Yes
His structure extends into the ocean, so because water source blocks like to duplicate themselves (and every block in a generated body of water is a source block) the only way is to replace them with something. For spring blocks and breaches, you can drain water by blocking it off. ---. L.A.W. 3-pg.com. When a sponge absorbs water, it will convert to a wet sponge, which is darker, drips water, and is unable to soak up any more water. To get back the normal sponge, you need to smelt it in a Furnace. Elder Guardians also drop 1 Wet Sponge when defeated. The base of the tower goes all the way down to the sea floor. What I want to do is drain out all of this water inside the tower, but the physics don't really allow me to do that. (I dug a hole from the mainland and tunneled to under the tower, and then dug up to drain out the water; sadly it doesn't work like that.). Sponges were recently added, and they're supposed to drain water in a 5X5X5 block area, no matter where I put them, they don't do anything. Ok I feel kinda dumb but here goes. Sponges were recently added, and they're supposed to drain water in a 5X5X5 block area, no matter where I put them, they don't do anything. So my question is, how do sponges work. A sponge can be used to turn water into air (it absorbs the water). To place a sponge, use a sponge item while pointing at a surface facing the space the sponge should occupy. A sponge instantly absorbs nearby water when it is placed next to water or when water comes into contact with it (by being placed next to the sponge, or by flowing towards it).
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