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Minecraft music discs: all 22 and where to find each one

All 22 Minecraft music discs in 26.3: where each one drops and its chance, from the game's loot tables, plus track lengths and comparator signals.

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Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 has 22 music discs. Twelve of them, C418's classic tracks, come from a Creeper killed by a Skeleton; the other ten each have their own source, from Trial Chambers vaults to a baby Zombie riding a Chicken. Here is where every disc drops and how often, read from the game's loot tables, with each track's length and the signal a comparator reads from a jukebox playing it.

The 12 discs from Creepers

When a Creeper is killed by a Skeleton or one of its variants (Stray, Bogged, Parched, Wither Skeleton), it drops one of 12 discs at random, all by C418: 13, cat, blocks, chirp, far, mall, mellohi, stal, strad, ward, 11 and wait. The classic trick is to stand so that a Skeleton's arrow hits a Creeper chasing you. 13 and cat also turn up in chests.

Every disc and where to find it

The table is sorted by comparator signal, from 1 to 15: a comparator next to a jukebox outputs that strength while the disc plays, which is how redstone builds tell discs apart. Chances are per chest, per vault opening, per pot, per brushed block or per mob killed.

Disc Where to find it (chance) Length Signal
13 (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12); Woodland Mansion chests (25.5%); Dungeon chests (19.4%); Ancient City chests (16.5%) 2:58 1
cat (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12); Woodland Mansion chests (25.5%); Dungeon chests (19.4%); Ancient City chests (16.5%) 3:05 2
blocks (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 5:45 3
chirp (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 3:05 4
far (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 2:54 5
mall (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 3:17 6
mellohi (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 1:36 7
Bounce (fingerspit) Abandoned mineshaft chests in Sulfur Caves (42.1%) 3:54 8
stal (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 2:30 8
Lava Chicken (Hyper Potions) A baby Zombie riding a Chicken, killed by a player 2:14 9
strad (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 3:08 9
Tears (Amos Roddy) A Ghast killed by its own fireball, sent back by a player 2:55 10
ward (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 4:11 10
11 (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 1:11 11
Creator (Music Box) (Lena Raine) Decorated pots in Trial Chambers corridors (1.4%) 1:13 11
Creator (Lena Raine) Ominous vault opened with an Ominous Trial Key (7.5%) 2:56 12
wait (C418) A Creeper killed by a Skeleton (1 in 12) 3:58 12
Pigstep (Lena Raine) Bastion Remnant chests (5.6%) 2:29 13
Precipice (Aaron Cherof) Trial Chambers vault opened with a Trial Key (4.2%) 4:59 13
otherside (Lena Raine) Ancient City chests (8.6%); Dungeon chests (2.8%); Stronghold corridor chests (2.5%) 3:15 14
Relic (Aaron Cherof) Trail Ruins suspicious gravel, rare loot (8.3%) 3:38 14
5 (Samuel Åberg) Crafted from 9 Disc Fragments found in Ancient City chests 2:58 15

The hardest ones to get

Three discs need a specific moment rather than a lucky chest. Tears only drops when a player sends a Ghast's fireball back and kills it with it. Lava Chicken needs a baby Zombie riding a Chicken, a chicken jockey, killed by a player. And 5 is assembled from 9 Disc Fragments, which Ancient City chests hold 1 to 3 at a time in 30.4% of chests. Bounce only comes from abandoned mineshaft chests inside Sulfur Caves, where it shows up in 42.1% of chests.

The Jukebox, the Note Block and every other redstone block are in our crafting database, and our guide to Minecraft 26.3 covers the caves where Bounce hides.

TagsMinecraft music discsPigstepTears music discLava Chicken discjukebox

Frequently asked questions

How many music discs are there in Minecraft?

Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 has 22 music discs: 12 by C418 that drop from Creepers killed by Skeletons, and 10 others that each have their own source.

How do you get music discs from Creepers in Minecraft?

Get a Skeleton, or a variant such as a Stray or a Bogged, to kill a Creeper: it drops one of 12 C418 discs at random.

How do you get the Tears music disc?

Kill a Ghast with its own fireball by hitting it back; the Tears disc only drops when a player is credited with the kill.

How do you get the Lava Chicken music disc?

Kill a baby Zombie riding a Chicken, known as a chicken jockey; the Lava Chicken disc drops when a player kills it.

Where do you find the Pigstep music disc?

In Bastion Remnant chests in the Nether, with a 5.6% chance per chest.

Sources

  1. Minecraft.net — Minecraft Java Edition 26.3
  2. Minecraft Wiki — Music Disc
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