Music Boxes



The Music Box is a Hardmode accessory that is purchased from the Wizard for. When the Music Box is equipped in an accessory slot, it will record the currently playing game music after a randomized delay and alerts the player with a. This includes tracks being played by other Music Boxes. Once recorded, it will change into one of the Music Boxes listed below.

A recorded Music Box can be played back in one of two ways:
 * Equipping it as an accessory.
 * Placing it as furniture and activating it, either by the button or with wires.

There are currently 87 /  42 /  87 /  34 different Music Boxes available.

On the, the Music Box was made unobtainable because it was unstable.

Tips

 * Event and boss music may take multiple attempts to record, due to the random time required. Stretching these encounters for maximum time offers a better chance at a successful recording.
 * Despite the fact that you need the music to be turned on for recording Music Boxes, you can always turn off the system's volume, which the game can't detect.

Trivia

 * The total amount of money needed to buy one of every Music Box is  /   /   / , plus the craftable ones    /.
 * The Music Box (Tutorial) was initially crafted with Console-/Mobile-exclusive Music Boxes. With the exception of the Music Box (Tutorial) itself, these Music Boxes are no longer exclusive, as of 1.2.
 * Prior to, the Music Box (Title) required the most number of ingredients of any crafting recipe in the game.
 * The twelve music boxes required to craft Music Box (Title) contain the twelve tracks that were present as of the 1.1 update - originally the game's entire soundtrack. Its recipe remained unchanged as new tracks were added in 1.2 and beyond.
 * The six music boxes required to craft Music Box (Alt Title) reference the songs that were originally exclusive to Terraria's console editions. The Desert, Ice, and Boss 5 themes were integrated into the desktop version with the 1.2 update, with the remainder being integrated in 1.4.
 * The twelve music boxes needed to craft Music Box (Journey's Beginning) contain the twelve original tracks composed for the 1.4 update.
 * Despite being unrelated to the Pirate Invasion event, the Music Box (Boss 4) resembles the golden furniture dropped by most pirate enemies. This is because Boss 4 was the original theme to the Pirate Invasion prior to 1.3.
 * The Music Box (Corruption) and the Music Box (Eerie) have identical designs, apart from color. The same is true for the Music Box (Martian Madness) and the Music Box (Lunar Boss), as well as the Music Box (Boss 1) and the Music Box (Dungeon).
 * In the the Music Box (Tutorial) is classified as a crafting material. It is the only craftable item out of the old-gen-exclusive items.
 * The Otherworldly music boxes are tracks from the cancelled "Terraria: Otherworld".
 * The "Morning Rain" Music box is a recycle of the Tutorial level song used in Console and pre-1.3 Mobile versions. Otherwise you can get the original tutorial song on console version, as in there still is the music box. The same goes to Space Day and Ocean Night, but the music boxes in Console version are the same as the normal post-1.3 Desktop/Mobile Space and Ocean music boxes.
 * As of 1.4.0.1, The Sandstorm Music Box's sprite has been redesigned and it is very similar to the Storm and Windy Day music boxes' sprite.
 * As of 1.4.0.5, the Journey's End music box was replaced with Journey's Beginning, but the Journey's End music box still exists as an unobtainable item. It is likely that this music box is for the upcoming music piece that will be added in the 1.4.1 update.
 * It is fittingly the last item added to Terraria going by Item IDs.
 * The item is referred to as  in the game's internal files, inferring that the music it plays is for a credits sequence.

History

 * Music boxes are now 20 times more likely to record music per tick.