Lightning Rod

A lightning rod is a block used to divert lightning strikes.

Breaking
A lightning rod must be mined with a stone pickaxe or better, or else it drops nothing.

Usage
Lightning rods can be oriented in different directions. Lightning rods redirect lightning strikes within a spherical volume having a radius of 128 blocks in Java Edition and 64 blocks in Bedrock Edition. The block emits particles during thunderstorms as an indicator. Lightning rods do not divert the lightning created by a trident enchanted with Channeling thrown at an entity during a thunderstorm, or the lightning summoned by commands.

Unlike in real life, a lightning rod doesn't require a direct connection to ground in order to work.

Diverted lightning strikes cannot summon skeleton trap horses.

A lightning rod emits a redstone signal for 8 game ticks when struck by lightning. A trident with Channeling can be thrown at a lightning rod to create lightning, which also emits a redstone signal. It is recommended to enchant your trident with Loyalty first, because if not, you will not get your trident back.

Lightning diverted by a lightning rod can still start fires on flammable blocks and inflict lightning damage on mobs within a 5×5 horizontal area centred on the lightning rod. The lightning rod must be mounted on a flammable block for adjacent blocks to ignite, and mobs must be standing at the same level as the rod to be damaged/transformed.

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Trivia

 * According to Minecraft Live 2020, Ulraf had the idea of lightning rods when a lightning strike burned down his wooden house.
 * In Minecraft Dungeons, there are lightning rod blocks as well. These generate on the roof of the Woodland Mansion Ancient Hunt to charge creepers.
 * If is used to place a lightning rod on a player's head, the item appears upside-down and to the right of their head, somewhat resembling a robot's antenna.