Music Zones

Zones are created, edited and removed by server admins, either with commands or with command blocks, and they can be enabled or disabled whenever needed. Each zone has a unique label. Zones can be nested: a small zone placed inside a large one takes over the music when a player enters it, and a zone can be given a priority so that when a player is inside two zones with different tracks, the one with the higher priority plays. A large zone set to priority 0 can cover a whole area with overworld music while smaller shop zones inside it play their own shop music.

The mod is aimed at adventure maps, where a builder can give each area its own atmosphere, and at multiplayer servers that want distinct music for hubs, shops or other places. Music Zones uses NeoForge's SelectMusicEvent with LOW priority, so other mods that change music through the same event are handled by it, and the music it plays is taken from the track list the event provides. The sound events it uses need a resource pack that adds the tracks.

Music Zones is built for NeoForge and runs on Minecraft 1.21.1 only. It works on client and server, so the server and every player need it. The code is open source under the BSD 3-Clause License, and the source code and issue tracker are public. The latest NeoForge file is 0.0.1-RC2, published on 2026-05-12 on the alpha channel.