–Wurt
The Lightning Rod is a craftable Structure that attracts Lightning strikes. It requires 4 Gold Nuggets and 1 Cut Stone to craft and a Science Machine to prototype.
A Lightning Rod protects from Lightning Strikes that originate 10 tiles from the Lightning Rod's placement spot. Lightning ignites flammable Items such as Grass Tufts and Chest within 1 tile of its target. In , Lightning can possibly target players 7.5 tiles from its origin so that a strike just outside the Lightning Rod's 10 tile protection radius may hit a player just under 4 tiles away from the Lightning Rod. A single Lightning Rod thus only provides 2.5 tiles radius (10 wall-units) of lightning-proof coverage for the player. The area between 2.5 and 10 tiles has some lightning protection, but it is not 100%.
Placing a Lightning Rod every 14 Tiles would optimize the number of Lightning Rods for 100% lightning coverage. An Ice Flingomatic doesn't prevent the strike, but will put out most fires. 2-4 Lightning Rods, instead of 1, is still recommended for a base of 1-6 Ice Flingomatics.
The Lightning Rod also provides a small radius of light (but not heat) after absorbing a lightning bolt, which is just bright enough to prevent Charlie from attacking. The light lasts for up to a 1440 seconds, but the light will darken at daybreak after 960 seconds.
Tips
- On a boat, using a Lightning Conductor can save room that would have been taken up by the Lightning Rod.
Downloadable Content
In all DLCs and Don't Starve Together, the cost to craft a Lightning Rod is increased to 4 Gold Nuggets.
If a Lightning Rod and a Volt Goat are in close vicinity in the Reign of Giants DLC, they both have an equal chance of being struck by Lightning.
In Don't Starve Together WX-78 can use a recently-struck Lightning Rod to recharge.
Trivia
- The Lightning Rod was added in the Doorway To Adventure update.
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