Sponge Plus
Sponge Plus changes how vanilla sponges behave, so wet sponges placed near Magma Block campfires dry out and sponges left in rain or sunlight react on their own.
What it does
Sponge Plus improves the vanilla sponge with quality-of-life changes. Wet sponges placed around campfires built on Magma Blocks turn dry after a few seconds, which shortens the trips players make to the Nether for dry sponges and saves fuel in furnaces. Dry sponges left out in the rain become wet, and wet sponges left in the sun dry out.
The mod runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Files are published for Fabric and NeoForge, for the game versions 1.21.1 and 26.2, with 1.2.1 for 26.2 as the latest file on both loaders. The source code is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later, and an issue tracker is public. The first build was published on 2026-08-31 and the last update on 2026-09-19. The author notes further changes to come.
Key features
Campfire drying
Campfires with Magma Blocks beneath them turn nearby wet sponges into dry ones within a few seconds.
Nether trip savings
Dry sponges come from the campfire setup, which reduces the Nether trips needed for them.
Rain and sun reactions
Dry sponges left in the rain become wet, and wet sponges left in the sun dry out.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Sponge farms
A server running sponge-based farms can keep its dry sponges supplied with campfires instead of repeated Nether runs.
Who it’s for: Server owners and players who use sponges in their builds or farms on Fabric or NeoForge servers for 1.21.1 or 26.2.
How it compares
Sponges dry above campfires is a NeoForge-only option for 1.21.1 and is not open source under the MIT License. Configurable Sponges is a Fabric mod for 1.21.5 – 1.21.11, open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. Renewable Sponges is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only and covers 1.16.1 – 26.2 on Fabric and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sponge Plus | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-19 |
| Sponges dry above campfires | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-05-12 |
| Configurable Sponges | Fabric | 1.21.5 – 1.21.11 | Server-side only | 2025-12-11 |
| Renewable Sponges | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.16.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-03-25 |
Questions
Does Sponge Plus need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Sponge Plus support?
Where can the source code be found?
In the catalog
Sponge Plus is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Sponge Plus spurred from a Reddit post where someone was asking for Mojang to add sponge drying mechanics to the Magma Block. Many mods that improved on sponges appear to be abandoned projects so I decided to make Sponge Plus!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/sponge-plus
- Owner
- JayceTheGaymer
- Published
- 2026-08-31
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-19
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15