How to get all music discs in Minecraft

Listening to a jukebox in Minecraft is a wonderful way to end a mining or a building session. There are several music options to choose from to play in a jukebox.

In this article, we will go through everything on how to obtain all the music discs in Minecraft.

Let’s begin the guide right away!

Music Discs In Minecraft

Since the 1.16 Nether Update in Minecraft, there are a total of 13 music discs in both the Java and Bedrock editions of the game. All of these music discs can be played using a jukebox.

The music they play ranges from joyful and heartwarming to mysterious and threatening tracks.

The following list contains all the information you may need on the 13 different music discs that can be found in Minecraft with an additional 1 planned for a future update. They are arranged in the order of least to greatest redstone signal output.

13

• Length: 2 minutes 58 seconds
• Redstone Signal Output: 1
• Namespace ID: music_disc_13
• Numeric ID: 500

cat

• Length: 3 minutes 5 seconds
• Redstone Signal Output: 2
• Namespace ID: music_disc_cat
• Numeric ID: 501

blocks

• Length: 5 minutes 45 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 3
• Namespace ID: music_disc_blocks
• Numeric ID: 502

chirp

• Length: 3 minutes 5 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 4
• Namespace ID: music_disc_chirp
• Numeric ID: 503

far

• Length: 2 minutes 54 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 5
• Namespace ID: music_disc_far
• Numeric ID: 504

mall

• Length: 3 minutes 17 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 6
• Namespace ID: music_disc_mall
• Numeric ID: 505

mellohi

• Length: 1 minutes 36 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 7
• Namespace ID: music_disc_mellohi
• Numeric ID: 506

stal

• Length: 2 minutes 30 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 8
• Namespace ID: music_disc_stal
• Numeric ID: 507

strad

• Length: 3 minutes 08 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 9
• Namespace ID: music_disc_strad
• Numeric ID: 508

ward

• Length: 4 minutes 11 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 10
• Namespace ID: music_disc_ward
• Numeric ID: 509

11

• Length: 1 minutes 11 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 11
• Namespace ID: music_disc_11
• Numeric ID: 510

wait

• Length: 3 minutes 58 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 12
• Namespace ID: music_disc_wait
• Numeric ID: 511

Pigstep

• Length: 2 minutes 28 seconds
• Redstone Output Power: 13 (15 in Bedrock)
• Namespace ID: music_disc_pigstep
• Numeric ID: 759

otherside

• Length: 3 minutes 15 second
• Redstone Output Power: 14 (Java) or 15 (Bedrock)
• Namespace ID: music_disc_otherside
• Numeric ID: Unknown (Planned for a future update)

Pigstep is a unique music disc as it is the only one with a different base color. It has a color that is similar to that of the Nether dimension where it can be obtained.

Aside from that, the otherside music disc will be the newest addition to the collection. It is yet to be implemented in the game in a future update.

How To Get Music Discs In Minecraft

Based on the Minecraft Wiki, these discs can be obtained via chest loot or mob loot.

In terms of chest loot, varying music discs can be found in different naturally-generated structures such as dungeons, woodland mansions, and bastion remnants. In the upcoming 1.19 Wild Update, they can also be found inside chests within ancient cities.

Certain discs can only be found inside the specific structures:

• Dungeons: You can find 13, cat, and otherside inside chests within dungeons.
• Woodland Mansion: You can also find both 13 and cat but not otherside inside chests within woodland mansions.
• Strongholds: You can only find otherside inside chests within strongholds.
• Bastion Remnants: This location is the only place you can find the new music disc called pigstep.
• Buried Treasure: You can also find mellohi and wait in this location but only in the Bedrock Edition.

On the other hand, in terms of mob loot, the other discs are dropped randomly when any skeleton or stray kills a creeper.

The best way to do this is by farming them. This is usually done by tricking skeletons into targeting and killing creepers using a simple mob trap.

You can design your own trap wherein the general idea of it is to get the skeleton to shoot at you while a creeper steps in the way blocking the arrow and taking all the damage from it. Eventually, the creeper will die, and a disc will be dropped.

The video below by Shulkercraft comprehensively talks about a fully automatic music disc farm that produces 150 discs per hour:

Nevertheless, you can still try and design your own contraption with the right number of resources.

Quick Tip: You can only get the music discs 11 and pigstep in chest loots. Creepers killed by skeletons do not drop these discs.

Conclusion

That covers about everything you need to know about it! The developers of the game should, hopefully, add more music discs in the coming Minecraft updates for players to enjoy.

Make sure that you have a jukebox first to play all the music discs. Unfortunately, it costs 1 diamond to craft.

Nevertheless, it is a great investment. This jukebox can also be a part of your Minecraft enchanting room.

You can obtain and play all the music discs available in Minecraft. Good luck and have fun!

In the Java edition of Minecraft, you can find naturally generated music discs “13” and “Cat” in woodland mansion chests and dungeon chests. In the Bedrock edition, you can also find “Mellohi” and “Wait” in buried treasure chests in addition to the woodland mansion chests and dungeon chest discs. In both versions, you can only find “Pigstep” in nether bastion remnants.

Another way to find 12 out of the 13 music discs is to have a skeleton or stray shoot a creeper. Position yourself so the creeper places itself between you and a skeleton and have it shoot the creeper.

