You can use beacons in "Minecraft" to give your character powerful buffs. But before you can use a beacon, you'll need to craft both it and a pyramid.

You can make glass in Minecraft by smelting blocks of sand, and combining the glass with other items can craft even more.

You are going to need a lot of blocks for this build so you should better get to farming. As for the blocks themselves, you can pretty much use anything. Cobblestone and Wood are the most common ...