Lunge

Lunge
Maximum level	III
Primary items
Secondary items	None
Enchantment weight	5

This article describes content that is currently in development.

This content has appeared in development versions for Mounts of Mayhem, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

Lunge is an enchantment applied to spears that causes jab attacks to propel the wielder forward horizontally. When used, Lunge consumes saturation and hunger at an amount dependent on the enchantment level, as well as 1 durability. The distance gained from Lunge is increased when in midair.

Obtaining

Lunge can be obtained through an enchanting table by enchanting a spear or a book, or by trading with a librarian of any level‌^{[until Villager Trade Rebalance]}, or from fishing.

Usage

Lunge propels the wielder forward, providing an instant momentum boost of $0.458 \times l e v e l$ blocks per tick in the direction they are facing alongside elevating the player approximately 0.25 blocks^[verify] whenever they perform a jab attack, at the cost of causing $4 \times l e v e l$ exhaustion gained (for players only) and 1 additional durability loss. This equates to:

Level I: 0.458 blocks per tick (9.16 blocks per second), at the cost of 1 () and 1 durability.
Level II: 0.916 blocks per tick (18.32 blocks per second), at the cost of 2 () and 1 durability.
Level III: 1.374 blocks per tick (27.48 blocks per second), at the cost of 3 () and 1 durability.

For players, Lunge consumes saturation points first, and then hunger points after. Lunge can only be activated if the wielder has 6 () or more hunger points in their hunger bar (i.e. they can sprint). This equates to:

34 lunges with max saturation^{[note 1]} at level I.
17 lunges with max saturation at level II.
12 lunges with max saturation at level III.

Non-player mobs do not have hunger, so Lunge will always activate whenever they perform jab attacks, with the only cost being durability. However, zombies, zombie villagers, husks, and piglins‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} only perform charge attacks, and therefore will never activate Lunge. Mobs use Lunge-enchanted spears in exactly the same way they use non-Lunge spears; i.e. only in melee range and never for mobility.

The distance traveled using Lunge is maximized if the wielder looks directly horizontal when they activate it, as the vertical component of Lunge's momentum boost is cancelled before it is applied to the wielder. Additionally, using Lunge midair propels the wielder significantly farther than on the ground. Lunge will not activate if the wielder is riding a mount or vehicle, gliding with elytra, touching water or, if the wielder is a player, has 5 or fewer hunger points.

Lunge has no effect on a spear's charge attack.

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Spear lunges	Entity-Dependent	When a spear enchanted with Lunge is used to perform a jab attack	`item.spear.lunge`	`subtitles.item.spear.lunge`	1.0	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Lunge	`lunge`	`enchantment.minecraft.lunge`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Translation key
Lunge	`lunge`	`?`	`enchantment.lunge`

Trivia

Because hunger cannot be depleted in Peaceful difficulty, the Lunge enchantment can be used infinitely as long as it has sufficient durability.

History

Java Edition

Upcoming Java Edition
1.21.11	25w41a	Added Lunge.
		Lunge is currently incompatible with Mending.
		Lunge currently causes no exhaustion and $2 \times 4^{l e v e l}$ durability loss upon use.
	25w42a	Lunge is no longer incompatible with Mending.
	25w43a	Lunge no longer causes durability loss on use, and instead now consumes hunger and saturation using the formula $8 + 4 \times l e v e l$ exhaustion.
	25w43a	4 () is consumed at level I, 5 () at level II, and 6 () at level III.
	25w44a	The hunger and saturation loss when using Lunge has been lessened, now using the formula $4 \times l e v e l$ exhaustion.
		1 () is consumed at level I, 2 () at level II, and 3 () at level III.
		Lunge now once again causes durability damage when used, but is now only 1 durability regardless of enchantment level.

Bedrock Edition

Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.21.130	Preview 1.21.130.20	Added Lunge.
	Preview 1.21.130.24	Lunge no longer causes durability loss on use, and instead now consumes hunger and saturation using the formula $4 \times l e v e l$ exhaustion.
		1 () is consumed at level I, 2 () at level II, and 3 () at level III.
		Lunge now only causes 1 durability damage regardless of enchantment level.

Notes

↑ Max saturation can be reached by eating two instances of golden carrots, steak, cooked porkchops, or rabbit stew, or by eating a single suspicious stew with the Saturation effect.

Navigation

[1] Max saturation can be reached by eating two instances of golden carrots, steak, cooked porkchops, or rabbit stew, or by eating a single suspicious stew with the Saturation effect.

[note 1]