Minecraft:Trident

Template:For Template:Infobox item A trident is a Minecraft:weapon that can be used to perform Template:Control, or be Template:Control as a Minecraft:projectile that is not slowed down by Minecraft:water. It can rarely be obtained either from trident-wielding Minecraft:drowned or from Minecraft:trial chambers.

Obtaining

Mob loot

6.25% of naturally-spawned Minecraft:drowned Template:In, or 15% of naturally-spawned drowned Template:In, spawn with a trident of random durability as their natural weapon. When a drowned with a trident is killed by a player or a tamed Minecraft:wolf, it has a 8.5% chance Template:In or a 25% chance Template:In of dropping the trident. This chance is increased by 1% with each level of Minecraft:Looting.

Only naturally-spawned drowned can spawn with a trident. Zombies converted to drowned never spawn with tridents. A trident held by a drowned has a chance to be Minecraft:enchanted. The Minecraft:Loyalty, Minecraft:Impaling, and Minecraft:Channeling enchantments function the same, while Minecraft:Riptide has no effect for the drowned.

Thrown tridents

Tridents thrown onto the ground by a player can be picked up; however, tridents thrown by Minecraft:drowned cannot be picked up, similar to arrows shot by Minecraft:skeletons and other arrow-firing mobs.

Only the owner of a trident thrown in Creative mode or enchanted with Minecraft:Loyalty can pick it up; other players in Creative and players in Survival mode, including its owner, cannot pick up a trident thrown in Creative.

Usage

Attacking

Melee attack

Pressing Template:Control while holding a trident deals damage to both Minecraft:mobs and players. Tridents deal Template:Hp melee damage and, in Template:JE, have an attack speed of 1.1. Upon damaging a mob or player, the trident's Minecraft:durability decreases by 1. The trident's melee attack does not have any Minecraft:special attack mechanics that are unique to it, unlike all other melee weapons.<ref group="note">Minecraft:Swords can do Minecraft:sweep attacks, Minecraft:axes can do Minecraft:crushing blows, Minecraft:maces can do Minecraft:smash attacks, and Minecraft:spears can do both Minecraft:jab attacks and Minecraft:charge attacks.</ref>

Ranged attack

File:Steve aiming with Trident.png

Steve aiming with Trident

File:Trident throwing.gif

Throwing a trident Template:In.

Pressing and holding Template:Control while holding a trident charges it. When released at full charge, the trident is thrown and deals damage to any Minecraft:entity it hits. It flies on a ballistic trajectory similar to that of an Minecraft:arrow. If the trident hits a block, it sticks to the block. If it hits an entity, it bounces off the entity and lands nearby. It is also blocked by Minecraft:shields and can be retrieved once it lands on the ground. Thrown tridents can trigger wooden Minecraft:buttons, wooden Minecraft:pressure plates, and Minecraft:target blocks. A trident can be thrown at a Minecraft:chorus flower or Minecraft:pointed dripstone to break it, which causes the block to be dropped as its respective item. Unlike other projectiles, the trident does not slow down when thrown through water or lava.

Tridents take 1 durability damage when thrown, regardless of whether they hit an entity or not. Tridents with 1 durability or less remaining cannot be thrown.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:IN, tridents despawn after 60 seconds if they are not picked up, just like Minecraft:arrows.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:IN, thrown tridents do not despawn. When thrown at the Minecraft:ender dragon while it is perched, they are deflected and lit on fire, in the same way as arrows.

Template:IN, thrown tridents only damage one entity.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Template:IN, a trident can damage multiple entities as long as it touches a solid block before damaging the next entity; for example, a Minecraft:piston can move a trident into a mob.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Subsequent hits from the same throw still count as player damage, meaning that mobs drop Minecraft:experience and Minecraft:Looting can be used, but the trident does not lose additional durability.

Template:IN and Minecraft:Java Edition Combat Test 4, tridents can be shot by Minecraft:dispensers regardless of enchantment.

