Chilled Flames
Chilled Flames adds a Frosted Absorber, a frozen sponge that soaks up lava and gives back a regular sponge when it is used.
What it does
The Frosted Absorber is placed near a lava pool and absorbs the molten flow, which simplifies lava removal in Minecraft. It behaves like a regular sponge, so it is not heated into a wet sponge afterward. Instead, the regular sponge is retrieved and can be used again for crafting or further absorption.
The mod is built around a reusable utility block. The Frosted Absorber is crafted from Packed Ice and Ice Essence in a sponge-style recipe, and it can be equipped for use. Its frozen appearance also gives builders a decorative option for cold or icy builds.
Chilled Flames is licensed under the MIT License and is not open source. It runs on the server alone, so players join without installing it. Files are published for Forge only, across the Minecraft versions 1.20 – 1.20.4, and the latest file is 1.0 for 1.20.4, released 2024-12-21.
Key features
Frosted Absorber
A frozen sponge that removes lava and returns a regular sponge once the lava is gone.
Reusable sponge recovery
The regular sponge returned by the absorber can be reused for crafting or for another absorption.
Lava removal
Place the absorber near a lava flow to soak up the molten spread without digging or clearing by hand.
Frozen appearance
The absorber's icy look adds a cold decorative block to builds that use frozen materials.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Clearing a lava lake
Placing the Frosted Absorber at the edge of a lava lake removes the flow while the sponge stays reusable.
Cold-themed builds
The frozen look suits ice castles, glacier bases and other winter structures.
Who it’s for: Players who build with lava nearby and server owners who want a reusable way to clear it. Only the server needs the mod, so players connect without installing anything.
How it compares
Leo's Craftable Sponges is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that both the client and server run, and it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 license, not open source. Sponge Recipe is a Fabric mod for 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 that runs on the server alone and is released under the MIT License, not open source. Frozen Blocks is a Forge mod for 1.20.1 that the server requires while clients may skip it, and it also uses the MIT License without being open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chilled Flames | Forge | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-12-21 |
| Leo's Craftable Sponges | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2025-10-27 |
| Sponge Recipe | Fabric | 1.20.1 – 1.20.4 | Server-side only | 2024-03-04 |
| Frozen Blocks | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-06-10 |
Questions
Does Chilled Flames need to be installed on clients?
Which loader and versions does Chilled Flames support?
Can the sponge be used more than once?
In the catalog
Chilled Flames is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 14,575 Utility mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/chilled-flames
- Owner
- SpectrumSparks_Gaming
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-12-21
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15