Music Boxes

     

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Music Box

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Statistics

Type	AccessoryFurniture
Tooltip	Has a chance to record songs
Rarity	03*
Buy	10
Sell	2
Research	1 required

• Internal Item ID: 576

Placed Music Boxes in their inactive and active 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 and alerts the player with a record sound. 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 ⚷ Open / Activate button or with wires.

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

On the Nintendo 3DS version, the Music Box was made unobtainable because it was unstable.

Recorded Music Boxes

Item	Area	Links	Track
Music Box (Overworld Day) Internal Item ID: 562	During Day in the Forest (when Alt Overworld Day is not playing)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Alt Overworld Day) Internal Item ID: 1600	During Day in the Forest (when Overworld Day is not playing)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Night) Internal Item ID: 564	During Night on Surface in the Forest and Hallow	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Rain) Internal Item ID: 1601	During Rain in a Forest Biome	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Snow) Internal Item ID: 1596  ()	Snow Biome	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Ice) Internal Item ID: 1602  ()	Ice Biome	YouTube
Music Box (Desert) Internal Item ID: 1603	Desert	YouTube
Music Box (Ocean Day) Internal Item ID: 1604	During Day in the Ocean , Ocean	Bandcamp , YouTube , YouTube
Music Box (Ocean Night) Internal Item ID: 4077	During Night in the Ocean
Music Box (Space Day) Internal Item ID: 4079	During Day in Space
Music Box (Space Night) Internal Item ID: 1597	During Night in Space , Space	Bandcamp , YouTube , YouTube
Music Box (Underground) Internal Item ID: 566	Underground, Caverns (when Alt Underground is not playing)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Alt Underground) Internal Item ID: 1964	Underground, Caverns (when Underground is not playing)	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Mushrooms) Internal Item ID: 1610	Glowing Mushroom biome	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Jungle) Internal Item ID: 568	During Day in the Jungle , Jungle , Underground Jungle	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Corruption) Internal Item ID: 569	The Corruption	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Underground Corruption) Internal Item ID: 570	Underground Corruption	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Crimson) Internal Item ID: 1598	The Crimson	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Underground Crimson) Internal Item ID: 2742	Underground Crimson	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (The Hallow) Internal Item ID: 571	During Day in The Hallow	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Underground Hallow) Internal Item ID: 573	Underground Hallow	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Hell) Internal Item ID: 3237	The Underworld	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Dungeon) Internal Item ID: 1605	Dungeon	Bandcamp, Youtube
Music Box (Temple) Internal Item ID: 1608	Jungle Temple	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Boss 1) Internal Item ID: 567	King Slime, Eye of Cthulhu , Eater of Worlds, Skeletron, Skeletron Prime, Duke Fishron , Goblin Invasion	Bandcamp
Music Box (Boss 2) Internal Item ID: 572	Wall of Flesh, The Twins	Bandcamp
Music Box (Boss 3) Internal Item ID: 574	The Destroyer, Frost Legion, Brain of Cthulhu, The Torch God	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Boss 4) Internal Item ID: 1599  ()	Golem, Lunatic Cultist	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Boss 4) Internal Item ID: 1892 / 5026  ()	Queen Bee, Eye of Cthulhu, Ocram	YouTube
Music Box (Boss 5) Internal Item ID: 1607  ()	Queen Bee	YouTube
Music Box (Boss 5) Internal Item ID: 1607  ()	Golem, Pirate Invasion	YouTube
Music Box (Deerclops) Internal Item ID: 5112	Deerclops
Music Box (Queen Slime) Internal Item ID: 4979	Queen Slime
Music Box (Plantera) Internal Item ID: 1606	Plantera	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Empress Of Light) Internal Item ID: 4985	Empress of Light
Music Box (Duke Fishron) Internal Item ID: 4990	Duke Fishron
