How do I install Better Beacon Effect?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Better Beacon Effect work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.2, 1.20.5, 1.20.1, among others. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Better Beacon Effect

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.16–1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by AlexTron7 · on CurseForge

Which build do you need?

This mod ships a separate file for every mod loader and every version of the game. Pick both, then download — the wrong build installs fine and then does nothing in the game.

Mod loader

Mod loader NeoForge3 builds
Mod loader Forge2 builds

Minecraft version

Minecraft 1.21.3–1.21.4Newest
Minecraft 1.21–1.21.1
Minecraft 1.20–1.20.6

Minecraft 1.18–1.18.2Newest
Minecraft 1.16.1

⬇ Download for 1.21.3–1.21.4 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.21–1.21.1 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.20–1.20.6 · NeoForge ⬇ Download for 1.18–1.18.2 · Forge ⬇ Download for 1.16.1 · Forge

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.

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THIS IS A FORGE CLIENT-SIDE MOD!!!

This mod brings back the beacon from the 1.4.2 snapshot 12w36a.

This mod also adds different effects that can be applied to the beacon by placing a block next to it:

- Glass | Shows the effect checking area Must be placed on top of the beacon (Removed in 1.18.1)

- Command Block | Debug Offset

- Purpur Block | Fading effect

- Quartz Block | Spinning beam

- Obsidian | Rainbow color

- Redstone Block | Remove a beam

- Slime Block | Add a beam

- Observer | Add texture

- Sea Lantern | Makes the beacon beam spin

- Prismarine | Makes the beam more opaque

- Lapis Block | offsets the beam by 1 on the x and z axis

- Coal Block | offsets the beam by -1 on the x and z axis

- End Stone | Magic effect | Only in 1.15.2 and 1.16.1 | V 1.1

- Waxed Copper Block | LASER Effect (Added in 1.18.1)

A video explanation can be found here: https://youtu.be/JIhTT2e5q6o

You can use this in any mod pack, just please give me credit.

You can make a YouTube video about this, just please give me credit.

The latest source code is now on github!

https://github.com/AlexDorian7/BetterBeaconEffects

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft versions listed: 1.20.2, 1.20.5, 1.20.1
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 CurseForge — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as oldbeacon-1.12.2-a.1.2.2.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 17 KB
Download link checked 14 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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