
ModsJava
BeaconExtender
I don't know my version or loader
Open the Minecraft launcher and look at the profile you play on — it names both, like fabric-loader-1.21.4. The version also shows in the bottom-right corner of the game's main menu.
No loader in the profile name? Then it's plain Minecraft, and these mods won't run — you need Fabric or NeoForge installed first.
Beacon Extender
This is a simple server-side mod that allows the range and number of layers of a beacon to be configured.
Features
- Set a maximum amount of beacon layers that will improve effects
- Define the beacon range and effect duration to increase either linearly or exponentially with customizable parameters
- Flexible configuration and in-game reloading
- Displays the amount of active layers in the beacon ui
[!WARNING] Be careful when using the exponential function(s). They can get large very quickly. For security reasons, the values of the beacon range and effect duration are both clamped at 10'000.0 blocks/seconds respectively.
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Configuration
You will find a configuration file beaconextender.json5 in your usual
.minecraft/config folder.
{
// Show the number of active layers in the beacon ui
showBeaconLayers: false,
// Defines the maximum number of beacon layers that will change the effect
maxLayers: 6,
// Defines the type of the range function.
// Can be either "EXPONENTIAL" or "LINEAR".
// The exponential function gets evaluated like
// f(layers) = param1 * param2 ^ layers
// The linear function gets evaluated like
// f(layers) = param1 * layers + param2
rangeFunctionType: "LINEAR",
// The first parameter of the range function.
rangeFunctionParam1: 10.0,
// The second parameter of the range function.
rangeFunctionParam2: 10.0,
// Defines the type of the effect duration function.
// Can be either "EXPONENTIAL" or "LINEAR".
// The exponential function gets evaluated like
// f(layers) = param1 * param2 ^ layers
// The linear function gets evaluated like
// f(layers) = param1 * layers + param2
effectDurationFunctionType: "LINEAR",
// The first parameter of the effect duration function.
effectDurationFunctionParam1: 10.0,
// The second parameter of the effect duration function.
effectDurationFunctionParam2: 10.0,
}
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft versions listed: 26.1, 26.1.1, 26.1.2
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as beaconextender-0.3.3+26.1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 701 KB
- Download link checked 31 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.