Building Custom Beacon Bases and Crafting Early Gear

Alternative Beacon Pyramid Blocks

You do not need to rely strictly on Iron, Gold, Diamond, or Netherite blocks to power a Beacon. You can build functional beacon pyramid bases using any of the following blocks:

• Copper Blocks: Easily farmed in the early game from dripstone caves and standard mining.
• Amethyst Blocks: Gathered quickly by harvesting blocks from underground Amethyst Geodes.
• Ancient Obsidian Blocks: Crafted from the materials mined deep within the Deeper Dark.

You can mix and match these blocks across any of the four pyramid tiers to activate your beacon beam and status effects.

Alternative Gear Sets and Decorative Blocks

If you enable the Bonus Chest when creating a new world, open it immediately at spawn to claim starter weapons and survival tools.

As you progress before reaching Netherite or Magic Obsidian tiers, you can craft full armor sets, standard weapons, and long-reaching spears out of three alternative materials:

• Resin
• Amethyst
• Emerald

For base building, gather Granite, Diorite, Andesite, Sulfur, and Cinnabar. Put these raw materials into a Crafting Table or Stonecutter to unlock decorative block variants for your builds.