Launch with Riptide Surge—an 11-damage ocean trident that smashes foes, grants speed/resistance, and rules storms.
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Tideforged Herald
Quickstart
Gather a nether star, gold blocks, a conduit, prismarine crystals, and a heart of the sea.
Craft the Tideforged Herald trident at a crafting table using .
Equip it in your main hand (or off-hand — it works in both).
Sprint, then right-click (use item) to unleash Riptide Surge and dash forward through enemies.
Watch the action bar HUD for your ability cooldowns and status.
Overview
Tideforged Herald is a legendary ocean-forged trident that fuses raw melee power with storm magic. It hits harder than a normal trident, empowers you with combat buffs, and grants a suite of special abilities themed around water, speed, and tempest control. It is the centerpiece item of this mod — there is only one weapon, but it carries multiple abilities that make it far more versatile than a vanilla trident.
What It Adds
Tideforged Herald — an epic-rarity trident dealing 11 base damage, with a glowing enchanted appearance and near-unbreakable durability.
Riptide Surge — an instant forward dash attack usable while sprinting.
Tempest and Abyssal Grasp — cooldown-based abilities tied to the weapon (tracked via the on-screen HUD).
A built-in ability HUD showing cooldown timers for Tempest and Abyssal Grasp, plus the current state of Riptide Surge.
Special bonus damage against "wet" targets (enemies standing in water, or anyone caught out during an active storm).
How To Use
Hold the trident in either hand to activate its passive effects and see its ability HUD.
Riptide Surge: Sprint forward, then use the item (right-click / hold trigger) to launch yourself instantly toward where you're aiming. This creates a damaging wake as you fly, then detonates a finishing shockwave when the dash ends. Using the trident while not sprinting will remind you to sprint first instead of firing the dash.
Enchantments: The trident only accepts Loyalty, Impaling, Riptide, and Channeling — other enchantments applied to it are automatically removed, so stick to this set for the intended playstyle.
Wet Target Bonus: Enemies standing in water, or any non-Nether target caught while a storm effect is active, take extra bonus damage from your strikes.
Combat: Melee damage is high (11 base), and the weapon can also be thrown like a normal trident when enchanted with Riptide.
HUD Feedback: Check the action bar while holding the trident to see the cooldown status of Tempest and Abyssal Grasp, and whether Riptide Surge is ready, active ("Surging"), or waiting for you to sprint.
Crafting And Obtaining
Craft the Tideforged Herald at a crafting table:
This recipe requires a nether star, gold blocks, a conduit, prismarine crystals, and a heart of the sea — rare materials that reflect the weapon's powerful, endgame nature. There is no other way to obtain it besides crafting.
Abilities And Mechanics
Riptide Surge: A short-range, high-speed dash attack. Requires sprinting to trigger. Launches you toward your look direction, damages and knocks back nearby enemies along the way, grants you Speed and Resistance for a few seconds, and finishes with an area-damage burst when the dash ends. Being in water (or during an active storm) increases the dash's forward force.
Wet Target Bonus Damage: Strikes against wet targets — those in water or exposed during a storm — deal significantly more damage.
Tempest: A powerful long-cooldown storm ability (roughly 160 seconds between uses) tracked on the HUD.
Abyssal Grasp: A shorter-cooldown ability (roughly 30 seconds between uses) also tracked on the HUD.
Passive Effects: While wielding the trident, passive buffs refresh automatically every few seconds, keeping you combat-ready.
Durability: The trident is effectively indestructible in normal use, so you never need to worry about it breaking mid-fight.
Progression And Strategy
Because of its costly crafting requirements, the Tideforged Herald is meant to be a late-game or "capstone" weapon. Once obtained, prioritize sprinting into fights to open with Riptide Surge, then follow up with melee strikes for consistent damage. Fighting near or in water — or during storms — significantly boosts your damage output, so consider luring enemies into water or timing engagements with in-game weather for maximum effect. Keep an eye on the HUD to plan when your Tempest and Abyssal Grasp abilities will be available again, and enchant only with Loyalty, Impaling, Riptide, or Channeling to keep the weapon fully functional.
