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Lightning Rod Stats, Effects and Location

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Lightning Rod is a Common/Rare Artifact in the game Minecraft Dungeons. Learn about the Stats and Effects of Lightning Rod, and what Missions it appears as an Artifact Drop!

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Lightning Rod Stats and Effects

Lightning Rod
Lightning Rod Image
Usage You can spend souls to call down a bolt of lightning onto an area.
Effects x artifact damage
+1 Soul Gathering
Requires Souls? Yes

Description

“Crafted by Illager Geomancers, this item is enchanted with the power of a storming sky.”

-- In-game description

Lightning Rod Tier Ranking

Lightning Rod Artifact Rank

Artifact Ranking S Rank Icon

A powerful Artifact that specializes in burst area of effect damage. In a Soul build you can conistently activate it to deal massive damage in an area from medium range.

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How to Get the Lightning Rod

Missions Containing the Lightning Rod

The Lightning Rod can appear as an Artifact Drop in the following Missions.

No. Mission
4 Soggy Swamp (Adventure, Apocalypse)
4-S Soggy Cave (Adventure, Apocalypse)
10 Obsidian Pinnacle

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