You can't see the beacon from far away you have you be at least 70 blocks away to see it as well as the effects you put on it only gets put on being 15 blocks away from it
MCPE-144240
Beacon
Resolved
Duplicate
0
Hannah Victoria Cross
(Unassigned)
Unconfirmed
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
1.17.34
Retrieved
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