Talk:Lightning Rod

It says Java edition, but won't it be in bedrock too?
At the top it states that it will be added to Java edition only, but I was under impression that it would be added to all editions in 1.17 Am I misunderstanding something? NotRobotForSure (talk) 22:08, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Will be, but isn't yet. The wiki doesn't do documentatiom regarding the behavior in an edition it isn't in yet. Dhranios (talk) 22:16, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Lighting rods DO redirect thunders!
In BE when given a trident with Channeling and struck a mob with it by throwing the trident the lighting will prefer the lighting rod. As opposed to the statement written in the page. It may considered a bug... but no one reported it yet. IMO I consider it a feature but you may disagree (tbh it's kinda broken) Unrelated but lighting rods cannot be waterlogged (in BE). 190.164.106.114 17:50, 20 February 2021 (UTC) (Diego Jp)

Java Protection Radius
So I'm pretty sure that Java lightning rods provide significantly more protection than advertised. I ran an experiment:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/oanr1u/psa_lightning_rods_provide_over_120_blocks_of/

I don't have the exact numbers and thus I don't feel comfortable editing the Wiki page but I'm very sure 32x4x32 is incorrect and worth investigating by somebody smarter than me.


 * After testing in game, Java range appears to be a sphere, with radius 128 blocks. Where did 32x4x32 come from anyway? SamJNE (talk) 14:28, 2 July 2021 (UTC)