Thunderstorm


Behavior

Thunderstorms are a semi-common temporary, global occurrence that can happen randomly at any time, within the Overworld The Overworld, as seen in an extreme hills and a forest biome The Overworld is the dimension in which all players begin their Minecraft journey. Contents 1 Creation 1.1 Seeds 2 Environment 2.1 Biomes 2.2 minecraft . The exact type of precipitation during a thunderstorm will vary depending on the temperature of the current biome, and the current altitude Chart lining up Y-coordinate values (left) to block layers (right). Altitude is a measurement of vertical distance, or distance along the Y-axis. Contents 1 Definition 2 Limits 3 Natural resources and altitude 3.1 The Nether minecraft , too.

Thunderstorms may occur randomly, as rain A view of hills during rain. Rain is a type of weather that occurs occasionally in Minecraft. Contents 1 Behavior 2 Effects 2.1 Rain particles 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 References Behavior edit minecraft or snow A view of hills during a snowstorm. Snowfall is a type of weather that occurs occasionally in Minecraft. Contents 1 Behavior 2 Effects 2.1 Snow particles 3 Video 4 History 5 Issues 6 Trivia 7 minecraft storms worsen. The average storm lasts 0.5 ⃢₀ₓ 1 Minecraft day, and there is a 0.5 to 7.5 day delay between storms. They can be skipped entirely with the use of a bed Bed Type Block Entity Physics No Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 1 Hardness 0.2 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable No Flammable PC: No, but catches fire from lava PE: No First appearances See minecraft .

Trivia

  • Since thunderstorms are darker than rain, it is possible for mobs to spawn at any time of Daytime or Night.
  • Players can still sleep during a thunderstorm, even during the daytime.
  • It is very rare, but possible for a lightning bolt to activate a Nether Portal.
  • If a "Charged Creeper" is struck by lightning again, it dies. This is because lightning deals damage.
  • Rain can deal damage to Endermen, Blazes and Snow Golems.
  • If Endermen are out in the Overworld during a rain storm, they will rapidly teleport around randomly as they attempt to find a spot where they won`t get wet.
  • Weather was introduced to Minecraft in Beta 1.5.
  • Weather can be changed using "weather" Commands. To use the weather command the player must type: /weather . The console will then announce: "Turning to (rainy/stormy/clear)".
  • When the Sun is visible, it can be considered "clear weather".
  • Leaving a Cauldron in the rain, may cause it to fill up with water, if a block tick hits the cauldron. This onlyhas a small chance of occurring.
  • A block of Farmland may become hydrated during a rainfall.

Info

Lightning during a thunderstorm.
A lightning bolt strikes a tree. A creeper can be seen hopping about in the woods. If it had been closer to the strike, it would have become charged.

Thunderstorms are a somewhat common and dangerous weather Weather shown in 2 biomes Weather in Minecraft consists of occasional precipitation and storms that are temporary but global. 1] Contents 1 Behavior 2 Effects 2.1 Rain 2.2 Snow 2.3 Thunderstorm 2.3.1 Lightning 3 Video minecraft condition.

Videos

Trivia

  • In Pocket Edition, If the player leaves the world during a thunderstorm and rejoins, it would only be raining.
  • Lightning, unlike other weather effects, does not have an image file associated with it. Thus, it is coded directly into the game engine, allowing for dynamic, realistic lightning.
  • In Pocket Edition, lightning strikes closer to the player more often than the PCPersonal Computer and Console Version, due to spawn distance limits.
  • If multiple lightning bolts strike a single villager at the same time, the number of witches spawned as a result is equal to the number of lightning bolts, making it possible, but ridiculously unlikely, to get multiple witches from one villager. This also works with pig-to-pigman transformations, but not creeper-to-charged transformations as the latter is just a change of state rather than a new entity creation.
  • The player cannot see mobs, water, glass, etc., through lightning.

Effects

As with rain and snow, the sky is darkened and the sun The sun. The sun is a celestial body that provides light and life for the Minecraft world. Contents 1 Daytime 2 Sunlight 2.1 Effects on mobs 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 minecraft , moon A full moon. The moon is a celestial body that appears during the Minecraft night. Contents 1 Nighttime 1.1 Stars 2 Phases 2.1 Effects on mobs 3 History 4 Issues 5 Trivia 6 Gallery 7 minecraft , and stars are no longer visible. Thunderstorms darken the world, causing light Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 minecraft from the sky to decrease to a level of 10 in full daylight (be that as it may, brightness is closer to a level 11.5 and is tinted blue). The clouds darken from white to a dark gray, although clouds themselves do not precipitate or create lightning. While the sun is not visible during rain, the glow associated with sunrise and sunset is still visible.

