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Visual Beacon Effects

by Design0Nerd

Visual Beacon Effects changes how beacon beams look from a distance, and it only needs to be installed on the Fabric client.

FabricClient-side onlyMIT License1.21.10

What it does

The mod targets the rings and beams of beacons, which greatly increases the distance from which they can be seen. Beacon geometry and animation are reworked, and a fix corrects the size of beacons viewed from far away. Saving is tied to each dimension, so beacon data stays separate between the Overworld, the Nether and the End.

Visual Beacon Effects is built for Fabric and targets 1.21.10, the only game version it supports. Its single Fabric file is version 1.0.0, marked alpha, and it was first published and last updated on 2026-02-28. It is client-side only, so servers can run without it and players join without any change to their server. The code is released under the MIT License, but the project is not open source.

Key features

  1. Longer beacon visibility

    Beacon rings and beams stay visible from much greater distances than in vanilla.

  2. Per-dimension beacon saving

    Beacon information is stored separately for each dimension, so beacons in one world do not overwrite another.

  3. Improved beacon animation

    The animation of beacon beams and rings is reworked to look smoother during play.

  4. Corrected distant beacon size

    Beacons seen from far away are drawn at a corrected size, so they do not appear too small or too large.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

No stable releases
Every published file is a beta or alpha build.
1.21.101.0.0
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Use cases

Spotting far-off beacons

A player crossing wide terrain can see a beacon's beam from farther away and navigate toward it.

Multi-dimension bases

Players who keep beacons in more than one dimension get separate saved data for each of them.

Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who want beacon beams to be visible across large distances, and who play the 1.21.10 version of the game.

How it compares

Full comparison

Better Beacon Effects also changes beacon visuals, but it supports Fabric, Forge and NeoForge across 1.20 – 26.3, is client-side only and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 license. Configurable Beacons targets only Fabric for 1.20.1 – 1.21, is server-side only and is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only. Visual Beacon Effects is limited to Fabric and to 1.21.10 alone.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Visual Beacon EffectsFabric1.21.10Client-side only2026-02-28
Better Beacon EffectsFabric, Forge and NeoForge1.20 – 26.3Client-side only2026-10-06
Configurable BeaconsFabric1.20.1 – 1.21Server-side only2024-07-04

Questions

Does Visual Beacon Effects need Fabric API?

No required dependency is listed for Fabric.

Does a server need Visual Beacon Effects?

No. Players add it to their own game, and a server needs no copy.

Which game versions does Visual Beacon Effects support?

Only 1.21.10. The latest Fabric file is 1.0.0 for 1.21.10, published as an alpha build.

In the catalog

Visual Beacon Effects is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 15,569 mods support Minecraft 1.21.10.

Decoration mods12,078Fabric modsMods for 1.21.1015,569

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Official listing

Owner
Design0Nerd
Published
2026-02-28
Updated on Modrinth
2026-02-28
Facts verified
2026-10-15

Tags

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