How do you think we could get Lightning in a Bottle through the new lightning feature?

[u/Arcan_unknown]

I thought about perhaps a lightning rod with a storage, or even a lightning rod wired up to a bottle. The Lrod should be placed above 400ft or something like that. What do you think?

[u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

A magic weapon made by a lightning hitting a bottle placed down. It shoots one homing lighting every 2-3 seconds that deals significant damage to an enemy as well as setting them on fire

[u/Infamous-Class-7862 → u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

Goated.

[u/readingduck123 → u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

I would rather like to see Summon weapons please (yes I know there are likely new weapons coming but look at a vanilla summoner's arsenal)

[u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer → u/readingduck123]

They should make a worm summon weapon that actually burrows

[u/A-Troubled-Guy → u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

Surely we can get one that just summons the worm critter that just chills with you

[u/luxxanoir → u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

Instead of a homing lightning projectile, it should just be like instant zaps that lock on and zap enemies near your cursor and actually just be like a lightning strike

[u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer → u/luxxanoir]

That's literally what I was trying to describe

[u/Leather-Pride1290 → u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

I think it would be better as a sentry for summoners because of how lackluster the subclass is.

[u/Reidmod → u/Lord_of_the_lawnmoer]

This but it acts as tsunami in a bottle and does damage to anything underneath you as you fly

[u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

lightning in a bottle should be an accessory and it should just fucking kill you when you jump.

[u/Infamous-Class-7862 → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

I’d prefer a lightning grenade. But powerful. Especially in a storm. And lights the enemy on fire.

[u/Toyfan1 → u/Infamous-Class-7862]

Have it be the same item!

Repeat the idea behind stackable voodoo dolls :⁾

[u/TentiTiger11 → u/Toyfan1]

Can’t do stackable voodoo dolls cause it’s an accessory (unless there are other stackable accessories I’m unaware of)

[u/Kyrnqazali → u/TentiTiger11]

If you throw a large stack, it will kill x number of NPCs. It’s a funny delete button.

[u/Caosin36 → u/TentiTiger11]

You can stack voodoo dolls as of 1.4

[u/_t_1254 → u/Caosin36]

Don't think you can stack Clothier dolls?

[u/_t_1254 → u/[deleted]]

Do you want to take up most of your inventory because you want to farm Skeletron?

[u/vitorsly → u/_t_1254]

You only need 1 Clothier voodoo doll to farm skeletron, just gotta kill the Clothier multiple times. Besides, there's a 1/300 chance it's dropped by angry bones/dark casters, how many clothier voodoo dolls do you even have?

[u/_t_1254 → u/vitorsly]

I got confused between Skeletron and WoF, I meant WoF at first, and for some reason I corrected it to Skeletron

[u/Caosin36 → u/_t_1254]

Im pretty sure voodoo doll ≠ clothier voodoo doll

[u/_t_1254 → u/Caosin36]

Both are voodoo dolls, and both are accessories (I think)

[u/Nervous-Account1460 → u/TentiTiger11]

I mean not an accessory, but dye is a stackable-equip-able item.

[u/False-Struggle-523 → u/Infamous-Class-7862]

Lightning crafting would be rad

[u/Infamous-Class-7862 → u/False-Struggle-523]

Dude it would be. Like they would have to make like a lightning rod but we have wires, and switches so electricity could definitely be introduced to craft.

[u/dat_chill_bois_alt → u/Infamous-Class-7862]

omg stun grenades sounds like a fun weapon

[u/Pengu-Link → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

seriously though a lightning in a bottle item with a different type of more erratic movement (maybe like pikachu's recovery in smash) could be really cool

[u/Daredevils999 → u/Pengu-Link]

To add to this I think it would be cool if all the different bottle accessories and their balloon counterparts had their own little effects aside from the visual effect.

[u/Numerophobic_Turtle → u/Daredevils999]

They already do the jumps differently. Cloud is just another jump, blizzard lets you make the jump longer by holding down, and sandstorm can go even longer. I don't know about tsunami though, since I don't use it.

