[MC-98316] Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction

The bug

Some sound events are reused for multiple entities/situations, causing the subtitle to be incorrect. There are also a few sounds that have distinct events, but use subtitles that don't make sense in the given situation.

Incorrect subtitles caused by reusing sound events

Undead mobs burning (shows "Fire extinguishes" minecraft:block.fire.extinguish)
Getting warmed by lava after being inside powder snow (shows "Fire extinguishes")
Sheep grazing (shows "Block broken")
Mooshroom moos/hurts/dies/gets milked (shows "Cow moos/hurts/dies/gets milked")
Cave Spider hisses/hurts/dies (shows "Spider hisses/hurts/dies")
Silverfish drills out? (shows "Block broken")
Stray, Wither Skeleton or Bogged shoots (shows "Skeleton shoots")
Illusioner shooting arrow (shows "Skeleton shoots")
Magma cubes attacking player (entity.slime.attack: "Slime attacks")
Dispenser firing snowball or egg (shows "Dispensed item")
Dispenser firing splash potion/lingering potion/experience bottle (Shows "Dispensed item")
Dispenser firing arrow/spectral arrow/tipped arrow (Shows "Dispensed item")
Dispenser firing Fire Charge (shows "Blaze shoots")
Dropper failed (shows "Dispenser failed" subtitles.block.dispenser.fail)
Dropper dropped item (shows "Dispensed item" subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense)
Ocelot meows/hurts/dies (shows "Cat meows/hurts/dies")
Eye of Ender breaks or falls (always shows as "Eye of Ender falls")
Container locked (always shows "Chest locked")
Baby Turtle swims (shows "Turtle swims")
Elder Guardian shoots (shows "Guardian shoots")
Charged Creeper hurts/dies/hisses (shows "Creeper hurts/dies/hisses")
Snow Golem shoots (shows "Snowball flies")
Trader Llama bleats/bleats angrily/Chest equips/dies/eats/hurts/spits/is decorated (shows "Llama bleats/bleats angrily/Chest equips/dies/eats/hurts/spits/is decorated")
Use of Water Bucket in nether (shows "Fire extinguishes" minecraft:block.fire.extinguish)
Non-ironmongery Trapdoor opens/closes (shows "Trapdoor creaks")
Iron Trapdoor opens/closes (shows "Trapdoor opens/closes")
Iron Door opens/closes (shows "Door creaks")
Non-ironmongery Door opens/closes (shows "Door creaks")
Fence Gate opens/closes (shows "Fence Gate creaks")
Skeleton Horse or Zombie Horse gallops/jumps (shows "Horse gallops/jumps")
Donkey or Mule gallops (shows "Footsteps")
Husk, Drowned or Zombie Villager infects (shows "Zombie infects")
Ominous Item Spawner spawning Fire Charge (shows "Blaze shoots")

Has been fixed as of date

~~Wet sponge or water drying in Nether (shows "Fire extinguishes"~~ minecraft:block.fire.extinguish) (Fixed)
~~Donkey or Mule eats (shows "Horse eats")~~ (Fixed)
~~Donkey or Mule jumps (shows "Horse jumps")~~ (Fixed)
~~Mule neighs (shows "Donkey neighs")~~ (Fixed)
~~Removing/Placing a Book in a Chiseled Bookshelf (shows "block placed")~~ (Fixed in 22w45a)
~~Sponge soaking up water (shows "Block broken")~~ (Fixed in 23w31a)
~~Piglins/Hoglins zombifying in the End/Overworld (shows "Piglin/Hoglin retreats")~~ (Fixed, last checked version is 1.21)

Linked issues

clones 1

MC-268551 When a wind charge is fired from a dispenser, it makes a "dispensed item" sound instead of a "Wind Charge flies" sound Resolved

is duplicated by 54

MC-293606 Magma Cube attacking sound is captioned "Slime Attacks" Resolved

MC-274192 Magma Cubes' attack sound is incorrectly subtitled as "Slime attacks" Resolved

