How to make a beacon light up

There are a lot of basic tips everyone has to learn when starting off in Minecraft.

How to make beacon work in minecraft

Things like building a house, crafting a bed, and knowing how to find a village are all important, but there's one trick that isn't talked about nearly as often for how useful it is. Beacons let you easily find places or items of interest in the world without having to remember where they are on the map.

It isn't immediately obvious how to craft one from the appearance, so we'll show you the recipe.

Gather beacon materials

Minecraft beacons are one of the more challenging items to create, suitable for ambitious players (who want to show off a little).

Here’s what you need and where you can find it.

Step 1:Five glass blocks. You can get glass by mining blocks of sand and combining five or more in a furnace, making this a particularly easy step.

Step 2:Three obsidian blocks. Obsidian is a rare ore, and isn’t traded, so you can’t really count on old-fashioned RNG to find it.

Instead, you can either search underground until you ha

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