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How to summon lighting in minecraft

By Andrew Walker

How to summon lighting in minecraft

You can summon a lightning bolt whenever you want using a cheat (game command) in Minecraft. This is done using the /summon command. Lightning bolts can be used to turn mobs into witches, zombie pigmen, or charged creepers. Let’s explore how to do this.

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The command to summon lightning is “/summon lightning_bolt” on every edition of Minecraft. If you want to summon lightning in survival Minecraft you will need to get a trident.

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The commands for summoning lightning in Minecraft are the same for both Java Edition and Bedrock edition. Players can summon a lightning bolt at their coordinates by typing “/summon Minecraft …

To summon lightning through commands, you just need to type “/summon lightning_bolt”. This is the case for every version of Minecraft. If you want to summon a lightning bolt on a specific location, you can add coordinates after “lightning_bolt”. For example, “/summon lightning_bolt 320 70 -330”. How do you make a lightning rod?

How do you summon lightning in Minecraft? To summon lightning through commands, you just need to type “/summon lightning_bolt”. This is the case for every version of Minecraft. If you want to summon a lightning bolt on a specific location, you can add coordinates after “lightning_bolt”.

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You can do /summon LightningBolt which will hit the place that your standing. Or the better way is to do: /execute @e [type=Creeper,r=20] ~ ~ ~ /summon LightningBolt. Which will spawn lightning directly on all creepers within a 20 block radius. Share. Improve this answer. Follow this answer to receive notifications. edited Mar 11, 2016 at 15:47.

/summon lightning_bolt ^ ^ ^5 ^5 means 5 blocks towards the direction you are looking. However, if you look into a block or in the air, the lightning bolt will still spawn in the air or in the block which doesn’t look very natural.