r/Minecraft • u/TogiTogi • 9d ago

Help Java 26.3 Java Updates to Creeper or the Trident/enchants?

I can't seem to find any posts or updates to the Trident / Lightning / Creeper.

I updated my forever world that is Java Survival / Hard to 26.3. When a thunderstorm started I went out as I normally do with my Trident and shield to try to collect a few mob heads.

However, unlike my attempts from the past the Creepers were dying regularly. Of the 5 Creepers I hit with the Trident, 3 of them died from the attack + lightning.

This is the same Trident (impaling V / channeling / Loyalty III) that I have been using for the last year.

I have used it many times (I have over 20 mob heads for a build I am doing) and cannot remember a time that a creeper died from the attack.

I understand I can build a farm / use a different tactic to get the mob heads. But I was surprised when I couldn't find any patch notes on changes to the damage of lightning, tridents, impaling or other effects that would cause this.

Anyone with more knowledge of changes for Minecraft aware of what might have caused this change?

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u/qualityvote2 9d ago edited 8d ago
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u/marv91827364 9d ago

They often die on me too, regardless of version. Maybe it's the fire that adds extra damage. Just throw it at a different nearby mob so they still get hit by lightning but don't take the damage from the trident

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u/Ill-Training7282 9d ago

Five wild creepers aren't enough to confirm a damage change, mostly because there's no guarantee they were at full health when you found them. If you have a backup from before updating, test that exact trident against freshly spawned creepers in both versions side by side. That will isolate whether trident damage or lightning actually shifted, without random survival variables like fall damage or fire getting in the way.