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, 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, and red mooshrooms/brown mooshrooms into charged creepers, witches and brown mooshrooms/red mooshrooms, respectively.
In Java Edition, Channeling doesn't affect mobs in some circumstances[1]. 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 and in a Boat while being hit with this enchantment. Mobs in minecarts and boats can only be struck if not passive.
Channeling tridents thrown at lightning rods will always create thunder without the need for a mob. [upcoming: Lua error in Module:Version_link at line 112: attempt to concatenate local 'text' (a nil value).]
Incompatibilities
Channeling and Riptide are mutually exclusive. If combined using commands, Riptide supercedes Channeling.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trident thunder cracks | ? | ? | item | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Channeling | channeling | enchantment.minecraft.channeling |
| Name | Identifier | 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.