Beacon Blocker
A small Fabric mod that makes tinted glass interact with beacon beams.
In vanilla Minecraft, tinted glass blocks both the beacon beam and its effects entirely. This mod changes that: placing tinted glass above a beacon lets effects continue through it as normal, but visually caps the beam at the glass — the beam does not render above it.
Optionally, you can also cap the effect range at the tinted glass height, so players above the glass do not receive effects even though the beacon itself remains active.
Installation
Drop the .jar file into your mods/ folder.
Configuration
A config file is created at config/beacon-blocker.json on first launch.
{
"capBeamHeight": true,
"capEffectHeight": false
}
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
capBeamHeight |
true |
The beacon beam stops rendering at the tinted glass block. This option only works client-side due to where beacon-rendering happens. |
capEffectHeight |
false |
Players above the tinted glass do not receive beacon effects. This option only works server-side. |
Multiplayer
capBeamHeight is read from the client config and only affects what they see.
capEffectHeight is read from the server config and affects all players on that server. Individual client values for this option are ignored in multiplayer.
Single Player
Both config option are read from the same config file.
License
CC0-1.0
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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.
- Ships as beacon-blocker-1.0.0.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 22 KB
- Download link checked 26 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.