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:

| Result | Base | Template | Addition | Enchantment |
|——–|——|———-|———-|————-|
| Bottes of the Nether | Netherite Boots | Nether Star | Beacon payment block* | Speed I |
| Jambières of the Nether | Netherite Leggings | Nether Star | Beacon payment block* | Jump Boost I |
| Plastron of the Nether | Netherite Chestplate | Nether Star | Beacon payment block* | Resistance I |
| Casque of the Nether | Netherite Helmet | Nether Star | Beacon payment block* | Regeneration I |
| Épée of the Nether | Netherite Sword | Nether Star | Beacon payment block* | Strength I |
| Pioche / Hache / Pelle / Houe of the Nether | Matching netherite tool | Nether Star | Beacon payment block* | Haste I |
| Carapace of the Deep | Turtle Helmet | Conduit | Sea Lantern | Conduit I + Turtle I |

\* 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)

| Level | Amplifier |
|——-|———–|
| 1 | Speed I |
| 2 | Speed II |
| 3 | Speed III |

Jump Boost

Grants Jump Boost.

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

| Level | Amplifier |
|——-|—————|
| 1 | Jump Boost I |
| 2 | Jump Boost II |
| 3 | Jump Boost III|

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.)

| Level | Amplifier | Duration |
|——-|———–|———-|
| 1 | Haste I | ~15 s |
| 2 | Haste II | ~15 s |
| 3 | Haste III | ~15 s |

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

| Level | Amplifier | Duration |
|——-|————-|———-|
| 1 | Strength I | ~15 s |
| 2 | Strength II | ~15 s |
| 3 | Strength III| ~15 s |

Resistance

Grants Resistance when you are attacked.

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

| Level | Amplifier | Duration |
|——-|—————-|———-|
| 1 | Resistance I | short |
| 2 | Resistance II | short |
| 3 | Resistance III | short |

Regeneration

Grants Regeneration when you are attacked.

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

| Level | Amplifier | Duration |
|——-|——————|———-|
| 1 | Regeneration I | short |
| 2 | Regeneration II | short |
| 3 | Regeneration III | short |

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.