Can You Put Mending on a Trident in Minecraft? Yes

How to add it

Mending is a treasure enchantment, so the enchanting table never offers it. Instead, combine an enchanted book with the trident on an anvil: Mending costs 2 levels on a fresh trident.

Plan it in the calculator

/give @p trident[enchantments={mending:1}]

What it does on a trident

A trident loses durability on each throw and each melee hit, and every Riptide launch costs durability too. It has no repair material, so without Mending your only fix is a second trident on an anvil. A trident has 250 durability, which goes quickly in a long fight. Mending works with Loyalty, Riptide, Channeling and Impaling alike.

Step by step

First, get Mending as an enchanted book. Sources: a librarian villager (10–38 emeralds for a top-level book), fishing, chest loot or trial chamber vaults.
Then put the trident in the left slot of an anvil and the book in the right slot.
Finally, pay the cost shown: 2 levels on a fresh trident, plus any prior work penalty the trident already has.
If the trident is getting more books, plan the order first so no step costs 40 levels or more.

Why it works

Mending lists trident among its supported items. That matters because each enchantment's data file lists the items it supports, and the anvil checks that list. The enchanting table never offers Mending on a trident, so it has to come from a book.

It conflicts with nothing else a trident can take, so it fits into any trident build.

What it costs on the anvil

First, the base price: on a fresh trident, Mending costs 2 levels. Java charges the full new level of each book, so upgrading later costs the whole level again. Each anvil use also raises the item's prior work penalty for the next step.

Order matters. Say your trident already has Channeling, Impaling V, Loyalty III and Unbreaking III, put on in the cheapest order. That took 3 anvil uses, so adding Mending last costs 9 levels: 7 for the prior work penalty plus 2 for the book. Planning everything from the start costs 33 levels in total, with no step above 10.

Plan your own version in the calculator or follow the trident enchant order. The prior work penalty calculator shows how the penalty grows.

Where Mending goes

Mending goes on helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots, elytra, sword, axe, spear, mace, trident, bow, crossbow, pickaxe, shovel, hoe, fishing rod, shears, brush, flint and steel, shield, carrot on a stick and warped fungus on a stick. The enchanting table never offers it, so every one of them needs a book. Related questions: Mending on bow, Mending on elytra, Mending on shield, Mending on spear, Mending on mace, Mending on crossbow, Mending on fishing rod, Mending on shears, Mending on pickaxe, Mending on helmet, Mending on flint and steel, Mending on brush.

Commands and creative mode

In creative or with cheats, one command does it: /give @p trident[enchantments={mending:1}]. Holding the item, /enchant @s mending 1 works too. Creative mode also ignores the anvil's 40-level limit. The command generator writes the right syntax for your edition.

Java and Bedrock

Impaling, the trident's damage enchantment, only hits aquatic mobs in Java. In Bedrock it hits any mob in water or rain. The anvil also differs: Java charges the full new level of every book. This page follows Java 26.3.

About Mending

Mending repairs an item with experience orbs. When you pick up experience while holding or wearing a Mending item, the XP goes into repairing it first, at 2 durability per XP point.

Mending has a max level of I. If you need a book, you can get it from librarian villagers, trial chamber vaults and enchanted loot from fishing and chests. A librarian sells a Mending book for 10 to 38 emeralds. Before you buy, read everything about Mending, including what each level does.

What else a trident can take

Besides Mending, a trident can take Riptide, Channeling, Impaling, Loyalty and Unbreaking. Then the best trident enchantments page ranks them and gives the max build.

Questions

Can you put Mending on a trident?

Yes. You can put Mending on a trident in Java 26.3.

What else can Mending go on?

helmet, chestplate, leggings, boots, elytra, sword, axe, spear, mace, bow, crossbow, pickaxe, shovel, hoe, fishing rod, shears, brush, flint and steel, shield, carrot on a stick and warped fungus on a stick.

How do you repair a trident?

Use Mending, or combine it with a second trident on an anvil. No material repairs a trident.

Does Mending work with Riptide?

Yes. Mending only conflicts with Infinity, so it fits every trident build.

How many levels does Mending cost on a trident?

Mending costs 2 levels as a book on a fresh trident. Earlier anvil work adds its prior work penalty on top.