Add Lightning Effect

Caution

The datapacks are only supported to versions superior or equal to 1.5.0

Creating the file

Lightning effect is the most “complicated” to implement. Before doing this, if you need more info on this feature see the Lightning Effects Mechanic. First you need to create a lightning_effect folder in your namespace folder. Then create a simple .json file like your creating a custom recipe.

The structure should looks like this:

pack.mcmeta
pack.png
- - - example.json

The data format

A Lightning Effect json file looks like this:

data/example_datapack/lightning_effect/example.json

{
  "effect": {
    "amplifier": 1,
    "duration": 480,
    "id": "<namespace>:<effect_id>",
    "show_icon": true
  },
  "item": "<namespace>:<armor_item_id>"
}

property	description	optional
`effect`	The effect applied to the armor item.	no
`item`	The target armor item to trigger the effect.	no
`replace`	If you want to overide an already existing waxing transformation (use it with caution)	yes

If you want more details for the effect property, check this Minecraft Wiki page.

Here’s an example of a lightning effect that apply an effect of Haste II form a Waxed Copper Chestplate.

data/copper_extension/lightning_effect/waxed_copper_chestplate.json

{
  "effect": {
    "amplifier": 1,
    "duration": 480,
    "id": "minecraft:haste",
    "show_icon": true
  },
  "item": "copper_extension:waxed_copper_chestplate"
}

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