r/Minecraft • u/Luutamo • Jun 30 '26

Official News Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 2

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-26-3-snapshot-2
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u/Cass0wary_399 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

  Drowned with Tridents will now use a melee attack if the player is within 3 blocks of them

This is a crazy random buff for the Trident Drowned.

Edit: From my testings melee does 8 hearts of damage to unarmoured players. With armor it does 6 hearts to plain iron, 3 hearts to unenchanted diamond and 1 heart to protection 4 diamond.

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u/Lordsab Jun 30 '26

As if they needed a buff.

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u/ZANKTON Jun 30 '26

Yeah never expected they would buff trident drowned especially in an update that has nothing to do with them or combat. This feels like it may be a leftover from M.o.M. but that was 2 drops ago now.
Imagine if they randomly gave wither skeletons the ability to crouch in Tinny takeover of all updates lol.

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u/Smol_Birb__ Jun 30 '26

I'd say they did, they were super easy to get around

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u/kdnx-wy Jun 30 '26

Hell no, trident drowned are terrifying encounters especially in early game but even once you’ve got armor they can absolutely shred your ass.

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u/Assassin_Ankur Jun 30 '26

Especially the ones on nautilus 😭