Wet Sponge

The wet sponge is a variant of the sponge block that lacks its water-removing property.

Obtaining
A wet sponge can be mined by hand, or with any tool, dropping itself as an item. Mining time is not affected by the tool used.

Drops
An elder guardian drops one wet sponge when killed by the player. Since elder guardians do not respawn, this makes sponges non-renewable.

Dry sponges
When a dry sponge absorbs water, it becomes a wet sponge.

Natural generation
Ocean monuments have a chance of spawning with a room containing wet sponges, usually having 15-30. More than one sponge room can be generated per monument.

Usage
To place a wet sponge, a wet sponge item while pointing at a surface facing the space the wet sponge should occupy. A wet sponge emits water droplets from its sides and bottom, similar to the way any other block emits the droplets from the bottom when water is directly above it.

Wet sponges can be dried in a furnace in the same way as smelting other items.

When smelted, an empty bucket in the 'fuel' slot will fill and become a water bucket after the sponge is dried. This happens for empty buckets placed by the player while the furnace is still smelting, and also for empty buckets left by lava buckets.

Data values
A wet sponge has the ID name  and is further defined by its block data. A wet sponge also has a block state which is expected to replace the functionality of block data in a future version.

Issues
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