Does the Lure III enchantment bias the fishing wait time towards zero?

Does the Lure III enchantment bias the fishing wait time towards zero? - Bored formal man watching laptop at desk

From the wiki:

The current algorithm:

  • Using a regular fishing rod, a random integer from 100 to 900 is selected. The game then counts down each tick to 0 at which time the fish's water particles appear. At 20 ticks per second, this amounts to a random wait time between 5–45 seconds.
    • Using the lure enchantment on a fishing rod decreases the random integer picked by 100 per level (thus, a wait-time reduction of 5 seconds per level).

Usually these algorithm descriptions are 1:1 with the code, but just to make sure...

With the Lure III enchantment, the wait time will be from 0 to 600 down from 100 to 900. But since it decreases the random integer by 300 (100x3), does it means that the 0 happens more often?

| Integer Picked   |  Lure III   |
|      100 ~ 200   |         0   |
|      200 ~ 300   |         0   |
|      300 ~ 400   |   0 ~ 100   |
|      400 ~ 500   | 100 ~ 200   |
|      500 ~ 600   | 200 ~ 300   |
|      600 ~ 700   | 300 ~ 400   |
|      700 ~ 800   | 400 ~ 500   |
|      800 ~ 900   | 500 ~ 600   |

The average wait time without enchantments is 500 ticks

But with Lure III it could be either 300 ticks if it does not bias, or 225 if it itroduces the bias shown in the table above.

So what is the average wait time for a fish bite with Lure III? 300 or 225 ticks?






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What does the enchantment Lure 3 do?

The Lure enchantment increases the rate of fish biting your hook. You can add the Lure enchantment to any fishing rod using an enchanting table, anvil, or game command....Background.Enchantment NameLureMax LevelLevel 3 (Lure III)DescriptionIncreases the rate at which fish will bite your hookApplies ToFishing Rods2 more rows

Does Lure 3 affect Luck of the Sea?

Lure increases hit rate & Luck of the Sea increases the chance of good loot. Get Unbreaking + mending on there too & you are set. I'm using a rod with Lure III, Luck of the Sea III, Unbreaking III & Mending. Never breaks & fishing up heaps of good loot.

How rare is a mending book from fishing with Luck of the Sea 3?

This all means overall that your chance of getting a mending book is 0.113\xd70.167\xd70.037=0.000698, or 0.07%. This means that you will have to catch, on average, roughly 1,400 things before catching a mending book.

Is Lure better than Luck of the Sea?

The Lure enchantment allows players to catch more fish, but the Luck of the Sea enchantment allows players to get more valuable items. In fact, the Lure enchantment reduces the chances of getting treasure since it increases the chances of the players catching fish instead of other loot.



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