Minecraft:Riptide

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Riptide is an Minecraft:enchantment applied to Minecraft:tridents that causes the trident to launch the user when used in water or rain, replacing the trident's ability to be thrown as a projectile.

Obtaining

Riptide can be obtained from Minecraft:enchanting tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a Minecraft:raid,Template:Only books obtained by Minecraft:fishing, Minecraft:monster room chests, Minecraft:vaults, Minecraft:librarian Minecraft:villagers, and non-village Minecraft:structure loot.

Usage

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Sunny using a Riptide trident in the rain.

Tridents enchanted with Riptide can be thrown only when a Minecraft:player stands in water or when exposed to Minecraft:rain. In these situations, a thrown trident launches the player with it. Players can reach greater heights by throwing a Riptide trident straight upward, and travel further distances by throwing it from a higher altitude, or by Minecraft:sprinting or Minecraft:sprint-swimming while in motion. If a Riptide-enchanted trident is held in both the main and off-hands, the player's velocity is not doubled and only the trident in the main is used (see Minecraft:dual wield), although the animation for both tridents is displayed on the HUD. Throwing a Riptide trident consumes 1 durability.Template:Only

The formula for the number of blocks the trident throws the user is (6 × level) + 3 when in rain or standing in water, and (4 × level) + 3 while underwater.

Riptide cannot be used in biomes (or altitudes) where it doesn't rain, even if the current weather in these locations is snow or overcast.

If the player collides with a mob or another player, the trident deals throwing damage (including critical damage if the player is falling) and the player's movement is abruptly stopped. In this situation, a Riptide trident can bypass the defense of a shield. Colliding with a mob to deal damage consumes 1 durability regardless of version, which means a collision Template:In damages the trident twice. If the Riptide trident is in the off-hand, any damage would be dealt with the item in the main hand.

If an item is being held in the off-hand during movement, on the HUD, the held item appears at the top-left, with the top of the item texture facing the direction the player is (unless that item is another Minecraft:trident, in which case the same animation as the Riptide trident is played, regardless of if the trident in the off-hand is enchanted with Riptide or not). The same is true if the trident is in the off-hand and the held item in the main hand, if any. The trident, the item in the main/off-hand (if any), and other items can be swapped, rearranged, or thrown out to create different animation combinations.

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A trident being enchanted with Riptide.

A thrown Riptide-enchanted trident can hit multiple targets.Template:Only

Elytra

A Riptide trident can be used to propel a player wearing Minecraft:elytra if in rainy weather or in a body of water. This allows players to reach speeds upwards of 500 blocks per second,<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Bug</ref> compared to 33.5 blocks per second using Minecraft:firework rockets.

Incompatibilities

The Minecraft:Loyalty enchantment cannot be combined with Riptide, as a Riptide trident never leaves the player's hand when used. Minecraft:Channeling is also mutually exclusive with Riptide, both because the trident never lands anywhere, and because it would strike lightning at the player's own position.

If combined using commands, Riptide takes priority over Loyalty and Channeling.