Beacons also provide helpful status buffs to keep you safe.

Smelt Sand in a Furnace tomake Glass.

To help you navigate your Minecraft World further, you canmake a mapand customize it with a Cartography Table.

A Nether Star in Minecraft

You will need a total of 244 blocks to build a 4-layer base from your Beacon.

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.

Glass in a Furnace in Minecraft

you’re free to even stack multiple glass blocks to create different hues.

Interact with the Beacon.

Finally, select thecheckmarkto activate your Beacon.

Mining obsidian in Minecraft.

If you have a full pyramid, activate an additional Beacon on each side of the first Beacon.

That way, you’re able to have up to six status bonuses active at once.

Check that your beacon has been activated.

A Beacon in a Crafting Table in Minecraft

you’ve got the option to’t use dye to change the color of your beacon.

An Emerald 4-layer pyramid for a Beacon in Minecraft

An active Beacon on top of a pyramid in Minecraft

Power option in the Beacon menu in Minecraft

An Emerald in the Beacon menu in Minecraft