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**al\_version** (AppletLoader version) is a number used in versions prior to Java Edition Alpha to uniquely identify a client version of the game.

## Usage

al\_version is a positive floating-point number given as a parameter to the LWJGL AppletLoader in the HTML code of `minecraft.net/play.jsp`.
It is used to specify a unique version for each jar file to cache them for re-use.
If the stored al\_version matches the latest jar file, that jar file is re-used; otherwise a new jar is downloaded.

## History

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'''Fish''' are aquatic creatures that are found in [[river]] and [[ocean]] biomes.

== Mobs ==
There are four categories of fish mobs in ''Minecraft'':
*{{EntityLink|Cod}}
*{{EntityLink|Salmon}}
*{{EntityLink|Pufferfish}}
*{{EntityLink|Tropical Fish}} - many color and pattern varieties

In addition, there are other fish-like mobs that have different characteristics from fish: {{EntityLink|Axolotl}}, {{EntityLink|Guardian}}, and {{EntityLink|Elder Guardian}}.

==Obtaining and transporting==
A live fish can be captured by using a [[water bucket]] on a fish, to obtain a [[bucket of fish]], which is the only way to obtain the live mob in item form. Using the bucket of fish on a water source block transfers the fish from the bucket to the body of water. A water bucket may also be used on [[axolotl]]s in this manner.

==Items==
Fish exist in several different item forms. Upon death, fish drop their item form equivalent (cooked if on fire), with a chance to drop a [[bone]]{{only|bedrock}} or [[bone meal]].{{only|java}}

;Non-living
*{{ItemLink|Raw Cod}}
*{{ItemLink|Cooked Cod}}
*{{ItemLink|Raw Salmon}}
*{{ItemLink|Cooked Salmon}}
*{{ItemLink|Pufferfish|link=Pufferfish (item)}}
*{{ItemLink|Tropical Fish|link=Tropical Fish (item)}}
;Living
*{{ItemLink|Bucket of Cod}}
*{{ItemLink|Bucket of Salmon}}
*{{ItemLink|Bucket of Pufferfish}}
*{{ItemLink|Bucket of Tropical Fish}}

== Spawning ==
Various fish can be found in different [[ocean]] [[biomes]], but only [[salmon]] appear in rivers. Fish can also spawn in player-created bodies of water, as long as they are within a river or ocean biome.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" data-description="Fish biomes"
!'''Fish'''
! style="text-align:left" |{{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}}
! style="text-align:left" |{{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}}
! style="text-align:left" |{{BiomeLink|Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}}
! style="text-align:left" |{{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}}
! style="text-align:left" |{{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}}
! style="text-align:left" |{{BiomeLink|River}}<br>{{BiomeLink|Frozen River}}
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" |{{EntityLink|Cod}}
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" |{{EntityLink|Salmon}}
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" |{{EntityLink|Pufferfish}}
! style="text-align:left" |{{EntityLink|Tropical Fish}}<ref group="note">Also spawns in {{BiomeLink|Lush Caves}} at any Y-level.</ref>
! style="text-align:left" |{{EntityLink|Squid}}
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left" |{{EntityLink|Dolphin}}
{{notelist}}

In ''Java Edition'', fish can spawn inside a water block at Y-level 50 to 63 (from 13 blocks below sea level up to inside the block one above it), that also has water above and below it. The spawn block and the block below can be any kind of water, such as a source block, falling water, bubble column, kelp, or even a waterlogged block (as long as the fish can be placed at the bottom center of the spawn block without colliding with anything solid). The block above must be pure water, such as a source block, falling water, or flowing water of any depth. Particularly, the block above cannot also be a bubble column, so fish no longer spawn inside bubble elevators.<ref>{{cite bug|MC|244683|Tropical fish spawn in bubble columns (fixed in 22w07a)}}</ref>

''Bedrock Edition'' does permit fish to spawn in bubble columns.<ref>{{cite bug|MCPE|73967|Squids, Dolphins, and fish not spawning in bubble columns (fixed in 1.16.20)}}</ref>

Fish can spawn between 24 and 64 block spherical range away from the player.{{only|java}}

=== Despawning ===
As of [[1.16]], fish can despawn at range of 40 blocks or more from the player, and will instantly despawn more than 64 blocks away, except when spawned using a [[bucket of fish]].

