Minecraft Dungeons:Lightning Rod

This article is about the Minecraft Dungeons artifact. For the new 1.17 block, see Lightning Rod.

Lightning Rod

Type	Artifact
Rarity	Common Rare

The Lightning Rod is an artifact in Minecraft Dungeons that when activated, a bolt of lightning strikes an area around the player after a short delay.

Description

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Crafted by Illager Geomancers, this item is enchanted with the power of a storming sky.

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Crafted by Illager Geomancers, this item is enchanted with the power of a storming sky.

The Lightning Rod is said to be crafted by Geomancers in an attempt to harness the power of the sky.

Obtaining

Locations:
Listed difficulties are considered to be the minimum difficulty the item is obtainable on unless stated otherwise.

• Obsidian Pinnacle
• Soggy Swamp (Adventure)
• Soggy Cave (Adventure)
• Frosted Fjord (DLC)
• Nether Fortress (DLC)

Other:

• Luxury Merchant
• Village Merchant
• Mystery Merchant

Usage

When used, the Lightning Rod shoots lightning on a nearby mob, damaging it and the mobs around it.

The Lightning Rod has a 2 second cooldown, +1 soul gathering, and requires 15 souls to activate. Equipment that increases Artifact Damage, such as the Souldancer Robe, Splendid Robe, and Cave Crawler affect the amount of damage dealt.

The damage range depends on the item's power.

Abilities

Stats

Power	Min. Damage	Max. Damage
1	60 artifact damage	60 artifact damage
37	372 artifact damage	372 artifact damage
109	19400 artifact damage	19400 artifact damage
111	23147 artifact damage	23147 artifact damage
112	24202 artifact damage	24914 artifact damage
113	25631 artifact damage	25980 artifact damage
114	26066 artifact damage	26440 artifact damage

• +1 Soul Gathering
• Requires Souls

Sounds

Sound	Description
	Equip
	Lighting Strikes Target

Gallery

• 

  A sprite depicting the item texture

• 

  The Lightning Rod in-game

History

Minecraft Dungeons
Sept 29, 2018					Lightning Rod was first revealed in the Minecraft Dungeons announcement trailer.
June 9, 2019					Lightning Rod shown off in the Minecraft Dungeons gameplay trailer.
Dungeons Beta					Added the Lightning Rod.
1.3.2.0					Increased cost from 10 to 15.
					Added cooldown for 2 seconds.
					Increased radius from 300 to 350.
					Increased damage from 30 damage per soul to 60 damage per soul.
					Max damage also effectively increased by 50% due to damage being damage per soul.
					Removed variable soul cost.

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