Statistics

Java Edition

Template:IN, tridents have an attack speed of 1.1 (0.909 seconds), and have the following statistics:

Unenchanted
Type	Attack damage	Attack speed	DPS	Attack range	Hitbox margin	Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is Lifetime damage minimum = Durability × Damage per hit. It assumes the trident is at maximum charge.</ref>	Durability	Enchantability
Template:ItemSprite Melee	Template:Hp	1.1 (0.909 seconds)	9.9	3 (3 blocks)	0	Template:Hp	250	1
Template:ItemSprite Melee (critical)	Template:Hp		14.85			Template:Hp
Type	Projectile damage	Charge time	DPS	Inaccuracy	Hitbox margin	Lifetime damage inflicted	Durability	Enchantability
Template:ItemSprite Ranged	Template:Hp	0.5s	16	1	N/A	Template:Hp	250	1

Enchanted
Type	Base damage	Impaling I	Impaling II	Impaling III	Impaling IV	Impaling V
Template:ItemSprite Melee	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite Melee (critical)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite Ranged	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Type	Base damage			Channeling
Template:ItemSprite Ranged	Template:Hp			Template:Hp

Bedrock Edition

Template:IN, tridents have no attack cooldown, and have the following statistics:

Unenchanted
Type	Attack damage	Attack speed	DPS	Attack range	Hitbox margin	Lifetime damage inflicted<ref group="note">The formula to find the total lifetime damage is Lifetime damage minimum = Durability × Damage per hit.</ref>	Durability	Enchantability
Template:ItemSprite Melee	Template:Hp	N/A	18	3 (3 blocks)	0	Template:Hp	251	1
Template:ItemSprite Melee (critical)	Template:Hp		27			Template:Hp
Type	Projectile damage	Charge time	DPS	Inaccuracy	Hitbox margin	Lifetime damage inflicted	Durability	Enchantability
Template:ItemSprite Ranged	Template:Hp	0.5s	16	1	N/A	Template:Hp	251	1

Enchanted
Type	Base damage	Impaling I	Impaling II	Impaling III	Impaling IV	Impaling V
Template:ItemSprite Melee	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite Melee (critical)	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:ItemSprite Ranged	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Type	Base damage			Channeling
Template:ItemSprite Ranged	Template:Hp			Template:Hp

Projectile motion

The projectile motion of a thrown trident is dependent on the angle the user is facing, as well as the user's movement speed. Calculators/Projectile motion

Drowned

Template:Main A drowned holding a trident throws tridents at its target every 1.5 seconds, dealing Template:Hp Minecraft:damage in Normal Minecraft:difficulty. A drowned can throw unlimited tridents, and these tridents cannot be picked up by the Minecraft:player.

A Minecraft:villager can be converted into a Minecraft:zombie villager if it is killed by a trident thrown by a drowned. The chance of conversion is 0% on Easy Minecraft:difficulty, 50% on Normal, and 100% on Hard.

Template:IN, a drowned can use the trident's melee attack if its target is within three blocks. The melee attack deals Template:Hp damage.

A drowned's trident can be Minecraft:enchanted. The Loyalty, Impaling and Channeling enchantments work the same as they would for a player, while Riptide has no effect for drowned.

Repairing

Unit repair

A trident can be repaired only by the common procedure of combining with another trident in an Minecraft:anvil. The Minecraft:enchantments of both are preserved, and an extra 5% durability bonus is added.

