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For the feature in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Lightning Rod.
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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
  1. 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 can be oriented in different directions. 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. 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.

A lighting rod emits a redstone signal when struck by lightning. A trident with Channeling can be thrown at a lightning rod to create lightning, but no redstone signal is emitted this way.[1]

Sounds

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksBreaking the blockblock.copper.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break???
None[sound 1]BlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.copper.fallNone[sound 1]???
Block breakingBlocksMining the blockblock.copper.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit???
Block placedBlocksPlacing the blockblock.copper.placesubtitles.block.generic.place???
FootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.copper.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps???
  1. a b MC-177082

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Lightning Rodlightning_rodblock.minecraft.lightning_rod

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingupup
down
north
south
east
west
The direction that the lightning rod is facing, determined by its anchoring.
poweredfalsefalse
true
Whether or not the lightning rod is powered.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as this lightning rod.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
facing_directionNot Supported00
1
2
3
4
5
UnsupportedThe direction the lightning rod faces.
  • 0: Down
  • 1: Up
  • 2: North
  • 3: South
  • 4: West
  • 5: East

History

October 3, 2020Lightning Rod (U) JE1 Lightning rods are revealed at Minecraft Live 2020.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Smarter Watch|Smarter Watch]]<br/>{{Joke feature}}{{Exclusive|Java}}{{Item
| title = Smarter Watch
| image = Smarter Watch.png
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}

The '''Smarter Watch''' was a joke offhand [[item]].

== Usage ==
Smarter watches were "equipped" by having them placed into the offhand slot. Upon equipping, they would display the current time above the hotbar, in minutes and seconds, with one minute of in-game time being 5/6 of a real-time second, and one in-game hour being 5/6 of a real-time minute or 50 seconds.

The smarter watch would also notify the [[player]] of statistics milestones, alongside taken [[damage]], [[item]] specific info, [[crafting]] items and more.{{info needed|What exactly?}}

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table
|sound=Tick1.ogg
|sound2=Tick2.ogg
|subtitle=''None''
|source=player
|description=When a notification is displayed
|id=item.smarter_watch.notice
|translationkey=''None''
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{ID table
|edition=java
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Smarter Watch
|spritetype=item
|nameid=smarter_watch
|id=502
|form=item
|translationkey=item.smarterWatch.name
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.RV|snap=1.RV-Pre1|[[File:Smarter_Watch_(item).png|32px]] [[File:Smarter Watch.png|32px]] Added the smarter watch.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
Smarter Watches are an unsupported [[item]] due to being an [[Wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke, and therefore issues relating to them will not be fixed.

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
TechGear.png|A [[player]] wearing the smarter watch, featured in this [[wikipedia:April Fools' Day|April Fools']] joke version.
</gallery>

{{Items}}
{{Jokes}}

[[Category:Non-renewable resources]]
[[Category:Joke items]]

[[pt:Relógio inteligente]]</li><li>[[Raw Salmon|Raw Salmon]]<br/>{{about|the item|the mob|Salmon}}
{{Item
| title = Raw Salmon
| image = Raw Salmon.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|2}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Raw salmon''' is a food item that can be eaten by the [[player]] or cooked to make [[cooked salmon]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===
====Salmon====
[[Salmon]] always drops 1 raw salmon when killed, unaffected by Looting.<ref>{{bug|MC-212795||Salmon & Fish mobs are not affected by Looting}}</ref> If it is killed while on [[fire]], it drops 1 [[Cooked Salmon|cooked salmon]] instead.
====Guardians and elder guardians ====
[[Guardian|Guardians]] and [[Elder Guardian|elder guardians]] have a 2.5% chance to drop a random fish, with 25% of them being raw salmon, which drops as cooked if the guardian was on fire. The chance of getting the fish drop is increased by 1% per level with [[Looting]] (for a maximum of 5.5% with Looting III), but the type of fish is not affected.
====Polar bears====
[[Polar bear]]s have a 25% chance of dropping 0–2 raw salmon when killed. The maximum amount can be increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-5 with Looting III. If killed while on fire, they drop cooked salmon instead.
=== Fishing ===
{{main|Fishing}}Raw salmon can be obtained from [[fishing]]. The wait time of one being caught is decreased with the [[Lure]] enchantment and the chance of one being caught is slightly decreased with the [[Luck of the Sea]] enchantment (named as such because it increases treasure, not fish).

Catching salmon awards 1-6 experience.

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|raw-salmon}}

=== Villager gifts ===
{{in|java}}, Fisherman villagers throw raw salmon at [[player]]s under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.