Music Box (Eerie) Internal Item ID: 563	Meteorite, Blood Moon, The Underworld	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Eclipse) Internal Item ID: 1609	Solar Eclipse	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Goblin Invasion) Internal Item ID: 3371	Goblin Invasion Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Pirate Invasion) Internal Item ID: 3236	Pirate Invasion Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Martian Madness) Internal Item ID: 3235	Martian Madness Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Pumpkin Moon) Internal Item ID: 1963	Pumpkin Moon Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Frost Moon) Internal Item ID: 1965	Frost Moon Event	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (The Towers) Internal Item ID: 3370	Lunar Events	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Lunar Boss) Internal Item ID: 3044	Moon Lord	Bandcamp, YouTube
Music Box (Sandstorm) Internal Item ID: 3796	During a sandstorm in a Desert	YouTube
Music Box (Old One's Army) Internal Item ID: 3869	Old One's Army Event	YouTube
Music Box (Slime Rain) Internal Item ID: 4078	Slime Rain
Music Box (Town Day) Internal Item ID: 4080	During Day in a Town
Music Box (Town Night) Internal Item ID: 4081	During Night in a Town
Music Box (Windy Day) Internal Item ID: 4082	Windy Day
Music Box (Day Remix) Internal Item ID: 4237	Crafting
Music Box (Journey's Beginning) Internal Item ID: 4356	Crafting
Music Box (Storm) Internal Item ID: 4357	Thunderstorm
Music Box (Graveyard) Internal Item ID: 4358	Graveyard
Music Box (Underground Jungle) Internal Item ID: 4421	Underground Jungle
Music Box (Jungle Night) Internal Item ID: 4606	During Night in the Jungle
Music Box (Morning Rain) Internal Item ID: 4991	During Rain, in a Forest, between 4:30 AM and 7:30 AM
Music Box (Alt Title) Internal Item ID: 4992	Crafting	YouTube
Music Box (Underground Desert) Internal Item ID: 5006	Underground Desert
Otherworldly Music Box (Rain) Internal Item ID: 5014	During Rain in a Forest Biome
Otherworldly Music Box (Overworld Day) Internal Item ID: 5015	During Day in the Forest
Otherworldly Music Box (Night) Internal Item ID: 5016	During Night on Surface in the Forest and Hallow
Otherworldly Music Box (Underground) Internal Item ID: 5017	Underground, Caverns
Otherworldly Music Box (Desert) Internal Item ID: 5018	Desert, Underground Desert
Otherworldly Music Box (Ocean) Internal Item ID: 5019	Ocean
Otherworldly Music Box (Mushrooms) Internal Item ID: 5020	Glowing Mushroom biome
Otherworldly Music Box (Dungeon) Internal Item ID: 5021	Dungeon, Temple
Otherworldly Music Box (Space) Internal Item ID: 5022	Space
Otherworldly Music Box (Underworld) Internal Item ID: 5023	The Underworld
Otherworldly Music Box (Snow) Internal Item ID: 5024	Snow biome
Otherworldly Music Box (Corruption) Internal Item ID: 5025	Corruption
Otherworldly Music Box (Underground Corruption) Internal Item ID: 5026	Underground Corruption
Otherworldly Music Box (Crimson) Internal Item ID: 5027	Crimson
Otherworldly Music Box (Underground Crimson) Internal Item ID: 5028	Underground Crimson
Otherworldly Music Box (Ice) Internal Item ID: 5029	Ice biome
Otherworldly Music Box (Underground Hallow) Internal Item ID: 5030	Underground Hallow
Otherworldly Music Box (Eerie) Internal Item ID: 5031	Meteorite, Blood Moon, Solar Eclipse, Graveyard
Otherworldly Music Box (Boss 2) Internal Item ID: 5032	Duke Fishron, Empress of Light, Golem, Lunatic Cultist, Queen Slime, Skeletron Prime, The Destroyer, The Twins
Otherworldly Music Box (Boss 1) Internal Item ID: 5033	Brain of Cthulhu, Eater of Worlds, Eye of Cthulhu, King Slime, Queen Bee, Skeletron
Otherworldly Music Box (Invasion) Internal Item ID: 5034	Goblin Army, Old One's Army, Frost Legion, Pirate Invasion, Pumpkin Moon, Frost Moon, Martian Madness
Otherworldly Music Box (The Towers) Internal Item ID: 5035	Lunar Events
Otherworldly Music Box (Lunar Boss) Internal Item ID: 5036	Moon Lord
Otherworldly Music Box (Plantera) Internal Item ID: 5037	Plantera
Otherworldly Music Box (Jungle) Internal Item ID: 5038	Jungle, Underground Jungle
Otherworldly Music Box (Wall of Flesh) Internal Item ID: 5039	Wall of Flesh
Otherworldly Music Box (Hallow) Internal Item ID: 5040	During Day in The Hallow
Music Box (Journey's End) Internal Item ID: 5044	Purchased from the Princess / During the credits
Music Box (Title) Internal Item ID: 565	Crafting	Bandcamp , YouTube , YouTube
Music Box (Tutorial) Internal Item ID: 1891 / 5025	Crafting	YouTube

