Minecraft Tridents Unbalanced

[Mozini]

Minecraft tridents are underpowered on the Java Edition and overpowered in the Bedrock Edition.

Tridents are extremely rare to find in the Java Edition, because they only drop from Drowned who naturally spawn with them. Meanwhile on Bedrock, you can convert Zombies into Drowned, allowing you to change any Zombie spawner to a Drowne Farm.

Minor, but worth mentioning. Throwing a trident enchanted with loyalty into the Void in Bedrock Edition will not destroy it, while in Java it will.

The trident has less DPS than a diamond sword in Java, but in Bedrock there’s no attack cool down.

The impaling enchantment only deals extra damage to aquatic mobs in Java Edition, while in Bedrock it will affect players and any mobs in the rain. A trident with impaling V will supercede a diamond sword with sharpness V in Bedrock. It will also come close to the damage of a power V bow, making it effectively the most powerful weapon in Bedrock.

Note: Diamond swords deal 8 damage in Bedrock Edition and axes deal 7. Diamond swords will deal 7 damage in Java Edition and axes will deal 9, but with a considerably long recharge time.

Axes and swords are better than the trident in Java Edition, with the former being able to disable shields. Because axes can’t disable shields in Bedrock Edition, there is effectively no competition for the trident.

[echofox]

good for you

[Slumdog]

Rare items are powerful. Yeah.

[Sudis.]

I reckon the trident is only worth if enchanted. Only one of its enchantments is very useful but will be a pain to keep due tot the need to find tridents and having enough XP to transfer the trident.

Channeling: A bit gimmicky, simply calls down thunder when there is thunder storm. Only useful for farming heads or something...

Riptide: The most useful enchantment, it will let you travel around at fast speed in water or in rain. If combined with the elytra, can get to places really fast. Can also help you save those precious rockets.

Loyalty: Like Thor's Hammer, it goes back to you when thrown. Simple and convenient.

Does not seem to be a damaging type weapon more like a support item. We already got the Bow and crossbow for ranged attacks. The Sword with enchantments will do just fine. Having a spear for raw damage is bit useless in my opinion because most mobs can't even get you if you can time your sword right.

I think they should just add more enchantments to the trident... Some suggestions would be like "Ghost", a water decoy would appear once you throw the trident and would only last for about 5 seconds. Cool-down would be 7 or 10 secs.

[Brucecat]

There's tridents in this game now and what's this Minecraft bedrock

[alicerinz]

Last time I played minecraft it was java only and spears did not exist

[Mozini]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Brucecat:

There's tridents in this game now and what's this Minecraft bedrock

A new edition of Minecraft for consoles and mobile devices. It’s also available in the Windows shop.

[Hayter]

You forgot the most important thing you can do with a trident: creating the peepeepoopoo army

[Mozini]

Początkowo opublikowane przez SudisCain:

I reckon the trident is only worth if enchanted. Only one of its enchantments is very useful but will be a pain to keep due tot the need to find tridents and having enough XP to transfer the trident.

Channeling: A bit gimmicky, simply calls down thunder when there is thunder storm. Only useful for farming heads or something...

Riptide: The most useful enchantment, it will let you travel around at fast speed in water or in rain. If combined with the elytra, can get to places really fast. Can also help you save those precious rockets.

Loyalty: Like Thor's Hammer, it goes back to you when thrown. Simple and convenient.

Does not seem to be a damaging type weapon more like a support item. We already got the Bow and crossbow for ranged attacks. The Sword with enchantments will do just fine. Having a spear for raw damage is bit useless in my opinion because most mobs can't even get you if you can time your sword right.

I think they should just add more enchantments to the trident... Some suggestions would be like "Ghost", a water decoy would appear once you throw the trident and would only last for about 5 seconds. Cool-down would be 7 or 10 secs.

I feel like a lot of trident enchantments are either gimmicks/recreational. For something this difficult to get it should have similar power to end game gear. I get it’s supposed to be only good during thunder and rain but they should change the way you obtain it, maybe through ocean monuments.

[A Terrible Modder]

however the trident is one of the two forms of underwater distant ranged combat, the other being ye ol quick load 3 crossbow loaded with fireworks made of seven firework stars, one paper and one gunpowder