{{Items}}
{{Entities}}

[[cs:Ryba]]
[[de:Fisch (Begriffsklärung)]]
[[es:Pez]]
[[fr:Poisson]]
[[it:Pesce]]
[[ja:魚]]
[[ko:물고기]]
[[nl:Vis]]
[[pl:Ryba (ujednoznacznienie)]]
[[pt:Peixe]]
[[ru:Рыба]]
[[th:ปลา (แก้ความกำกวม)]]
[[uk:Риба]]
[[zh:鱼]]</li><li>[[Music Disc|Music Disc]]<br/>{{hatnote|"5" redirects here. For the versions, see [[1.5]] and [[Combat Test 5]].}}
{{hatnote|"11" redirects here. For the versions, see [[1.1]] and [[1.11]].}}
{{hatnote|"13" redirects here. For the versions, see [[1.3]] and [[1.13]].}}
{{redirect|Far|the phenomenon in Bedrock Edition or Java Edition Beta|Far Lands}}
{{distinguish|Disk}}
{{Item
* '''Pigstep, otherside, 5, Relic''': No
* '''All others''': Yes
}}

'''Music discs''' are a set of sixteen items that can be played in [[jukebox]]es.

==Obtaining==
===Crafting===
Disc 5 is the only disc that can be crafted, unlike all other discs. This disc can be crafted with [[Disc Fragment|its fragments]].

{{Crafting
}}

=== Chest loot===
{{LootChestItem|disc-13,disc-cat,disc-mellohi,disc-wait,disc-otherside,disc-pigstep}}

===Archaeology===
{{LootChestItem|disc-relic}}

===Mob loot===
When killed by any [[skeleton]] or [[stray]] (or [[wither skeleton]] if given a [[bow]] using commands), a [[creeper]] drops a random music disc in addition to its normal drops, with the exceptions of Pigstep, otherside, 5, and Relic.

==Discs==
{{missing information|the Relic music disc}}
{{C418 agreement}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" data-description="Disc listing"
!Item
!<span class="nowrap">In-game</span> name
! class="unsortable" |Composer
! class="unsortable" |Description
! class="unsortable" |Soundtrack title
!Soundtrack
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:200px" |Track preview
!Length

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".

==Usage==
The music discs resemble older 78-{{tooltip|rpm|Revolutions per minute}} {{w|phonograph records}} from the early 20th century, which were often played in jukeboxes from that era. They are used in ''Minecraft'' in a similar fashion: A music disc can be played on a [[jukebox]] by holding the disc and right-clicking on the jukebox.

If the [[player]] places a [[Redstone Comparator|comparator]] besides a jukebox, the intensity of the redstone signal depends on the disc currently played, with the following values:
{| class="wikitable"
!Disc
!Intensity

==Data values==
===ID===
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===Raw music files===
{{in|je}}, the music disc files can be found in {{code|[[.minecraft]]/assets/objects}}.{{fn|The files in the <samp>objects</samp> folder are hashed. To locate the music disc files, see [[Tutorials/Sound directory]].}}

{{in|be}}, it can be found in:

*Mobile versions: {{code|[[com.mojang]]/resource_packs/music/vanilla_music/sounds/music/game/records/}}
*Windows: {{code|%PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_''<version>''_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\records}}

All music disc files are in {{w|Vorbis|Ogg Vorbis}}.

