Storms of the Wild

While a player stands exposed to the sky during a thunderstorm, holding or wearing a conductive item raises the chance that lightning picks that player as its next target. Armor pieces made of conductive material count as well. The storm gives visible notice first: sparks and crackling appear around the conductive gear and grow more frequent, so a player can react before a bolt lands. Removing the item or taking cover ends the threat, and a short cooldown follows any strike before the player can be targeted again.

The mod is meant for players who want thunderstorms to matter in survival and multiplayer play. Lightning is no longer a background weather effect: a strike against a targeted player deals a flat 10 damage that ignores armor, while vanilla lightning deals only 5 and is heavily reduced by armor. Conductive items carry their own tooltip, so the risk is stated on the item itself. Players who understand the rules can also lure lightning toward a chosen spot and use it as a weapon.

Storms of the Wild is published for Forge and NeoForge. Files cover 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, with 1.1.1 as the latest Forge file and 1.2.0 as the latest NeoForge file. It runs on the client and server, so the server and every player need the mod. It is released under the Apache License 2.0 and is not open source.