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Sponge

Does not stack
Places a block
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Sponge is an item in Minecraft that comes from Wet Sponge. Players obtain it by crafting with that material.

Sponge stacks up to 64, so a large supply fits in a single inventory slot. Placing it puts down a Sponge block in the world.

Block form

Contents (3)
  1. Sounds
  2. History
  3. See also

Sounds

Taken from this item’s own components and from sound events named after it.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
—Sponge sucksblock.sponge.absorbsubtitles.block.sponge.absorb1116
BrokenBlock brokenblock.sponge.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1116
Fallen onSomething falls on a blockblock.sponge.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall1116
Hit while miningBlock breakingblock.sponge.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.8116
PlacedBlock placedblock.sponge.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1116
Walked onFootstepsblock.sponge.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps1116

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also