Riptide is an enchantment to a trident, allowing the player to use the trident as a means of fast transportation.
Usage
Tridents enchanted with Riptide can be thrown only when a player stands in water, during snowy weather in certain biomes[note 1], or during rainy weather. In those situations, a thrown trident launches the player with it. Higher levels allow for traveling greater distances. Players can also reach higher heights by throwing a Riptide trident straight upwards.
If the player collides with a mob or another player, the trident deals throwing damage. Using Riptide consumes durability of the Trident regardless of whether or not the trident collides with a mob or player.[Java Edition only]
A thrown trident can hit multiple targets.[Bedrock Edition only]
Notably, a trident enchanted with Riptide can be held in the offhand slot and used to dash, without enabling standard attacking. However, it will not apply the damage from the trident upon collision with an enemy, rather applying the damage from the selected hotbar slot. This could possibly be exploited to increase attack speed of slow weapons, such as axes.
Incompatibilities
Riptide is mutually exclusive with Loyalty and Channeling (although Loyalty and Channeling may be combined with each other).