So.... Im working on what is going to be me and my roommate's central castle (on a floating island precisely in the center of the map) and all of a sudden there is lightning and thunder. It isn't even raining. (The island is directly above water, not in the desert, though there are desert biomes on either side of this ocean.)
By the way, lightning looks awesome from y = 128
Oh and if you were wondering, the bottom of the castle will be at y=100, not 128 because I know that 128 is the limit
huh... so I guess the spot im at IS part of the surrounding desert biomes. I went back to a grass area and it is raining.
Apparently the ocean is just a giant lake in the middle of a massive desert. I suppose this could be the answer to why there was no rain, however I have never once heard of or seen an instance in which there was lightning and thunder without rain. My guess is that you were experiencing the thunder and lightning coming from the nearby grassy area or it was a glitch. I could be wrong, but this is just my input on it.
When there is a thunderstorm, or just rain in general, it happens across the entire map at once. Two people could be standing in opposite corners of the world and will both see the sky get dark. If it's raining everywhere else, it will also be snowing in any of the snow biomes. Deserts are the only biome that don't get rain. So if the sky was dark with thunder and lightning, where you were must have been part of a desert.
When there is a thunderstorm, or just rain in general, it happens across the entire map at once. Two people could be standing in opposite corners of the world and will both see the sky get dark. If it's raining everywhere else, it will also be snowing in any of the snow biomes. Deserts are the only biome that don't get rain. So if the sky was dark with thunder and lightning, where you were must have been part of a desert.
Does this mean lightning can strike in a desert? If it can, I might stay away from building with wool in the desert since there is no rain to immediately put out the fire.
Does this mean lightning can strike in a desert? If it can, I might stay away from building with wool in the desert since there is no rain to immediately put out the fire.
No, lightning doesn't strike in deserts.
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By the way, lightning looks awesome from y = 128
Oh and if you were wondering, the bottom of the castle will be at y=100, not 128 because I know that 128 is the limit
huh... so I guess the spot im at IS part of the surrounding desert biomes. I went back to a grass area and it is raining.
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Forum AdminDoes this mean lightning can strike in a desert? If it can, I might stay away from building with wool in the desert since there is no rain to immediately put out the fire.