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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.

Block Hardness Tool Breaking time[A]
Default Wooden Stone Iron Diamond Netherite Golden Shears Sword
Wet Sponge 0.6 0.9
  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Drops

An elder guardian drops one wet sponge when killed by the player. Since elder guardians do not respawn, this does not make sponges 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, use 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.

Name Ingredients Smelting recipe
Sponge Wet Sponge +
Any fuel


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

Main article: Data values

A wet sponge has the ID name minecraft:sponge 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.

Block data

DV Description
0 Sponge
1 Wet Sponge

Block state

See also: Block states

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
sponge_type0x1dry dry0Sponge
wet1Wet Sponge

Video

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History

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1.8
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[White Dye|White Dye]]<br/>{{Item
| image = White Dye.png
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

'''White dye''' is a [[Dye#Primary|primary color dye]] similar to [[bone meal]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
 |showname=0
 |Bone Meal
 |Output=White Dye
 |type=Material
 |head=1
}}
{{Crafting
 |Lily of the Valley
 |Output=White Dye
 |type=Material
 |foot=1
}}

=== Loot chest ===
{{#invoke:LootChest|base3|white-dye}}

== Usage ==

{{dye usage}}

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|ignore=Banner|continue=1}}
{{banner crafting usage}}

=== Loom ingredient ===
{{Banner loom usage|White Dye}}

=== Trading ===

Apprentice-level shepherd villagers have a 20% chance to buy 12 white dye for an emerald.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=White Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=white_dye
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=White Dye
|spritetype=item
|nameid=white_dye
|aliasid=dye / 19
|id=410
|form=item
|translationkey=item.dye.white_new.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added white dye.}}
{{History|||snap=18w44a|White dye can now change the text color on [[sign]]s to white.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Added the [[wandering trader]], which sells white dye.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|White dye can now be [[trading|bought]] by shepherd villagers.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w45a|White dye can now be used to craft [[white candle]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=21w19a|White dyes can no longer be used to craft white candles.}}
{{History|||snap=Pre-release 1|White dye can once again be used to craft white candles.}}
{{History||1.20<br>(Experimental)|link=1.19.3|snap=22w42a|White dye can now change the text color on [[hanging sign]]s to white.}}
{{History||1.20|snap=23w12a|White dye can now be found in [[suspicious gravel]] and [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].}}
{{History|||snap=23w16a|White dye no longer generates in [[suspicious sand]] in [[trail ruins]].|Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for suspicious gravel within the [[trail ruins]]; white dye is now common loot.}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.10|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added white dye.}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Added [[flower|lilies of the valley]], which can be used to [[crafting|craft]] white dye.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|White dye can now be [[trading|sold]] to shepherd [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of white dye has been changed from <code>dye/19</code> to <code>white_dye</code>.}}

{{History|ps4}}
{{History||1.83|[[File:White Dye JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added white dye.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}


{{Items}}

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[[Category:Dyes]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

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14w25aAdded wet sponge.
14w25bWet sponges, when smelted, will fill an empty bucket in the fuel slot with water. Placing a stack of buckets in the fuel slot will replace the entire stack with a single bucket of water.
14w26aWet sponges do not replace a stack of buckets with a single one any more, due to furnaces only being able to hold one bucket in the fuel slot.
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