Question

How to use lightning rods in Minecraft​

Answer 1

Answer:

You can place a Lightning Rod on a surface both vertically and horizontally, and it will redirect any lightning strikes that would have hit anywhere in a 32x4x32 area around it, so that the lightning will instead strike the top of the rod.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Nothing attracts lightning yet. For each loaded chunk, every tick there is a 1⁄100,000 chance of an attempted lightning strike during a thunderstorm