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What Is Channeling in Minecraft? Enchantment Explained

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Understand how to get and use the Channeling enchantment in Minecraft

Written by Rain Kengly

Last Updated: October 30, 2023 Fact Checked

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What is Channeling in Minecraft?

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Obtaining the Channeling Enchantment

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Channeling Advancements

When a Trident is imbued with the Channeling enchantment, players can summon a powerful lightning bolt to strike down enemies. This enchantment is good for defeating large mobs of enemies during a lightning storm. Keep in mind that Channeling and Riptide cannot be used together; Riptide's effects will supersede the other. This wikiHow will explain what the Channeling enchantment is, what it does, and how to get it in Minecraft.

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In Minecraft, Channeling is an enchantment you can apply to a Trident to summon lightning.
Channeling can only be used during a thunderstorm and can only hit mobs exposed to the open sky.
To obtain the Channeling Enchantment, use an Enchantment Table, or combine a Trident with Channeling I at an Anvil.

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What is Channeling in Minecraft?

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Channeling is a Trident enchantment that allows it to summon lightning. When a Trident is imbued with the Channeling enchantment, players can summon and throw a lightning bolt at enemies—as long as there is an active thunderstorm and the enemies are exposed to the open sky. Channeling adds a second hit following your initial blow, making it easy to fight against mobs . ^{[1]
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- Similar to other enchantments in Minecraft , you'll need to create a book enchanted with Channeling to use it.

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Obtaining the Channeling Enchantment

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Use an Enchantment Table . You must have a Trident, Enchantment Table, and lapis lazuli. When you place the Trident in the Enchantment Table, there's a chance it will be imbued with Channeling I. However, enchantments are randomized, and it may take you more than one try to imbue a Trident with Channeling I.
- Keep in mind that you cannot imbue a Trident with Channeling I if it already has Riptide.
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Use an Anvil. You must have a Trident and the Enchanted Book for Channeling I. When these two items are placed together on an Anvil, the Trident will be imbued with Channeling I.
- You can obtain the Enchanted Book for Channeling I in the following ways:
  - Fishing
  - Raid drops
  - Minecart chests
  - Monster room chests
  - Librarian villagers
  - Overworld chests

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Channeling Advancements

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Surge Protector. You can use Channeling to obtain the Surge Protector Advancement. You'll need to "protect a Villager from an undesired shock without starting a fire".
- To easily obtain this Advancement, place a lightning rod near a Villager, and then hit the lightning rod with the Trident imbued with Channeling.
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Very Very Frightening. You can use Channeling to obtain the Very Very Frightening Advancement. You'll need to "strike a Villager with lightning".
- As the description says, you'll need to hit a Villager with the Trident imbued with Channeling.

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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Rain Kengly . Rain is a tech writer and editor for wikiHow with over 5 years of professional writing experience. In the past, Rain has worked with other creative writers as a Writing Tutor at San Francisco State University and has published gaming features, guides, and news articles for a variety of media outlets. Rain shares a lifelong passion for writing and gaming and is eager to grow alongside new tech inventions. This article has been viewed 11,051 times.

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Updated: October 30, 2023

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