To quote the wiki:
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When the player crafts blocks of diamond, emerald, gold or iron and places them in a pyramid shape beneath the beacon block, it will emit a beam of light into the sky and can apply temporary buffs to the player once activated.
... To activate it, place either an iron ingot, a gold ingot, an emerald or a diamond into the GUI slot.
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So it actually isn't that hard in 1.3 to just do a bit of trading with villagers, get lots of emeralds, then make emerald pyramids and use emerald to buff you. Note though that there isn't yet a way of crafting the beacon block (and may never be) and that
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Effects will be applied to the player while within a radius of the beacon, with larger pyramids giving larger areas-of-effect. The radius is approximately 16 blocks, 24 blocks, 32 blocks, and 40 blocks from the smallest pyramid to the largest. The radius takes the player's y-coordinate into account.
... The item will be consumed and the beacon begin providing the power to nearby players when "Done" is clicked.
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So the range is limited and anyone within that area of effect may be buffed.
Anyone willing to test this at home?
Sorontar