How to Power Beacons with New Metals and Gems

You do not need to rely strictly on vanilla iron, gold, emerald, or diamond to set up and activate beacons. Jays Ores Mod integrates its new metals and gemstones directly into the vanilla beacon system.

Building the Beacon Pyramid

You can construct the base pyramid of a beacon using the compact metal storage blocks added by the mod.

1. Smelt your mined raw ores and trace elements into ingots of aluminum, tin, titanium, lead, silver, uranium, or zinc.

2. Open a Crafting Table and fill the 3x3 grid with nine matching ingots to craft compact metal storage blocks.

3. Place the metal blocks on the ground in a valid beacon pyramid layout (a 3x3 base for level one, up to a four-layer 9x9 base for maximum power). You can mix and match the mod's custom metal blocks with each other or with vanilla beacon blocks.

4. Place your Beacon block on the center of the top layer to activate the beam.

Activating Beacon Powers

Once the beacon beam is active, right-click the Beacon to open its menu:

1. Select the primary and secondary status effects you want from the interface.

2. Place one of the mod's newly added metal ingots or shiny gemstones (such as ruby, sapphire, onyx, garnet, or jade) into the payment slot.

3. Click the checkmark button to consume the ingot or gem and apply your chosen beacon powers.