Do beacons work under lava?

Beacon beam works under both stationary and flowing lava, but does not function under stationary or flowing water.
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What blocks can beacons not go through?

Beacons require an unobstructed view of the sky, though bedrock and transparent blocks (including water, lava, slime, and other beacon blocks) will not count as obstruction. The beacon is on top of a pyramid constructed from iron blocks, gold blocks, emerald blocks, and/or diamond blocks.
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What is the best block to power a beacon?

Iron remains the best option in all cases, and the choice of blocks has no effect on the actual strength of the beacon. For a full pyramid with four layers, here's how big every layer should be, what powers are available and what the block range for each variant is.
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Do beacons work underground?

Beacons work underground but beam stops at the first solid block encountered.
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Can you make a beacon beam invisible?

As the title says, with the ability to change the Beacon Beams color by placing stained glass inside the beam, it would only make sense to also be able to make it invisible/see through by using clear glass.
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Can a beacon go through a dragon egg?

If a dragon egg is placed on top of an active beacon, the beacon beam penetrates through all the blocks on its way.
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Why is my beacon not working in the Nether?

Beacons can go through bedrock but not netherack. Clear a path straight to the bedrock ceiling and it should work.
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Can you get Haste 3 from a beacon?

In Minecraft, you can give players either Speed, Haste, Resistance, Jump Boost or Strength for 14 seconds using a beacon in a 3-tier pyramid structure.
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Can you use lapis for a beacon?

Here's your basic 9-tile Beacon.

It may be made with any combination of Iron, Gold, Diamond, or Emerald resource blocks. (The cheapest and quickest way to make a short pyramid in survival mode is with Iron blocks.) No other blocks can make a Beacon shine. This includes blocks like Lapis Lazuli and Pumpkins.
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What does Netherite beacon do?

Beacons. Blocks of netherite can be used to power a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of netherite blocks underneath it, and can also optionally include a 5×5, 7×7 and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon.
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Are emerald beacon better than diamond?

No, all blocks used to build the pyramid have the same effect. The way you activate different powers is through the Beacon Block's GUI. Placing a single iron ingot, gold ingot, diamond, or emerald will allow you to set which power is being produced by the pyramid.
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How do you make a 6 beacon pyramid?

Steps to make a Beacon Structure (all 6 status effects)
  1. Place 99 Blocks as the First Layer of the Pyramid. ...
  2. Place 63 Blocks as the Second Layer of the Pyramid. ...
  3. Place 35 Blocks as the Third Layer of the Pyramid. ...
  4. Place 15 Blocks as the Fourth Layer of the Pyramid. ...
  5. Place 3 Beacons in the Center.
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Can you use emeralds for beacons?

Blocks of emerald can be used to "power" a beacon. The beacon can be powered by a 3×3 square of emerald blocks underneath it, and can optionally also include a 5×5, 7×7, and 9×9 layer in the shape of a pyramid under the original layer to increase the effects from the beacon.
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How many emeralds do you need for a full beacon?

The same can be done for the other blocks. An easy way to build a functioning beacon is by using iron or emerald blocks after crafting the beacon. It would take players 81 iron ingots or 81 emeralds to craft these blocks.
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How many blocks is haste 2 beacon?

You need 34 of the mineral blocks and 1 beacon to build the structure. Then you need 1 iron ingot, gold ingot, diamond or emerald to activate the beacon.
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How much faster is haste 2?

Haste is a status effect that allows a player to temporarily mine blocks faster than normal. Haste increases mining speed by an increase of 20% per level (40% with Haste II).
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Does haste 2 work on bedrock?

Haste 2 is not given on bedrock.
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Does haste 2 work on trees?

Description. In Bedrock Edition, players can insta-mine any type of wood, like oak logs or warped stems with Haste II beacon effect.
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Do beacons work nether?

Beacon beams cannot go through most blocks, but can go through bedrock (to allow beacons to be used in the Nether) and end portal frames.
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Can you make a copper beacon in Minecraft?

Copper cannot be used as a beacon material.
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How many stacks of iron do I need for a full beacon?

In this tutorial, we will use 81 iron blocks. TIP: If you don't have 81 of one type of block, no worries, you can mix and match.
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Can you get Haste 3?

There are levels of Haste such as Haste II, Haste III, Haste IV and so on. The higher the level of Haste, the faster you will mine and attack.
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How do you get efficiency 1000 pickaxe in Minecraft?

Minecraft: Creating a 1000 Efficiency pickaxe with /give

Without these permissions, commands entered into the chat console won't be executed. The base command syntax for this particular Efficiency pickaxe is: /give @p minecraft:diamond_pickaxe{Enchantments:[{id:"minecraft:efficiency",lvl:1000s}]} 1.
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How big is a max beacon?

The smallest a beacon pyramid can be is a 3x3 platform with the beacon at its center, with the maximum size required to bring the beacon to full power is a total of 164 blocks that exist in 9x9, 7x7, 5x5, and 3x3 layers before placing the beacon.
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