Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
93 Achievements
2,195
43-55h
Xbox 360
Dry Spell
Dry a Sponge in a Furnace.
15
How to unlock the Dry Spell achievement in Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition - Definitive Guide
NOTE: This Solution no longer works as a new tutorial world is now in play. Sorry to those that didnt get the achievement back then, but you'll have to use another solution.
Dry Spell - 15G (Requires Title Update 48)
Difficulty: Very Easy
Estimated Period of Time: Short
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Load up the new Elytra Tutorial World. I found a Sponge in a chest at the coordinates: X: -397, Y: 92, Z: -95. Make sure you use it on water to make it a Wet Sponge, then take that to any furnace and insert it inside along with a wood block or anything that can be used as a fuel source to get this Achievement (you can even use a Bucket of Lava as the fuel source and get the Super Fuel Achievement at the same time). It may be easier to take a furnace along with you to cut down on backtracking.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Thanks to LordFightALot a solution has been found for anyone that was trapped with relocked Achievements on the day of Title Update 48's release! Do as follows and there is a 99% of it working!
"This is exactly what I did:
1. Start up the Xbox (it auto signed in for me)
2. Manually sign out of your profile on the Xbox dashboard.
3. Launch Minecraft.
4. Press Play Game
5. A popup appears and asks you to sign in. Press Yes [I want to sign in].
6. The achievements popped right away on the world selection screen."
If this worked for you, don't thank me, go thank LordFightALot!
Dry Spell - 15G (Requires Title Update 48)
Difficulty: Very Easy
Estimated Period of Time: Short
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Load up the new Elytra Tutorial World. I found a Sponge in a chest at the coordinates: X: -397, Y: 92, Z: -95. Make sure you use it on water to make it a Wet Sponge, then take that to any furnace and insert it inside along with a wood block or anything that can be used as a fuel source to get this Achievement (you can even use a Bucket of Lava as the fuel source and get the Super Fuel Achievement at the same time). It may be easier to take a furnace along with you to cut down on backtracking.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Thanks to LordFightALot a solution has been found for anyone that was trapped with relocked Achievements on the day of Title Update 48's release! Do as follows and there is a 99% of it working!
"This is exactly what I did:
1. Start up the Xbox (it auto signed in for me)
2. Manually sign out of your profile on the Xbox dashboard.
3. Launch Minecraft.
4. Press Play Game
5. A popup appears and asks you to sign in. Press Yes [I want to sign in].
6. The achievements popped right away on the world selection screen."
If this worked for you, don't thank me, go thank LordFightALot!
8 Comments
If anyone doesn't want to travel halfway across the map there are a few sponges in the giant sword build at x:86 y:100 and Z:-47. Woudln't let me post a new solution.
By Instapissed KC on 01 May 2017 02:10
There's a different tutorial world now. Can you update the coordinates for the new tutorial world.
By doughnutpanda69 on 20 Feb 2019 21:22
watch vid
Found a place in the new aquatic update for this.
Near to where you fight the elder guardian at X: 278 and Z: -105. You should find some hanging on a ceiling in a hidden chamber.
Swim down through the entrance to the monument and go through the opening on the right. Once in this room start tunnelling through the left wall opposite 2 diamond blocks and you should come out into an opening where there are several sponges hanging from the ceiling.
Mine them and just pop them in a furnace as they will already be wet, once they are dry take them out the furnace and the achievement should unlock.
Near to where you fight the elder guardian at X: 278 and Z: -105. You should find some hanging on a ceiling in a hidden chamber.
Swim down through the entrance to the monument and go through the opening on the right. Once in this room start tunnelling through the left wall opposite 2 diamond blocks and you should come out into an opening where there are several sponges hanging from the ceiling.
Mine them and just pop them in a furnace as they will already be wet, once they are dry take them out the furnace and the achievement should unlock.
2 Comments
thumbs'd up your guide, thanks for the update on the newer tut world. Here is a visual representation of that room you are looking for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5kBeHybVTo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5kBeHybVTo
By iNk x horiZon on 05 May 2020 00:52
Awesome! +1
By MortalViper5 on 28 Nov 2022 18:43
The best way to get this achievement to combine it with “The Deep End.” Elder Guardians always drop sponges, and it is easy to kill the elder guardian in the tutorial world.
In the tutorial world, craft an iron pickaxe and mine the diamond blocks on the pickaxe art to make diamond armor. Then go to the trident tutorial area and enchant a trident with Impaling V. You can also kill one of the pufferfish with the trident to get the “Overpowered” achievement. Take your pufferfish to the brewing tutorial to get the water breathing potions. Go to the elder guardian at X:281, Y:63, Z:-103 and use your water breathing potions and trident to kill the elder guardian and get the “The Deep End” achievement.
Grab the wet sponge, craft a furnace, and cook the wet sponge to get the “Dry Spell” achievement.
In the tutorial world, craft an iron pickaxe and mine the diamond blocks on the pickaxe art to make diamond armor. Then go to the trident tutorial area and enchant a trident with Impaling V. You can also kill one of the pufferfish with the trident to get the “Overpowered” achievement. Take your pufferfish to the brewing tutorial to get the water breathing potions. Go to the elder guardian at X:281, Y:63, Z:-103 and use your water breathing potions and trident to kill the elder guardian and get the “The Deep End” achievement.
Grab the wet sponge, craft a furnace, and cook the wet sponge to get the “Dry Spell” achievement.
1 Comment
This worked perfectly for me. I also never realized all that diamond was floating over my head
By nickjawnsin on 02 Aug 2023 00:13