A lightning rod is a block used to divert lightning strikes.
Obtaining
Breaking
Lightning rods must be mined with a stone pickaxe or better, or else it drops nothing.
| Block | Lightning Rod | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 15 | |
| Wooden | 7.5 | |
| Stone | 1.15 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Netherite | 0.5 | |
| Golden | 1.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Copper Ingot |
Usage
Lightning rods redirect lightning strikes within an area of 32×4×32 blocks to the top of the rod, which can prevent flammable structures from catching on fire during thunderstorms, and it emits a redstone signal when struck by lightning. Lightning rods also divert the lightning created by a trident enchanted with Channeling thrown at an entity during a thunderstorm, but they won't output a redstone signal. Lightning rods can be oriented in different directions.
Channeling tridents thrown at lightning rods will always create thunder without the need for a mob.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | None[sound 1] | ? | ? | ? | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block | subtitles | ? | ? | ? | |
| Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | ? | ? | ? |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning Rod | lightning_rod | block.minecraft.lightning_rod |
Block states
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | up | updownnorthsoutheastwest | The direction that the lightning rod is facing, determined by its anchoring. |
| powered | false | falsetrue | Whether or not the lightning rod is powered. |
| waterlogged | false | falsetrue | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this lightning rod. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| facing_direction | Not Supported | 0 | 012345 | Unsupported | The direction the lightning rod faces.
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History
| October 3, 2020 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.17 | 20w45a | ||||
| 20w46a | |||||
| The range of lightning rods has been increased from 16 blocks to 32 blocks. | |||||
Trivia
- According to Minecraft Live 2020, Ulraf had the idea of lightning rods when a lightning strike burned down his wooden house.[1]
Issues
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