Trident

"If you don't want to throw it away permanently, then you should invest in Loyalty. This common enchantment makes your trident come back to you. Riptide, which makes you lunge with your trident when you throw it (as long as you're in water, or it's raining) is also well worth seeking out!"

- Tom Stone

Tridents are a type of weapon that can be used in melee or ranged combat.

Obtaining
Tridents are not currently obtainable in Survival mode. However, this will likely change in future snapshots.

Melee Attacking
Press at an entity to hit it, having 1.1 attack speed (on Java Edition). This will deal damage towards that entity, and the trident's durability will decrease by one.

Throwing
Press and hold until the trident is fully retracted, after about 0.6 seconds. When you release, the trident will be thrown, dealing damage to the entity that it hits, if any. It flies on a ballistic trajectory similar to that of an arrow, but at 80% strength. If the trident hits a block, it will stick to the block, and if it hits an entity, it will bounce and land nearby. It is also blocked by the shields, and could be caught back once bounced. Thrown tridents can press wooden buttons like arrows.

Unlike other projectiles, the trident does not slow down when thrown on water.

Enchantments
Tridents can receive the following enchantments:


 * Sharpness
 * Unbreaking
 * Mending
 * Knockback
 * Only works in melee attack
 * Loyalty
 * Impaling
 * Riptide
 * Channeling