BLOCK OF THE MONTH
Beacons
Emeraldblockscan b usedto
constructand power eacons.
Whenyoubuildabea on,it
hastoconsistofatleastnine
s sa a ed
inahorizontalsquare,with
abeaconblockplacedon
thecentreone.Thisisaone-
levelbeacon.
Beaconscanbefurt er
expandedintopyrami sofup
tofourlevels.Thebas ofa
four-levelbeaconis 9 blocks,
o owe ya eve on op
of that ,thena5x5 levl, and
finally a3x3 levelon every
top. Afull- size beacon takes
164resourceblockstobuild.
So to buildafull- size beacon
outofj ustemeralds ,u’d
needto collect1,476 e eralds,
ld 164
emer aldblocks. Howeer,this
is purely an issueof coration
–buildingabeacon outof
emer alds doesn’t change how
it acts, only howitl oos. You’re
free to mixand matchemerald,
gold,ironand diamon blocks!
I you ishtominean rald
lock, ou shouldonlyuseanironor
iamondpickaxe,asºusin wooden,
toneor ones w reakthe
lock ithoutmakingit p.
To tu nanemerald blockback
i to emeralds ,you have to craftit
nacr ftinggrid.You’ll able to
remo astackofnine sfrom
theoutputslot.
If youearn1000 emeraldsby
trading, youget th eMaster
chiev ment (in theBedro k
dition only).Tradeemeralds
with villagersAnemeraldbeacon