BotW Lightning Rod: Attack, Durability and Locations
Lightning Rod in Breath of the Wild: attack 5, durability 14; 14 fixed spots, all carried by monsters.
Lightning Rod is a one-handed weapon in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game describes it this way: “A magical rod that can shoot balls of electricity. Its gem contains lightning from the Hyrule Hills. It’s not recommended to use as a melee weapon.” This page gives its numbers and maps every place the game puts one.
Lightning Rod電擊杖 · 电击杖 One-handed weapon
| Attack | Durability | No. |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 14 | 245 |
Where do you get Lightning Rod?
The game’s world data places it in 14 spots, all carried by monsters.
Zoom the map in to tell the points apart, and pick a kind or a monster in the list above it.
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The same spots summed by nearest landmark, largest group first. “Show on map” moves the map above to one of them.
| Nearest landmark | Region | Plants | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest of Spirits | Great Plateau | 2 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Breach of Demise | Ridgeland | 2 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Crenel Hills | Central | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Corta Lake | Faron | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Floria River | Faron | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Rodai Lake | Faron | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Harker Lake | Lake | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Sarjon Woods | Lake | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Goponga Island | Lanayru | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Millennio Sandbar | Lanayru | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Ruto Mountain | Lanayru | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
| Ludfo's Bog | Ridgeland | 1 | ⌖ Show on map |
- Carried by a monster: beat the monster and it drops the weapon. Most often Electric Wizzrobe (12) and Bokoblin (2). Monsters get stronger weapons as you defeat more of them, so the one you meet may carry a better one.
How good is Lightning Rod?
It has attack 5 and durability 14. How durability runs down is in weapon durability; the strongest picks are in best weapons.
See also
FAQ
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