== Usage ==

=== Smelting ingredient ===

{{smelting
|Raw Salmon
|Cooked Salmon
|0.35
}}

=== Food ===

Raw salmon restores {{hunger|2}} [[hunger]] and 0.2 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Cats ===
Raw salmon can be used to tame [[cat]]s with {{frac|1|3}} chance of success, get cats off of [[chest]]s, and [[bed]]s, [[breed]] cats, and make baby cats grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time. Additionally, raw salmon can be used to heal cats by {{hp|2|mob=1}}.

Raw salmon can be used to gain [[ocelot]] trust, breed ocelots, and make baby ocelots grow up by 10%.
=== Dolphins ===

A [[dolphin]] can be fed raw salmon to increase its trust of the player and cause it to interact with the player more often. However, unlike most other animal mobs, this does not cause them to breed.

Additionally, dolphins swim to the nearest chest in a [[shipwreck]] or [[underwater ruin]] after they are fed raw salmon. If the chest in the nearest structure is broken, they swim to another structure with a chest.

=== Trading ===

Apprentice-level Fisherman [[villager]]s have 50%{{only|bedrock}} or {{frac|2|3}}{{only|java}} chance to buy 6 raw salmon and one [[emerald]] for 6 cooked salmon.

Journeyman-level Fisherman villagers offer to buy 13 raw salmon for an emerald.

=== Wolves ===
{{IN|bedrock}}, raw salmon can be fed only to [[wolves]] not at full health, healing them by {{hp|2|mob=1}}. Unlike other wolf food, raw salmon cannot be used to breed wolves or to accelerate the growth of baby wolves.

==Sounds==
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Salmon
|spritetype=item
|nameid=salmon
|itemtags=fishes
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Raw Salmon
|spritetype=item
|nameid=salmon
|id=265
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|Lion Hunter}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet;Fishy Business;A Complete Catalogue}}

== Video ==
<span style="display:inline-block">{{yt|s_GcAFeoREk}}</span>

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|Raw salmon is now obtainable rare drops from [[guardian]]s and [[elder guardians]].}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|Raw salmon can now be found in [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10|snap=16w20a|Raw salmon is now dropped from [[polar bear]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>fish</code> and <code>cooked_fish</code> IDs have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these [[item]]s' numeral IDs were 349 and 250.}}
{{History|||snap=18w08b|Salmon has been added as a [[mob]], which drops raw salmon when killed (cooked while on [[fire]]).
|[[File:Raw Salmon JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for raw salmon has been changed.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w48a|Raw salmon can now be found in chests in [[village]] fisher cottages.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Fisherman [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] raw salmon.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|Fisherman villagers now give raw salmon to players under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Salmon now restores [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].
|Raw salmon can now be used to tame [[ocelot]]s.}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|Salmon is now [[drops|dropped]] by [[guardian]]s and [[elder guardian]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added [[polar bear]]s, which drop raw salmon.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Raw salmon is now found inside [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Salmon has been added as a [[mob]], which drops raw salmon when killed (cooked while on [[fire]]).
|[[File:Raw Salmon JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for raw salmon has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Added [[dolphin]]s, which can be [[breeding|bred]] with raw salmon.}}
{{History||1.5.0|snap=beta 1.5.0.0|Raw salmon can no longer be used to breed dolphins. 
|Giving raw salmon to dolphins now leads the [[player]] to nearest [[underwater ruins]] or [[shipwreck]].}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Raw salmon can no longer be used to tame [[ocelot]]s.
|Raw salmon can now be used to [[breeding|breed]] ocelots.
|Added stray [[cat]]s, which can be tamed by being fed raw salmon.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Raw salmon can now be [[trading|sold]] to fisherman [[villager]]s.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.52|If [[salmon]] is [[death|killed]] while on [[fire]], then they now drop [[cooked salmon]] instead of a raw salmon.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Raw Salmon JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture for raw salmon have been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Raw Salmon JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added raw salmon.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== See also ==
* [[Fishing]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{items}}

[[de:Roher Lachs]]
[[es:Salmón crudo]]
[[ja:生鮭]]
[[ko:생연어]]
[[pt:Salmão cru]]
[[ru:Сырой лосось]]
[[tr:Çiğ Somon]]
[[zh:生鲑鱼]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Food]]</li></ul>
20w45aLightning Rod (U) JE1 Lightning Rod (D) JE1 Lightning Rod (N) JE1 Lightning Rod (E) JE1 Lightning Rod (S) JE1 Lightning Rod (W) JE1 Added lightning rods.
20w46aLightning Rod (U) JE2 Lightning Rod (D) JE2 Lightning Rod (N) JE2 Lightning Rod (E) JE2 Lightning Rod (S) JE2 Lightning Rod (W) JE2 The texture of lightning rods has been changed to match copper blocks.
The range of lightning rods has been increased from 16 blocks to 32 blocks.

Trivia

Issues

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References

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