Throwing a trident enchanted with Channeling at a lightning rod in Bedrock Edition while it's raining summons lightning. However doing so in Java Edition does not summon lightning like it would during a thunderstorm.
Steps to reproduce:
Obtain a trident enchanted with Channeling
Place down a lightning rod
Make sure it's raining:
/weather rainThrow the trident at the lightning rod
Observed result:
There is no lightning when the trident hits the lightning rod.
Expected result:
Lightning strikes the lightning rod once the trident hits it. (As it would in the Bedrock Edition)
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This could be an invalid parity issue, this isn't supposed to happen and lightning can only be summoned during thunderstorms. See MCPE-129915 🙂
Update: I still can confirm nonetheless.