Music Boxes
by Feintha
Music Boxes lets players place music box blocks that play songs through Note Block sounds, with a built-in editor for writing custom tunes.
What it does
A music box plays a song made of notes. A right click opens its editor, where a left click toggles the selected note, and Shift with the scroll wheel sets the song length. The editor view moves up, down, left and right, and a green flag marks where the song ends, with an arrow showing the direction the end lies in. Custom songs can be built from drum spindles, and honeycomb locks a song against oxidization.
Copper Music Boxes oxidize over time, and the delay between notes grows with the oxidization level. Music box keys open and close the boxes so that decorations can be placed around them. Item pickup sounds differ because of a change in how they are triggered. Music Boxes works alone, and pairs well with the Note Block Instrument mod for playing custom songs.
The mod runs on the client and on the server, so both sides need it. It is published for Fabric only, and it is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, with the source code available.
Key features
Playable music boxes
Music box blocks play songs with Note Block sounds, placed as decorations in builds.
Note editor
A right click opens the editor, a left click toggles notes, and Shift with the scroll wheel sets the song length.
Oxidizing copper boxes
Copper Music Boxes oxidize, and the delay between their notes changes with the oxidization level.
Music box keys
Keys open and close music boxes, letting builders place decorations around them.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Builders who want playable decorations, and players who write songs in the in-game editor. Server owners who run it need it installed on the server as well as on each player's client.
How it compares
Music Menu is client-side only and runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.20.1 – 26.1.2, but it is not open source. Music Player is client-side only, open source under the MIT License, and published for Fabric 1.17.1. Music Boxes is client and server and open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only, on Fabric.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Boxes | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.4 | Client and server | 2024-08-08 |
| Music Menu | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 26.1.2 | Client-side only | 2026-08-08 |
| Music Player | Fabric | 1.17.1 | Client-side only | 2021-10-17 |
Questions
Does Music Boxes need to be installed on the server?
Which loader does Music Boxes use?
Do music boxes keep their sound as copper oxidizes?
In the catalog
Music Boxes is one of 12,078 Decoration mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,982 Decoration mods for Fabric. 13,907 mods support Minecraft 1.20.4.
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What the author says
Music Boxes can be used alone, as well as with a Note Block as an Instrument to play a custom song Using a drum spindle, you can create your own song, and use a honeycomb to lock the song (and oxidization!) Music box keys open and close music boxes, allowing for decorations using the Music Boxes.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/music-boxes
- Owner
- Feintha
- Published
- 2024-08-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-08-08
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15