MC-273196 Magma Cube attack subtitle is "Slime attacks" Resolved

MC-274941 Magma Cube attack Subtitles is incorrect. Resolved

MC-275278 Ominous Trial Spawner spawning fireball produces subtitle "Blaze shoots" Resolved

49 more links

relates to 49

MC-97507 Using item which modifies the held item shows "Gear equips" subtitle Resolved

MC-270053 Subtitle for using a Wind Burst mace is "Wind Charge bursts" Resolved

MC-225314 The closed captions for ender chests refer to them as "chests" Open

MC-267865 Fire charge used on a block is called "Fireball" in subtitles Reopened

MC-97225 Subtitle mistakes and typos Resolved

44 more links

testing discovered 1

MC-268551 When a wind charge is fired from a dispenser, it makes a "dispensed item" sound instead of a "Wind Charge flies" sound Resolved

Attachments

Comments 71

[Mod]Les3awe 2016-02-29T13:23:11Z

This issue duplicates MC-92784 / MC-97225

[Mod]Les3awe 2016-03-01T11:28:56Z

Can confirm.

migrated 2016-03-05T11:49:37Z

I just found that mooshroom subtitles say "Cow".

migrated 2016-03-09T13:59:41Z

Dispenser firing Fire Charge states Blaze Shoots in 1.9 Full Release

migrated 2016-03-12T00:05:33Z

Zombie is breaking down a door ("Block broken").

61 more comments

migrated 2016-03-12T00:13:50Z

@unknown that one is most likely intended, any block that is being broken displays "Block Breaking"/"Block Broken"

migrated 2016-03-12T21:39:48Z

On closer inspection, wooden logs, wooden planks, signs, fences, chests, workbenches and doors all display "Block broken" while breaking instead of "Block breaking".

SunCat 2016-03-13T20:28:54Z

When using a chorus fruit in subtitles you see
Player teleports
Burp
Gear equipped

First two are correct

[Mod] Asteraoth 2016-04-14T20:49:38Z

Confirmed for 16w15a and 16w15b

[Mod] Asteraoth 2016-05-02T00:15:32Z

Confirm for 1.9.3 pre-2

[Mod] Asteraoth 2016-05-15T07:12:22Z

Confirmed for 1.9.4

[Mod] Asteraoth 2016-05-21T22:42:52Z

Confirmed for 16w20a

Marcono1234 2016-08-17T18:00:40Z

Please split this report in the following reports because the reasons why the wrong subtitles appear are pretty different.

Wooden Pressure plates unclicking (Shows "Button clicks") → MC-106296
Putting chest on Mule (Shows "Donkey Chest equips") → Probably missing distinction
Dropper failed (Shows "Dispenser failed" subtitles.block.dispenser.fail) → Probably missing distinction
Dropper dropped item (Shows "Dispensed item" subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense) → Probably missing distinction
Donkey eats (Shows "Horse eats") → Probably missing distinction
Mule eats (Shows "Horse eats") → Probably missing distinction
Horse armor unequips (Shows "Horse armor equips") → MC-106298
Mooshrooms are called cows → Probably missing distinction
Dispenser firing Fire Charge (shows "Blaze Shoots") → net.minecraft.init.Bootstrap.registerDispenserBehaviors().new BehaviorDefaultDispenseItem() {...}.playDispenseSound(IBlockSource) (MCP 9.30 name) plays for fireballs the sound event 1018 which is a blaze shooting a fireball
wooden logs, wooden planks, signs, fences, chests, workbenches and doors all display "Block broken" while breaking instead of "Block breaking" → MC-106296
"Gear equipped" subtitle shows up when player drinks, eats, or places boats (the last one in multiplayer) additionally to the correct subtitle. → MC-97507

[Mod]Les3awe 2016-08-18T02:35:27Z

This issue relates to MC-106152 / MC-102683.

migrated 2016-10-14T03:16:12Z

Now shows "Mule Chest equips" in 16w41a. Please update.

migrated 2016-10-27T19:20:37Z

Confirmed in 16w43a

migrated 2016-11-03T20:33:33Z

Confirmed in 16w44a

migrated 2016-11-08T21:52:40Z

Confirmed in 1.11-pre1

migrated 2016-11-14T22:16:57Z

Confirmed in 1.11

[Mod] Asteraoth 2017-04-02T21:31:20Z

Confirmed for 17w13b

migrated 2017-04-17T12:28:54Z

Affects 17w14a & 17w15a

Addition:

Snowball thrown (Shows "Snowball flies")

Sonicwave 2017-04-26T17:41:06Z

Affects 17w17a.

