Ballad of the Cats

"Ballad of the Cats"

Song by	C418
Track released	November 9, 2013
Length	04:35
Genre	Ambient
Link	Bandcamp
Part of Minecraft - Volume Beta No. 15 ◄ "Kyoto" "Taswell" ►

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"Ballad of the Cats" is a song composed by C418 that plays in the Nether.

Locations

Location	Odds of playing
Nether Wastes	10%
Soul Sand Valley Basalt Deltas Crimson Forest	9.09%

Track description

"Ballad of the Cats" is a very heavy piece with a low-pitched piano part that keeps the pulse throughout, blended with dire-sounding string chords and occasional synthesizers. The track begins with a period of techno-sounding music and then a break. Later, there is a second period of peaceful music and then a techno-style ending. Near the beginning and end are distant, echoing ghast sounds.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title	File name	[hide]Sound events
"Ballad of the Cats"	ballad_of_the_cats.ogg	music.nether.basalt_deltas, music.nether.nether_wastes, music.nether.soul_sand_valley, music.nether.crimson_forest

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title	File name	[hide]Sound events
"Ballad of the Cats"	nether4.ogg	music.game.basalt_deltas, music.game.crimson_forest, music.game.nether, music.game.nether_wastes, music.game.soul_sand_valley

Raw music files

In Java Edition, the music files can be found in .minecraft/assets/objects.

In Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education, it can be found in:

• Mobile: com.mojang/resource_packs/music/vanilla_music/sounds/music/game/nether/
• Windows: %PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_<version>_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\nether

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

[hide]Java Edition
2013 Music Update							Added "Ballad of the Cats", as "nether4.ogg".
1.7.4			December 5, 2013				"nether4" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.
1.20.3			November 8, 2023				"nether4.ogg" was renamed to "ballad_of_the_cats.ogg".
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added "Ballad of the Cats", as "nether4.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.19.30			Preview 1.19.30.22				"nether4" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU13	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added "Ballad of the Cats", as "nether4.ogg"

Issues

Issues relating to "Ballad of the Cats" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• A very possible reason why "Ballad of the Cats" has that title is because the sounds of ghasts are distorted recordings of C418's cat.