It seems that drowned are treated like zombies in that: being in water prevents their drops entirely. This makes getting nautilus shells and tridents basically non-existent as an already rare mob needs to be dragged onto land to get any drops from it.
It seems that drowned are treated like zombies in that: being in water prevents their drops entirely. This makes getting nautilus shells and tridents basically non-existent as an already rare mob needs to be dragged onto land to get any drops from it.