Additions:

Placing/breaking armor stands show as "Block placed" or "block broken"
Falling armor stand shows as "Something fell"
Throwing eggs show as "Egg flies"

migrated 2017-04-27T20:29:26Z

Affects 17w17b.

Additions:

Eye of Ender thrown (Shows "Eye of Ender shoots")
Ender Pearl thrown (Shows "Ender Pearl flies")

Sonicwave 2017-05-15T01:44:08Z

Affects 1.12-pre2; magma cubes attacking the player uses sound entity.slime.attack and shows "Slime attacks".

JUE13 2017-05-31T03:22:47Z

Confirmed for 1.12-pre6

KareemKON 2018-10-19T02:30:11Z

Confirmed for 1.13.2-pre2

Yellow01 2018-12-17T17:08:11Z

Relates to MC-141222 and MC-141221

muzikbike 2019-10-16T10:23:57Z

Certain cat and enderman sounds use identical subtitles to other sounds they make in a way that seems incorrect, as I've found while reformatting how the wiki documents sounds.

Also are iron trapdoors counted here?

migrated 2019-11-24T02:47:01Z

Affects 1.14.4 and 1.15-pre1.

Relates to MC-93813.

Maybe include "Sound" as a category?

Add the following:

Snowball thrown (Shows "Snowball flies")
Throwing eggs show as "Egg flies"
Eye of Ender thrown (Shows "Eye of Ender shoots")
Ender Pearl thrown (Shows "Ender Pearl flies")

Remove

Putting chest on Mule (Shows "Donkey Chest equips") → Probably missing distinction (fixed in 16w41a according to Roy Sajima. Also fixed in 1.14.4 and 1.15-pre1)

migrated 2019-11-24T02:48:51Z

@unknown, could you describe more about the sounds you are talking about, including that of the iron trapdoors?

Marcono1234 2019-11-25T21:45:05Z

@@unknown, for the sound events you listed it appears they are only played when the respective item is used. So there is no missing distinction, but rather possibly an incorrect subtitle. If you think this is an issue, please create a separate report.

migrated 2020-01-03T08:52:59Z

Confirmed for 1.15.1. Even the new drying sponge uses ''Fire extinguishes'' instead of its own.

Chandler 2020-07-06T02:39:35Z

Add

Respawn Anchor, bed, creeper, tnt and end crystal explosions (Shows "Explosion")

FaRo1 2020-07-07T09:55:03Z

No, "Explosion" is not wrong.

pulpetti 2020-07-07T22:21:56Z

Confirmed for 1.16.1 and 20w27a, some sounds that are listed in this bug report seem to be fixed though.

pulpetti 2020-07-20T23:42:54Z

In 20w29a

[Mod] markderickson 2020-07-25T02:06:53Z

Hi there!

"Chest locks" is also affected because shulker boxes and barrels that are locked have the same subtitle.

anthony cicinelli 2020-07-25T02:31:50Z

Donkey Jump is also affected it says Horse Jumps

muzikbike 2020-07-31T01:51:03Z

Can this ticket be split up?

migrated 2020-11-05T14:34:34Z

the 'Mooshroom gets milked for mushroom stew (shows "Gear equipped")' was fixed in 20w45a (see MC-185360)

migrated 2020-11-12T16:51:58Z

Can confirm for 20w46a

Brevort 2021-01-13T23:12:28Z

As someone who always uses subtitles, I don't really find this as an issue. There is no way to determine a lot of these sounds (e.g. cavespider vs. regular spider) without subtitles, so I don't really think it's that necessary unless they were to add a separate sound for cave spiders (unless maybe they put it up a half-octave like how baby zombies are higher pitched). Then again, it's not really my decision. XD

Avoma 2021-01-29T12:06:46Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Avoma 2021-02-07T10:57:47Z

Can confirm in 21w05b.

