Sponges
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Sponges are tools used to "absorb" liquids by pressing the ⚒ Use / Attack button on them. This causes the liquid to disappear from the environment without storing it. There are four different types of sponges:
- Super Absorbant Sponge for absorbing water and shimmer
- Lava Absorbant Sponge for absorbing lava
- Honey Absorbant Sponge for absorbing honey
- Ultra Absorbant Sponge for absorbing all kinds of liquid
Attempting to use a sponge on a different type of liquid has no effect.
Sponges can be used limitlessly and are never depleted. They are also slightly faster at draining liquids when compared to using a standard Empty Bucket (especially when moving the cursor around while draining).
Types
Sponge | Tooltip | Rarity | Sell | Bonus | Use time | Source | |
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Super Absorbant SpongeInternal Item ID: 3032 | Capable of soaking up an endless amount of water | ![]() |
10 GC | +2 range | 12 (Very fast)
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Lava Absorbant SpongeInternal Item ID: 4872 | Capable of soaking up an endless amount of lava | ![]() |
10 GC | +2 range | 12 (Very fast)
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Honey Absorbant SpongeInternal Item ID: 5303 | Capable of soaking up an endless amount of honey | ![]() |
10 GC | +2 range | 12 (Very fast)
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Ultra Absorbant SpongeInternal Item ID: 5304 | Capable of soaking up an endless amount of liquid | ![]() |
30 GC | +3 range | 8 (Insanely fast)
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Crafting
Recipes
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Tips
- Using the Super Absorbant Sponge below the surface of a water body briefly creates a pocket of air before the surrounding water can fill it in. If used over the player's head, the breath meter will be replenished, as the player's head will momentarily be considered to be out of the water.
- The Super Absorbant Sponge can help keep the player from drowning when creating tunnels or exploring underground.
- The Ultra Absorbant Sponge has a slightly increased range and use time, despite all other sponges having the same amount, making it a direct upgrade even beyond the fact it can absorb all liquids.
See also
- Bottomless Buckets(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), counterparts which place infinite liquids.
- Dry Bombs(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), bombs which can absorb any liquid.
History
- Desktop 1.4.4:
- Super Absorbant Sponge and Lava Absorbant Sponge sprites updated. Old sprites were:
- Added the Honey and Ultra Absorbant Sponges.
- Super Absorbant Sponge can now be obtained in pre-hardmode.
- Super Absorbant Sponge and Lava Absorbant Sponge sprites updated. Old sprites were:
- Desktop 1.4.0.1: Added the Lava Absorbant Sponge.
- Desktop 1.3.0.4: Fixed typo in the Super Absorbant Sponge's tooltip ("Capable of soaking up any endless amount of water").
- Desktop 1.3.0.1: Introduced.
- Console 1.4.4: Added the Honey and Ultra Absorbant Sponges.
- Console 1.4.0.5.4.1: Added the Lava Absorbant Sponge.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. (
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- Console 1.0.750.0: Introduced. (
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- Switch 1.4.4: Added the Honey and Ultra Absorbant Sponges.
- Switch 1.4.0.5.5: Added the Lava Absorbant Sponge.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile 1.4.4: Added the Honey and Ultra Absorbant Sponges.
- Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Added the Lava Absorbant Sponge.
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Introduced.