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How to craft Lightning Rod in Minecraft
To craft a lightning rod in Minecraft, place 3× Copper Ingot in the exact pattern on a crafting table to craft 1 lightning rod
Lightning Rod crafting recipe
Produces 1× Lightning Rod.
- This is a shaped recipe, meaning the items must be placed in this specific arrangement on the grid.
- Lightning Rod requires a crafting table to craft.
About the Lightning Rod
The Lightning Rod is a block that pulls nearby lightning strikes to itself during thunderstorms. Place one on a high point to keep lightning from hitting wooden roofs or other flammable builds.
It also has redstone uses. When a bolt hits the rod, it gives off a redstone pulse, so you can use it as a simple storm detector. The rod can be placed on the top, side, or bottom of a block and points outward.
In Java Edition, it redirects lightning within 128 blocks; in Bedrock Edition, the range is 64 blocks.
How to get the Lightning Rod
You craft a Lightning Rod from three copper ingots arranged in a vertical line in the crafting grid. That gives you one rod. You can also find them already placed in trial chambers and mine them with a pickaxe.
Materials needed
Ingredient amounts for one craft, producing 1× Lightning Rod.
| Material | Per craft | Accepted items |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Exact item |
Quantity table
Crafts are rounded up when a recipe produces more than one item.
| Wanted | Crafts | Produced | Copper Ingot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
| 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
| 64 | 64 | 64 | 192 |
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