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Boss (song)

"Boss" is a song composed by C418 that plays during the ender dragon fight.

Unlike other songs by C418 in the Minecraft soundtrack, this was neither part of any soundtrack albums nor released as a single.

"Boss" is largely based on modified versions of some themes from Minecraft - Alpha Volume. The theme is a very dark ambient piece with an ominous air of desolation and hopelessness.

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Boss (disambiguation).
"Boss"
Song by C418
Length 05:44
Songwriter(s) C418

"Boss" is a song composed by C418 that plays during the ender dragon fight.

Unlike other songs by C418 in the Minecraft soundtrack, this was neither part of any soundtrack albums nor released as a single.

Locations

Location Odds of playing
The End (while the ender dragon is alive) 100%

Track description

Previews of tracks in Minecraft have been shortened to 30 seconds on this wiki in accordance with fair use rationale. "11" and "Magnetic Circuit" are exempt from this.

"Boss" is largely based on modified versions of some themes from Minecraft - Alpha Volume. The theme is a very dark ambient piece with an ominous air of desolation and hopelessness.

Throughout the track, you can hear extremely distorted or remixed versions of parts of the tracks "Cat", "Haggstrom" and "Subwoofer Lullaby" from Minecraft - Volume Alpha, while ambient background noises gradually increase in intensity.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name Sound events
"Boss" boss.ogg music.dragon

Bedrock Edition:

Soundtrack Title File name Sound events
"boss" boss.ogg music.game.endboss

Raw music files

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

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

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

All music files are in Ogg Vorbis.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
2013 Music UpdateAdded "boss.ogg".
1.7.4December 5, 2013"Boss" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the .minecraft folder.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Added "boss.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.
Bedrock Edition
1.19.30Preview 1.19.30.22"Boss" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU24CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added "boss.ogg"

Issues

Issues relating to "Boss (song)" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References

  1. The files in the objects folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see Tutorial:Sound directory.