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Lightning Rod

minecraft:lightning_rod

The Lightning Rod is a block that players craft from copper ingots. It can be placed facing different directions, and it can be waterlogged. When broken, it drops itself, so it can be picked up and placed somewhere else.

Players use the Lightning Rod as an ingredient in one crafting recipe.

Texture file: block/lightning_rod.png · browse every texture in the game

Block data

Identifierminecraft:lightning_rod
Block states24
Default state ID33822
Propertiesfacing, powered, waterlogged
Has item formYes

Block states

Every property this block can take, straight from reports/blocks.json.

PropertyValuesDefault
facingnorth, east, south, west, up, downup
poweredtrue, falsefalse
waterloggedtrue, falsefalse

Drops

From loot_table/blocks/lightning_rod.json.

Obtained from 1 recipe

lightning_rod

Tags

2 tags contain this block.

#minecraft:lightning_rods#minecraft:lightning_rods

Extracted from Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5 on 22 October 2026. 9Minecraft is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.