How to make an Enchanted Trident in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft an enchanted trident with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you can add powers to a trident by enchanting it. Enchantments can be added to items using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command.

enchanted trident

Let's explore how to make an enchanted trident using an enchanting table.

Supported Platforms

An enchanted trident is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes (1.13)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes (1.4.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes (TU69)
Xbox One Xbox OneYes (1.4.0)
PS3 PS3Yes (1.76)
PS4 PS4Yes (1.76)
Wii U Wii UYes (Patch 38)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes (1.4.0)
Education Edition Education EditionYes (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.

Required Materials to make an Enchanted Trident

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft an enchanted trident:

Enchantments for Trident

In Minecraft, you can enchant a trident with the following enchantments:

Enchantment Description
Channeling Summons a lightning bolt at a targeted mob when enchanted item is thrown (targeted mob must be standing in raining)
Curse of Vanishing Cursed item will disappear after player dies
Impaling Increases attack damage against sea creatures
Loyalty Returns your weapon when it is thrown like a spear
Mending Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor
Riptide Propels the player forward when enchanted item is thrown while in water or rain
Unbreaking Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

TIP: The Riptide and Channeling enchantments are incompatible and can not be combined with each other.

Steps to Enchant the Trident

1. Open the Enchanting Table

First, open your enchanting table so that you have the Enchant menu that looks like this:

enchant menu

2. Enchant the Trident

In the Enchant menu, place the trident in the first box. Then place 3 lapis lazuli in the second box.

TIP: In Creative mode, you do not need to place the lapis lazuli in the second box.

Enchant trident

Once you have placed your trident and lapis lazuli in the two boxes, you will see the enchantment slots display up to 3 enchantment options. Each enchantment will display a number on the right which is the number of experience levels that you must have to unlock and view the enchantment (this is not the cost of applying the enchantment).

In this example, the first enchantment is unlocked if you have 8 experience levels, the second one is unlocked if you have 17 experience levels, and for the third enchantment you need 30 experience levels to unlock it.

The higher the experience points required to unlock the enchantment, the better the enchantment. If you don't have enough levels, you can always earn more experience points by killing mobs or using the /xp command.

TIP: If you hover over the slot, you will see the name of the enchantment and the cost.

Enchant trident

When you hover over the third enchantment, it says Loyalty III and the cost of the enchantment is 3 lapis lazuli and 3 enchantment levels (ie: 3 levels on your experience bar). Loyalty III is one of the 3 enchantments that you can select from the enchanting table.

Select the enchantment that you wish to apply to the trident.

Completed enchanted trident

Once you have selected an enchantment, your lapis lazuli and experience points will be spent and the trident will glow purple. You can hover over the enchanted trident to see its new powers.

TIP: Quite often the enchanting table will add more than just the one enchantment originally selected. So you might end up with an item that is enchanted with 2 or 3 enchantments (or maybe even 4 enchantments)!

enchanted trident

The trident is now an enchanted trident and you can move it back into your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made an enchanted trident in Minecraft!

Videos

Watch this video to learn about the four different trident enchantments (Loyalty, Riptide, Channeling, Impaling) in the Minecraft Aquatic Update.

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