Music Disc

"Blocks" redirects here. For the basic unit of structure, see Block.

"Cat" redirects here. For the mob, see Cat.

"Far" redirects here. For the phenomenon in Bedrock Edition, see Far Lands.

"Pigstep" redirects here. For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation).

Music Disc

Rarity color	Rare
Renewable	Pigstep: No All others: Yes
Stackable	No

Music discs are 13 unique items that can be played in jukeboxes. By default, they play music made by C418 and Lena Raine; however, custom music can be added with the use of a resource pack.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Java Edition
Music Disc	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
C418 - 13	Dungeons	Chest	1	21.8%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	1	21.8%
C418 - cat	Dungeons	Chest	1	21.8%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	1	21.8%
Lena Raine - Pigstep	Bastion Remnant	Chest	1	16.7%[verify]

Bedrock Edition
Music Disc	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
C418 - 13	Dungeons	Chest	1	21.5%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	1	21.5%
C418 - cat	Dungeons	Chest	1	21.5%
	Woodland mansion	Chest	1	21.5%
C418 - mellohi	Buried treasure	Chest	1	18.9%
C418 - wait			1	18.9%
Lena Raine - Pigstep	Bastion Remnant	Chest	1	16.7%[verify]

Creepers

When killed by any skeleton's or stray's arrow, a creeper drops a random music disc in addition to its normal drops. The Pigstep music disc cannot be dropped.

Discs

Tracks by C418 have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki, due to an agreement with the composer. "11" is exempt from this.

Icon	Track name	Composer	Description	Track	Length (time)
	13	C418	A somewhat unsettling ambient track consisting mostly of cave sounds, metallic clinks, splashes, wind blowing, creeper explosion and muffled bow firings.		2:58
	cat	C418	A looping melody plays and eventually gains a beat. A toothlike synth plays throughout		3:05
	blocks	C418	An upbeat, catchy tune.		5:45
	chirp	C418	A retro tune with a sample from a 1970 MATTEL Program Disc: Bossa Nova Style playing in the background, along with a vaporwave-like version of Mall.		3:05
	far	C418	A calm, relaxing, nature-like melody.		2:54
	mall	C418	A calm, underwater-like, piece of serene music.		3:17
	mellohi	C418	A slow, slightly melancholic waltz with a sample from a mellotron playing in the background.		1:36
	stal	C418	A moderate jazz-like piece.		2:30
	strad	C418	A tropical-sounding synth piece.		3:08
	ward	C418	The record starts off with an excerpt from Chopin's Funeral March played on synth organ but goes into an electronic, upbeat, exploration and adventure tune with a dark undertone.		4:11
	11	C418	A deeply unsettling disc; the recording seems to be of a person running across (or maybe breaking) different block types and later on stopping to use equipment of some kind, coughing, and then continuing running with a hastened pace. The block sounds similar to that of dirt and stone. The person is struggling and haunting background noises are heard throughout the recording. Strange noises of barking or wind blowing are heard near the end before abruptly stopping. One can hear a hissing noise akin to what would be expected at the end of an older shellac record at this point.		1:11
	wait	C418	An upbeat and relaxing song, with a "blocky" feel to it. This disc was only later added to Minecraft, after having existed in the game data for quite some time (as where are we now).		3:58 (Fades at 3:51)
	Pigstep	Lena Raine	The only disc that may be obtained exclusively in the Nether, in bastion remnants. Has an intense beat, along with more mellow parts further in reminiscent of a radio.		2:28

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Track	Namespaced ID
C418 - 13	music_disc_13
C418 - cat	music_disc_cat
C418 - blocks	music_disc_blocks
C418 - chirp	music_disc_chirp
C418 - far	music_disc_far
C418 - mall	music_disc_mall
C418 - mellohi	music_disc_mellohi
C418 - stal	music_disc_stal
C418 - strad	music_disc_strad
C418 - ward	music_disc_ward
C418 - 11	music_disc_11
C418 - wait	music_disc_wait
Lena Raine - Pigstep	music_disc_pigstep

Bedrock Edition:

Track	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
C418 - 13	record_13	500
C418 - cat	record_cat	501
C418 - blocks	record_blocks	502
C418 - chirp	record_chirp	503
C418 - far	record_far	504
C418 - mall	record_mall	505
C418 - mellohi	record_mellohi	506
C418 - stal	record_stal	507
C418 - strad	record_strad	508
C418 - ward	record_ward	509
C418 - 11	record_11	510
C418 - wait	record_wait	511
Lena Raine - Pigstep	record_pigstep	759

Raw music files

The 13 music tracks created for records by C418/Lena Raine can be found in:

• Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\assets\virtual\legacy\records‌^{[Java Edition only]}
• Linux: ~/.minecraft/resources/streaming/
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/resources/streaming/
• Android:~/storage/emulated/0/games/com.mojang/resource_packs/vanilla_music/sounds/game/records/

All music disc files are in .ogg format.