Unlike during regular rainstorms or snowstorms, the light level from the sky is treated as if it were 5 for the purposes of hostile mob spawning, which allows hostile mobs "Monster" redirects here. For the mob called "monster" in the code, see Human. Mobs are living, moving game entities. The term "mob" is short for "mobile". 1] Contents 1 Spawning 2 Behavior 3 List of minecraft to spawn at any time of the day.

Lightning

Lightning Bolt
Internal ID

PC: none
PE: 93

Entity ID

lightning_bolt
note: these are not savegame IDs, they are aliases for the purposes of the /summon command.

Lightning is a lethal element to thunderstorms. Lightning momentarily increases the sky light`s brightness to slightly greater than full daylight.

The fire that a lightning bolt creates.

Lightning strikes randomly and creates fires Fire Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data value dec: 51 hex: 33 bin: 110011 Name fire Fire is a harmful non-solid block. Contents 1 minecraft where it strikes. Such fires act normally, igniting all flammable materials, detonating TNT TNT Transparency Partial (cannot attach other blocks) Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable No Stackable Yes (64) Flammable Yes Drops Itself Data value dec: 46 hex: 2E bin: 101110 Name tnt TNT is a block minecraft , and even activating nether portals Nether portal Consists of Obsidian Nether Portal Can generate post-generation Yes, when the player builds an appropriate frame and lights it with flint and steel First appearances See History See the structure. minecraft . While most fires are extinguished by the rain, areas that block rain can allow the fire to spread, and any netherrack Netherrack Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 2 Tool Renewable No Yes Pocket edition only] Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No (burns indefinitely when manually ignited, top side only) Experience Smelted: 0.1 Drops Itself Data value dec: 87 minecraft lit by lightning will not be extinguished by the rain.

Most entities A player standing in front of a large group of entities The hitboxes of several entities. Note the blue line which points to the direction the entity is "facing." Entities encompass all dynamic, moving objects minecraft struck by lightning are dealt 5 () damage, and are set on fire, which may cause additional damage. If lightning strikes a pig Pig Health points 10 () Size Adult: Height: 0.9 Blocks Width: 0.9 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.45 Blocks Width: 0.45 Blocks Spawn Opaque blocks with a (Minimum) two block space above them. First appearances See History minecraft , it turns into a zombie pigman Zombie Pigman Health points 20 () Armor points 2 () Attack strength Easy: 5 () Normal: 9 () Hard: 13 () Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Any 2 block high space in any minecraft . If lightning strikes a creeper Creeper Health points 20 () Attack strength Varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Normal: 49 ( × 24.5) Charged: 97 ( × 48.5) Size Height: 1.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of minecraft , it becomes charged. If lightning strikes a villager Villager Health points 20 () Size Adult: Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Baby: Height: 0.975 Blocks Width: 0.3 Blocks Spawn Village When a zombie villager is cured First appearances See History Drops None Experience minecraft , it transforms into a witch Witch Health points 26 ( × 13) Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of 7 or less. When lightning strikes within 3-4 blocks of a villager. Inside Witch Huts. First appearances minecraft .

A group of skeletal horsemen spawned during a thunderstorm.

Lightning may randomly spawn a "skeleton trap" skeletal horse, with a chance of 0.75⃢₀ₓ1.5% chance on Easy, 1.5⃢₀ₓ4% on Normal, and 2.8125⃢₀ₓ6.75% on Hard, depending on the regional difficulty Mobs in full armor are a common sight in higher difficulty levels. Difficulty is an option in Minecraft that has a direct impact on the ease of gameplay. Contents 1 World setting 1.1 Peaceful 1.2 minecraft .

If the player is killed by a lightning strike, the death message will read "player was struck by lightning." Be that as it may, this message will not display if the player was killed by the fire created by a lightning bolt.

