For more than ten years, “Minecraft” has been a shining example for video game developers. And there is no better way to demonstrate your mastery of “Minecraft” than by creating your own in-game beacon.
The beacon is one of “Minecraft’s” most challenging items to create because it needs at least one extremely rare material. However, the beacon can improve your mining, speed, and health stats once you’ve created one. They can also serve as a literal beacon of light if you ever get lost in the vast “Minecraft” world.
Everything you need to know about beacons is provided here, including information on where to find the materials, how to make them, and how to use them.
How to make a Beacon in Minecraft
In Minecraft, you need a Nether Star, three blocks of obsidian, and five pieces of glass to create a beacon. Glass and Obsidian can both be made relatively easily by melting sand in a furnace and by covering lava with water. Keep in mind that a pickaxe made of diamond or nepherite is required to mine obsidian.
You must take down the boss mob known as the Wither in order to obtain a Nether Star. One Nether Star, which is only needed when making the Beacon, is dropped when you kill the Wither.
You must combine these components in the following order to create a Beacon:
However, you can’t just place it down and use it. You must first construct a Pyramid, which is the first step in turning on the Beacon.
How to build a Pyramid for the Beacon in Minecraft
A Beacon must be placed atop a Pyramid in order for it to be activated. Blocks made of iron, gold, diamond, netherite, or emerald must be used to construct the pyramid. If you don’t have enough of one kind of block, you can use a combination of these.
You must construct the Pyramid with one to four layers. You can get more benefits from the Beacon the taller the Pyramid is. The range within which you can obtain the status effects expands along with the Pyramid’s size.
You ought to construct a 4-level pyramid to maximize the effectiveness of your beacon. Your blocks should be arranged in a 9×9 square for the base layer. Place a 7×7 square next, then a 5×5 square, a 3×3 square, and finally a 3×3 square for the top layer. Place your Beacon atop the center block of the top layer of the Pyramid once it is complete to turn it on.
Remove the bottom layer to create a slightly weaker Pyramid if you don’t have enough blocks to build one with four layers. For instance, if you only have enough blocks for three layers, you can construct a three-level pyramid by starting with the 7×7 square as the base layer and working your way up from there. However, this will remove some of the possible bonus effects.
How to activate a Beacon in Minecraft
Your Beacon will turn on when you set it atop the Pyramid. However, you will not gain any status effects straight away. There’s one more step that you need to complete first.
Interact with the Beacon to bring up its menu. The status effects that you can activate are all listed here. Choose a primary power (and a secondary power if your pyramid has four levels) Then, either a Netherite Ingot, an Emerald, a Diamond, a Gold Ingot, or an Iron Ingot must be inserted. You can use one of these items to insert it and activate the Beacon completely by pressing the tick button.
What status effects do you get from the Beacon in Minecraft?
You can decide whether to acquire a status effect when you activate the Beacon. In order to become a Minecraft superhero, you can choose from the following five primary powers:
- Speed
- Haste
- Resistance
- Jump Boost
- Strength
If a pyramid with one layer is constructed, speed and haste are available. You must construct a 2-level Pyramid at the very least to gain access to Resistance and Jump Boost. Make a pyramid with three layers if you want to gain the Strength status effect. All of these status effects are level 1.
Four-layer pyramid construction allows you to select one primary and one secondary power. You have a choice between upgrading your primary power to level 2 or gaining Regeneration at level 1 for your secondary power.
How to change the colour of the Beacon’s beam in Minecraft
The Beacon emits a beam when it is turned on that you can use to mark significant locations. But you might want to give the beams various colors if you want to use several Beacons for various locations, like a village and a bee farm.
You need to cover a beam with colored glass to change its color. Put a block of blue stained glass on top of the beam, for instance, to make the beam blue.
8 blocks of glass must be purchased along with the desired color dye if you want your glass stained a specific color. Next, arrange them in the following order on the crafting table:
Placing multiple stained glass blocks on the beacon will allow you to blend the color and give it various tints. For instance, to make the beam a warm pink color, you could layer an orange and a pink stained glass block on the beacon.
You don’t need any additional information to create or use a beacon in Minecraft. Place them throughout your world to aid in locating significant landmarks. See our list of the top Minecraft seeds if you want to explore some new areas. See our list of the top Minecraft shader packs if you enjoy the various colored beams and want to make your world even more colorful. More On Minecraft.
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FAQ
How do you get a beacon to work in Minecraft?
A Beacon must be placed atop a Pyramid in order for it to be activated. Blocks made of iron, gold, diamond, netherite, or emerald must be used to construct the pyramid. If you don’t have enough of one kind of block, you can use a combination of these. You must construct the Pyramid with one to four layers.
How do you fully power a beacon?
Place your ingot of netherite, gold, iron, emerald, or any other precious stone into the vacant space on the left. Once you’ve selected a power, press the checkmark, and a power will appear at the top of your left screen.
How many blocks do you need for a full beacon?
244 mineral blocks in total, with a 10 by 11 base layer, are needed.
What does a beacon need to be activated?
A beacon will only activate when placed on a pyramid. You’ll need iron, gold, emerald, diamond, or netherite blocks to construct this pyramid. When constructing your pyramid, you can combine any one of these four materials, but you’ll need a lot of them.
