Lightning Rod
| Lightning Rod | |
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| Collects energy from lightning storms and turns it into Battery Packs. | |
| Information | |
| Source | Crafting |
| Season | Spring • Summer • Fall |
| Sell Price | Cannot be sold |
| Crafting | |
| Recipe Source |  Foraging (Level 6) |
| Ingredients |  Iron Bar (1) Refined Quartz (1) Bat Wing (5) |
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The Lightning Rod creates a 
Battery Pack 24 hours 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, but may exceed 12 during one day.
A lightning rod is the reward for completing the 
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.
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