Avoma 2021-02-14T13:39:39Z

Can confirm in 21w06a.

Avoma 2021-02-19T16:10:52Z

Can confirm in 21w07a.

Avoma 2021-03-23T16:53:14Z

Can confirm in 21w11a.

Avoma 2021-05-02T18:24:53Z

Can confirm in 21w17a.

Marcono1234 2021-05-29T21:31:35Z

The "Distinct sound events with incorrect subtitles" have now been split into separate reports:

ampolive 2021-06-30T12:15:21Z

Can confirm in 1.17.1 Pre-release 2. Also affects players getting warmed by lava after being inside powder snow.

migrated 2021-08-09T15:53:41Z

can confirm for the illusioner, stray, and the partially coded

/summon wither_skeleton ~ ~1 ~ {HandItems:[{Count:1,id:bow},{}]}

archer variant of the wither skeleton (command for spawning)

ampolive 2021-10-06T11:57:20Z

Can confirm in 21w39a.

ampolive 2021-10-10T18:01:10Z

Can confirm in 21w40a.

ampolive 2021-11-10T22:31:13Z

Can confirm in 21w44a.

Avoma 2021-12-06T18:54:52Z

Can confirm in 1.18.

Avoma 2021-12-14T19:36:41Z

Can confirm in 1.18.1.

Avoma 2022-03-06T18:25:10Z

Can confirm in 1.18.2.

MMK21 2022-06-07T15:39:49Z

Relates to MC-129546

Avoma 2022-07-28T15:41:12Z

Can confirm in 1.19.1.

Avoma 2022-08-10T18:04:06Z

Can confirm in 1.19.2.

NOoooo3333 2022-11-10T22:48:34Z

Chiseled bookshelves were fixed in 22w45a.

NOoooo3333 2023-03-18T06:48:36Z

Placing a wet sponge in the nether shows "Fire extinguished", not "Fire extinguishes".
Similar to "Turtle swims", "Turtle breaths" has the same issue.

migrated 2023-06-07T19:40:06Z

Also Husk/Drowned/Zombie Villager infects, which shows up as "Zombie infects."

migrated 2023-09-08T23:09:27Z

Considering Cave Spider and Spider noises are indistinguishable wouldn't that give subtitles a clear advantage, when in normal gameplay you have to guess which type it is, or it might not even occur to players that it could be a Cave Spider

NOoooo3333 2024-02-28T20:45:09Z

Sponge drying in Nether and donkeys/mules jumping was fixed in 24w09a

migrated 2024-08-15T19:51:08Z

24w33a says that piglins/hoglins zombifying says "Piglin/Hoglin retreats". (you might have to scroll to see). This is 24w33a, you can tell by the redstone torch if you're wondering.

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Lorenzo Federici 2025-07-30T23:38:09Z

In 25w31a, the new Shelf block has:

“Item placed” appears when you insert minecraft:air into (= empty) one of the slots. It should be “Item taken” or “Item removed”.
“Item swaps” and “Items swap” appears when multiple items from the same stack are swapped. Should be “Stack swaps” and “Stack swaps”, or just always “Items swap”.

Lorenzo Federici 2025-07-30T23:38:42Z

Edit: Should be “Stack swaps” and “Stacks swap”, […]

MrMuskle 2025-07-30T23:54:37Z

@Lorenzo Federici

The first issue you listed is already being tracked in MC-300103. You are welcome to leave a vote on that ticket or provide any missing information in a comment there.

The second issue you listed has not yet been reported, to my knowledge. Please consider filing a separate bug report for this.

