Minecraft:Lunge

Lunge is an Minecraft:enchantment applied to Minecraft:spears that causes jab attacks to propel the wielder forward horizontally. When used, Lunge consumes Minecraft:saturation and Minecraft:hunger at an amount dependent on the enchantment level, as well as 1 durability. The distance gained from Lunge is increased when in midair.

Obtaining

Lunge can be directly applied to a spear or book using an Minecraft:enchanting table. Enchanted books with Lunge can also be obtained by Minecraft:trading with a librarian of any levelTemplate:Until, from Minecraft:fishing, or from Minecraft:structure loot. An enchanted book can be used to apply Lunge to a spear using an Minecraft:anvil.

Usage

Lunge propels the wielder forward, providing an instant momentum boost of <math>0.458\times level</math> blocks per tick in the direction they are facing whenever they perform a jab attack, at the cost of causing <math>4\times level</math> Minecraft:exhaustion gained (for Minecraft:players only) and 1 additional durability loss. This equates to:

• Level I: 0.458 blocks per tick (9.16 blocks per second), at the cost of Template:Hunger and 1 durability.
• Level II: 0.916 blocks per tick (18.32 blocks per second), at the cost of Template:Hunger and 1 durability.
• Level III: 1.374 blocks per tick (27.48 blocks per second), at the cost of Template:Hunger and 1 durability.

For players, Lunge consumes saturation points first, and then hunger points after. Lunge can only be activated if the wielder has Template:Hunger or more hunger points in their hunger bar (i.e. they can Minecraft:sprint). This equates to:

• 34 lunges with max saturation<ref group="note">Max saturation can be reached by eating two instances of golden carrots, steak, cooked porkchops, or rabbit stew, or Template:In, by eating a single suspicious stew with the Saturation effect.</ref> at level I.
• 17 lunges with max saturation at level II.
• 12 lunges with max saturation at level III.

Non-player Minecraft:mobs do not have hunger, so Lunge will always activate whenever they perform jab attacks, with the only cost being durability. However, Minecraft:zombies, Minecraft:zombie villagers, Minecraft:husks, Minecraft:piglins, and Minecraft:zombified piglins only perform charge attacks, and therefore will never activate Lunge. Mobs use Lunge-enchanted spears in exactly the same way they use non-Lunge spears; i.e. only in melee range and never for mobility.

The distance traveled using Lunge is maximized if the wielder looks directly horizontal when they activate it, as the vertical component of Lunge's momentum boost is cancelled before it is applied to the wielder. Additionally, using Lunge midair propels the wielder significantly farther than on the ground. Lunge will not activate if the wielder is riding a mount or vehicle, gliding with Minecraft:elytra, touching Minecraft:water or, if the wielder is a Minecraft:player, has 5 or fewer hunger points.

Charge attack

File:Lunge charge attack synergy.gif

Starting a charge attack immediately after doing a jab attack with a Lunge spear.

Lunge does not activate when doing a charge attack, and instead activates when doing a jab attack. However, by initiating a charge attack directly after jabbing, the charge attack can be connected using the velocity gained with Lunge. There must be significant distance between the user and the target to give time for the charge attack's activation delay to fully finish after jabbing. The following table shows the damage of charge attacks when done using the speed from different levels of Lunge.

Travel method	Blocks traveled per second	Charge attack damage
		Template:ItemSpriteTemplate:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSpriteTemplate:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite	Template:ItemSprite
Template:ItemLink I	9.16	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink II	18.32	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp
Template:ItemLink III	27.48	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp	Template:Hp

Data values

ID

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History

Trivia

• Because hunger cannot be depleted in Minecraft:Peaceful difficulty, the Lunge enchantment can be used infinitely as long as it has sufficient durability.

Gallery

• A player holding a Minecraft:netherite spear with Lunge.
  A player holding a Minecraft:netherite spear with Lunge.

See also

• Minecraft:Riptide