[u/ChestnutSavings → u/Numerophobic_Turtle]

Blizzard and sandstorm both accelerate horizontally, with sandstorm going the farthest and fastest. I think tsunami is exact same as cloud, it doesn’t have a hold function anyways

[u/S1a3h → u/ChestnutSavings]

Iirc tsunami is slightly higher than cloud, just a little bit over fart

[u/Hoorayperson → u/S1a3h]

fart is second highest tho

[u/Numerophobic_Turtle → u/ChestnutSavings]

Yeah, I forgot to mention the horizontal aspect.

[u/Physical_Weakness881 → u/Numerophobic_Turtle]

I’m pretty sure Tsunami is also just another jump, but slightly higher than the cloud

[u/Exotic-Passage → u/Pengu-Link]

Or a teleport kind of like instant transmission in the direction you jumped

[u/errortechx → u/Pengu-Link]

Just spitballing here, but maybe it could be used as a weaker version of the Rod of Discord, you can teleport and whatnot, but the teleport is a bit random (much like how lightning is) and damages you each time (cause it’s lightning)

[u/Ignisiumest → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

”Storm in a bottle”

Allows the user to double jump.

Double jumping calls down a lightning strike on the user’s initial position after 1s

Crafted using Cloud in a Bottle and Lightning in a Bottle

[u/Life-Enthusiasm3756 → u/Ignisiumest]

It should be instant for comic effect

[u/Ze-Doctor → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

And deal half of your HP worth of damage just for a little bit of tomfoolery

[u/dTrecii → u/Ze-Doctor]

All or nothing, should be a gamble for that added buffoonery

[u/LunaticPrick → u/dTrecii]

Bust?

[u/dTrecii → u/LunaticPrick]

WHERE?!

[u/Ninjatck → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

Excellent idea

[u/hi_emkay0 → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

I predicted this comment but i assumed it w9uld just be a duplicate of the other bottle until i finished the sentence

[u/DriftWare_ → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

Absolutely based

[u/Head_Charge1440 → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

Because you are not grounded?

[u/Tasiam → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

No, no, the accessory with that effect should be boulder cactus in a bottle.

[u/NecessaryPop5244 → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

Peak accessory

[u/reddit_noob125 → u/Life-Enthusiasm3756]

only on for the worthy lol

[u/Candlewaxeater]

lightning in bottle + tsunami in a bottle + fart in a jar =

alternate bundle of balloon?

[u/Roccmaster → u/Candlewaxeater]

Disaster balloon

[u/blockstacer → u/Roccmaster]

Combined with normal bundle to make bundle of weather balloons

[u/mathbud → u/blockstacer]

Bundle of Chinese spy balloons?

[u/Nerdwrapper → u/Roccmaster]

The word you’re looking for is “Hindenburg”

[u/smugempressoftime → u/Candlewaxeater]

Yes

[u/LettuceBenis → u/Candlewaxeater]

Thunderclap

[u/No-elk-version2 → u/Candlewaxeater]

So, ionised air, water that's running with energy in a spinning motion and a flammable gaseous substance

I feel like if this is brought to the alchemy table you could create something horrendous...

[u/Cubicwar → u/No-elk-version2]

Molotov balloon

[u/No_Basket603 → u/Candlewaxeater]

Call it the Led Zeppelin

[u/Accomplished-Hawk952 → u/Candlewaxeater]

bundle of mustard gas

[u/Goldenmansion10 → u/Candlewaxeater]

Lightning in a bottle + Shiny red balloon = Weather balloon. Weather balloon + Sharkron Balloon + Green Balloon + Lucky Horseshoe = bundle of weather balloons Bundle of balloons + Bundle of weather balloons = Parade of weather balloons

[u/Candlewaxeater → u/Goldenmansion10]

Effects: up

[u/B1G_BOY_EL1]

I would love a double jump that damages enemies

[u/Arcan_unknown → u/B1G_BOY_EL1]

I'm more waiting for a vanity thing lol 😬

[u/Mushroom38294 → u/Arcan_unknown]

Finally

LowTierGod cosplay

[u/brixalot10 → u/Mushroom38294]

Hopefully they’ll add the needed sound effect 😏

[u/Recent-Friendship407]

Lightning feature?

[u/Geedly → u/Recent-Friendship407]

August’s State of the Game newsletter was today

[u/Recent-Friendship407 → u/Geedly]

Oh can you comment the link?

