Lightning Rod

Obtaining

A lightning rod is obtained by crafting three copper ingots in a vertical column. Its copper body can weather over time unless it is waxed.

Loot tableLightning RodDetailed drops are not published yet.

• Copper IngotItem
• Block of CopperBlock

Breaking

The rod drops itself when mined with a pickaxe. A stone pickaxe or better is required for the normal drop, and its copper block family uses hardness 3.0 and resistance 6.0.

Data: Breaking

Tool	PickaxeTool
Drops	1 lightning rod
Hardness	◈3.0
Blast resistance	6.0
Block tags	mineable/pickaxe, needs_stone_tool
Loot table	blocks/lightning_rod.json

• Stone PickaxeItem
• Lightning RodBlock

Crafting

crafting grid

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Result

Lightning Rod

Ingredients match the published snapshot.

Usage

The block occupies a standard full volume and is shown with an isometric preview.

A lightning rod redirects natural lightning that would land nearby when the sky above it is open. Its protection area reaches 128 blocks, and the closest valid rod wins when several rods are available. The strike creates a level-15 redstone pulse for eight game ticks, while the rod follows the copper oxidation family and can be waxed to keep its current stage.

• Redstone DustItem
• Redstone TorchBlock
• Block of CopperBlock
• Exposed Lightning RodBlock
• Weathered Lightning RodBlock
• Oxidized Lightning RodBlock

Sounds

Placement, breaking, and interaction use the copper block sound family; a lightning strike also uses thunder and trident-impact sound events.

• Block of CopperBlock

Behavior

The rod only redirects a natural strike when the target position has sky access; a roof or other solid obstruction can prevent the redirection. A channeling trident can also call lightning during a thunderstorm, but a command-created or directly targeted strike does not use the rod's normal selection rules. A hit can ignite nearby air and powers the rod briefly, so a wooden build still needs a safe clearance around the top.

• TridentItem
• Redstone DustItem
• Block of CopperBlock

Data values

The block identifier is `minecraft:lightning_rod`. The rod stacks to 64, exposes `facing`, `powered`, and `waterlogged` states, and uses the copper map-colour family.

Data: Data values

Identifier	minecraft:lightning_rod
Version	Minecraft 26.2
Blockstate	assets/minecraft/blockstates/lightning_rod.json
Loot table	Lightning RodLoot table
Stack size	64
Facing	Up, down, north, south, east, west
Powered	false / true
Waterlogged	false / true
Block tags	minecraft:lightning_rods, mineable/pickaxe, needs_stone_tool
Default facing	Up
Default powered state	false

• Exposed Lightning RodBlock
• Weathered Lightning RodBlock
• Oxidized Lightning RodBlock

History

1. 26.2Block facts were published from the verified snapshot.Provenance: 918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5

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See also

• Block catalogue
• Recipe
• Copper IngotItem
• Redstone DustItem
• TridentItem
• Block of CopperBlock
• Exposed Lightning RodBlock
• Weathered Lightning RodBlock
• Oxidized Lightning RodBlock

References

The rod's block class owns direction, waterlogging, power, and the 128-block natural-strike range. Recipes, tags, loot, and waxing transitions are kept as separate data records.

Data: References

Source	Validated DeepMine snapshot
Snapshot ID	918feb41c87c05a6f3e94e327fb01a82543180a2376b65610c6f0521456532a5
Digest	a84fc6af9420d8091a5afdf3365a0960d9e697fd9fcb4b53d7cd9a7b94d83048
Block implementation	net/minecraft/world/level/block/LightningRodBlock.java
Block registration	net/minecraft/world/level/block/Blocks.java
Shaped recipe	data/minecraft/recipe/lightning_rod.json
Loot table	Lightning RodLoot table
Block tag	data/minecraft/tags/block/lightning_rods.json
Waxing recipe	data/minecraft/recipe/waxed_lightning_rod_from_honeycomb.json

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