Always Channel
by bikerboys
Always Channel makes tridents call down lightning every time they strike, even when no thunderstorm is active.
What it does
Normally a trident with the enchantment needed to summon lightning requires a thunderstorm and sky access, which can mean a long wait in an unsettled world. This mod removes that condition, so a trident carrying the enchantment strikes lightning on hitting a mob in any weather. It is a server-side only mod that changes behavior on the server alone, so players join without installing it. Files are published for Forge on 1.20.1 – 1.20.4, with 2.0.0 for 1.20.1 as the latest release, under the MIT License, and the project is not open source.
Key features
Lightning in any weather
A trident with the enchantment calls lightning when it hits a mob, whether or not it is thundering.
No waiting for storms
Players do not need to wait hours for a thunderstorm before using the enchantment.
Works on mobs
The lightning strike triggers on mobs the trident hits, with the enchantment working as it does in vanilla.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Always Channel need to be installed on every player's client?
In the catalog
Always Channel is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Do you think that needing to wait hours for it to finally thunder is too annoying? well with this simple mod tridents that have the channeling enchantment will always channel lightning when it hits mobs or blocks!
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/always-channel
- Owner
- bikerboys
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-05-04
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15