Music Boxes

Music Boxes

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Statistics

Type	AccessoryFurniture
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Tooltip	Has a chance to record songs
Rarity	(item) (recorded)
Buy	10
Sell	2

• Internal Tile ID: 139

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Placed Music Boxes in their active and inactive states. Click the image to view a summary of each row.

The Music Box is a Hardmode Accessory that is purchased from the Wizard for 10. When the Music Box is equipped in an accessory slot, it will record the currently playing game music, after a randomized delay. 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 right-click or with wires.

On  Mobile version, the Music Box is not fully coded. The information we do have is provided for reference.

Recorded Music Boxes

Item		Source	Listen
Template:Il2cn	Forest (while Alt Overworld Day is not playing)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Forest (while Overworld Day is not playing)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Night/Surface (except in Corruption/Crimson/Jungle Biomes)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	During raining in a Forest Biome	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Snow Biome	Bandcamp,YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Underground Snow	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Underground Snow	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Snow Biome	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Desert	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Ocean	Bandcamp (Template:Pc icon), YouTube (Template:Pc icon), YouTube (Template:Console icon)
Template:Il2cn	Space	Bandcamp (Template:Pc icon), YouTube (Template:Pc icon), YouTube (Template:Console icon)
Template:Il2cn	Underground, Caverns	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Alternative to Underground music	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Mushroom Biome	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Jungle, Underground Jungle	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	The Corruption	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Underground Corruption	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	The Crimson	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Underground Crimson	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	The Hallow	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Underground Hallow	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	The Underworld	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Dungeon	BandcampYoutube
Template:Il2cn	Jungle Temple	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	King Slime, Eye of Cthulhu (Template:Pc icon), Eater of Worlds, Skeletron, Skeletron Prime, Duke Fishron, Goblin Invasion, (Template:Console iconTemplate:Mobile icon)	Bandcamp
Template:Il2cn	Wall of Flesh, The Twins	Bandcamp
Template:Il2cn	The Destroyer, Frost Legion, Brain of Cthulhu	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Golem, Lunatic Cultist	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Queen Bee, Eye of Cthulhu, Ocram	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Queen Bee	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Golem, Pirate Invasion	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Plantera	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Meteorite, Blood Moon, The Underworld(Template:Console iconTemplate:Mobile icon)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Solar Eclipse	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Goblin Invasion Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Pirate Invasion Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Martian Madness Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Pumpkin Moon Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Frost Moon Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Lunar Events	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Moon Lord	Bandcamp, YouTube
Template:Il2cn	During a sandstorm in a Desert	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Old One's Army Event	YouTube
Template:Il2cn	Crafting	Bandcamp (Template:Pc icon), YouTube (Template:Pc icon), YouTube (Template:Console icon)
Template:Il2cn	Crafting (Music Boxes): Desert, Space, Boss 4, Ocean, and Snow	YouTube

Crafting

Recipes

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Notes

• A Music Box will not record if the game's music volume is set to 0.
• Music Boxes will record other placed Music Boxes. This is useful if you need multiple music boxes for a large area.
• If it is an event music, it may take multiple attempts to record the music.
  • For bosses, it is best to play chicken with them, i.e. running away without dealing damage to allow maximum time for the music box to record the track.
• Music Boxes have a range of 200 feet (100 tiles). If the ranges of two active Music Boxes overlap, the ranges will not be averaged. Instead, one Music Box will play at full range and the other will not.
• The Title Music Box is crafted with "Overworld Day" -- it cannot be crafted with "Alt Overworld Day".
• Unlike most equipped accessories, an equipped Music Box is not visible on the player.
• Template:Pc icon A Music Box will not record when equipped in an accessory vanity slot.
• Template:Console icon It can take up to 10 minutes for a Music Box to record a song on the console version of the game.
• Template:Mobile iconThe Music Box is currently not obtainable on the mobile version. Although the Music Box can be added via inventory editors, it is not fully coded, and will disappear from inventory and chests. In earlier versions, it would take longer to record a song on the mobile version compared to other versions of the game.
• Template:3DS icon Music Boxes do not exist in the 3DS version as of update 1.03. Prior to this update, they could be purchased at no cost, however equipping one made it disappear from the player's inventory.

See Also

• Music, a descriptive list of the various Terraria music tracks.

Trivia

• The total amount needed to buy one of every music box is 390 Template:Pc icon, 310 Template:Mobile icon or 290 Template:Console icon, plus the craftable ones 120 Template:Pc icon or 170 Template:Mobile iconTemplate:Console icon
• A Music Box will always sell for 2, regardless of whether it has recorded anything.
• Activating a recorded Music Box that has been placed will cause all players in the vicinity to hear its music.
• 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.
• In the Desktop Version, you can turn off the in-game music and use YouTube to listen to any music, making music boxes less useful on this platform.

History

• 1.3.4: Added Old One's Army music.

• 1.3.3: Added Sandstorm music.

• 1.3.0.1:
  • Sprites updated.
  • Added the following music: Hell, Goblin Invasion, Pirate Invasion, Martian Madness, The Towers, and Lunar Boss.

• 1.2.4.1: Fixed the bug where the wiring system was not activating Doors, Music Boxes and Fountains properly.

• 1.2.3:
  • Updated graphics and each music box now has a unique design.
  • Reverting back to randomly having a chance to record music.
  • Music notes now come from music boxes.

• 1.2.2:
  • Now records music instantly once equipped (previously had a random chance of doing so while equipped).
  • Will no longer turn into an Ankh Charm when trying to record the Pumpkin Moon music.
  • Will no longer duplicate on tables.

• 1.2.1: You can no longer reforge Music Boxes.

• 1.2.0.3: Fixed a bug that caused the music box to record instantly.

• 1.2.0.2: You can no longer use the music box dupe glitch.

• 1.2:
  • More music added.
  • Music box/chest duping no longer works.

• 1.1.1: Fixed a bug with copying of recorded Music Box upon placing on wood platforms.

• 1.1: Introduced.

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