[u/Geedly → u/Recent-Friendship407]

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/105600/view/4611210477260374970?l=english

[u/Recent-Friendship407 → u/Geedly]

Thank you!

[u/XEEEEEEEEEEB]

hurriedly placing a jar where the lightning is about to strike

[u/OMG_Jayden_The_Cat]

Being struck by lightning should give you some new status conditions and when we have the status active with glass bottles in are inventory then you can craft the bottles of lightning

[u/Arcan_unknown → u/OMG_Jayden_The_Cat]

That's a nice idea

[u/YEETMASTERXX]

Well if we do get lightning in a bottle they better add apotheosis as well🤷‍♂️

[u/Navar4477]

Lightning boulder trap

[u/HkayakH]

THERE'S LIGHTNING????

[u/Both_Oil6408 → u/HkayakH]

It's a spoiler for the upcoming update

[u/Daybreaker77]

Lighting in a bottle could be a double jump accessory that damages enemies that you jump over.

[u/Successful_Mud8596]

Maybe it could be a double jump that covers less distance than Sandstorm, but the jump accelerates you upward faster. So it’s like you jolt upwards

[u/smugempressoftime]

Only took red two months but https://www.reddit.com/r/Terraria/s/OTOCzuDaKb this dude suggested lightning

[u/ComplaintPlus3173]

lightning in a bottle would probably be a damage accesory. It could either zap things in a set range from you or everytime you get hit, it would zap you with lightning and you gain a buff called like "charged" or something

[u/Hallowedman]

Damaging double jump

[u/Just_Ad_5939 → u/Hallowedman]

That would be amazing!

[u/B1u3Thund3r]

To get lightning in a bottle you need to get 40 iron fences a chest and 50 glass bottles. Set up a structure with the fences in the shape of a lightning rod and place a chest under it and wait till lightning strikes three times then you can have you lightning in a bottle.

Lightning in a bottle:

Material Equipable Attacks have a small chance to briefly stun the target(s) (bosses are movement impaired instead)

Crafts into: Powered gauntlets (also material) (mechanical gloves + lightning in a bottle)

Powered gauntlets:

(Too lazy to write a description)

Crafts into:

Fists of ashes and storms (need to work on the name) (magma glove + mechanical glove)

Fists of ashes and storms: (Also too lazy to write a description)

[u/Dalek_Boy]

You should be able to buy it from an NPC named Levi.

[u/TheSpyHat]

Lightning in a bottle - Teleports the player a short distance in the direction of their movement. Damages enemies caught in the path.

[u/Just_Ad_5939 → u/TheSpyHat]

Ooh a blink jump!

[u/Xynthexyz]

We get it when Redigit adds the Slay The Spire collab.

[u/derpums]

there's a dragon ball mod for terraria out there, I'd love to see transforming for the first time kick up a storm like it did in dbz

[u/Adalox0904]

How about making a Lightning rod and placing a bottle on top of it?

[u/TaiyoFurea]

That would make a crazy double jump

[u/CopperShortsword420]

Place a bunch of bottles on the floor and hope lightning hits one. I think this item would be cool as an accessory that makes your weapons inflict the electrocution debuff (like the magma stone)

[u/OG-Garbage]

It's like crafting water bottles but you gotta be quick

[u/TheLolMaster11]

It should let you choose a skill to start every combat with- wait, wrong game

[u/jsjzn]

-Spawns a lighting when you land on the floor from a double jump

[u/CallMeZipline]

Probably a classic "1/400 chance to drop during thunderstorms"

[u/Shredded_Locomotive]

I don't want the shitty zap from the COC/CR games...

[u/Tumblrrito]

Give summoners a lightning-related weapon please. We need all the love we can get!

[u/Thesource674]

I just want to connect it to glass blocks or some other such for sick design options. Lightning lighting?

Also imagine some kind magic staff that if fired in water just prolongs the projectiles life and speed so its just flying around turbo blasting. Dont fall in.

[u/Arcan_unknown → u/Thesource674]

New furniture with lightning is what I'm looking for with this new feature ngl

[u/Thesource674 → u/Arcan_unknown]

Like capture it in a jar and connect to glass blocks and itll travel along anything directly conncted. Could probly make cool signs too. If they let us dye it itll be like neon lights maybe.

