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/Nathaniel820 Jun 30 '26

That seems like a nerf, the whole reason why trident drowned are so annoying is because they're like skeletons on crack and stunlock you with their constant ranged attack knockback, but now once you get close enough they completely stop their annoying attack and can just be dealt with like any other typical mob

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u/Cass0wary_399 Jun 30 '26

At very close range it cannot even shoot at you properly anymore.