Enchantments

Applicable enchantments

A trident can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:

Name	Description	Max Level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Loyalty<ref group="note" name="note1">Loyalty and Channeling are mutually exclusive with Riptide, but Loyalty and Channeling can coexist.</ref>	Causes the trident to return after landing.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Channeling<ref group="note" name="note1" />	Releases a bolt of lightning when the thrown trident strikes a mob or Minecraft:lightning rod during a Minecraft:thunderstorm.	I	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	1
Minecraft:Riptide<ref group="note" name="note1" />	Replaces the throw with a charge that hurls the user forward only when wet. Throwing the trident becomes impossible.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Impaling	Increases the damage dealt to Minecraft:aquatic mobsTemplate:Only or mobs in contact with Minecraft:water or Minecraft:rainTemplate:Only.	V	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the trident when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	The trident in the player’s possession disappears upon the player’s death and does not drop as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

Enchantment behavior

Tridents have exclusive access to the Minecraft:Impaling, Minecraft:Loyalty, Minecraft:Riptide, and Minecraft:Channeling enchantments.

Impaling

Template:Main Tridents enchanted with Minecraft:Impaling increase damage against mobs in certain conditions depending on the game version. Template:IN, the enchantment deals extra damage to all Minecraft:aquatic mobs. Template:IN, it deals extra damage to players and mobs that are in water or rain. In the Minecraft:Java Edition Combat Tests, it has both of these effects.

Loyalty

Template:Main Tridents enchanted with Minecraft:Loyalty return to the thrower after hitting an entityTemplate:Only/hitting and bouncing off an entity then hitting a blockTemplate:Only<ref>Template:Bug</ref> or directly hitting a block. A Loyalty-enchanted trident fired from a Minecraft:dispenser just sticks to the block it strikes. Higher levels of enchantment result in shorter recovery times. Template:IN, throwing a trident enchanted with Loyalty into the Minecraft:void destroys it,<ref>Template:Bug</ref> while Template:In it automatically returns to the player. Loyalty-enchanted tridents can take Minecraft:fire damage but still return to the player if thrown in Minecraft:lava. This is especially helpful in Minecraft:the Nether if the Minecraft:player is using the trident instead of a Minecraft:bow. If a trident enchanted with Loyalty attempts to return to a player with no available inventory space, the trident floats near the player until inventory space becomes available.

Riptide

Template:Main Tridents enchanted with Minecraft:Riptide launch the player a certain distance and do not leave the player's hand when thrown, with the distance increasing for higher enchantment levels. They can be thrown only if the player is standing in Minecraft:water or if it is raining on the block they are standing on. If the player charges it but walks into a nearby dry area, the charge is canceled. If the player throws a Riptide trident and collides with a mob, the mob takes melee damage (including critical damage if the player is falling). Template:IN tridents enchanted with Riptide take one durability damage upon throwing and lose an additional 1 durability if it collides with an entity on both editions. Each level of Riptide increases the distance traveled by six blocks. The enchantment at level one launches the player nine blocks, fifteen blocks at level two, and twenty-one blocks at level three. Using Minecraft:Riptide, nearby players or mobs are dealt splash damage within an 8.25×8.25×4.25 cubical area. It stacks with the Minecraft:Impaling enchantment and Minecraft:Strength effect. Critical hits do not increase splash damage, but affect the target.

A trident with the Minecraft:Riptide enchantment can be used to propel a player wearing Minecraft:elytra, but only in Minecraft:rainy weather, during snowy weather in certain biomes<ref>Template:Bug</ref> or while the Minecraft:player is in a body of water. A Riptide trident can boost the player to speeds as high as 125 blocks per second,<ref>Template:Bug</ref> much faster than the 33.5 blocks per second speed achievable using Minecraft:firework rockets.

Channeling

Template:Main Tridents enchanted with Minecraft:Channeling summon a lightning bolt if there is a thunderstorm, although only upon hitting a mob or player standing in the rain as well as a lightning rod placed in the rain^{[JE only]}. On Minecraft:Bedrock Edition, lightning is summoned when a trident enchanted with Minecraft:Channeling hits a lightning rod, even in regular rain ^{[BE only]}.

Sounds

Template:Edition:
Thrown tridents use the Friendly Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

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Data values

ID

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Entity data

Tridents have entity data associated with them that contain various properties of the entity.

