Overview
The Golden Snare Coil is a single-use-style tool that lets you immobilise any mob or player for up to 60 seconds. Once thrown into a snare, the target is highlighted through walls, stripped of their ability to move, and weakened — making them easy to reposition, observe, or deal with at your leisure.
What It Adds
| Item | Rarity | Stack Size | Durability |
|---|
| Golden Snare Coil | Rare | 1 | 64 uses |
The coil appears in the Equipment tab of the inventory and has a golden enchantment shimmer. It can be repaired at an anvil using gold ingots (16 durability per ingot) and can be enchanted in the Sword enchantment slot.
How To Use
Snaring a Target
- Right-click directly on a mob or player to snare that exact entity.
- If you are not clicking directly on a target, the coil also scans up to 6 blocks in front of you for the nearest entity in your crosshair.
- On a successful snare you receive a gold chat message confirming who was snared.
- If no valid target is found, a message will tell you to aim more carefully.
While a Target Is Snared
The snared entity immediately receives:
- Blindness — their vision is severely obscured.
- Weakness — their attack power is reduced.
- Complete movement lock — they cannot walk, run, or flee.
- Glowing outline — visible through solid walls. On devices where the glowing effect is unavailable, the target's name is replaced with a gold SNARED marker instead.
All effects refresh automatically every second and last for the full snare duration.
Pulling / Repositioning
- Left-click the snared target at any time during the 60-second window to teleport them to a position directly in front of you (~2.75 blocks away).
- You can repeat this as many times as you like until the snare expires.
Snare Expiry
After 60 seconds the snare automatically releases. All effects are removed, movement is restored, and the target's name tag returns to normal.
Crafting And Obtaining
The Golden Snare Coil is crafted at a crafting table. The recipe unlocks once you have a gold ingot in your inventory.
Repair: Place the coil in an anvil with gold ingots to restore 16 durability per ingot.
Abilities And Mechanics
| Mechanic | Detail |
|---|
| Snare duration | 60 seconds (1200 ticks) |
| Effect refresh | Every 1 second |
| Applied effects | Blindness II, Weakness III, Slowness 255 (max) |
| Highlight | Glowing outline through walls (gold SNARED name tag as fallback) |
| Pull distance | ~2.75 blocks directly in front of the user |
| Pull action | Left-click the snared entity (repeatable) |
| Range (crosshair scan) | Up to 6 blocks |
| Durability loss | Every use costs 1 durability |
| Enchantable | Yes — sword enchantment slot |
Progression And Strategy
- Early control: Craft the coil as soon as you have gold ingots and can source a blaze rod, amethyst shard, and tripwire hook. It costs moderate mid-game resources but provides powerful crowd control immediately.
- Mob farms and trapping: Snare a mob, then pull it into a pit or pen using repeated left-clicks before the 60-second window closes.
- PvP pressure: Snaring a player locks their movement and blinds them — a strong opening move. Use the pull to drag them out of cover or into a disadvantaged position.
- Durability management: With 64 uses, keep spare gold ingots handy for anvil repairs. Enchanting with Unbreaking significantly extends the coil's lifespan.
- Positioning tip: The pull places the target 2.75 blocks in front of your current facing direction, so look where you want them to end up before left-clicking.
