Calculator
Beacon Calculator
Blocks per layer for each Beacon pyramid level, the ingots and gems they take, the range of the effects and the powers each level unlocks.
- Pick the pyramid level
- Pick the base block, or mix several
- Read the blocks, range and powers
9 × 9 layer, 164 blocks in all
Mix in other blocks
The rest of the pyramid is Block of Iron.
Needs a level 4 pyramid: Regeneration, or the primary power at level II.
- Blocks
- 164
- Range
- 50 blocks
- Effect lasts
- 17 s
- Given again every
- 4 s
Players in range get
- Speed II
A 101 × 101 block square around the Beacon, from 50 blocks below it up to the top of the world. Only players get the effects.
In range the effect is given again every 4 seconds; after leaving the range it lasts 13 to 17 seconds more.
Materials
 Block of Iron9 × Iron Ingot each | 1642 stacks + 36 |  1,47623 stacks + 4 |
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Layers, top to bottom
Powers each level adds
- Level 1Speed, Haste
- Level 2Resistance, Jump Boost
- Level 3Strength
- Level 4Regeneration
Payment: one of these, used up each time the powers are confirmed
Netherite Ingot
Emerald
Diamond
Gold Ingot- Iron Ingot
The Beacon itself
5Glass
Nether Star
3Obsidian
Pyramid levels
| 1 | 3 x 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 blocks | 11 seconds | Speed, Haste |
| 2 | 5 x 5 | 25 | 34 | 30 blocks | 13 seconds | Resistance, Jump Boost |
| 3 | 7 x 7 | 49 | 83 | 40 blocks | 15 seconds | Strength |
| 4 | 9 x 9 | 81 | 164 | 50 blocks | 17 seconds | Regeneration |
Base blocks
| Block of Netherite | 9 × Netherite Ingot | 164 | 1,476 × Netherite Ingot |
| Block of Emerald | 9 × Emerald | 164 | 1,476 × Emerald |
| Block of Diamond | 9 × Diamond | 164 | 1,476 × Diamond |
| Block of Gold | 9 × Gold Ingot | 164 | 1,476 × Gold Ingot |
| Block of Iron | 9 × Iron Ingot | 164 | 1,476 × Iron Ingot |
How the game works it out
| Pyramid | Level 1 is a full 3 by 3 layer of base blocks one block under the Beacon, then 5 by 5, 7 by 7 and 9 by 9; a layer counts only when every layer above it is complete |
| Base blocks | Block of Netherite, Block of Emerald, Block of Diamond, Block of Gold and Block of Iron, mixed in any way |
| Range | 10 blocks per level plus 10, out from the Beacon on every side, and from that far below it up to the top of the world; only players get the effects |
| Refresh | Every 4 seconds the Beacon checks its pyramid and gives its powers again, each lasting 9 seconds plus 2 per level |
| Secondary power | Needs level 4: Regeneration, or the primary power again, which makes it level II; Regeneration cannot be the primary power |
| Payment | One Netherite Ingot, Emerald, Diamond, Gold Ingot or Iron Ingot, used up each time the powers are confirmed |