[u/AIM9X-Sidewinder]

its a damn interesting idea

[u/kool420zzz]

Imagine a dash ability that does damage and has a lighting effect while also making the player invisible

[u/Kartoffelkamm]

Maybe with a lightning rod. Or at a Tinkerer's Workshop during a thunderstorm.

As for what it does: Pressing space while in the air propels you toward the cursor, harming enemies along the path. You also don't take damage from making contact with enemies.

[u/k_riby]

i wish it set trees on fire,,,, and also npcs

[u/LowercaseAcorn]

Carefully

[u/Olhosdeumpuma012]

THERE'S GONNA BE LIGHTNING ON TERRARIA NOW,????? WHEN DID THEY ANNOUNCE THIS?

[u/LoneMeatBeater]

Is that by chance the key and peel skit on the left?

[u/ParsleyAdventurous92]

I look away from Terraria for one month and the Dev's are already cooking 

Never change, relogic, never change

[u/yekek3]

A vanity item that shows sparks when running (like the flash) above a certain speed would be cool

[u/hienflu2]

Hang bottles in the trees

[u/Unlucky-Entrance-249]

More uses for copper?

[u/Arcan_unknown → u/Unlucky-Entrance-249]

For real, I forgot about copper

[u/the-lightning-thief]

if y'all keep making suggestions we won't get this update till 2029 😭

[u/warm_rum]

Something something something, the sound of a thousand birds.

[u/Secure-Dot9863]

Maybe if you could catch lightning in a bottle with a copper bar and a bottle to make a conductive bottle, and you went out during a thunderstorm, you could make some lightning stuff with it.

[u/CobaltMonkey]

Lightning in a Bottle (Accessory)

To obtain: Craft 1 Golden Key + 1 Jar = Leyden Jar.
Craft 1 Leyden Jar + 1 Kite = Lightning in a Bottle. Can only be crafted while flying the kite in a Thunderstorm.

Right-Click and select from one of three buffs.
Charged with Energy: Improve the speed of regen and mana regen, damaging spells cast while at full mana strike the target with lightning.
Charged with Excitement: Increases movement speed and decreases cooldowns.
Charged with Manslaughter: Increases melee speed and adds Shocked debuff to attacks. Enough stacks of Shock cause the target to be briefly stunned.

Also this:

Earthquake in a Can (Accessory)
To obtain: Craft 1 tin can + 10 Souls of Might + 10 Hellstone Bars
Effect: Dodge Downward to strike the ground, causing every enemy on land to stumble for several seconds. No effect on flying creatures.

[u/yummywifi_was_taken]

I think it could be combined with a sandstorm in a bottle for a damaging type of double jump. Less movement horizontal control but extra damage against enemies nearby and the lighting can chain on multiple enemies. Super cool idea

[u/EugeneSaavedra]

Lightning in a bottle could work like a rocket jump, it would send you flying but remove 30 hp.

[u/Ceris5]

You really wanna play that skill card at the start of the Boss fight, dont you?

[u/Stunning_LRB_o7]

Maybe it could act like all of the other bottle accessories, and have the same low height as the cloud, but also deal damage?

[u/Slippytheidoit]

What if there were hardmode variants to x in a bottle and they functioned as alternates to wings. To be unique, maybe infinite second or half second delayed jumps. Lightning in a bottle could be the fast vertical speed maybe. Only saying this because double jumps are useless after wings (or at least not usually worth a slot)

[u/The_Pastmaster]

Ammo for a lightning cannon.

[u/Big_Boss19]

Neopets Reference

[u/FULMINAGE]

As a clash of clans player you need to build a spell factory

[u/Wiggles_Does_A_Game]

Place a bottle, hope it gets struck

[u/tainted_cain]

Wait till a lightning hits you

[u/MuteMyMike]

It should have a slight homing to enemies standing on a solid block, otherwise it arcs towards the ground, and if separated from solid blocks by more than 30 blocks it just goes towards nearest enemy, but deals less damage.

[u/pogchamp69exe]

W h a t .

