ThrowingDiskOfficial announcement
Throwing Disc vs Trident
A returning projectile is interesting. It is not enough evidence to name a better weapon. Here is what we can compare now, and what needs testing.
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Return behavior: the practical distinction
Mojang describes return as part of the disc’s behavior. Its trident guide explains that Loyalty makes a thrown trident return, while an ordinary thrown trident can be recovered at its landing point. That is a useful distinction, but does not establish faster recovery or higher damage for the disc.
What makes the disc worth testing
The disc’s confirmed features are return after throwing, hard-surface ricochets, lined-up enemy hits and five craftable materials. These suggest useful corridor and group-target tests, but do not establish a combat advantage.
The comparison is still incomplete
We are not publishing a damage winner, DPS chart or resource-efficiency score. The announcement provides no disc damage, throw cycle, durability cost or recipe quantities. Without those inputs, the result would be speculation.
How to make a fair test
Use the same edition, build, target health, armor, distance and difficulty. Record enchantments and separate baseline tests from enchanted tests. Measure time until another effective hit, not just time until the projectile leaves the hand.
Choose a scenario before a winner
Compare a single target in open space, several targets in a corridor, a target behind a corner and a sustained encounter. Recovery reliability, range and material cost may matter as much as damage. Underwater behavior must be tested rather than assumed.
Throwing Disc vs trident questions
Is the Throwing Disc stronger than a trident?
There is not enough verified disc data to choose a damage or DPS winner. Return behavior and combat scenarios can be discussed; numerical rankings need measured inputs.
Does the Throwing Disc need the Loyalty enchantment?
Mojang describes return as part of the disc’s behavior but does not publish an enchantment list. Its trident guide describes Loyalty as returning a thrown trident; do not assume trident enchantments apply to the disc.
What should a fair Throwing Disc vs trident test compare?
Keep edition, build, distance, target armor and difficulty consistent. Record enchantments, the full effective-hit cycle, recovery reliability and separate single-target from corridor tests.