Lighting Of The Gods

Quickstart

1. Craft Lighting Of The Gods at a crafting table using the recipe below.
2. Equip it in your main hand.
3. Sneak + right-click (or use the sneak-attack/use action on your platform) to call down a lightning bolt on the strongest nearby mob.
4. Swing away in melee combat — fighting in rain or thunderstorms makes every hit even more punishing.

Overview

Lighting Of The Gods is a divine-powered sword that channels storm energy into both a devastating ranged execution attack and enhanced melee combat. It behaves like a normal sword in your hand, but sneaking while holding it unleashes a bolt of lightning that instantly destroys the toughest creature in the area. It also grows stronger during storms and can randomly stun enemies with electrified shockwaves.

What It Adds

• Lighting Of The Gods — a custom sword found in the Equipment section of the Creative inventory.
• A sneak-triggered lightning strike ability with a cooldown.
• Weather-based melee damage bonuses.
• A chance-based stun effect on hit, accompanied by electric particles.

How To Use

• Melee combat: Attack normally with the sword equipped. It deals solid base damage like other diamond-tier swords, with a chance on every hit to inflict a heavy stun.
• Divine Lightning strike: While holding the sword, crouch (sneak) and right-click/use the item. This searches within 64 blocks for the living, non-player creature with the most health and instantly kills it with a lightning bolt, accompanied by a thunder-impact sound and an on-screen message.
• Cooldown: After calling down a bolt, you must wait about 20 seconds before you can use the ability again. If you try too soon, an on-screen message tells you how many seconds remain.
• No target found: If there's no living mob within range, you'll see a message letting you know the strike had nothing to hit.

Crafting And Obtaining

Craft the sword at a crafting table using the recipe below. Once crafted, it behaves as a normal equippable weapon that can be enchanted like other swords.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Storm-Empowered Strikes: Melee hits deal extra damage depending on the weather:
  • Rain: +30% bonus damage
  • Thunderstorm: +50% bonus damage
  • Clear weather: no bonus, sword hits as normal
• Electrified Stun: Every hit has a 10% chance to strike the target with extreme Slowness and Blindness for 5 seconds, along with visible electric spark particles — great for locking down dangerous enemies mid-fight.
• Divine Lightning Strike: Sneak + use the item to instantly kill the highest-health living non-player mob within 64 blocks via a lightning strike. This bypasses normal combat and works even on tough mobs, but is limited by its cooldown so it can't be spammed.
• Durability: The sword has standard sword durability and can wear down with use, so keep it repaired or enchanted with unbreaking-type support if you plan to rely on it heavily.

Progression And Strategy

• Use the sword's storm bonus to your advantage — fighting during rain or thunderstorms turns ordinary melee swings into serious damage dealers.
• Save the Divine Lightning strike for the most threatening or highest-health enemy in a fight, since it guarantees a kill regardless of that mob's remaining health.
• Because the ability has a cooldown, plan your strikes rather than relying on it as your primary combat tool — pair it with strong melee pressure and the stun chance to control fights.
• Keep an eye on the action bar for cooldown timers and strike confirmations so you always know when the lightning ability is ready again.