Lightning may be manually summoned with the /summon lightning_bolt command. While it is summoned as an entity, it cannot be referred to by commands Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Tilde notation 1.2 Target selectors 1.2.1 Target selector variables 1.2.2 Target selector arguments 1.3 Data tags 1.4 Raw JSON text 1.5 Block/item names 2 Summary of commands 3 List of commands or selectors.

Thunder

Thunder is a sound event that occurs every time lightning strikes. It can be heard by the player up to 160,000 blocks away from the position of the lightning strike. Thunder is heard instantly, regardless of the player`s distance from the lightning strike itself.

Lightning mechanics

For each loaded chunk, every tick there is a 1100,000 chance of an attempted lightning strike during a thunderstorm.

When lightning is to strike, random X and Z coordinates within the chunk are chosen, and the block just above the highest block that is liquid or blocks movement is chosen for the lightning strike. Then if there are any living entities that can see the sky in a 3⃗3⃗h region from 3 below the target block up to the world height, one such entity is selected at random and the lightning target is moved to the block the entity is standing in.

The target block is checked again for the following conditions:

If these conditions pass, lightning strikes.

When lightning strikes, all entities within a 6⃗6⃗12 region horizontally centered on the northwest corner of the target block with the bottom edge 3 below the target block are struck by lightning. Multiple passes are made over this region, so items dropped during an earlier pass may be destroyed during a subsequent pass; damage immunity usually prevents struck mobs from taking more than 5 () damage. Non-solid When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with minecraft blocks (such as redstone Redstone Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Availability Survival Drops Redstone (1) Data values See Data values Name See Data values This article is minecraft , torches Torch Transparency Yes Luminance 14 Blast resistance 0 Tool Any tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Itself Data value dec: 50 hex: 32 bin: 110010 Name torch See the common light-emitting torch. minecraft , and snow layers Snow (layer) Transparency Yes Luminance No Blast resistance 0.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Snowball (2–9) (one per level, plus one) Data value dec: 78 hex: 4E bin: 1001110 Name snow_layer Snow, or top minecraft ) are not directly affected by lightning.

History

Beta Beta Starting version Beta 1.0 (Dec. 20, 2010) Latest version Beta 1.9-pre6 (Nov. 13, 2011) Paid Yes These versions are available to play in the launcher. Be that as it may, please note that these versions contain bugs. You ll minecraft
1.5 Beta 1.5 Release date Apr. 19, 2011 Download Client Server Other editions of 1.5 Java Edition ◄◄ Beta 1.4 ◄ Beta 1.4_01 Beta 1.5_01 ► Beta 1.6 ►► See the computer edition. minecraft Added thunderstorms and lightning.
Added the ability for lightning to charge creepers and transform pigs into zombie pigmen.
Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first minecraft
1.7.2 1.7.2 Official name The Update that Changed the World Release date Oct. 25, 2013 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 13w36a 13w36b 13w37a 13w37b 13w38a 13w38b 13w38c 13w39a 13w39b 13w41a 13w41b 13w42a 13w42b 13w43a Pre-releases minecraft The rendering brightness is now decreased during thunderstorms. Previously, the sky would darken, but the ground wouldn`t appear to get darker, even though monsters could spawn.
The clouds and the sky now appear much darker during thunderstorms.
1.8 1.8 Official name Bountiful Update Type Release Release date Sep. 2, 2014 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 14w02a 14w02b 14w02c 14w03a 14w03b 14w04a 14w04b 14w05a 14w05b 14w06a 14w06b 14w07a 14w08a 14w10a 14w10b 14w10c 14w11a minecraft 14w03a 14w03a Type Snapshot Release date Jan. 16, 2014 Snapshot for 1.8 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.7.10 ◄ 14w02c 14w03b ► 1.8.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version minecraft Lightning will now transform villagers into witches.
14w30a 14w30a Type Snapshot Release date Jul. 23, 2014 Snapshot for 1.8 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.7.10 ◄ 14w29b 14w30b ► 1.8.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version minecraft Lightning can now be manually summoned with the /summon LightningBolt command.
14w32a 14w32a Type Snapshot Release date Aug. 6, 2014 Snapshot for 1.8 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.7.10 ◄ 14w31a 14w32b ► 1.8.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version minecraft Lightning now damages Nether mobs and mobs with the Fire Resistance status effect.
1.9 1.9 Official name Combat Update Type Release Release date Feb. 29, 2016 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 15w31a 15w31b 15w31c 15w32a 15w32b 15w32c 15w33a 15w33b 15w33c 15w34a 15w34b 15w34c 15w34d 15w35a 15w35b 15w35c 15w35d minecraft 15w38a 15w38a Type Snapshot Release date Sep. 16, 2015 Snapshot for 1.9 Download Client (.json) Server ◄◄ 1.8.9 ◄ 15w37a 15w38b ► 1.9.1 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, see Version minecraft There is a chance (depending on regional difficulty Mobs in full armor are a common sight in higher difficulty levels. Difficulty is an option in Minecraft that has a direct impact on the ease of gameplay. Contents 1 World setting 1.1 Peaceful 1.2 minecraft ) that a lightning strike will spawn a "skeleton trap" skeletal horse.
1.11 1.11 Official name Exploration Update 1] Release date Nov. 14, 2016 Development versions View all Snapshots 16w32a 16w32b 16w33a 16w35a 16w36a 16w38a 16w39a 16w39b 16w39c 16w40a 16w41a 16w42a 16w43a 16w44a Pre-releases 1.11-pre1 Download Client (.json) minecraft 16w32a The entity ID is changed from LightningBolt to lightning_bolt.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.12.1 build 1 Added thunderstorms.
0.16.0 build 1 There is a chance (depending on regional difficulty Mobs in full armor are a common sight in higher difficulty levels. Difficulty is an option in Minecraft that has a direct impact on the ease of gameplay. Contents 1 World setting 1.1 Peaceful 1.2 minecraft ) that a lightning strike will spawn a "skeleton trap" skeletal horse.
Pocket Edition
1.1 build 1 The entity ID is changed from lightningbolt to lightning_bolt.
Console Edition Console Edition Author(s) Mojang AB 4J Studios Platform(s) Written in C++ Latest version Xbox 360 - TU53 Xbox One - CU43 PS3 - 1.51 PS4 - 1.50 PSVita - 1.51 Wii U - Patch 23 minecraft
TU1 CU1 1.00 Patch 1 Added thunderstorms.

