The average distance of the Moon from the Earth is 384,400 km (238,900 mi), or 1.28 light-seconds.
The beacon block is crafted from glass blocks, obsidian and a Nether Star. Place the beacon block atop a pyramid of some combination of iron, gold, diamond and emerald blocks. The pyramid can be 1â4 layers high; youâll need 9 blocks for the top layer, 25 for the second, 49 for the third and 81 for the last. The more layers you build, the larger the area of the beaconâs effects and the more effects you will have access to.
What is the best way to utilize a beacon for mining. I'm no hardcore minecrafter myself, but I know someone who is: Etho. In episode 303 of his let's play he introduces a new way of gathering a ton of resources and levels. He digs all the way down to y=12 and sets up two beacons, one with Haste II the other one with Speed II. (Speed is not required, but does make it easier, provided you have a second beacon.) You'll want to use an Efficiency IV, Unbreaking III pickaxe for mining. Now, the thing with branch-mining is, that it requires a quite a bit of precision.