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The corrupted beacon is an artifact that can be found within the various missions of Minecraft Dungeons. Its unique variant is the corrupted pumpkin, making it the only artifact to have a unique variant. It functions similarly to the eye of the guardian from the hidden depths DLC with the exception of souls replaced by a cooldown.
Appearance[]
The corrupted beacon has a similar apperarance to the beacon in the original game, but with purple tones.
Obtaining[]
- Missions
Listed difficulties are considered to be the minimum difficulty the item is obtainable on unless stated otherwise.
- Cacti Canyon
- Redstone Mines
- Pumpkin Pastures (Adventure)
- Treetop Tangle (Adventure)
- Gale Sanctum (DLC)
- End Wilds (Apocalypse, DLC)
- Merchants
Usage[]
With the maximum amount of souls gathered, being 300, it can be fired for 24 seconds in total, using about 12.5 souls per second.
Each tick of damage deals around 10% of the damage per second value.
The beam fired has a massive range (about 40 blocks away) that exceeds the boundaries of the screen.
Properties[]
- X artifact damage per second
- 2.5 Seconds cooldown
- +1 Soul Gathering
- Requires souls
Stats[]
| Power | Min damage | Max damage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 53 |
| 5 | 63 | 67 |
| 10 | 83 | 87 |
| 15 | 107 | 113 |
| 20 | 137 | 144 |
| 25 | 174 | 182 |
| 30 | 218 | 228 |
| 35 | 273 | 285 |
| 40 | 340 | 355 |
| 45 | 422 | 440 |
| 50 | 523 | 543 |
| 55 | 646 | 673 |
| 60 | 797 | 830 |
| 65 | 981 | 1023 |
| 70 | 1208 | 1258 |
| 75 | 1485 | 1547 |
| 80 | 1824 | 1900 |
| 85 | 2240 | 2333 |
| 90 | 2750 | 2864 |
| 95 | 3374 | 3513 |
| 100 | 4138 | 4309 |
| 105 | 5075 | 5284 |
| 108 | 5735 | 5971 |
Sounds[]
| Sound | Description |
|---|---|
| Activate | |
| Impact | |
| Loop | |
| Soul |
History[]
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| June 9, 2019 | The corrupted beacon was first revealed in the Minecraft Dungeons gameplay trailer. | ||||
| June 17, 2019 | The old description was revealed in a twitter video: "The cube trembles in your hands. Great power is stored within, just waiting to be unleashed" before it changed to "The Corrupted Beacon holds immense power within. It waits for the moment to unleash its wrath."[1] | ||||
| Dungeons Beta |   Added the corrupted beacon. | ||||
| 1.3.2.0 | Increased Cost from 1 to 2. | ||||
| Added cooldown for 2.5 seconds. | |||||
| Increased beam radius from 150 to 200 unreal units. | |||||
| Increased damage by 100%. | |||||
Trivia[]
- In Minecraft Dungeons Arcade, the corrupted beacon is classified as a ranged weapon despite being an artifact.
Gallery[]
Icons[]
Corrupted beacon icon.
A sprite depicting the item texture.
Textures[]
Texture file of the corrupted beacon.
Others[]
The corrupted beacon being equipped as seen in the gameplay reveal trailer.[2]
The corrupted beacon used in-game.
The beams fired from the heart of ender, which heavily resemble the ones fired from the corrupted beacon.
Shirt graphic.
![The corrupted beacon being equipped as seen in the gameplay reveal trailer.[2]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/minecraft_gamepedia/images/9/97/Dungeons_Teaser_8.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190609210111)
References[]
- ↑ "A corrupted beacon fires a powerful beam at the enemy and runs on…souls? Wait, who designed this thing?! #Mojang" – @dungeonsgame on X, June 17, 2019
- ↑ "Did you miss yesterday’s gameplay reveal of #MinecraftDungeons? Worry not, we got you covered! Get up to speed with this video breakdown, featuring our very own Måns Olson." – @dungeonsgame on X, June 10, 2019