Minecraft: build and use beacons

We'll show you how to build a beacon in Minecraft and how to use it.

Minecraft: build beacons - how it works

For the beacon you need three obsidian blocks, five glass blocks and a nether star.

• Place the obsidian blocks on a workbench in the bottom row.
• Place the nether star in the middle.
• Fill up the remaining fields with glass blocks.
• The beacon is used to equip players with certain effects.

• You have to activate the beacon with a pyramid of several blocks.
• You can use iron, gold, emerald or diamond blocks as materials for this pyramid.
• The smallest possible pyramid consists of a 3 x 3 area on which you have to place the beacon in the middle.
• The higher the pyramid (maximum 4 levels), the stronger the effect.
• To add an effect, right-click on the activated beacon. Now choose an effect and put an iron, gold, emerald or diamond in it to trigger the event.

The next practical tip shows you how to decode enchants in Minecraft.