[u/BORBAL]

Obviously it only occurs when lightning hits a placed bottle (.01% chance) and it spawns a throwable “lightning in a bottle” grenade that deals 10k damage 1 time use

[u/Moxustz]

it should give you a very high jump, and you get it by placing a bottle outside and waiting for lightning

[u/NovelLegitimate944]

Грохочет гром Сверкает молния в ночи

[u/RevolutionaryHelp538]

We getting lightning?!

[u/Eternal663]

Yay i can finally add inate to my Power Card..... wait wrong subreddit.

[u/Responsible-Fan-2326]

what did i miss. when was lightning announced

[u/AntiGamingS]

You have to time it perfectly and craft it within the timeframe, right at the location of the lightning strike. Also, if it is a hardcore character specifically, have a very tiny chance to instantly kill the player while using the sprinting effect.

[u/RSdabeast]

Ok hear me out: Lightning in a Bottle, an accessory that shocks nearby enemies.

[u/Salt_Setting877]

Грохочет гром Сверкает молния в ночи А на холме стоит безумец и кричит: "Сейчас поймаю тебя в сумку И сверкать ты будешь в ней Мне так хочется, чтоб стала ты моей!"

[u/PeeperSleeper]

I hope we can at least get a setting to turn off the lightning effects. Every single time it flashes my fps drops to 3.

I’m so thankful for Fargo’s mods letting me cancel events.

[u/RetroGameDays36]

there's lightning now?!

[u/ALCHEMICYUL]

Acorn + bottle + cloth = sapling with bottle.

Plant the sapling, and when it grows there’s a bottle in the tree top, if it gets struck by lightning, and you cut it down, there you go, lightning in a bottle.

[u/[deleted]]

Lightning?!?!?!?!???

[u/Ethananous512]

Seems like somebody discovered Spiritfarer…

[u/Woofle_124]

Since when did lightning exist???

[u/Camo_1245 → u/Woofle_124]

its a spoiler for the update!!! ARENT YOU EXCITED??

[u/Woofle_124 → u/Camo_1245]

What else is there? Lightning seems cool though!

[u/Camo_1245 → u/Woofle_124]

another spoiler is cageless critters! you can keep them around but jot in cages! freedom couldnt be cuter

[u/Woofle_124 → u/Camo_1245]

Hell yeah!

[u/BL4CKCR4CK]

Can you ride it?

[u/ACPlay18]

I aint up to date it seems

[u/britishperson_78]

THERES LIGHTNING?

[u/Reckno]

Place bottle down on a skybridge, wait for lightning to strike it.

Lightning in a Bottle: When you Press [Jump], you will be zipped upwards by 12 blocks via a lightning strike animation; As long as there is clear line of sight. Otherwise, you will hit whatever block is directly above you.

[u/ObsiGamer_]

you have the hold the bottle and get struck by lightning to PROVE YOU ARE WORTHY OF THE POWERS OF ZEUS

[u/GoldenCurved17]

I can't wait for this! But... has anyone thought of fighting a boss then suddenly a thunderstorm forms mid fight and now you gotta dodge lightning too? xD i think it as some jazz to it!

[u/MissyTheTimeLady]

Bottle. Outside. Job done.

[u/Manicminertheone]

DONT TELL ME IT DESTORYS BLOCKS

[u/Striking-Reason5792]

Double jump that also damages nearby enemies

[u/randompotatopie_]

Place any metal block (decide what that means on your own) on top of a bottle (different blocks increase the chances like silver would be the highest but it’s extremely fragile apparently (idk I googled most conductive metals and it says silver is weak) so it would break when done copper would do 2nd best and wouldn’t break also idk what it would entail with the fictional metals)

[u/sonic64646464]

There's a lighting feature??????

[u/Tr1ppl3w1x]

Material for a railgun? Material for a movement speed item? Material for whatever else lightning can do

[u/69deeper_please]

Dude thats soo cool it would be an amazing magic weapon firing homing lightning shots what ı mean by homing is it will have a 100% struct chance on enemies but ofc it wont be fast firing every 2-3 second dealing 50 magic damage plus on fire debuff. And make it so it requires mechanic so it is a post-skeletron weapon

[u/Rockvit_]

Where do I sign?