"wait", previously known as "where are we now", refers to both a song composed by C418, and a music disc that plays the song when inserted in a jukebox. The music disc is obtained from creepers killed by skeletons.
Obtaining
Mob loot
When killed by a skeleton, stray, bogged, or parched (or wither skeleton if given a bow using commands), a creeper drops a music disc, which has a 1⁄12 chance to be "wait".
Because TNT ignited by a flaming arrow attributes all resulting kills to the entity that fired the arrow, a skeleton igniting a TNT block due to holding a bow enchanted with Flame, or shooting through lava or fire, also causes any creepers killed in the explosion to drop a disc.[1][2]
Track description
"Wait"
| Song by | C418 |
|---|---|
| Track released | November 9, 2013 |
| Length | 03:58 (fades at 3:51) |
| Genre | Electronic |
| Songwriter(s) | C418 |
| Link | |
| Part of Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 21 ◄ "Chirp"
"Mellohi" ►
| |
Previews of tracks in Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "11" and "Magnetic Circuit" are exempt from this.
"wait" is an upbeat remix of "Minecraft". It starts out with some quiet synth Latin percussion and some soft synths playing a melody, and then expands into a chiptune-esque song.
Usage
Like all music discs, using the "wait" music disc on a jukebox causes the jukebox to play the song.
If a redstone comparator is reading a jukebox playing "wait", it will emit a redstone signal of 12.
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Music Disc | music_disc_wait | Item | creeper_drop_music_discs |
item |
| Jukebox song | Identifier | Translation key |
|---|---|---|
| C418 - wait | wait |
jukebox_song |
| Soundtrack Title | File name | Sound events |
|---|---|---|
| "Wait" | wait.ogg
|
music_disc.wait
|
| Music Disc | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C418 - wait | music_disc_wait | record_wait | 552 | Item | itemitem |
| Soundtrack Title | File name | Sound events |
|---|---|---|
| "Wait" | wait.ogg
|
record.wait
|
Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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
Development
| ? | An unused music track "where are we now.mus" is added to the game's assets. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1, 2011 | C418 announces new music discs. | ||||||
| September 29, 2011 | Notch reveals that "where are we now" was not added with the rest of the new 9 music discs because of problems with the spaces in the name.[3] | ||||||
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.4 | 1.4.3 |  where are we now has been renamed to "wait" and was made available as a music disc in-game.[4][3] | |||||
| 1.5 | 13w04a | Jukeboxes playing music disc "wait" now give off a redstone signal of 12 when a redstone comparator is placed behind it. | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w32a | Music disc "wait" can no longer be dropped by creepers killed by strays. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | Music disc "wait" can now be dropped by creepers killed by strays again. | |||||
| 1.19.1 | 22w24a | Music discs are now essential to duplicate allays. | |||||
| 1.20.5 Experiment | 24w07a | Music disc "wait" can now be dropped by creepers killed by bogged. | |||||
| 1.21.2 | 24w33a | The rarity of music disc "wait" has been changed from "Rare" to "Uncommon". | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Added music disc "wait". | |||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Music disc "wait" can now be found inside buried treasure chests. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Music disc "wait" can now be dropped by creepers killed by strays. | |||||
| 1.19.10 | Preview 1.19.10.22 | Music discs are now essential to duplicate allays. | |||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.21 | The rarity of music disc "wait" has been changed from "Rare" to "Uncommon". | |||||
| 1.21.130 | Preview 1.21.130.20 | Music disc "wait" can no longer be found inside buried treasure chests. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 |  Added music disc "where are we now". |
| TU12 | Music disc "where are we now" now uses the blue texture used in the Java Edition, opposed to the green "cat" texture it used to use. | ||||||
| TU22 | CU10 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.15 | Music disc "where are we now" is now obtainable in Survival. | ||
| TU63 | CU53 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | Patch 32 | 1.0.13 | Music disc "where are we now" has been renamed to "wait". |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Music disc "wait" can now be found inside buried treasure chests. | ||
| 1.90 | Music disc "wait" can now be dropped by creepers killed by strays. | ||||||
Data history
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6.1 | June 13, 2013 | Music disc "wait" now uses the .ogg format. Before, "cat" and "13" were the only discs in the .ogg format; all the other discs were in the .mus format, which was decrypted by Minecraft on-the-fly. | |||||
"wait.ogg" is now stored in assets/records | |||||||
| 1.7.2 | October 17, 2013 | "wait.ogg" is now stored in assets/sounds/records. | |||||
| 1.7.4 | December 5, 2013 | "wait.ogg" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID of music disc "wait" has been changed from record_wait to music_disc_wait.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral IDs was 2267. | |||||||
| 1.21 | 24w21a | With the introduction of jukebox song definition, music disc "wait" now has an associated .json jukebox song definition under data/minecraft/jukebox_song | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of music disc "wait" has been changed from record_wait to music_disc_wait. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Music Disc wait" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
References
- ↑ MC-210303 – Creepers drop music discs even when not killed by an arrow – resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ MCPE-150884 – Creepers drop music discs even when not killed by an arrow – resolved as "Works As Intended".
- ↑ a b MC-894
- ↑ "I had trouble getting Where Are We Now to play because of the spaces in the name. Working on it. :)" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), September 29, 2011
