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Waxed Lightning Rod in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Waxed Lightning Rod is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Spruce Door.

What is Waxed Lightning Rod?

Waxed Lightning Rod is a Minecraft block classified under the Requires better than wooden tool material group. It has a hardness of 3 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Waxed Lightning Rod does not emit light. Waxed Lightning Rod filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:waxed_lightning_rod. Command: /give @p minecraft:waxed_lightning_rod 1.

How to mine Waxed Lightning Rod

Waxed Lightning Rod can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 4.5 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 15 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Waxed Lightning Rod drops

When broken, Waxed Lightning Rod drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Hand-Mineable

Waxed Lightning Rod technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)
  • Map color: * Lightning Rod Block of Copper * Exposed Lightning Rod Exposed Copper * Weathered Lightning Rod Weathered Copper * Oxidized Lightning Rod Oxidized Copper

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Lightning Rod (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:waxed_lightning_rod
  • Material family: Requires better than wooden tool
  • Hardness: 3
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: No
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:waxed_lightning_rod 1

Overview

Waxed Lightning Rod is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Waxed Lightning Rod can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 4.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 15s.
  3. Waxed Lightning Rod is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:waxed_lightning_rod 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Waxed Lightning Rod?

Waxed Lightning Rod can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Waxed Lightning Rod drop when mined?

Breaking Waxed Lightning Rod drops Spruce Door.

How hard is Waxed Lightning Rod to mine?

Waxed Lightning Rod has a hardness value of 3. That works out to roughly 4.5s with the correct tool or 15s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Waxed Lightning Rod?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:waxed_lightning_rod, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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