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(Bedrock Parity) Tridents dropping from Drowned without Tridents

On Java Edition, you can only obtain Tridents from Drowned holding Tridents at a very low rate.

It's a 6.25% chance for them to spawn with the trident with an 8.5% chance of getting the Trident without looting.

This makes it very tedious to obtain a Trident on Java Edition compared to Bedrock Edition where all Drowned can drop Tridents (11% chance)

I think this should be changed to align with Bedrock as the Trident is a very fun item to use, but so difficult and tedious to obtain on Java Edition at the moment.

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    I agree. Or at least make them craftable, with either a T of Prismarine shards with three iron on top or vice versa. Either way, they're way too difficult to get on Java. I can't even figure out how to do the loot table so it can drop any of its loot as usual but drop a trident an added 8.5% chance (granted it's possible to get two tridents this way but I digress), and I can't. I tried testing on Pillagers and nothing. But back to the subject at hand, zombies that drown should also have parity as far as spawning with tridents and Nautilus Shells. Then you can get gold, iron, carrots, potatoes, AND tridents and shells from a drowned farm.

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    at least make the chance of droping a trident from a drowned that is holding one as big as the loot table for drowned on bedrock. at this point it's not just double hard it's triple hard from bedrock.

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    They changed bedrock to match java. Gonna miss this

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    I think the changes make sense because tridents deal more damage than diamond swords. Making them easy to obtain at the beginning of a playthrough kinda hurts the game's progression. However I do agree that drowned holding tridents should have a higher chance to drop it. Due to their threat level being very high early game (at least in java) you probably won't be able to take on a drowned with a trident in the early game. Because of this the low drop rate doesn't accomplish anything aside from making tridents extremely tedious to get.

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    I agree, a youtuber did a bedrock series and he had about 37 (4) tridents!

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    No.

    Tridents are overpowered weapons that shouldn't be easy to obtain. In fact, they should be rarer. All you need to do is make a Drowned farm.