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)


 * Wait a minute. So what is the protection area altitude then? It used to say that it's a sphere, but someone edited that away. Is it a disk then? How thick is that disk? What is the lowest block of that disk? Why can't you people make non-confusing edits? GMRE (talk) 15:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

render of LRod on head
In the page it talks about how they render when using. Considering we have pretty much every other 'special' item on heads as a render, could someone render this? -FezEmerald Talk to meSee what I've been up to  00:29, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Bedrock Protection. Radius?
The current wikipage for lightning rod indicates that the distance of protection the lightning rod provides in Bedrock is 64x64x64. Is this a non-spherical 'radius', a composite distance in three dimensions from the northwest corner of the block? The description appears to apply radius to the java edition, and leave the reader to assume that in Bedrock it is the cubic approximation of a sphere (outer dimension of a sphere). – Unsigned comment added by FosterFlaxton (talk • contribs) at 04:42, 22 September 2021 (UTC). Sign comments with


 * The article is wrong. I'm running a test now with command blocks. So far it looks spherical, with a 64 block radius in Bedrock Edition. I've made a change to the article. Amatulic (talk) 05:05, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added an image proving it to the gallery. Amatulic (talk) 23:33, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

Does it actually work?
I've had 2 incidents already in Java where a flat wooden roof (planks, stairs) still caught fire immediately next to a rod that was on the roof.

A have a town where every roof and even the ground is pretty well covered with rods, but somehow wooden roofs are still not safe. Maybe it only works some % of times average? GMRE (talk) 18:05, 10 October 2021 (UTC)


 * It's working as expected. A lightning rod attracts lightning toward it. Lightning starts fires within a 2-block radius of where it strikes, according to the lightning article. So if your rod is right on top of some flammable material, that material can ignite. To prevent lightning from striking roofs, you should position the rod at least 2 blocks above the roof, replace the blocks around your rod with non-flammable material, or put your rods away from the houses. Amatulic (talk) 18:33, 10 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I already fixed the situation.
 * This wiki had misleading info about the area of effect, leading me to believe that the area of effect is a relatively small disk. Basically I removed about 3 stacks of surplus rods after finding out that not every village house needs one.
 * And the ones I left, I made sure were all on top of chimneys and occasionally on top of 2 iron bars. Replacing roof blocks/stairs would look really bad.
 * GMRE (talk) 15:26, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * And of course someone had to edit again only today to again claim that the area of effect is possibly a disk. GMRE (talk) 15:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Good. The setting-things-on-fire effect would be a sphere, not a disk. Putting the rod on top of a stone chimney makes sense, as it would in real life if the chimney is the highest point of the structure.
 * I just finished a range test in Bedrock Edition, and found that a lightning rod works exactly the same as in Java Edition in that the redirection volume is a sphere, but it's 64 blocks radius in Bedrock instead of 128 in Java. It isn't a cube as previously claimed in this article. If you play Bedrock, take that into account. I added a picture of my test File:Lightning distribution BE.png to the gallery. The game ran 20 hours to create that image. Amatulic (talk) 23:30, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I'm at Java, but thanks. GMRE (talk) 12:12, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Fire radius on strike
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 centered on the lightning rod.

or

Lightning diverted by a lightning rod can still inflict lightning damage on mobs within a 5×5 horizontal area centered on the lightning rod and start fires on flammable blocks.

– Unsigned comment added by 73.164.57.155 (talk) at 08:08, 13 May 2022 (UTC). Sign comments with
 * Neither. The version in the article is best. Both of your suggestions above have different meanings. Amatulic (talk) 14:42, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Fire area seems to be a 3×3×3 cube centered on the block above the lightning rod. Any air block that can be flint-and-steeled (including above non-flammable blocks) can catch fire. Mobs get lightning damage in a bigger 6×12×6 box. 193.32.127.237 07:59, 23 August 2022 (UTC)


 * I haven't tested this in a while, but I recall my experience in Bedrock Edition differing from that. Bear in mind that if you are testing in Java Edition, you are not testing the version that most people play. It is important for articles to include correct information for Bedrock, because that is most likely what readers coming to this wiki will be playing.


 * I'm curious what block arrangement you're using to test this. I was thinking a stair-step slope of wooden planks with a lightning rod in the middle would be best. Amatulic (talk) 23:32, 15 September 2022 (UTC)