The loyalty enchantment for tridents used to have this little rope animation which played when it was returning to the player. This animation is currently unused, but I have an idea for how to incorporate it back.

(picture from Stephen Hanff - MC-125327)
Introducing... Grappling - A treasure enchantment found in chests in the deep dark biome. This enchantment is mutually exclusive to loyalty and riptide. It works like this: Throw your trident and when it hits a block and sticks into it, the rope animation will play and pull the player towards the trident's landing position.
I see a lot of players asking for a grappling hook item, however I think there is no need to add a whole new item when the basic mechanics and ideas can be used for the trident. This would make tridents an essential caving tool, plus they are not too common to get, so going through the effort of exploring the deep dark for a reward of better cave movement would be an excellent reward.
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