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Beacon Defense

Build by day, ring the bell and defend your beacon for 10 waves

Early accessWorld in Survival Challenges

Free on 13 November

Its free download opens here on 13 November, with no account needed.

Works with Minecraft Bedrock 1.26.45 and newer

  • Android
  • iPhone and iPad
  • Windows

Consoles and Java Edition can’t import packs.

What’s inside

  • 10 player-triggered combat waves with no preparation timer
  • 100 shared beacon health and retryable current-wave failure
  • 1–4-player enemy scaling with a final Ravager assault
  • 10 rounds of iron and food rewards, with arrows from wave 4
  • 2–6 hours including gathering and base building
Players
1–4
Play time
2–6 hours
World version
1.0.1
Updated
September 2026

About this world

Land in a circular void arena with trees, ore, workstations and a regenerating cobblestone block. Mine and craft without a timer, build walls and firing positions, then use the bell when the team is ready. Attackers enter around the rim and press toward the beacon; any that reach it sacrifice themselves to damage its shared 100 health.

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Clear a wave to earn iron, food and later arrows for every active player. A breach resets only the current wave, leaving your arena and earlier wins intact. Enemy counts scale for 1–4 players, Keep Inventory is on, and falling returns you to the arena. Clear wave 10 to complete the defense.

How to play Beacon Defense

  1. Open the .mcworld file and let Minecraft import Beacon Defense, then choose it from Play > Worlds. No experiments or pack setup are needed. Needs Minecraft Bedrock 1.26.45 or later.
  2. Gather wood and ore, mine the regenerating cobblestone block east of the beacon, then build defenses inside the stone rim.
  3. Use the bell south of the beacon when everyone is ready. Defeat every marked attacker before it reaches the center; the action bar reports wave and beacon status.
  4. If beacon health reaches 0, rebuild and use the bell to retry that wave. Clear all 10 waves to finish the world.
What changed
  1. 1.0.1

    The world's icon in Minecraft is now a picture taken in the world

  2. 1.0.0

    First release

Which version do I have?

Minecraft Bedrock shows its version number in the bottom-right corner of the main menu. Everything on ModChest is built for Bedrock 1.26.45 and newer, on Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows. If your number is lower, update Minecraft from the store you installed it from, then import the world.

Step-by-step for your device

Where the file lands, how to open it with Minecraft, and what to do if the import fails.

The ModChest app for Android, iPhone and iPad keeps a list of everything it sends to Minecraft, and shows when one has an update. About the app