Stops a beacon beam from rendering through clear glass in its path. Configurable.
Works client-side and in single player.
Beacon beams won't render above clear glass or glass panes in their path.
They'll begin rendering again when they encounter another transparent colored block in their path.
All changes are purely visual, this mod doesn't allow beacon beams to go through blocks they usually couldn't go through (full, non-transparent blocks).
Configuration
Supports MidnightLib and Mod Menu for configuration, but neither is required.
Versions before 1.8.0 support Cloth Config instead of MidnightLib.
Options will use their default values if MidnightLib is absent.
If MidnightLib is present, options can be configured either through
Mod Menu or by editing config/discontinuous_beacon_beams.json in your
instance folder (.minecraft/ by default for the vanilla launcher).
Blocks that hide beacon beams; default
"minecraft:glass", "minecraft:glass_pane"Hiding blocks toggle beams; default
trueIf an invisible beam passes through a block that hides beams, the beam becomes visible again.
Remember color when hiding blocks enable beams; default
trueWhen a block that hides beams makes a beam visible again, remember the beam color from before it became invisible.
Stained blocks enable beams; default
trueIf an invisible beam passes through a block that changes beams' colors, the beam becomes visible again.
Remember color when stained blocks enable beams; default
trueWhen a block that changes beams' colors makes a beam visible again, remember the beam color from before it became invisible.
Enable beacon beams; default
trueEnable or completely disable beacon beams.
Translations
Install SSS Translate to automatically download new translations.
You can help translate Discontinuous Beacon Beams on Crowdin.
This mod is only for Fabric (works on Quilt, too!) and I won't be porting it to Forge. The license is MIT, however, so anyone else is free to port it.
I'd appreciate links back to this page if you port or otherwise modify this project, but links aren't required.
- 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 discontinuous_beacon_beams-1.8.0+MC26.2.x.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 121 KB
- Download link checked 27 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.



