Lightning Rod

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Lightning Rod
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Collects energy from lightning storms and turns it into battery packs.
Information
Source Crafting
Season SpringSummerFall
Sell Price Cannot be sold
Crafting
Recipe Source Foraging.png Foraging (Level 6)
Ingredients Iron Bar.png Iron Bar (1)Refined Quartz.png Refined Quartz (1)Bat Wing.png Bat Wing (5)

The Lightning Rod creates a Battery Pack.png Battery Pack the day after getting hit by lightning during a storm. It is not necessary for the player to be on the farm when the lightning strike happens.

Since rods do not protect a specific area, the exact placement of a rod on the farm has no bearing on its chance to intercept a lightning strike. A Lightning Rod has a very good chance of intercepting a lightning bolt if it isn't already processing one.[1]

Since each rod only protects the farm from harm if it is not already processing a previous lightning strike, it is advisable to place multiple rods on the farm. The number of lightning strikes during one day is random.

A lightning rod is the reward for completing the Bundle Yellow.png 10,000 Bundle in the Vault.

Notes

  • Though it is possible to place lightning rods outside of the farm map, they will never get hit by lightning there, and thus will produce no battery packs.
  • Storms (and thus lightning) never occur in Winter.
  • More lightning will strike the longer you stay awake, necessitating more lightning rods.

References

History

  • 1.4: Lightning Rods are now ready to harvest the day after a storm, instead of 24 hours later. Lighting Rods can now be stacked in a player's inventory and in chests.