Minecraft:Sound

Sounds are auditory outputs of the game intended to communicate the happening of certain events, as well as create atmosphere. Different objects such as Minecraft:mobs, Minecraft:weapons or Minecraft:blocks have sounds.

Gameplay

Template:IN, up to 255 sounds can be played at once but general sounds can take only 247 slots, with mood sounds taking the remaining 8 slots. Template:IN, up to 32 sounds can be played at the same time.<ref>Introduction to Sounds | Microsoft Learn</ref>

Most sounds can be heard from up to 16 blocks away, with the exception of:

• Template:BlockLink, which can be heard up to 48 blocks away.
• Template:BlockLink, which can be heard up to 64 blocks away.
• Template:BlockLink explosions, which can be heard up to 64 blocks away
• Goat Horns, which can be heard up to 256 blocks away, subject to server view distance.
• Lightning Bolts, which can be heard from up to 160 thousand blocks away.
• Global sound events, which is played for every player at the same volume, regardless of distance. These include:
  • When an Minecraft:end portal opens
  • When the Minecraft:ender dragon dies
  • When a Minecraft:wither finishes charging up<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Template:IN, these global sound events can be disabled by setting the Minecraft:game rule Template:Cd to Template:Cd.

There are also UI sounds and background Minecraft:music, which aren't played in the world but can always be heard for the player at the same volume.

Mood

Template:Main Mood is a special group of sounds that play after an internal counter reaches 100%, visible on the Minecraft:debug screen, activating only when the player is in Minecraft:light level 0.

Commands

Sounds can be played and stopped with the Template:Cmd and Template:Cmd Minecraft:commands.

Categories

Sound Name	Technical name	Description	Default
Master VolumeTemplate:Only GlobalTemplate:Only	masterTemplate:Only mainTemplate:Only	Controls the overall volume of the entire game.	50%
Music	music	Controls the volume of the in-game soundtrack.	30%
Jukebox/Note BlocksTemplate:Only Musical blocksTemplate:Only	record	Controls the volume of jukeboxes and note blocks.	100%
Weather	weather	Controls the volume of Minecraft:rain and thunder.Template:Note
Blocks	block	Controls the volume of block interaction and passive block sounds. This includes redstone, fluids, player interaction with blocks and explosions.
Hostile Mobs	hostile	Controls the volume of all monsters and bosses.
Friendly Mobs	neutral	Controls the volume of all non-Minecraft:monster entities; mostly animals.
Players	player	Controls the volume of player movement, throwing/shooting projectiles and interaction with entities.
Ambient/EnvironmentTemplate:Only Environmental audioTemplate:Only	ambient	Controls the volume of Minecraft:ambience and firework rockets going off.
Voice/SpeechTemplate:Only Text to speechTemplate:Only	voiceTemplate:Only texttospeechTemplate:Only	Controls the volume of the Minecraft:narrator.
UITemplate:Only SoundTemplate:Only	uiTemplate:Only soundTemplate:Only	Controls the volume for sounds played by UI elements, like button clicks, and in Bedrock Edition also certain special sounds or sounds with an invalid category.

Entity-dependent categories

Some sounds choose their category based on the entity that performs the action. For example, if a Minecraft:vindicator steps on a block, the step sound is in the Hostile Creatures category, but if a Minecraft:player steps on a block, the step is in the Players category.

Accessibility

Subtitles

Template:Main Subtitles display text for in-game sounds in the bottom-right corner of the screen. They also add arrows next to the sounds that show the general direction that the sound came from. They allow deaf people to not be at an extreme disadvantage, as well as to aid other players in knowing where sounds came from. Subtitles can be toggled in the Music & Sounds and Accessibility Settings Minecraft:option menus.

Data values

Template:Main All sound events have identifiers, such as block.stone.hitTemplate:Only or step.stoneTemplate:Only. These can be used to play the sound with Template:Cmd, or customize it in Template:Code in Minecraft:resource packs.

History

Trivia

• Template:IN, The "Oof" Template:Sound sound effect can be found at Minecraft:.minecraft/assets/objects/9d/9d485556b89bf776042080774679c37300bc744b if the player has used a version with that sound.

Gallery

• Audio settings in Bedrock Edition
  Audio settings in Bedrock Edition
• Audio settings in Java Edition.
  Audio settings in Java Edition.
• The new audio settings menu in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.21.100.20.
  The new audio settings menu in Minecraft:Bedrock Edition Preview 1.21.100.20.

See also

• Minecraft:Tutorial:Sound directory