Sponge

A sponge is a block that can be used to remove water around itself when placed, turning into a wet sponge in the process.

Obtaining
Either type of sponge can be mined by hand, or with any tool, dropping itself as an item; however, hoes break sponges the fastest compared to other tools.

Elder Guardians
An elder guardian drops one wet sponge when killed by the player.

Natural generation
Ocean monuments can generate "sponge rooms". Each room contains an average of 30 wet sponges. See Ocean Monument/Structure for details.

Smelting
A wet sponge can be dried in a furnace, making the sponge reusable.

Drying
A wet sponge placed in the Nether dries out instantly and turns into a normal sponge.

A wet sponge placed in any Dry biome in Overworld dries out instantly and turns into a normal sponge.

Usage
A sponge can be used to turn water into air (it "absorbs" the water). To place a sponge, a sponge item while pointing at a surface facing the space the sponge should occupy.

A sponge instantly absorbs nearby water when it is placed next to water or when water comes into contact with it (by being placed next to the sponge, or by flowing toward it). A sponge absorbs water around itself (water source blocks or flowing water) out to a taxicab geometry of 7 in all directions (including up and down), but does not absorb more than 65 blocks of water (water closest to the sponge is absorbed first). The absorption propagates only between adjacent water blocks and does not "jump over" non-water blocks (including air).

When a sponge absorbs water, it turns into a wet sponge, and cannot absorb more water in this state. Wet sponges emit small water particles on their surface, similar to how some blocks drip when water or lava is above them.

Sponges in item form do not absorb water or become wet.

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Block data
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Block states
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