How to Make Music Continuously Play in Minecraft

This article is about the block that plays music discs. For the block that makes music when hit, see Note Block.

A jukebox is a block used to play music discs.

Obtaining [ ]

Breaking [ ]

A jukebox can be broken using any tool, but an axe is the fastest. Jukeboxes also drop all of their contents.

Block	Jukebox
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time[A]
Default	3
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

1. ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting [ ]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks + Diamond

Usage [ ]

Playback [ ]

Using a music disc on a jukebox inserts the disc and plays music corresponding to the type of music disc used. Pressing use on the jukebox again ejects the disc and stops any music playing. Music discs play only once before they must be ejected and reinserted. In Bedrock Edition, note particles emit out the top when sound is playing. The sound from the jukebox travels roughly 65 blocks in all directions. It supports all available music discs in the game.

In Bedrock Edition, hoppers and droppers can be used to insert a disc into a jukebox.

Tamed parrots and allays dance when in a 3 block radius from a jukebox that's playing a disc.

Redstone component [ ]

Active jukeboxes give off a redstone signal when a redstone comparator is placed directly behind it or through an adjoining block; its strength depends on the ID of the inserted disc. The following table shows the redstone strength output for each disc.

Power Level	Disc
0	No disc inserted
1	"13"
2	"cat"
3	"blocks"
4	"chirp"
5	"far"
6	"mall"
7	"mellohi"
8	"stal"
9	"strad"
10	"ward"
11	"11"
12	"wait"
13	"Pigstep"
14	"otherside"
15	"5"

In Bedrock Edition, they also emit a redstone signal when any music disc is played inside.

Looping [ ]

In Bedrock Edition, jukeboxes disable adjacent hoppers when a music disc is playing inside them, due to them emitting a redstone signal even without using a comparator. Because the hoppers are re-enabled when the song ends, a system of hoppers could be used to automatically eject and reinsert the disc when it is finished playing, causing it to loop. This does not work with a comparator though, as jukeboxes give off a redstone signal when there is a disk in the box. Since they do not eject a disk when a song ends, the jukebox keeps emitting a redstone signal when using a comparator meaning that the hoppers stay locked, preventing this feature from working.

Fuel [ ]

Jukeboxes can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1.5 items per block.

Note Blocks [ ]

Jukeboxes can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass" sounds.

Piston interactivity [ ]

Jukeboxes cannot be pushed by pistons. They also cannot be pushed or pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds [ ]

Music discs are not included here.

Java Edition:^{[sound 1]}

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None [sound 2]	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None [sound 2]	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

1. ↑ MC-200484
2. ↑ ^{a b} MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Jukebox	jukebox	Block & Item	block.minecraft.jukebox

Name	Identifier
Block entity	jukebox

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Jukebox	jukebox	84	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.jukebox.name

1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
2. ↑ Available with /give command.
3. ↑ The block's direct item form has the same id with the block.

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Jukebox

Metadata [ ]

	DV	Description
	0	No disc inserted
	1	Contains a disc

The associated block entity is used to identify which record has been inserted.

Block states [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
has_record	false	false true	True when the jukebox contains a music disc.

Block data [ ]

A jukebox has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

• Block entity data
  •  IsPlaying: Whether the record is currently playing.
  •  RecordItem: The item, without the Slot tag.
  •  RecordStartTick: Value of TickCount when the record started playing.
  •  TickCount: Count of the number of record-playing ticks this jukebox has processed. Increments only while a record is loaded, whether playing or not.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements [ ]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a jukebox.	Use a music disc on a jukebox in the Meadow biome.	10G	Bronze

Advancements [ ]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Sweet Dreams	While in a meadow biome, place down a jukebox and use a music disc on it.	adventure/play_jukebox_in_meadows

History [ ]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14					Added jukeboxes.
					Jukeboxes support up to 15 music discs, using their data values: 0 being empty, 1 meaning it contained disc "13", and 2 meaning it contained disc "cat". Values 3–15 support any additional discs, though only "13" and "cat" are available in the vanilla game.
Java Edition Beta
1.6		Test Build 3			The jukebox now supports more than 15 different music discs, because jukeboxes now have a block entity, which keeps track of the music disc by its item id.
					A jukebox no longer uses separate data values.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6			Jukeboxes are now broken faster using an axe.
1.2.4		release			Spruce planks, birch planks, and jungle planks can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.5		13w04a			Active jukeboxes now give off a redstone signal when a comparator is placed behind it; its strength (1–12) depends on which disc is inserted.
1.7.2		1.7.1			Acacia planks and dark oak planks can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.8		14w10a			Due to a bug, when jukeboxes are playing music, they're replaced with a missing texture.[1]
		14w10b			Jukeboxes no longer use the missing texture when playing music.
1.11		16w32a			The block entity ID has been changed from RecordPlayer to jukebox.
1.12		17w14a			Parrots now dance to playing jukeboxes.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 84.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of jukeboxes has been changed.
1.16		20w06a			Crimson planks and warped planks can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.19		22w11a			Mangrove planks can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.19.1		22w24a			Allays now dance near jukeboxes that are playing music.
					Added block entity tags IsPlaying, RecordStartTick, and TickCount.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Added jukeboxes.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of jukeboxes has now been changed.
1.19.10		beta 1.19.10.22			Allays now dance near jukeboxes that are playing music.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added jukeboxes.
					Jukeboxes spit out the music disc when done playing.[ verify ]
TU9					The distance jukeboxes can be heard from has now been increased.
		1.90			The texture of jukeboxes has now been changed.

Issues [ ]

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

Trivia [ ]

C418's skin

• C418 has the Steve skin with a jukebox for a head, likely because it was he who made most of the music for Minecraft.
• Edison phonographs use diamond-tipped needles. Similarly, the jukebox also needs a diamond as a crafting ingredient.

See also [ ]

• Music

References [ ]

1. ↑ MC-50226

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Source: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Jukebox

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