Minecraft: How To Make Beacon

Learn how to make a beacon and how it’s used to help players in the nearly endless world of Minecraft.

It is easy to get lost in Minecraft (Source: Mojang Studios)

The block world of Minecraft is a beautiful place where creativity shines at its peak. This endless world is filled with various kinds of blocks, which players use to create various tools, weapons, and armor. However, getting lost in this vast world is very common, but this sometimes results in losing home and supplies. So to solve this problem, Minecraft has a solution named beacon. Beacon is used as a waypoint marker that guides players to their home.

In this guide, players will get to know about the process of making a beacon and also its uses in Minecraft.

How To Make Beacon

Arrange the materials to obtain a beacon (Source: Mojang Studios)

Making a beacon is a little challenging. It requires x5 Glass, x3 Obsidian, and 1x Nether Star. Players can easily obtain glass and obsidian, but to acquire a nether star, players need to defeat a boss mob named the Wither. Arrange the materials and craft the beacon. Also, to use a beacon, players need to place it on a pyramid. Pyramid should be built using iron, diamond, gold, netherite, or emerald blocks. Make sure to build the pyramid tall enough to enjoy more benefits of the beacon.

How To Activate Beacon and Its Uses

Use beacon to get buffs (Source: Mojang Studios)

Place the beacon on the top of the pyramid and interact with it to activate the beacon and its status effects. However, players need to select a primary power and a secondary power for a pyramid of 4 levels. To activate, insert a netherite ingot, diamond, gold ingot, emerald, or iron ingot. When the beacon is active, it provides various boosts to the players. Here’s the list of all the status effects:

  • Haste
  • Speed
  • Resistance
  • Strength
  • Jump Boost

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