Crafting

Recipes

Result Ingredients Crafting station Music Box (Journey's Beginning) Internal Item ID: 4356 Music Box (Slime Rain) Music Box (Town Day) Music Box (Town Night) Music Box (Windy Day) Music Box (Storm) Music Box (Graveyard) Music Box (Underground Jungle) Music Box (Jungle Night) Music Box (Underground Desert) Music Box (Queen Slime) Music Box (Empress Of Light) Music Box (Duke Fishron) Tinkerer's Workshop Music Box (Title) Internal Item ID: 565 Music Box (Overworld Day) Music Box (Eerie) Music Box (Night) Music Box (Underground) Music Box (Boss 1) Music Box (Jungle) Music Box (Corruption) Music Box (Underground Corruption) Music Box (The Hallow) Music Box (Boss 2) Music Box (Underground Hallow) Music Box (Boss 3) Music Box (Tutorial) Music Box (Desert) Music Box (Space) Music Box (Boss 4) Music Box (Ocean) Music Box (Snow) Music Box (Alt Title) Internal Item ID: 4992 Music Box (Desert) Music Box (Ice) Music Box (Space Day) Music Box (Ocean Night) Music Box (Boss 5) Music Box (Morning Rain) Tinkerer's Workshop and Ecto Mist Music Box (Day Remix) Internal Item ID: 4237 Music Box (Overworld Day) Martian Conduit Plating (25) Work Bench total: 5 row(s)

Notes

• A Music Box will not record if the game's music volume is set to 0.
• 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.
• Music Boxes will record other placed Music Boxes. This is useful if multiple music boxes are required for a large area.
• Music Boxes actual range is relative to your resolution size, further testing is required.
• The Title Music Box is crafted with "Overworld Day." It cannot be crafted with "Alt Overworld Day". It must also be crafted with "Underground," not "Alt Underground".
• The Title Music Box cannot be crafted in Crimson worlds, as the recipe was made before the Crimson was introduced. However, it is possible to use another world that has Corruption in it, or () to purchase Corrupt Seeds from the Dryad by housing her in a Graveyard in Hardmode.
• While the Title, Journey's Beginning, Alt Title, and Day Remix Music Boxes have to be crafted first, they can be recorded, along with any other Music Box.
• Unlike most equipped accessories, an equipped Music Box is not visible on the player.
• A Music Box will not record when equipped in a vanity accessory slot or when it is inside an inventory slot. They can, however, be listened to when recorded.
• It can take up to 10 minutes for a Music Box to record a song.
• The Music Box is currently not obtainable. Although it can be added via inventory editors, it is not fully coded (resulting in unexpected appearance), and will disappear upon being equipped, or upon leaving the world.
• Music Boxes can, in fact, be reforged and have modifiers. It is possible (though relatively rare) for a Music Box to get a random modifier after being recorded, but you can alternatively use the Goblin Tinkerer's reforge function.
  • Music Boxes can also receive a random modifier if they had a pre-existing modifier and were placed down and picked back up. This will only work with Music Boxes that had a modifier before being placed and will not work with normal Music Boxes (meaning Music Boxes that did not have a modifier before being placed).
  • On the  Desktop version,  Console version,  Mobile version, and  Nintendo Switch version, Music Boxes introduced from 1.3.0.1 and onward can receive a modifier from the Goblin Tinkerer, or when they are crafted. They will lose their prefix when placed, however.
• Despite the  Console version having a 50% chance to play the Nintendo 3DS version Ocean/Space music, those versions of Music Boxes are unobtainable in the  Console version. If the player tries to record the old Ocean/Space music, the Music Box disappears from their accessory slot. However, it is still possible to record the  Desktop Ocean/Space music.^Verify
  • When playing back the Space Music Box, there is still a 50% chance of playing the old music. The same is true for the Ocean Music Box.
• The Journey's end music box behaves differently depending on if it is equipped in a social slot or accessory slot. Equipping it in a social slot only plays the music while equipping it in an accessory slot plays the full credits sequence

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 −190 / −180 / −190 / −180, plus the craftable ones 120 / 170.
• 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 1.3.0.1, 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  Console version 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 in the 1.4.1 update, it was added back.

See also

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

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.3: Added Music Box (Deerclops).

• Desktop 1.4.1: Music Box (Journey's End) will play the Credits in-game when placed in an accessory slot. Using it in a social slot will only play the music.

• Desktop 1.4.0.5:
  • "Journey's End" renamed to "Journey's Beginning".
  • Added a new Journey's End music box, but unobtainable without the use of inventory editors, mods, or cheats.
  • Music boxes are now 20 times more likely to record music per tick.

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Added the following music: Journey's End, Windy Day, Space Day, Ocean Night, Town Day and Night, Storm, Slime Rain, Graveyard, Underground Jungle, Surface Night Jungle, Duke Fishron, Morning Rain, Console Title, Underground Desert, Queen Slime, Empress of Light, Terraria: Otherworld soundtrack.
  • Music Boxes now make an audio indication that they have recorded.
  • You can now place Music Boxes in your vanity slot to listen to them.

• Desktop 1.3.4: Added Old One's Army music.

• Desktop 1.3.3: Added Sandstorm music.

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

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

• Desktop 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.

• Desktop 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.

• Desktop 1.2.1: You can no longer reforge Music Boxes.

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

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

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

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

• Desktop 1.1: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced, but unobtainable.