title: “How To Make A Beacon In Minecraft” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-13” author: “Justin Godwin”
How to Make a Beacon in Minecraft
Here’s how to find and arrange the materials you need to craft a Beacon:
Summon a Wither and defeat it to get a Nether Star. Make 5 Glass blocks. Smelt Sand in a Furnace to make Glass. Mine 3 Obsidian. Pour a Water Bucket over lava to create Obsidian blocks, then use a Diamond Pickaxe or Netherite Pickaxe to mine them. Craft the Beacon. In a Crafting Table, place 1 Nether Star in the middle box, place 3 Obsidian in the bottom row, and place 5 Glass blocks in the remaining boxes.
Build a Base for Your Beacon
To activate the Beacon, you must build a base out of Diamonds, Emeralds, Gold, Iron, or Netherite (any combination of these blocks will work).
Your base can be 1-4 layers high, and the blocks must be placed in a specific way:
Layer 1: 9 blocks (3X3)Layer 2: 25 blocks (5X5)Layer 3: 49 blocks (7X7)Layer 4: 81 blocks (9X9)
The potential benefits of the Beacon increase with each layer. Build your base in the shape of a pyramid with the largest layer on the bottom and the smallest on top. You will need a total of 244 blocks to build a 4-layer base from your Beacon.
The duration and range of the status bonus from your Beacon are determined by the size of your base:
Place the Beacon on the center block of the top layer of your base. The Beacon will emit a light that acts as a handy guide when you’re exploring. You can change the color of the light by placing a stained glass block on top of it. You can even stack multiple glass blocks to create different hues. Interact with the Beacon. You’ll see a menu where you can choose a status boost (if your base has 4 layers, you can choose a secondary bonus). The available options grow with each layer of your base: Layer 1 : Speed, HasteLayer 2: Resistance, Jump BoostLayer 3: StrengthLayer 4: Regeneration or double another bonus Put one of the following blocks in the empty box at the bottom of the menu: Netherite Ingot, Emerald, Diamond, Gold Ingot, or Iron Ingot. Finally, select the checkmark to activate your Beacon.
Layer 1 : Speed, HasteLayer 2: Resistance, Jump BoostLayer 3: StrengthLayer 4: Regeneration or double another bonus