Maximus_3069 2026-01-19T17:40:52Z

In 26.1 snapshot 3 the results are the following:

~~Undead mobs burning (shows "Fire extinguishes"~~ minecraft:block.fire.extinguish)
Getting warmed by lava after being inside powder snow (shows "Fire extinguishes") || Should be player heats up or something similar
Sheep grazing (shows "Block broken") || Should be sheep grazes
Mooshroom moos/hurts/dies/gets milked (shows "Cow moos/hurts/dies/gets milked") || Should be mooshroom moos/hurts/dies/gets milked
Cave Spider hisses/hurts/dies (shows "Spider hisses/hurts/dies") || Should be cave spider hisses/hurts/dies
Silverfish drills out? (shows "Block broken") || Could be Silverfish dislodges
Stray, Wither Skeleton or Bogged shoots (shows "Skeleton shoots") || Should be Stray/Wither Skeleton/Bogged/Parched shoots
Illusioner shooting arrow (shows "Skeleton shoots") || Should be illusioner shoots
Magma cubes attacking player (entity.slime.attack: "Slime attacks") || Should be magma cube attacks
Dispenser firing snowball or egg (shows "Dispensed item") || Could be dispenser fires snowball/egg
Dispenser firing splash potion/lingering potion/experience bottle (Shows "Dispensed item") || Could be dispenser launches splash potion/lingering potion/experience bottle
Dispenser firing arrow/spectral arrow/tipped arrow (Shows "Dispensed item") || Could be dispenser shoots arrow/spectral arrow/tipped arrow
Dispenser firing Fire Charge (shows "Blaze shoots") || Should be dispenser shoots fireball
Dropper failed (shows "Dispenser failed" subtitles.block.dispenser.fail) || Should be dropper failed
Dropper dropped item (shows "Dispensed item" subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense) || Should be Dropper dropped item
Ocelot meows/hurts/dies (shows "Cat meows/hurts/dies") || Should be ocelot meows/hurts/dies
Eye of Ender breaks or falls (always shows as "Eye of Ender falls") || Could be eye of ender cracks
Container locked (always shows "Chest locked") || Should be container locked
Baby Turtle swims (shows "Turtle swims") || Should be baby turtle swims
Elder Guardian shoots (shows "Guardian shoots") || Should be elder guardian shoots
Snow Golem shoots (shows "Snowball flies") || Should be snow golem shoots snowball
Trader Llama bleats/bleats angrily/Chest equips/dies/eats/hurts/spits/is decorated (shows "Llama bleats/bleats angrily/Chest equips/dies/eats/hurts/spits/is decorated") || You know the drill….
Use of Water Bucket in nether (shows "Fire extinguishes" minecraft:block.fire.extinguish) || Should be water evaporates
~~Non-ironmongery Trapdoor opens/closes (shows "Trapdoor creaks")~~
Iron Trapdoor opens/closes (shows "Trapdoor opens/closes") || Should be iron trapdoor opens/closes
Iron Door opens/closes (shows "Door creaks") || Should be iron door opens/closes
~~Non-ironmongery Door opens/closes (shows "Door creaks")~~ || Works as intended
~~Fence Gate opens/closes (shows "Fence Gate creaks")~~ || Works as intended
Skeleton Horse or Zombie Horse gallops/jumps (shows "Horse gallops/jumps") || Should be zombie horse gallops/jumps
Donkey or Mule gallops (shows "Footsteps") || Should be Mule/Donkey gallops
Husk, Drowned or Zombie Villager infects (shows "Zombie infects") || Should be husk/drowned/zombie villager infects
Ominous Item Spawner spawning Fire Charge (shows "Blaze shoots") || Should be fireball launched or something similar

Bon2a 2026-10-05T00:28:53Z

Shulkers taking damage while their shells are closed shows "Shulker hurts" ("Shulker is hurt" as of 26.4-snapshot-2), should be something similar to rolled up armadillos such as “Shulker shields itself”.
Withers shooting skulls and breaking blocks both shows "Wither attacks" which should be separated into something like "Wither shoots" and "Wither destroys"