Nether Star Enchantments: Personal Beacon Effects

Nether Star Enchantments

Portable beacon effects on your gear, …

… a selfish beacon.

In PvP / PvE, classic beacons are often underused: the range is limited and moving a full pyramid is tedious. These enchantments bring beacon-like powers directly onto your equipment. No structure required. Just wear or hold the right item, keep enough XP levels and the effect applies to you.

• Crafting
• Speed
• Jump Boost
• Haste
• Strength
• Resistance
• Regeneration
• Conduit
• Turtle

Concept

Each enchantment mimics a beacon primary effect, with two important twists:

1. Personal only — the effect applies to the wearer / holder, not to nearby players.
2. XP gate — most effects require a minimum player XP level (typically 30, or 40 for Conduit), similar in spirit to the cost of powering a real beacon.

Some also carry a small drawback (reduced interaction range) so they stay balanced for late-game / PvP use.

Anvil cost is high (40) for most of them — they are end-game upgrades.

Crafting

All "of the Nether" items are made on a smithing table:

* Beacon payment blocks: Iron, Gold, Emerald, Diamond or Netherite block.

Crafted items are marked epic rarity and come with a short lore line.

Smithing with a Nether Star

The smithing recipe resets the item: previous enchantments are removed and only the Nether Star enchantment remains.

Unlike a Netherite upgrade (which copies everything from the base item), this is a full re-infusion.

To combine with other enchantments, either:

• Run a second item through the smithing table, then merge the two on an anvil;
• Apply the Nether Star enchantment first on a clean item, then add the other enchantments on an anvil as usual.

Speed

Grants Speed while you are not in water or lava.

• Supported: Boots
• Max level: 3
• XP required: 30
• Trigger: continuous (tick)

Jump Boost

Grants Jump Boost.

• Supported: Leggings
• Max level: 3
• XP required: 30
• Trigger: continuous (tick)

Haste

Grants Haste when you mine a block.

• Supported: Tools (#minecraft:enchantable/mining_loot)
• Max level: 3
• XP required: 30
• Trigger: on block hit
• Drawback: reduced block interaction range (−0.5 per level, up to −1.5)
• Incompatible with: damage exclusive set (Sharpness, etc.)

Strength

Grants Strength when you attack.

• Supported: Weapons
• Max level: 3
• XP required: 30
• Trigger: on attack
• Drawback: reduced entity interaction range (−0.5 per level, up to −1.5)
• Incompatible with: damage exclusive set

Resistance

Grants Resistance when you are attacked.

• Supported: Chestplate
• Max level: 3
• XP required: 30
• Trigger: when hit

Regeneration

Grants Regeneration when you are attacked.

• Supported: Helmet
• Max level: 3
• XP required: 30
• Trigger: when hit

Conduit

Grants Conduit Power while you are in water.

• Supported: Helmets
• Max level: 1
• XP required: 40
• Trigger: continuous while submerged

Turtle

Applies Slowness II when you stand still out of water (turtle-shell behaviour on land).

• Supported: Turtle Helmet only
• Max level: 1
• Usually paired with Conduit via the Carapace of the Deep recipe

Notes

• Effects only apply to the player wearing / holding the item (true selfish beacon).
• Keep your XP level high enough or the effects stop.
• High anvil cost makes them expensive to transfer or upgrade.
• Designed for late-game survival, adventure maps and PvP/PvE where a full beacon pyramid is impractical.