{{fnlist}}

==Achievements==
{{load achievements|sound of music}}

==Advancements ==
{{load advancements|sound of music}}

==History==
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History|java}}

{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||?|The music disc "11" can now be dropped by creepers.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||?|The "where are we now" music disc has been renamed to "wait".}}
{{History|foot}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Music Disc 13.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - 13
Music Disc Cat.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - cat
Music Disc Blocks.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - blocks
Music Disc Chirp.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - chirp
Music Disc Far.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - far
Music Disc Mall.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - mall
Music Disc Mellohi.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - mellohi
Music Disc Stal.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - stal
Music Disc Strad.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - strad
Music Disc Ward.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - ward
Music Disc 11.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - 11
Music Disc Wait.png|Music Disc<br>C418 - wait
Music Disc Otherside.png|Music Disc<br>Lena Raine - otherside
Music Disc 5.png|Music Disc<br>Samuel Åberg - 5
Music Disc Pigstep.png|Music Disc<br>Lena Raine - Pigstep
Music Disc Relic.png|Music Disc<br>Aaron Cherof - Relic
</gallery>

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

==Trivia==

*Before [[Java Edition 1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], data values used by music discs ranged from 2256 to 2267, while all other blocks/items used the first free data value available.
*The title "13" is a reference to the 13 cave ambience sounds that existed when the disc was added. Similar sounds can be heard throughout the track.
**C418 initially wanted the music disc to be found deep underground in a cave in-game, being played by some device.<ref>https://c418.org/albums/minecraft-volume-alpha/</ref>
*Exclusively on {{el|lce}}, an extra track called "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 this version of "cat" the longest music disc in the game.
*The texture used for the music disc "chirp" was previously used for the [[camera]] tripod texture prior to [[Pocket Edition v0.9.0 alpha]].
*The title "stal" is a Swedish word meaning ''stole'' in English and a Polish word meaning ''steel''.
*The music disc "11" is the only visibly damaged music disc.
**If the .ogg file for "11" is turned into a {{w|spectrogram}} in an audio editor, the static at the end displays what seems to be [[Player|Steve]]'s face and the numbers 12418. The numbers are a visual signature, where "C" is hexadecimal for "12", and combined with "418" creates "[[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]", the name of the producer of all of the music disc tracks except for "Pigstep", "otherside", "5" and "Relic".
** There is a track that is exclusive to the album ''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]'' called "Eleven", which has the same length of 1:11 and begins with the same vinyl static sound before being abruptly interrupted by a record scratching sound and switching to a new, calm piano piece.
**"11" causes jukeboxes to output a redstone signal strength of 11.
**Before [[Java Edition 1.13]], the [[data value]] of "11" was 11.
*The music disc "wait", originally titled "where are we now", was finally added to [[Java Edition 1.4.3]] after existing solely in the game's files for an unspecified amount of time.
** "wait" used the original title "where are we now" in older versions of the Legacy Console Edition.
*"Pigstep" is the only disc to have its name capitalized in-game, and it can only be found in [[Bastion Remnant|bastion remnant]]s. It is also the music disc with the fastest beat.
*“5” is the only music disc that is crafted, as it requires 9 disc fragments in a 3×3 formation to craft.

==See also==
*[[Music]]

*[[Daniel Rosenfeld|C418]]
**''[[Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]''
**''[[Minecraft - Volume Beta]]''
*[[Lena Raine]]
**''[[Minecraft: Nether Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]''
**''[[Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs (Original Game Soundtrack)]]''
**''[[Minecraft: The Wild Update (Original Game Soundtrack)]]''
*[[Samuel Åberg]]
*[[Aaron Cherof]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--music-disc Taking Inventory: Music Disc] – Minecraft.net on January 14, 2021

{{Items}}
{{Soundtrack}}

[[de:Schallplatte]]
[[es:Disco de música]]
[[fr:Disque de musique]]
[[ja:レコード]]
[[ko:음반]]
[[nl:Muziekplaat]]
[[pl:Płyta muzyczna]]
[[pt:Disco musical]]
[[ru:Пластинка]]
[[tr:Müzik Diski]]
[[zh:音乐唱片]]</li></ul>
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## See also

* Protocol version
* Data version

## References

1. ↑ Minecraft.net/play.jsp (source) – Wayback Machine, May 25, 2009. "*<param name="al\_version" value="5.17">*".

## External links

* AppletLoader documentation – Legacy LWJGL Javadocs