How to build a giant Beacon in Minecraft
The Beacon block, 16 times bigger: every pixel of its real texture becomes one block. Plan it, gather the exact blocks and build it layer by layer.
- 16 × 16 × 16 blocks (wide × tall × long)
- 893 blocks hollow (13 stacks + 61), 1,733 solid
- 16 layers from the bottom up
- 6 kinds of block
Blocks you need
For the hollow build at real size, with 1-block walls. In the builder you can pick other block groups, a different size (½× up to 16×) or a solid build, and the list changes with it.
| Block | Count |
|---|---|
| Prismarine Bricks | 300 (4 stacks + 44) |
| White Concrete | 233 (3 stacks + 41) |
| Black Concrete | 204 (3 stacks + 12) |
| Snow Block | 120 (1 stack + 56) |
| Blue Terracotta | 28 |
| Light Blue Wool | 8 |
How to build it
- Plan: choose the blocks you have, the size, hollow or solid, and the build direction.
- Gather: get the exact block list in stacks and shulker boxes, or download it as a Litematica schematic.
- Build: place one layer at a time, with a 3D view and a 2D map of each layer that counts the blocks in every row.