Watcher

"Watcher"

Song by	Aaron Cherof
Track released	April 26, 2024
Length	05:32
Genre	Ambient
Songwriter(s)	Aaron Cherof
Link	Spotify YouTube Music
Part of Minecraft: Tricky Trials (Original Game Soundtrack) No. 2 ◄ "Featherfall" "Puzzlebox" ►

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"Watcher" is a song composed by Aaron Cherof that plays in the Overworld and when the player is in Creative mode in Java Edition.

Locations

Biome	Probability
	Java Edition	Bedrock Edition
Beach	2.70%	2.78%
Cold Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Dappled Forest	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Cold Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Frozen Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Deep Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Eroded Badlands	—	2.86%
Frozen Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Frozen River	2.70%	2.78%
Ice Spikes	2.70%	2.78%
Lukewarm Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Mushroom Fields	2.70%	2.78%
Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Plains	2.70%	2.78%
River	2.70%	2.78%
Savanna	2.70%	2.78%
Savanna Plateau	2.70%	2.78%
Snowy Beach	2.70%	2.78%
Snowy Plains	2.70%	2.78%
Snowy Taiga	2.70%	2.78%
Stony Shore	2.70%	2.78%
Sunflower Plains	2.70%	2.78%
Taiga	2.70%	2.78%
Warm Ocean	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Forest	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Gravelly Hills	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Hills	2.70%	2.78%
Windswept Savanna	2.70%	2.78%
Wooded Badlands	—	2.86%

Track description

It uses leitmotifs of both Bromeliad and Echo in the Wind.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title	File name	Sound events
"Watcher"	watcher.ogg	music.game, music.creative

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title	File name	Sound events
"Watcher"	watcher.ogg	music.game

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

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21			May 3, 2024				Added "Watcher".
							"Watcher" has been added to the list of songs that can be played on the main menu.
1.21.6			May 13, 2025				"Watcher" no longer plays on the main menu.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.0			Preview 1.21.0.24				Added "Watcher".
							"Watcher" has been added to the list of songs that can be played on the main menu.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.25				"Watcher" no longer plays on the main menu.

Issues

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