If there is something for which Minecraft stands out, it is because of the enormous amount of elements that there are. We find many objects available in the game that we can use, create or find at some point. Today we are going to talk about the lightning rod in Minecraft, so that you can have all the necessary information about this object within the well-known game.
Many of you probably already know what is the lightning rod in Minecraft or the utility it has inside the game. But for those who do not have much experience in the game, it is something that will surely help you. Thus, in addition to knowing what this lightning rod is, you will be able to know how you can have one or the way in which it can be used.
What is the lightning rod
The lightning rod is a block or object within Minecraft that It is responsible for attracting the rays that are generated in the vicinity of your location. The idea behind this object is that we can protect some structure that we have built and that could be destroyed or damaged by lightning. In the game there are electrical storms, where lightning can be generated, which will then fall on various places, such as houses, for example.
This is something that we are going to be able to use if we have a wooden structure, a type that is susceptible to damage in a lightning storm, for example. Thus, the lightning rod will be in charge of receiving the impact of that lightning in question and a fire in the structure in question will be prevented. As you know, in Minecraft there are many structures that are flammable, so the use of this object can help provide some protection.
We will be able to know at all times when lightning has struck in said lightning rod. In Minecraft a quite distinctive sound is emitted, so that we can know that this has happened. In addition, it emits a redstone signal when this happens and it can also be seen that it lights up, while throwing particles that simulate an electrical charge. If lightning strikes the lightning rod, the structure should not have been damaged, nor should there be a fire, so we would not have to worry about anything. In the image above you can see the way it lights up when it receives this impact, so you can get an idea.
How to create a lightning rod in Minecraft
The lightning rod in Minecraft is something that we are going to have to build or manufacture ourselves, because it is not something that we can find naturally in any biome. Copper ingot will be needed to craft this item in the game. Therefore, the first thing that we are going to have to do in this sense is to obtain said copper ingot, of which three units are going to be needed in total, so that we can have a lightning rod.
Bronze
Copper ingot is a metal that is obtained after melting raw copper. Therefore, we will have to obtain a copper block first. It may be the case that the drowned release some copper ingots, so we can obtain them like this. Otherwise, we will have to resort to this copper block for it. The copper block is something that we can find in mines and caverns within the game, so it will have to be extracted from them. Copper blocks are something that we must mine with a superior stone or with a pickaxe, otherwise nothing will be obtained in this process and it will be a waste of time.
The copper block has a hardness of 3. The use of a peak will be enough in this sense, which will then allow us to obtain a block. Then we are going to be able to place raw bronze in a furnace or in a blast furnace, so that we are going to melt it and thus obtain those bronze ingots. You can also place that block in the center box on the crafting table in Minecraft. By doing this, a total of nine bronze ingots are obtained, which are the ones that we will use in the manufacture of this lightning rod in the game.
Manufacturing
Once we have those bronze ingots in our inventory, we are ready to craft or make this lightning rod in Minecraft. We will then have to open the crafting table in our account in the game. Next we place a total of three ingots vertically, in the central column of this table. In the same way that you can see in this photo above, this is how these ingots have to be placed.
Once these ingots are placed in this way, the lightning rod in question that was wanted is already obtained. As in the previous section we have obtained a total of nine ingots, we can repeat this process if we want, since in this way we will have a total of three lightning rods in our inventory in Minecraft. And the truth is that it is an object that can be of great importance in the protection of our structures, so it is worth having several in your inventory. The process will always be the same, placing said ingots in this way on this crafting table.
How the lightning rod is used
These steps that we have followed in the previous section allow us to already have at least one lightning rod in our inventory in the game. This is an object that we can use directly, if we want to put it in some structure we have, which we know is flammable and can be destroyed or suffer great damage in the event that lightning strikes it directly. It is something that we can use, for example, in a wooden house that we have built within the game.
All we have to do is place said lightning rod then. It can be any type of wooden structure, for example. Lightning rods are something that we can point in different directions, so this is something that helps us fine-tune their use a bit better in case there's a storm in the game, for example. If we want, several can be used, especially in those cases or large structures, so that there is better protection or if we have several wooden structures that we want to protect from lightning. Minecraft will let us use all the lightning rods that we have in our inventory, so each user will be able to decide what they want to do with them. It's good to have several in your inventory available at all times. You never know when you're going to have to use them on your account.
Electric storms
In Minecraft thunderstorms can arise, which is when said rays can make an appearance. Lightning is something that can appear when there is rain, snow or desert storms in the game. Lightning is something that attacks randomly, but can certainly be very dangerous. As we have already mentioned a few times, this beam is capable of destroying structures within the game. In many cases, the fire that this lightning causes is extinguished immediately, because it usually occurs in a storm in which there is rain. So the damage can be reduced or limited sometimes, but not always.
Lightning strike generates the same noise as dynamite in the game. One of the main problems is that thunderstorms within Minecraft are unpredictable. You never know when one is going to happen, as they happen completely randomly. They can occur anytime and anywhere within the game's biomes. In addition, the amount of rain that will fall is also variable, because it depends on the biome and the altitude. Therefore, there are cases in which the amount of rain is reduced and lightning can easily cause a fire in a structure or place.
If we are hit by lightning in Minecraft, you lose 5 life. This is without taking into account fire damage, which will deal additional damage. This is something that also applies to structures in the game, which is why this lightning rod that we are talking about in this guide is used. Also, if lightning strikes certain characters in the game, as you may already know, it will cause a transformation of them. A villager can become a witch and a pig can become a zombie pigman. So it's something that is going to have a clear impact within the game when they happen. They are not something very frequent, but it is essential to be careful when they happen. And for this reason, we must have a lightning rod in the structures that we know may suffer damage or fire, to prevent this from happening.