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Beacon

1Block states
YesItem form

The Beacon is a block in Minecraft. It is crafted from glass, a Nether Star, and obsidian, and crafting it takes all three ingredients together. When broken, it drops itself, so it can be collected and placed again elsewhere.

Contents (5)
  1. Data values
  2. Sounds
  3. Advancements
  4. History
  5. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:beacon
Numeric default state ID11722
Block states1
State properties0
Item formYes

Sounds

Sound events named after this block. Blocks that share a generic sound group are not listed, because the game keeps those groupings in code rather than in its data files.

WhenSoundClosed captionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
ActivatedBeacon activatesblock.beacon.activatesubtitles.block.beacon.activate1116
AmbientBeacon humsblock.beacon.ambientsubtitles.block.beacon.ambient0.917
DeactivatedBeacon deactivatesblock.beacon.deactivatesubtitles.block.beacon.deactivate1116
—Beacon power selectedblock.beacon.power_selectsubtitles.block.beacon.power_select1116

Advancements

Advancements whose own criteria name this block. Recipe-unlock entries are left out — they never appear on the player’s Advancements screen.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also