The bug
When you throw a Trident with strength on, it does not apply the strength bonus.
How to reproduce
Run
/effect give @s minecraft:strength 10000 255 falseSpawn a wither
Throw the trident at it, and see that it does not one-shot it
Punch the Wither with nothing on your hand to see that you should one-shot it
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@gaspoweredpick:
I think logically, if you throw something forcefully, it hit harder, so this is a bug.
While arrows are shoot by the bow, you can't just forcefully pull the bow and expect stronger arrows.
Another inconsistency: sharpness/smite/bane of arthropods affects thrown tridents, but interestingly, sharpness tridents don't do any extra damage to enderdragons
I wish it would because you "throw" the trident using strength aka your arm and in my opinion should deal extra damage.
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Can Confirm, though I think it's intended because the thrown trident is a projectile, like an arrow. For example, arrow strength is only affected by arrow velocity and the "power" enchant on the bow, but the strength buff will not affect arrow damage.