You can put seven different enchantments on a trident in Minecraft, but some of them are mutually exclusive on the same trident.

All trident enchantments

  • Loyalty (I–III) – Thrown trident automatically flies back to you; higher levels make it return faster.
  • Riptide (I–III) – When you throw the trident while in water or in rain, it launches you forward with it for fast movement and travel.
  • Channeling (I) – During a thunderstorm, hitting a mob with a thrown trident calls down lightning on it; useful for charged creepers and witches.
  • Impaling (I–V) – Increases damage against aquatic mobs; in Bedrock, it also boosts damage to any mob in water or rain.
  • Unbreaking (I–III) – Makes the trident lose durability more slowly so it lasts much longer.
  • Mending (I) – Uses experience orbs you pick up to repair the trident instead of filling your XP bar.
  • Curse of Vanishing (I) – Causes the trident to disappear when you die instead of dropping as an item.

Incompatible combinations

Some of the strongest enchantments cannot go together on one trident, so players usually make two specialized ones.

  • Loyalty and Riptide cannot be on the same trident. You must choose either a boomerang-style ranged trident (Loyalty) or a movement-focused trident (Riptide).
  • Channeling requires a thrown trident to work, so it is normally paired with Loyalty, not Riptide, because Riptide propels you instead of leaving a projectile traveling through the air.

Typical “best” setups

Many players in recent guides and forum discussions recommend building two tridents instead of one do‑everything weapon.

  • Combat / lightning trident
    • Loyalty III
    • Channeling I
    • Impaling V
    • Unbreaking III
    • Mending I
  • Mobility / travel trident
    • Riptide III
    • Impaling V (for underwater fights)
    • Unbreaking III
    • Mending I

These cover essentially every practical use case for a trident in current versions while using all the enchantments you can put on one. Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.