Minecraft wiki entry for Superflat_survival, associated text: You should build a pen up in the air, and lure some of the pigs up there. the high structure in the middle of a flat field attracts lightning better. There is no channeling trident after bedrock 1.16.100 and java edition. After 1.17, drowned drop copper instead of gold, so you can craft lightning rod to attract lightning. Be careful where you place it because you can't recover it with a wooden pick. You can recover it with an iron pickaxe, but it is unlikely to have one without killing lots of zombies.