Jukebox

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

Jukebox

​^{[until: Fourth Drop 2026]}

​^{[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]}

Renewable	No (except via vault)
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	10 DIRT
Note block instrument	Bass

A jukebox is a block used to insert and play music discs. Playing a disc causes it to produce a redstone signal and allows nearby allays to duplicate when given amethyst shards.

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 (sec)[A]
Default	13 (JE) 3 (BE)
Wooden	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Stone	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Copper	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Iron	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Diamond	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Netherite	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Golden	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Planks + Diamond

Usage

Playback

Using a music disc on a jukebox inserts the disc and plays music or other audio 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. Note particles emit out the top when sound is playing. Audio being played by a jukebox can be heard from up to 64 blocks away.

Hoppers, droppers and crafters (via crafting disc fragments into music disc 5) can be used to insert discs into a jukebox.

Tamed parrots and allays dance while in a 3 block radius from a jukebox that is playing a disc.

Allay duplication

If an amethyst shard is used on an allay dancing next to a playing jukebox, the allay splits in two (itself and a new allay) and the amethyst shard is consumed. Both allays have a 5-minute cooldown before they can be duplicated again.

Redstone component

A jukebox can act as a redstone power source. A redstone signal of strength 15 is emitted while music from a disc is playing, powering any adjacent redstone wire, redstone repeaters, and mechanism components. The signal turns off when the music track ends or if the disc is removed before the track ends. Being a power source, a jukebox redirects adjacent redstone wires to point to itself.

A redstone comparator can read a jukebox to produce a signal that varies in strength based on which disc is inserted. The comparator emits power as long as the music disc is stored in the jukebox, even if it has stopped playing. The following table shows the redstone signal strength output for each disc.

Disc	Intensity
(no disc)	0
13	1
cat	2
blocks	3
chirp	4
far	5
mall	6
mellohi	7
stal Bounce	8
strad Lava Chicken	9
ward Tears	10
11 Creator (Music Box)	11
wait Creator	12
Pigstep Precipice	13
otherside Relic	14
5	15

Looping

Jukeboxes disable adjacent hoppers while a music disc is playing inside them, due to them emitting a redstone signal even without using a comparator. When the song ends, the hopper placed below the jukebox is re-enabled, so the disc is automatically pulled out and stored in the hopper. To pull out the disc before the song ends, a minecart with hopper can be used, since it is not affected by the jukebox's redstone impulse.

A system of hoppers and droppers can then be used to automatically re-insert the disc, causing it to loop. Multiple different discs can be inserted into a system to create music playlists.

If a hopper under the jukebox is powered by anything else, it does not eject the disc, allowing systems to be paused once the current disc stops playing.

Playlists

This section describes content that is currently in development.

This content has appeared in development versions for Fourth Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

A chest, trapped chest, or any variant of copper chest that is a single block (not a large/“double” chest) can be placed on top of a jukebox and allow it to cycle through music discs in a queue as a playlist.

An empty jukebox takes and plays a music disc from the first available slot in the chest above it, skipping empty slots and non-music-disc-items. When the music disc is finished playing, it is inserted back into the chest and the next available one is taken. Manually ejecting a music disc that is currently playing will cause the next disc in the queue to immediately start playing. Additionally, the music disc in the chest that is the next to play displays the message "Playing Next" in its tooltip.

Fuel

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

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:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.wood	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]	use.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.23	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.18	1.0

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

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Jukebox

Block states

Java Edition:

Block data

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Music to my Ears	Play a music disc in a Jukebox.	—	—	Bronze
		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.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Use a music disc on a jukebox that stands within a meadow biome.

History

Java Edition

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" were available in the vanilla game at the time.
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, instead of using the block's data values. However, this potential wouldn't be used until Java Edition 1.20 added the 16th music disc well over a decade later.
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 emit 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				Jukeboxes no longer have a model when playing music.[1]
			14w10b				Jukeboxes no longer lose their texture when playing music.
1.12			17w14a				Parrots now dance to playing jukeboxes.
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.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w42a				Bamboo planks can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.19.4			23w06a				Jukeboxes now emit a note particle above them while playing a music disc, to match Bedrock Edition.
			23w07a				Jukeboxes now emit a redstone signal when any music disc is played, matching Bedrock Edition.
							Jukeboxes now redirect adjacent redstone wire to point toward themselves.
							Droppers, hoppers, and minecarts with hopper can now interact with a jukebox.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w07a				Cherry planks can now be used to craft jukeboxes.
1.20			23w18a				Jukeboxes have been added to the "Redstone Blocks" tab in the Creative inventory.
1.20.2			23w33a				Jukeboxes now use wood sounds instead of stone sounds.[2]
Upcoming Java Edition
26.4			snap4				The textures of jukeboxes have been changed.
							Jukeboxes will now cycle through music discs in a chest placed above it.

Bedrock Edition

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			Preview 1.19.10.22				Allays now dance near jukeboxes that are playing music.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the hardness of jukeboxes from 0.8 to 2.
							Increased the blast resistance of jukeboxes from 0.8 to 6.
26.40			Preview 26.40.20				Background music will now stop when a player is close to a playing jukebox.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.70			Preview 26.70.20				The textures of jukeboxes have been changed.
							Jukeboxes will now cycle through music discs in a chest placed above it.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added jukeboxes.
							Jukeboxes spit out the music disc when done playing.
TU9							The distance jukeboxes can be heard from has now been increased.
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12			Active jukeboxes now emit a redstone signal when a comparator is placed behind it; its strength (1–12) depends on which disc is inserted.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Added parrots, which dance to playing jukeboxes.
			1.90				The texture of jukeboxes has now been changed.

• 
  A jukebox.
• 
  First image of a jukebox in Bedrock Edition.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Jukebox" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• C418 has a Steve skin with a jukebox for a head, as a visual gag alluding to his role as lead musician at the time.
• In real life, a phonograph can use a diamond-tipped stylus. Similarly, the jukebox uses a diamond as a crafting ingredient. It is unknown if this was a coincidence or a deliberate choice.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 
  A jukebox playing in a crimson forest
• 
  Jukebox in lush caves
• 
  "Steve is playing around with a Jukebox in the center of a Village. A Nether Star can be seen on top of the Jukebox."^[3]

In other media

• 
  A group of jukeboxes
• 
  A parrot dancing on a jukebox

See also

• Music

References

External links

• Block of the Week: Jukebox – Minecraft.net on May 26, 2017