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Lightning Rod

minecraft:lightning_rod

Stacks to 64Places a blockComponents 13

The Lightning Rod is an item in Minecraft that players make by crafting it from Copper Ingots. It stacks up to 64, so a large supply fits easily into a single inventory slot.

Placing it puts down a Lightning Rod block in the world. Besides being placed, it also serves as an ingredient in one other crafting recipe.

Crafted from
Used to craft
Block form

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

Contents (4)
  1. Data components
  2. How to get it
  3. Used in
  4. Tags

Data components

The components the game itself gives this item, from reports/minecraft/components/item/lightning_rod.json.

ComponentValue
attack_animation{}
attribute_modifiers[]
break_soundminecraft:entity.item.break
enchantments{}
interact_animation{}
item_modelminecraft:lightning_rod
item_name{"translate": "block.minecraft.lightning_rod"}
lore[]
max_stack_size64
raritycommon
repair_cost0
tooltip_display{}
use_effects{}

How to get it

1 recipe makes this item.

Used in 1 recipe

Tags

2 tags contain this item.

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