Channeling in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains the Channeling enchantment with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

Supported Platforms

The Channeling enchantment is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

Platform	Supported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes (1.13)
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes (1.4.0)
Xbox 360	Yes (TU69)
Xbox One	Yes (1.4.0)
PS3	Yes (1.76)
PS4	Yes (1.76)
Wii U	Yes (Patch 38)
Nintendo Switch	Yes (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition	Yes (1.4.0)
Education Edition	Yes (1.4.0)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Background

The Channeling enchantment can be added to a trident. With this enchantment, your trident will summon a lightning bolt at a mob if you throw the trident and it hits the mob (while its standing in the rain).

TIP #1: The trident will only summon a lightning bolt if it is raining and the mob has open sky above it.

TIP #2: Switch your weather to "rain and thunder" when you wish to use the channeling enchantment to summon a lightning bolt at a mob.

You can add the Channeling enchantment to any trident using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command. Then throw the enchanted trident at a mob in the rain, and watch a lightning bolt strike the mob just after the trident hits it.

The maximum level for the Channeling enchantment is Level 1. This means that you can only enchant a trident with up to Channeling I, and nothing higher for this enchantment.

Enchantment Name	Channeling
Min Level	Level 1 (Channeling I)
Max Level	Level 1 (Channeling I)
Description	Summons a lightning bolt at a mob if you throw the trident and it hits the mob (while its standing in the rain)
Applies To	Tridents
How to add Enchantment	1. Enchanting Table 2. Anvil 3. /enchant command

Incompatible Enchantments

In Minecraft, the Channeling enchantment can not be combined with the following enchantments:

Riptide

Items to Enchant with Channeling

In Minecraft, you can enchant the following items with Channeling:

How to make an Enchanted Book

How to make a Trident

Hold the Enchanted Trident

Once you have a trident that is enchanted with Channeling, find a mob in the rain that you want to target (you need to be in a biome that is raining). Then hold the enchanted trident in your hand and aim the trident like you would a bow.

In this tutorial, we want to use Channeling on a creeper and summon a lightning bolt at it.

aim with trident with channeling enchantment

Now throw the trident like you would shoot an arrow from your bow.

thrown trident with channeling enchantment

Once the trident hits the mob, a lightning bolt will be summoned and also strike the mob. In this tutorial, we have thrown the trident at a creeper. Now the creeper will be struck with lightning and if it doesn't die, it will turn into a charged creeper.

Make sure you pick up your trident afterwards so that you can use it again.

TIP: Add the Loyalty enchantment to your trident so the trident always returns!

Congratulations, you just learned all about the Channeling enchantment in Minecraft.