How to fly with trident on mobile

The Trident is one of Minecraft’s newest weapons. It offers a few unique Enchantments which make it an incredibly fun item to use. Some of these Enchantments allow you to have the Trident fly back to you after launching it, summon a bolt of lightning or even be able to fly without creative mode.

In this post, we’re specifically going to look into the flying mechanic. It’s important to note that you can’t fly in the same style as Minecraft’s Creative Mode. Instead, throwing your Trident will cause the Trident to actually carry you with it as it goes.

Below, we’ve put together a quick and short guide containing the details and how to fly with a Trident in Minecraft. We’ve covered plenty more Minecraft Guides, as well as a breakdown of the Best Trident Enchantments too!

To fly with a Trident in Minecraft, you will first need to obtain the ‘Riptide’ Enchantment from an Enchanting Table. Apply it to your Trident, and then throw it like normal. This will allow you to fly with the Trident as it launches through the sky.

The Riptide Enchantment has a maximum enchantment level of 3, and the chance of receiving it from the table are completely random so it may take a few attempts. You might also be able to obtain the Riptide Enchantment from a Librarian Villager, who sells Enchanted Books at the price of Emeralds.

What you need to know about Riptide is that it only works in water. So you’ll need to be in a body of water such as a lake, ocean or pond in Minecraft. Otherwise, you can use it in the rain. Input the command /weather rain to turn on rain instantly in your game world.

When you want to fly, hold right click (on PC) to charge the Trident and let go to throw it. You will be thrown along with the Trident and land at quite a high speed, so it’s recommended you have Boots of Feather Falling to prevent fall damage.

You can also charge the Trident again whilst you are mid-air to either keep climbing upwards or forwards. Although this is a little difficult at first, you’ll need to charge the Trident again as soon as you enter the air.

Other Trident Enchantments

There are some other Enchantments for the Trident which make it a great weapon to use. If you have the Loyalty Enchantment, then each time you throw your Trident, it will return to your hand after a few seconds. You’ll feel a lot like Thor & Mjolnir if you’re a Marvel fan!

Another interesting Enchantment is Channeling. When attacking with a Trident, you will also cast a bolt of lightning at the attack location with Channeling applied. Although this only works during thunder storms, which are quite rare in Minecraft.

Applying the Impaling Enchantment will allow you to deal significantly more damage to any water-based mobs. This includes the likes of Fish, Drowned, Squid and more.

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There are a variety of ways to fly in Minecraft, and players can even manage limited flight using a trident. This requires at least one enchantment, but it allows players to stay aloft in the air for a varied amount of time.

Once players have obtained a trident, usually from a Drowned, they'll need to apply a certain enchantment to it. Specifically, they'll need the Riptide enchantment and the presence of water or rain.

With these two factors secured, players can vault high into the air and get some solid hangtime, albeit not as much as flying via Elytra or the in-game flight function.

Fall damage is also a concern, but this can be addressed with an additional enchantment.

Steps to reach the skies with a trident in Minecraft

A trident in Minecraft changes some of its properties when it is enchanted with Riptide.

Normally, without the Riptide enchantment, the trident would simply be thrown when players use its secondary action. However, with Riptide applied, players will launch with the trident, flying into the air until gravity inevitably brings them back down to the ground.

With that in mind, players should be aware that they can still incur fall damage from launching themselves with Riptide, so precautions should be taken.

Here are the steps you can follow to launch into the air with a Riptide-enchanted trident:

1. Acquire a trident. In traditional Minecraft survival gameplay, you must obtain the weapon by killing a Drowned that is carrying it. Keep in mind, however, that there is a low percentage chance of the Drowned actually dropping the weapon when killed. You may need to kill multiple trident-wielding Drowned. This can be made slightly easier by using a weapon enchanted with Looting. It's also possible to obtain a trident via the Creative Mode inventory or console commands.
2. Apply Riptide to your new trident. This can be accomplished by placing the trident on an enchanting table and selecting Riptide from the list. The enchantment can also be applied via a Riptide-enchanted book by combining the trident with the book at an anvil block. The higher rank of the Riptide enchantment, the higher players will be able to leap with their trident.
3. To use the Riptide function of the trident, you'll need to touch some form of water. This can be accomplished by stepping into a body of water like a river, lake, or the ocean, or even just a puddle placed with a bucket of water. Otherwise, you'll need to be standing in the falling rain.
4. Press on the required button to charge up your trident (right-click is the standard bind in Minecraft for PCs). At full charge, let go of the button to fire yourself along with the trident. Just be absolutely certain you know where you're falling, or you may die from fall damage at higher Riptide ranks.

To defend yourself from large amounts of fall damage, you should enchant your boots with the Feather Falling enchantment in Minecraft. This will diminish the amount of damage you take upon landing.

Otherwise, it may be a good idea to keep a bucket of water or powder snow that can be deployed on the ground before you land in order to soften your fall.

For detailed guides, walkthroughs, tips & more, check out SK Minecraft Wiki

Edited by Rachel Syiemlieh

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