
SuperSponge
A powerful, survival-balanced sponge that drains massive water areas instantly.
🧽 SuperSponge
Drain entire oceans with a single block. SuperSponge adds a craftable, survival-balanced sponge that absorbs hundreds of water blocks at once — seagrass, kelp, coral, and all.
🔨 How to Get a Super Sponge
You can't just find one in a chest — you have to craft it:
- Collect 4 Sponges
- Collect 1 Nether Star
- Craft them together at a crafting table
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[ S ] [ N ] [ S ]
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- S = Sponge
- N = Nether Star
Server admins can also grant one directly with /supersponge.
💧 What It Does
Place a Super Sponge near water and it will flood-fill outward, absorbing everything in its path — up to 500 blocks by default (configurable).
It handles all of the following:
- Regular water source blocks and flowing water
- Waterlogged stairs, slabs, fences, and other blocks
- Seagrass and tall seagrass
- Kelp and kelp plants
- Coral and coral fans
- Bubble columns
After absorbing, the sponge turns wet just like a vanilla sponge would.
🔥 Drying Your Sponge
A wet Super Sponge dries the same way a vanilla sponge does:
- Furnace — smelt it to dry it out
- Nether — place it and it dries on its own
Either way it comes back as a Super Sponge — it will never lose its identity or revert to a plain sponge.
💾 Persistence
- Placed sponge locations are saved to disk and survive server restarts
- Breaking a placed Super Sponge always drops it back as a Super Sponge with up-to-date lore
- Powers and identity persist through all vanilla drying methods
⚙️ Configuration
super-sponge:
max-blocks: 500
Change max-blocks to control how much water a single Super Sponge can drain. Run /supersponge reload to apply changes to all online players without restarting.
🔧 Commands & Permissions
| Command | Description | Permission |
|---|---|---|
/supersponge | Gives you a Super Sponge | supersponge.give (default: OP) |
/supersponge reload | Reloads config and updates online inventories | supersponge.reload (default: OP) |
📋 Requirements
- Paper 1.21+
- Java 21+