History

Java Edition Alpha
April 2010					C418 uploaded a video to YouTube, containing previews of many music tracks that were later added as records.
v1.0.14					13 and cat were the first records to be added to Minecraft. Records were officially named "music discs". 13 was an ambient track before this update.[more information needed]
					Music discs were added to dungeon chests.
Unknown
?					Music discs are dropped by creepers shot by skeletons.
Java Edition Beta
1.2_02					Before this update, gold 13 music discs were noticeably more common than green cat ones. Now, green cat discs are more often dropped.
August 1, 2011					C418 announces new music discs.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2			9 new discs were implemented, adding up to a total of 11 discs, although they are not dropped by any creepers. These are stored along with the first discs, 13.mus and cat.mus, (which have been decoded as 13.ogg and cat.ogg respectively). Before this update,[when?] there were 12 unused music files, now only one remains unused, which is the song "where are we now". "Where are we now" was not added with the rest of the new 9 discs because of problems with the spaces in the name.
1.1		11w50a			All of the discs except for 11 can be dropped by creepers killed by skeletons. Also, they all have the same probability of being dropped now.
1.4.4		1.4.3			The disc where are we now was renamed to wait and was made available in game.11 is also available in Survival now. It is dropped by creepers in the same way as other discs.
1.5		13w04a			Active jukeboxes give off a redstone signal when a comparator is placed behind it; its strength depends on the ID of the inserted disc.
1.6.1		13w24a			Custom music discs can now be made using resource packs.
					Before this version, cat and 13 were the only discs in .ogg formats, all the other discs were in .mus format, which was decrypted by Minecraft on-the-fly.
1.9		15w44a			Decreased average yield from dungeon chests.
1.11		16w39a			Music discs cat and 13 are now found in the new woodland mansion chests.
1.13		17w47a			The IDs have been changed from record_$song to music_disc_$song.
					Prior to The Flattening, these items' numeral IDs were 2256 through 2267.
1.14		18w43a			Texture of music disc 11 has now been changed.
					Music discs are now also dropped by creepers killed by strays.
1.16		20w16a			Added a new music disc called "Pigstep". It cannot be dropped by creepers, and can only be obtained from Bastion Remnants.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added music discs.
					All of the discs except for 11 can be dropped by creepers killed by skeletons.
?					11 can now be dropped by creepers.
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Mellohi and wait can be found inside buried treasure chest.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Texture of music disc 11 has now been changed.
					Music discs now are dropped by creepers killed by strays.
1.16		beta 1.16.0.57			Added a new music disc called "Pigstep".
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added 13 and cat.
TU5					Added the remaining 10 music discs.
TU12					Where Are We Now uses the blue texture used in the PC version, opposed to the green Cat texture it used to use.
TU22	CU10	1.15			Added Where Are We Now to Survival.
		1.90			Texture of music disc 11 has now been changed.

Issues

Issues relating to "Music Disc" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Before The Flattening, data values used by music discs ranged from 2256 to 2267, while all other blocks/items used the first free data value available.
• The discs appear to be based on older 78-RPM records. These usually held a single 2–3 minute song on one or both sides, were made out of a noisy material called shellac (which was notorious for its fragility and hissing sound when no music was playing, both of which can be seen in "11"), and were larger than the 45-RPM vinyl records that replaced them.
• The title "13" is a reference to the 13 ambience tracks that existed when the disc was added. A few of these can be heard throughout the track.
• On the Legacy Console Edition, the track "dog" is appended to the "cat" music disc. Once "cat" is done playing and the soundtrack fades out, "dog" begins playing for another two minutes or so, making this version of "cat" the longest music disc in the game.
• The "blocks" disc is one of the only non-block item in the game that has the word "block" in its name, the other being the minecart with command block. That makes it the only item that appears when searched for in the Creative item selection menu.
• The "chirp" track uses a sample from the Optigan disc "Bossa Nova Style". It also sounds very similar to the song "The Orb Of Dreamers" from the PlayStation game series LittleBigPlanet, which uses the same sample. The two can be compared here.
• The title "stal" is a Swedish word meaning stole in English and a Polish word meaning steel.
  • This could be the Swedish word stål (with an added ring diacritic), which would mean steel in English.
• Disc "11" is the 11th music disc in the game, according to its data value before Java Edition 1.13 and the redstone signal strength it causes jukeboxes to output.
  • Disc "11" is the only visibly damaged music disc (this is possibly the reason why the disc sounds distorted).
  • Disc "11" lasts for 1 minute, 11 seconds and 111 milliseconds.
  • If the .ogg file for the music disc "11" is turned into a spectrogram in an audio editor, the static at the end displays what seems to be Steve's face and the numbers 12418.
    • The numbers are a visual signature, where "C" is hexadecimal for "12", and combined with "418" creates "C418" (the producer of the music from music discs).
• "Pigstep" is unique in a few different ways. It is the only music disc to have a different color for the disc part, it is the only disc not composed by C418, it is the only disc to have its name capitalized, it is the disc that has the fastest beat, and it is the only disc that is obtainable exclusively through chest loot.
• "Pigstep" is a portmanteau of "dubstep" and "piglin".

See also

• Music

References

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