If the skeleton lands the final blow, the creeper will drop a music disc. Use a sword or axe to lower the creeper’s health so that you do not have to wait for the skeleton to land more than one or two shots. The music disc it drops is random, but it will never be “Pigstep”. Getting all thirteen discs is a test of patience and you will find multiple copies of discs before you find the full set, but keep at it and eventually, you can have a nice collection of music in your home.

To find “Pigstep” you will need to be extraordinarily lucky to find it in a bastion chest. Not only are bastions relatively rare, in the Bedrock edition, there is only a 3% chance you will find it in any bastion chest. The Java edition has better odds with a little over 5% chance you can find it, but this rare music disc is also one of the longest tracks that will play in the jukebox.

Like the other music discs, finding “Pigstep” is a test of patience. Keep at it and eventually, you will find it.

Music discs in Minecraft are one of those items that, although not necessary, are nice to have, and players pride themselves over their music disc collections.

Music discs are so sought after in Minecraft because they are quite challenging to obtain, as players must lure a creeper and skeleton into a position where the latter can kill the creeper for the player.

Some Minecraft players have made efficient farms with the sole intent of trying to collect every disc in the game, and it's completely worth the hassle to be able to pop a copy of 'Far' or 'Chirp' into a jukebox and have a shifting party with friends.

Here are the basics of what players must do to obtain music discs.

Minecraft music discs

Currently, Minecraft has 13 unique discs for players to collect and use in jukeboxes. These range in difficulty to obtain, as some can only be accessed in the Nether, chests, or just rarer drops by creepers.

The Minecraft music disc titled 'pigstep' can only be accessed through chests in Bastion Remnants in the Nether and have a 5.6% chance of spawning in every chest. Discs like 'cat' and '13' can be found in chests in both Woodland Mansions and Dungeons.

The discs vary in sound and length, some being upbeat, others being calm, and quite a few being more unsettling than anything else. They vary in length, with the shortest being one minute and eleven seconds (the disc entitled '11') and the longest disc being almost going six minutes (the disc entitled 'blocks.')

Here is an explanation of each of the thirteen different Minecraft music discs that players can collect, telling both the appearance and the sound of the disc:

• 13: A disc with a yellow and white ring in the center emitting unsettling sounds like cave music, metallic clinks, water splashes, blowing winds, creeper explosions, and bow firings.
• Cat: A disc with a lime green ring in the center. The sound is a looping melody of synth music.
• Blocks: A disc with a reddish, terracotta-colored center that emits a catchy upbeat rhythm.
• Chirp: A disc with a deeper red center that plays a retro, vaporwave like tune.
• Far: Another lime green centered disc, this time with yellow accents, that has a relaxing and calm naturesque melody.
• Mall: A deep purple center that matches its calm underwater-sounding serene music.
• Mellohi: Another purple disc, this time more vibrant with alternating white and purple stripes at the center, that has a slightly melancholic, slow sound that is eerily akin to a waltz.
• Stal: This is an entirely black disc that plays a very jazzy piano and saxophone tune.
• Strad: This all-white disc plays tropical sounding music with an electronic beat.
• Ward: This half lime, half forest green disc plays a mix of Chopin's Funeral March but shifts into an upbeat electronic tune with a dark sound underneath.
• 11: This is another all-black disc, except this one appears cracked and broken into pieces. It emits a deeply unsettling sound that seems to be a person running across different types of blocks, stopping to use some equipment, coughing, and then returning to run. This is easily the scariest sounding of all of the discs.
• Wait: Wait is a disc with a light blue center that plays an upbeat remix of the Minecraft theme.
• Pigstep: Pigstep is the newest of all of the discs. It can only be obtained in the Nether via Bastion Remnants and has a red, netherrack colored disc and golden center. It plays an intense beat with mellow overtones.

To obtain a Minecraft music disc, the player must lure a skeleton to shoot and kill a Minecraft creeper.

Although this may seem like an easy feat, it can be quite tricky in regular gameplay. Players have to line up the creeper and skeleton (usually while being pursued by both), avoid any other hazards in the world, make sure not to kill the creeper themselves or die in the process.

The most common way to get a Minecraft music disc is to lure both a creeper and skeleton to follow the player and try to line them up, so the former is directly in front of the skeleton. This way, when the skeleton aims at the player, they will fire at the creeper instead.

However, gamers must beware that each shot that lands on the creeper via the skeleton behind it will force the creeper forwards. If it gets too close to the player, it will explode, thus resetting the player's progress.

Tips for collecting Minecraft music discs

Some Minecraft players, when trying to collect music discs, will use different tips and tricks to help ease the process.

There are multiple music disc farms that the Minecraft community has come up with, including different Redstone contraptions. Players have found ways to lure skeletons and creepers into piston traps and trap doors to hold them in place, put creepers in boats to prevent them from moving or exploding, and so much more.

Here are the best methods to help a Minecraft player on their music disc collection expedition:

Trap the creeper and skeleton in boats, making them immobile. This allows the player to guide the skeleton's shots without the skeleton moving.

Create a trap door music disc farm, as shown in the video above. This allows the player to obtain quite a few discs in a night and even enables them to keep the skeleton they used if it's covered with a roof to prevent sun damage to it.

Create a piston trap, as shown in the video above. These piston traps allow players to lure the mobs onto pressure plates, which trigger the pistons.

This way, players can also keep the skeleton they are using through multiple nights as long as it is adequately roofed off, as already mentioned.