Issues

Issues relating to “Lightning” or “Thunder“ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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    Rain

    Rain is a semi-common weather occurrence and is one of the two possible forms of precipitation. When it is raining, blue Particles streak directly down from the sky until they come into contact with a surface. Small blue particles are left for a few seconds when individual droplets hit the ground (similar to how drops can seep through blocks when seen from below).

    During a rainstorm the ambient light level drops.

    • Monsters cannot spawn in the rain during daylight (light level 12).
    • Rain will extinguish Fire upon the surface of the overworld, and even mobs that may happen to be on fire.
    • Rain cannot be heard near the Bedrock layer of a world.
    • Passive mobs will jump up and down, trying to keep dry.
    • On multiplayer servers, players can toggle between rain and clear skies using the "toggle downfall" command.


    Thunderstorms

    Thunderstorms (sometimes called Thunder or Lightning) are a special type of weather that can occur anywhere (except for Desert Biomes). They are considered dangerous because they not only make the environment dark enough for hostile mobs to spawn, but have various effects on certain mobs, nearly all of which are bad for the player. Pigs, if hit by lightning become Zombie Pigmen, Villagers become Witches, and Creepers become a variant known as "Charged Creepers". Lightning can also set blocks on Fire. If lightning strikes within a few blocks/meters of any mob, they lose health.

    As of The Combat Update, if a Horse is hit by lightning, it will become a skeleton trap horse. These are much more powerful than the original. To make things worse, additional skeletal horses and riders may appear near the horse that was originally struck.

    Snow

    Snow falls occasionally in cold Biomes, such as the Ice Plains Biome, Ice Plains Spikes Biome, and Cold Taiga Biomes. Snow can also occur in the Extreme Hills Biome, at high altitudes. Snow can cover the land with a layer, creating "ice caps" on the mountains of an Extreme Hills biome.

    Overcast

    Overcast occurs in dry biomes, such as Deserts, Savannas, and Mesa Biomes. While it does not rain in those biomes, the light level will still drop and the Sun and Moon become shrouded, so the player can only tell their position with a clock. Overcast can be a useful sign that weather is occurring elsewhere while the player is in a Desert, Savanna or Mesa.