Channeling

Channeling

Maximum level	I
Primary items
Secondary items	None
Enchantment weight	1
Incompatible with	Riptide

Channeling is a trident enchantment that produces lightning.

Obtaining

Channeling is available from enchantment tables, raid drops,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} books obtained by fishing, minecart chests, chest dungeons , librarian villagers, and from chests found in Overworld non-village structures.

Usage

Channeling summons a lightning bolt when a mob is hit by a thrown trident if there is currently a thunderstorm occurring.

The mob must be exposed to the open sky in order for the enchantment to work. This enchantment allows the player to change creepers, villagers, pigs, and red mooshrooms/brown mooshrooms into charged creepers, witches, zombified piglins, and brown mooshrooms/red mooshrooms, respectively.

In Java Edition, Channeling doesn't affect mobs in some circumstances. A mob cannot be: in Water, in Lava, in a Cobweb, on Soul sand, on Honey block, on Snow (if snow layer is 8), in a Minecart or in a Boat while being hit with this enchantment. Mobs in minecarts and boats can be struck only if passive.

Channeling tridents thrown at lightning rods will always create lightning without the need for a mob. ‌^{[upcoming: 1.17]}

Incompatibilities

Channeling and Riptide are mutually exclusive. If combined using commands, Riptide supercedes Channeling.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Trident thunder cracks	Friendly Creatures	Randomly plays when trident strikes and summons a lightning bolt	item.trident.thunder	subtitles.item.trident.thunder	5.0	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Channeling	channeling	enchantment.minecraft.channeling

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Channeling	channeling	32	enchantment.tridentChanneling

History

Java Edition
1.13		18w07a			Channeling is added alongside the addition of tridents.
		18w14a			Channeling is no longer compatible with Riptide.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17		20w45a			Channeling can now be triggered by hitting lightning rods.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added Channeling as part of Experimental Gameplay, able to be applied to the new tridents.
		beta 1.2.14.2			Channeling has been fully implemented and is no longer part of Experimental Gameplay.
					Tridents are now fully implemented and can now be enchanted with Channeling.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Channeling is added alongside the addition of tridents.

Issues

Issues relating to "Channeling" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

References

Enchantments

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