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[[File:Plankton_intro_logo.png|thumbnail|250px|right|A promotional image by sbl for the version.]]

'''Plankton 16''' is the 16th version of SBC, released on July 18th, [[2025]]. [[sbl]] was the lead designer of this version. It serves a tie-in to Plankton: The Movie, which was released a few months prior.

==Foreshadowing==
In the weeks leading up to the release, Plankton kept posting on the forum that he had changed his evil ways and offered improvements to the community. Sneak peeks were also posted for Loyal Customers weekly, and then daily leading up to the release.

==New Features==
*Three new skins: V16 Plankton, V16 Plankton Dark and Computer W.I.F.E. Each with a unique glow around the forum!
*[[V14 Jellyfish]], [[V14 Jellyfish Dark]] and [[Steppin' on the Beach!]] became Loyal Customer exclusives. [[Neptune's Castle]] is now only accessible using [[King Neptune for a Day]].
*One skin added to the Skin Store: [[The Owl House Community]] (Loyal Customer exclusive)
*One new Community Store item: '''Cashier for a Week'''.
*New 15 Year Anniversary badge. The other anniversary badges also received updated designs.
*New Recent Achievements widget.
*Achievement level points adjusted.
*Official release of QueUp for SBC's new music room. A party was held on July 19th to celebrate.
*Rules page overhaul.
*Discord server upgraded to Community. Other Discord updates:
**New Weather Bot with a dedicated channel: #weather-channel.
**Channel changes: #rules and #announcements are now separate.
**Stickers received higher quality versions.
*Recapping recent wiki updates to 1.43.1.
*SpongeCraft Frontiers updated to 1.18.2. New image plugin and Dynmap is enabled. A building contest was held in Chum City on July 18th to celebrate.
*Forum layout reorganization: Goo Lagoon is now under Robot-Pirate Island and Davy Jones' Locker fused with SpongeBob's Library.
*[[Zaid]] promoted to a Fry Cook.

==Removals==
*The following skins were all retired: [[V13 Sponge]], [[V13 Sponge Dark]] and Sponge on the Run.

==Trivia==
*The SpongeCraft building contest makes this the first time a version has a game alongside its release.
*First version since [[Tiki 10]] to have a staff change accompany it.

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