in a snowy biome	Freezer
Frozen Snow Sponge	in the Nether	Furnace
Burnt Fire Sponge	in a snowy or ocean biome, or touching water	Freezer

Where to go next

• How sponges work: reach, search limits and an interactive range comparison
• Compression: every tier and how to craft it back down
• Sponge traders: where they spawn and what they sell