Channeling

Channeling is a trident enchantment that produces lightning when thrown at a mob or lightning rod while a thunderstorm is occurring.

Obtaining[]

Channeling is available from enchantment tables, raid drops,‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} books obtained by fishing, minecart chests, monster room 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 for the enchantment to work. This enchantment allows the player to change creepers into charged creepers, villagers into witches, pigs into zombified piglins, and mooshrooms into their opposite color (red into brown and vice versa).

In Java Edition, Channeling doesn't affect mobs in some circumstances^[1][2][3]. A mob cannot be: in water, in lava, in powder snow, in a cobweb, on soul sand, on a 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.

However, it should be noted that in the circumstances stated above, even though lightning cannot be summoned if the mob itself is hit by a Channeling trident, they are still affected by the lightning if it strikes nearby. For instance, if a Channeling trident hits an armor stand next to a creeper in water, the lightning is summoned as normal, and the creeper becomes charged from being in the affected radius of the lightning.

Channeling tridents thrown at lightning rods always create lightning without the need for a mob. Lightning created with a Channeling trident cannot be redirected into a lightning rod.

Lightning from a Channeling trident never spawns a skeleton trap horse.

Incompatibilities[]

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

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Trident thunder cracks	Weather	When a trident with Channeling strikes a lightning rod	item.trident.thunder	subtitles.item.trident.thunder	5.0	1.0	16
	Trident thunder cracks	Friendly Creatures	When a Channeling trident hits a mob	item.trident.thunder	subtitles.item.trident.thunder	5.0	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Players	When a trident with Channeling strikes a mob[sound 1][sound 2]‌[upcoming: BE 1.20.30]	item.trident.thunder	1.0‌[until BE 1.20.30] 1000.0‌[upcoming: BE 1.20.30]	1.0

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Channeling	channeling	enchantment.minecraft.channeling

Bedrock Edition:

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

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Surge Protector	Protect a Villager from an undesired shock without starting a fire	Adventure	Be within 30 blocks of a lightning strike that doesn't set any blocks on fire, while an unharmed villager is within or up to six blocks above a 30×30×30 volume centered on the lightning strike.	adventure/lightning_rod_with_villager_no_fire
	Very Very Frightening	Strike a Villager with lightning	A Throwaway Joke	Hit a villager with lightning created by a trident with the Channeling enchantment.	adventure/very_very_frightening

History[]

Java Edition
1.13		18w07a			Channeling is added alongside the addition of tridents.
		18w14a			Channeling is no longer compatible with Riptide.
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.

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