Beacon Tinted Glass
by azyrod
Beacon Tinted Glass lets players hide a beacon's beam by placing tinted glass above it, with three modes that control how the beam is stopped or restored.
What it does
A tinted glass block placed above a beacon removes its visible beam. The mod offers three modes that decide what happens: Block Once lets a Colored Glass block restore the beam when it is placed above the tinted glass, Block Until Next lets the beam return at the next tinted glass block while ignoring colored glass, and Block Forever keeps the beam hidden permanently so nothing turns it back on. Each mode lets a builder keep the beacon's effects while the beam stays out of sight.
Beacon Tinted Glass is written for players who want to hide the ugly beams around a base without losing the effects. Installation covers the server and each player's game. Builds target 26.2 and 26.3 for Fabric, released under the Apache License 2.0, and the source code and issue tracker are public.
Key features
Hide beacon beams
Tinted glass placed above a beacon removes its visible beam while the beacon keeps working.
Block Once mode
A colored glass block placed above the tinted glass lets the beam show again, and only once.
Block Until Next mode
The beam stays hidden until the next tinted glass block, and colored glass does not affect it.
Block Forever mode
The beam stays hidden permanently, so nothing placed later can bring it back.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Tidy bases
Players with beacons inside a built base can hide the beams while keeping the status effects.
Who it’s for: Players who build around beacons and want the beams out of view, and server owners whose communities keep beacons in shared builds.
How it compares
Beacon Blocker is an open source Fabric mod under the MIT License for 26.2, and it can run on a client or a server, both optional. Beacon Obscura is also open source under the MIT License, with Fabric and NeoForge files for 26.1.2 – 26.3, but it is server-side only, so clients need nothing. Beam Be Gone is client and server, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.17 – 26.2 on Fabric and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Tinted Glass | Fabric | 26.2 – 26.3 | Client and server | 2026-10-01 |
| Beacon Blocker | Fabric | 26.2 | Client or server, optional | 2026-06-29 |
| Beacon Obscura | Fabric and NeoForge | 26.1.2 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-18 |
| Beam Be Gone | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.17 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-07-07 |
Questions
Does Beacon Tinted Glass need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader does Beacon Tinted Glass use?
Can the beam be shown again after it is hidden?
In the catalog
Beacon Tinted Glass is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
There is 3 modes of the mod to determine what happens if you try to color the beam after a tinted glass block: - Block Once: Tinted Glass will block the beam once, and will allow a normal Colored Glass block to restore the beam if placed above the tinted glass. - Toggle: Tinted Glass will block the beam until the…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/beacon-tinted-glass
- Owner
- azyrod
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-01
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15