Template:El: Template:Main

<section begin="entity data" />

• Template:Nbt Entity data
  • Template:Nbt inherit/arrow
  • Template:Nbt inherit/entity
  • Template:Nbt inherit/projectile
  • Template:Nbt: Template:Cd or Template:Cd (Template:Cd/Template:Cd) - If Template:Cd, the trident has already damaged an entity or been stuck in the ground for more than 4 ticks, in which case subsequent collisions with entities deal no damage and Loyalty tridents begin to return to the player.
  • Template:Nbt: The tag representing the item that is given when the entity is picked up.
    • Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot

<section end="entity data" />

Template:El:

See Minecraft:Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

History

Trivia

• If a Minecraft:player throws a Loyalty-enchanted trident and the player's inventory subsequently fills, the trident hovers around or through the player's skin until an Minecraft:inventory slot opens, which it fills immediately. Multiple tridents can be 'queued' to re-enter the player's inventory in this manner.
• Template:IN, if a trident is enchanted with sword enchantments (for example, via an Minecraft:anvil in Minecraft:Creative mode or through commands), the effects of most enchantments are applied even when the trident is thrown. The only exception is Minecraft:Fire Aspect, which is applied exclusively on melee attacks.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
• Thrown tridents pass through Minecraft:Nether portal blocks without being transported to Minecraft:the Nether or the Minecraft:Overworld.
• Using a trident enchanted with Riptide while riding an entity cancels the charge and does nothing.
• The sounds of tridents were recorded by Minecraft:Samuel Åberg from metal rulers.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>
• A drowned with trident which later drops its trident as an item, enchanted with Loyalty I, shows a trident-returning animation, while still wielding earlier.
• In a behind the scenes video for Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie, Minecraft:Jason Momoa can be seen holding a trident, which is a reference to his role as Aquaman in the DC films.<ref>Template:Ytl</ref>

Gallery

Renders

Item

• An enchanted trident.
  An enchanted trident.

Held

• A drowned holding a trident and a Minecraft:nautilus shell.
  A drowned holding a trident and a Minecraft:nautilus shell.
• Alex aiming with Trident
  Alex aiming with Trident

Screenshots

• Tridents are shown in a clip of Minecon Earth 2017.
  Tridents are shown in a clip of Minecon Earth 2017.
• A trident enchanted with Minecraft:Loyalty returning to the Minecraft:player.
  A trident enchanted with Minecraft:Loyalty returning to the Minecraft:player.
• A player "flying" high in the Minecraft:air after throwing a trident enchanted with Minecraft:Riptide III vertically upward.
  A player "flying" high in the Minecraft:air after throwing a trident enchanted with Minecraft:Riptide III vertically upward.
• A trident stuck in Minecraft:sand.
  A trident stuck in Minecraft:sand.
• First image of a trident in Bedrock Edition.
  First image of a trident in Bedrock Edition.

In other media

• A trident exhibit in Minecraft:15 Year Journey
  A trident exhibit in Minecraft:15 Year Journey
• Minecraft:Kai using a trident in a promo for Minecraft:Vibrant Memories Add-On
  Minecraft:Kai using a trident in a promo for Minecraft:Vibrant Memories Add-On
• Artwork of Minecraft:Ari swimming with a trident.
  Artwork of Minecraft:Ari swimming with a trident.
• A trident in Minecraft:Mojang Presents... An Update Aquatic
  A trident in Minecraft:Mojang Presents... An Update Aquatic
• A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD.
  A Template:MCD as it appears in Template:MCD.
• A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE
  A Template:MCE as it appeared in Template:MCE
• An official T-Shirt design of Minecraft:Alex with a trident.
  An official T-Shirt design of Minecraft:Alex with a trident.
• "Acid Drowned," an officially licensed T-Shirt featuring a Minecraft:drowned with a trident.
  "Acid Drowned," an officially licensed T-Shirt featuring a Minecraft:drowned with a trident.
• A trident as it appears in Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event.
  A trident as it appears in Minecraft:A Minecraft Movie Live Event.

External links

• Template:Mcnet