CERBON's Better Beacons
by CerbonXD
With CERBON's Better Beacons installed, the beacon gains a new interface, extra effects and new advancements that all players on a server can see.
What it does
The mod changes the beacon in three ways: a second user interface, new effects, and new advancements. Players can pick between two interfaces, one showing tertiary effects and one without them, and tertiary effects only apply once the beacon reaches level 5. The first interface also shows which payment item activated the beacon. Copper works as both a structure block and a payment item for the beacon, and the pyramid graphic now shows gold, emerald, copper, diamond and netherite in the first interface, with iron also listed as a usable base block.
Payment items raise the beacon's range, with copper contributing the least and netherite the most. The base block type increases the strength of the primary effects. Both lists are JSON files that datapacks can edit, and items or blocks from other mods can be added to them. Amethyst clusters redirect the beam but still require it to point at the sky, and tinted glass changes its opacity. CERBON's API, Cloth Config API and Fabric API are required dependencies, and the mod runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.21.1, with 1.20.1 and 1.21 also listed. Installation covers the server and each player's game.
Key features
Two user interfaces
One interface shows tertiary effects and the other hides them, and each can be toggled in the settings.
Night vision and fire resistance
The beacon can grant night vision for building and mining, and fire resistance for use in the Nether.
Three new effects
Long Reach extends block interaction range, while Phantom Bane and Patrol Bane stop those mobs from spawning inside the beacon's range.
Cancel button
The cancel button now stops an active effect instead of only closing the beacon screen.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 3
Required by 2 mods
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who use beacons heavily, server owners who want to tune beacon behavior through datapacks, and modpack makers who configure the effect lists.
How it compares
Better Beacon Placement is server-side only, covers 1.16.5 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and is not open source. Small Netherite Beacons is open source under the MIT License for 1.21.4 – 26.2 on Fabric, with client and server running it together. Improved Beacons runs on Fabric for 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 and is not open source, with the server required and the client optional.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CERBON's Better Beacons | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-02-17 |
| Better Beacon Placement | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-10-02 |
| Small Netherite Beacons | Fabric | 1.21.4 – 26.2 | Client and server | 2026-06-22 |
| Improved Beacons | Fabric | 1.21.1 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-02-15 |
Questions
Does Better Beacons need CERBON's API?
Must the server and players both install the mod?
Can datapacks change the range from payment items?
In the catalog
CERBON's Better Beacons is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
More from CerbonXD
Similar mods
What the author says
An improved version of Minecraft's beacon. Now, you have a new UI, new features, fresh effects, and even new advancements. This is a highly configurable mod. Please read the wiki to understand how to use the new tags and datapack folders added by the mod. TL;DR at the end. You can choose between two UIs: one that…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/cerbons-better-beacons
- Owner
- CerbonXD
- Published
- 2023-10-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-02-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15