More Sponge
by CoolerProMC
More Sponge gives the vanilla sponge five compressed tiers and several new variants that absorb lava, snow, fire and water in different biomes.
What it does
Every compressed tier is built from a four-slot arrangement of the tier below, and the recipes can be reversed to break a stack back down. Higher tiers cover larger absorption areas. Variants include the lava, snow and fire sponges, with wet and dried forms of each, and a Freezer machine that dries sponges passively based on the biome where they sit. Placed sponges in the Nether or cold snowy biomes change state over time, and sponges placed in ocean biomes reset next to water.
Four new trader mobs appear naturally in the world, arriving much as a traveling merchant would. Each trader sells one sponge type and shows up only in biomes that match its element. Traders leave the world after a short stay, and they can also be summoned manually with their spawn eggs. The mod runs on Fabric and NeoForge for 26.1.2 – 26.3, and it is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Five compression tiers
Each tier gives a sponge a larger absorption area than the one before, and crafting and reversing use the same pattern.
New sponge variants
Lava, snow and fire sponges each come in wet, dried and compressed forms that absorb their own element.
Freezer machine
A machine dries sponges passively, with the drying depending on the biome where the sponge sits.
Specialist traders
Four traders appear only in matching biomes, each selling a single sponge type.
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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
Who it’s for: Players who want more depth from the vanilla sponge, and server owners who want a set of traders that players can find in specific biomes. The mod adds content to the world, so it suits survival and creative worlds alike.
How it compares
Sponge Plus is server-side only, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and published for 1.21.1 – 26.2, so players join without installing it. Sponges Overhaul is client and server, not open source, under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license, and built for 26.1.2 – 26.3 on Fabric alone. Durable Sponges is client and server and open source under the CC0 1.0 Universal license, covering 26.1 – 26.3 on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| More Sponge | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-06 |
| Sponge Plus | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Sponges Overhaul | Fabric | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-19 |
| Durable Sponges | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-09-23 |
Questions
Does More Sponge need Fabric API?
Which loaders does More Sponge support?
Can the traders be brought back after they leave?
Does the mod need to be on the server?
In the catalog
More Sponge is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
More Sponge expands on the vanilla sponge by adding new variants that absorb different elements, each available in 5 compression tiers for increasingly large absorption areas. Compressed tiers are crafted in a 2×2 pattern from the previous tier. All compression recipes are reversible.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/more-sponge
- Owner
- CoolerProMC
- Published
- 2026-06-02
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-06
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15