[MCPE-79532] Ambience sounds missing in the nether and water.

On Java Edition: you can hear some ambient sounds when you are on water/oceans or nether that make the game feel more alive.

The ones that are under the "loop" category they must play all the time in the oceans and nether. Those sounds don't exist for Bedrock. Neither the other ambient sounds like additions and moods exist for the nether and water.

On Bedrock Edition: On water you don't hear any ambient sounds at all. Not even mood sounds (like in caves or in "pre 1.16.210.51" nether).

On beta 1.16.210.51 most nether sounds were added (with 1.16.210.53 adding them for mobile as well) but it is still missing exactly 16 ambient sounds.

Nether Wastes is missing 1 (mood5),
Warped Forest is missing 10 (mood 5-9 and creak 1-5) and
Basalt Deltas is missing 5 (ground 4 and active 1-4).

More info about all the ambient sounds can be found here: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ambience

Notes:
See this comment.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 28

MCPE-190559 Underwater Ambient Sounds Not Playing Resolved

MCPE-177892 Warped forest biomes have missing sounds Resolved

MCPE-173023 The sound effect of leaving and entering the java water is pretty cool, taking advantage of the parity it could have :) Resolved

MCPE-152056 No Ocean Ambient Sound Resolved

MCPE-129346 Underwater ambience. Resolved

23 more links

relates to 1

MCPE-74756 Missing Ambient Nether Sounds Resolved

Attachments

2023-02-07 20-24-16.mkv

2023-02-07 20-33-43.mkv

Comments 34

Loris099 2020-05-24T19:16:35Z

Yes, I can confirm.

leo 2020-05-24T19:26:21Z

Yes me too

Loris099 2020-05-29T03:56:22Z

Still affects beta 1.16.0.64

DirtBucket194 2020-06-18T12:34:56Z

Why this needs fixing: The ambient sounds add so much atmosphere and life to the nether and it's sad that the majority of players (bedrock users) won't be able to experience them at launch (if the bug doesn't get fixed before, which I highly doubt).

DirtBucket194 2020-06-23T16:12:42Z

Confirmed for 1.16.0

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Erick Delez 2020-06-24T08:26:55Z

Its not fix in 1.16.0...
The nether is silent without these

leo 2020-06-24T09:30:34Z

I think it happens in all platform

ElInquisidor117 2020-07-09T22:49:55Z

I confirm, this happens in all platforms, I thought that this only affects Minecraft pe, but I buy minecraft for Windows 10 and the nether ambient sounds also still missing here yet

Abel Manuel Sosa 2020-07-09T23:42:48Z

https://youtu.be/ZfNAMFgfDEE youtube video link shows what is missing. Or some of it?

Plankera_Beast1 2020-10-08T03:24:43Z

I believe I know why the ambience doesn't play: it in fact does. However, I suspect it plays under the cave ambience engine. For example, I'd be running around in the nether and then I'd faintly hear a nether ambience sound play, with similar (or more) rarity than their overworld counterpart. The Bedrock team just needs to give it it's own sound engine so it will sound like Java Edition does.

ElInquisidor117 2020-10-11T01:54:19Z

I hope it doesn't take 2 years to add this, I really would like this in the ocean and in the nether

Yiannis Siakaris 2020-10-11T10:32:14Z

The reason is because adding those sound will make the download "heavier" on some devices and mojang considers that putting those sounds is useless... Well, they add a lot to the experience and they shouldn't be sacrificed. Perhaps and idea is to exist like the music discs did before... optional download on mobile devices via the marketplace (they will be free to download of cource). On consoles and Win10 they should be there by default... That might not sound like parity for the edition but its the best so some of us who want them can have them. That's similar to the more sound settings in java.... If mojang things thats unfair since not all of us can have the same, just think of the marketplace music download option duh.

GinePik 2020-11-23T10:37:46Z

Affects 1.16.100

Jason Hawksworth 2020-12-02T22:16:50Z

There is now ambience in the nether as of 1.16.210.50

Erick Delez 2020-12-03T11:57:09Z

I dont hear the Nether ambience in 1.16.210.50 (except the MOOD ambience), like its not working

Jason Hawksworth 2020-12-03T13:03:00Z

If you are playing on mobile you need to update the minecraft music pack via the marketplace.

Chris 2020-12-08T23:33:07Z

Not seeing this in today's changelog? Didn't make it into the update did it? 😞

Matthew Guerra 2020-12-08T23:44:04Z

I think its cause the nether ambient sound is for 1.16.210.50 and the update the came out today is for 1.16.200.

Gabriel 2020-12-22T03:42:29Z

There is still no nether and underwater ambient sounds for 1.16.201

Yiannis Siakaris 2020-12-22T08:29:19Z

@Gabriel The nether sound have been fixed in 1.16.210 betas but yes, the ocean sounds are still missing!

RetroFlow 2021-01-10T13:09:26Z

I checked the sound files and sound definitons. The nether is still missing exactly 16 ambient sounds. Nether Wastes is missing 1(mood5), Warped Forest is missing 10(mood 5-9 and creak 1-5) and the Basalt Deltas is missing 5(ground 4 and active 1-4).

Chris 2021-03-09T19:41:18Z

MCPE-74756 is now marked as fixed in today's full release. Does that count for this too? Not sure I understand the difference.

Natthan 2021-09-18T13:33:25Z

Affects 1.17.40.20

Yacoub Mezni 2021-11-19T10:34:37Z

Affects 1.18.10.20 beta

DeeFeeCee 2021-12-07T02:58:36Z

Affects 1.18.1

Hero Fox 2022-02-03T17:41:16Z

Ts still a problem today I wish they would still fix this.

[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2022-05-07T18:35:50Z

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Kryzor 2022-11-26T22:34:13Z

Still happening in 1.19.X

熊佳聪 2023-01-04T18:39:20Z

Also affects 1.19.60.24

Chara Dreemurr 2023-11-19T02:19:53Z

Still affects 1.20.41

The nether (specially the warped forest) feels incomplete without these sounds, and don't get me started with underwater ambience.

Btw, can you update the link to "https://minecraft.wiki/w/Ambience"?

Hero Fox 2024-08-17T04:44:04Z

Can confirm that the ambient sound is still missing today in version 1.21.21

Hero Fox 2024-08-21T21:57:32Z

still affects beta/preview version 1.21.30.23 , still no ocean/water ambiance sounds

AgentMindStorm2 2024-11-19T05:00:44Z

It is worth noting the following sound files are all unused on Java Edition. They are not called by any sound event:

Basalt Deltas:
- active1
- active2
- active3
- active4
- ground4
Soul Sand Valley:
- mood8
- mood9

The other nine sounds mentioned in the report are used in-game and should definitely be added for parity.

I could not find any Java bug report about these sounds being unused, though the unused status is tracked on the wiki.

AniMario 2025-09-10T12:16:57Z

I thought underwater ambient sounds were only implemented in Java. I can't believe it's a bug. It's probably still not implemented in 1.21.120 (preview version).