Music Disc cat

Music Disc
C418 - cat

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

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"cat" refers to both a song composed by C418, and a music disc that plays the song when inserted in a jukebox. The music disc can be dropped by creepers killed by skeletons, or obtained from various structures, where it is commonly found in monster rooms and woodland mansions.

Obtaining

Mob loot

When killed by a skeleton, stray, bogged, or parched (or wither skeleton if given a bow using commands), a creeper drops a music disc, which has a ¹⁄₁₂ chance to be "cat".

Because TNT ignited by a flaming arrow attributes all resulting kills to the entity that fired the arrow, a skeleton igniting a TNT block due to holding a bow enchanted with Flame, or shooting through lava or fire, also causes any creepers killed in the explosion to drop a disc.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Music Disc (cat)	Monster Room	Chest	1	19.4% { "item": "Music Disc (cat)", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19424250096450613, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Ancient City	Chest	1	16.5% { "item": "Music Disc (cat)", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16463368182146, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1	25.5% { "item": "Music Disc (cat)", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2550890050390069, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Music Disc (cat)	Monster Room	Chest	1	19.4% { "item": "Music Disc (cat)", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.19424250096450613, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
	Ancient City	Chest	1	16.5% { "item": "Music Disc (cat)", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.16463368182146, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
	Woodland Mansion	Chest	1	25.1% { "item": "Music Disc (cat)", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.2508476644152371, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }

Track description

"Cat"

Song by	C418
Track released	March 4, 2011
Length	03:06
Genre	Electronic
Songwriter(s)	C418
Link	Bandcamp Spotify YouTube Music
Part of Minecraft - Volume Alpha No. 19 ◄ "Sweden" "Dog" ►

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"cat" is composed of an inquisitive, playful tune played on warm, bubbly synths, which are later joined by chiptune-like synths and soft synth percussion. The piece is very upbeat and hopeful compared to other tracks, but it has a wistful undertone. At 1:46, what sounds like an interpolation of part of the melody from the track Minecraft plays.

The four-note pattern at 2:04 can also be heard at the beginning of "far" and "Dog".

Exclusively on Legacy Console Edition, "Dog" is appended to the "cat" music disc. Once "cat" is done playing and fades out, "Dog" begins playing for another two minutes or so, making the Legacy Console Edition version of "cat" the second longest music disc in the game, behind "blocks".

“

You know what they say - curiosity killed the cat.

„

— C418 on bandcamp.com

“

“Cat” is a whimsical little track. People seem to like it a lot! I don’t know why!

„

— C418 on c418.org

Usage

Like all music discs, using the "cat" music disc on a jukebox causes the jukebox to play the song.

If a redstone comparator is reading a jukebox playing "cat", it will emit a redstone signal of 2.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Item tags	Translation key
Music Disc	music_disc_cat	Item	creeper_drop_music_discs	item.minecraft.music_disc_cat

Jukebox song	Identifier	Translation key
C418 - cat	cat	jukebox_song.minecraft.cat

Soundtrack Title	File name	Sound events
"Cat"	cat.ogg	music_disc.cat

Bedrock Edition:

Music Disc	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
C418 - cat	music_disc_cat	record_cat	542	Item	item.record.name item.record_cat.desc

Soundtrack Title	File name	Sound events
"Cat"	cat.ogg	record.cat

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a jukebox.	Use a music disc on a jukebox in the Meadow biome.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Sound of Music	Make the Meadows come alive with the sound of music from a Jukebox	Use a music disc on a jukebox that stands within a meadow biome.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14							Added music disc "cat".
Java Edition Beta
1.2_02							Music disc "cat" now drops more frequently than music disc "13".
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2				Music disc "cat" now uses the .ogg format. Before, it and music disc "13" used the .mus format, which was decrypted by Minecraft on-the-fly.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				The rarity of music disc "cat" has been changed to "Rare".
1.5			13w04a				Jukeboxes playing music disc "cat" now give off a redstone signal of 2 when a redstone comparator is placed behind it.
1.9			15w44a				The average yield of music discs from dungeon chests has been decreased.
1.11			16w32a				Music disc "cat" can no longer be dropped by creepers killed by strays.
			16w39a				Music disc "cat" can now be found in the woodland mansion chests.
1.14			18w43a				Music disc "cat" can now be dropped by creepers killed by strays again.
1.19			22w13a				Music disc "cat" can now be found in ancient city chests.
1.19.1			22w24a				Music discs are now essential to duplicate allays.
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w07a				Music disc "cat" can now be dropped by creepers killed by bogged.
1.21.2			24w33a				The rarity of music disc "cat" has been changed from "Rare" to "Uncommon".

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added music disc "cat".
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Music disc "cat" can now be dropped by creepers killed by strays.
1.19.10			Preview 1.19.10.22				Music discs are now essential to duplicate allays.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.21				The rarity of music disc "cat" has been changed from "Rare" to "Uncommon".

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added music disc "cat".
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Music disc "cat" can now found in the woodland mansion chests.
			1.90				Music disc "cat" can now be dropped by creepers killed by strays.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.6.1			June 13, 2013				"cat.ogg" is now stored in assets/records
1.7.2			October 17, 2013				"cat.ogg" is now stored in assets/sounds/records.
1.7.4			December 5, 2013				"cat.ogg" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.
1.13			17w47a				The ID of music disc "cat" has been changed from record_cat to music_disc_cat.
							Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 2257.
1.21			24w21a				With the introduction of jukebox song definition, music disc "cat" now has an associated .json jukebox song definition under data/minecraft/jukebox_song

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.56				The ID of music disc "cat" has been changed from record_cat to music_disc_cat.

Issues

Issues relating to "Music Disc cat" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.