Lightning Rod
The Lightning Rod is a solution to your electric woes by safely drawing any lightning bolts from striking points lower than it up to 16 blocks away. This can protect flammable structures such as Windmills from catastrophic incidents during storms. (pictures needed)
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | |||||||||||
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| Lightning Rod | Gold Nugget and |
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Changes from Vanilla
BTW version 4.ABCFAFAFA changes some of the lightning behavior.
From the Change Log:
- Changed lightning to "travel" further when looking for a high point to strike.
- Changed lightning strikes to take entities into account in determining the highest point in an area to strike. This makes stuff like standing in an open field, or on a hill, during a lightning storm, an exceedingly bad idea.
- Changed lightning strikes to occur in Desert biomes when there's a storm raging. This makes the desert just a wee bit less of a base building uber biome, and more of a barren uncaring landscape of unending torment.
- Added a new Lightning Rod block that is crafted with a vertical line of 1 gold ingot as a base, with two gold nuggets above it. It replaces the functionality of the old one entirely, and adds a number of additional aesthetic options as well in that it can be anchored to a block in any direction, not just below it. It draws any lightning bolts that are striking a lower point up to 16 blocks away from it horizontally to the rod instead, and this is checked after the bolt is drawn to any nearby high points, guaranteeing that the area around the rod will be totally safe.
Keep In Mind
- Rods can be stacked on top of each other for aesthetic purposes, and can also be attached to a surface in any direction, but they are most effective when attached to high points.
- Rods can also be used as Candle holders.
