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[MrFireDog777]

On a new world i generated i was searching for some stone so i can get better tools out of no where i see lave flowing into the ocean and a hear a creepy noise can someone tell me what that means?

[Onus]

MrFireDog777 said:

On a new world i generated i was searching for some stone so i can get better tools out of no where i see lave flowing into the ocean and a hear a creepy noise can someone tell me what that means?

I could be wrong, but I am confident the music is just random.

I've heard just about every track just building my castle - from the creepy cave music to the calm piano.  

...if I'm wrong, then I am definitely missing something nearby my castle..

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[Fase]

Shorter music bits (usually creepy) indicates a cave of somesort nearby. And by cave i mean any sort of open space in the terrain

[sestren]

In single player survival there are mid-day and mid-night audio indicators.  When you are underground it can seem a bit random and ominous...

[Colton101]

It mean's you should GTFO of there xD usually there's creeper's or monster's near by or a cave.

[csd]

The source of the noise is usually a dark area. You probably only hear it if the darkness is enough to spawn monsters.

If you hear it in a lit area, there's darkness behind a wall or something. For example, I place my chests in walls like this (Side view):

    
    
  
    

If I don't place a torch where the obsidian image is, I hear noises there.

[The Pie Monster]

It means...

*Puts on sunglasses*

You are completely and utterly screwed.

[SteGriff]

It's random as long as you're in an enclosed space, probably linked with being near cave-y materials like flat stone.

[WeedLion]

I've heard that the music is sometimes played randomly, but as usaly it plays when there's a dungeon near you.

Not sure if this is true, but I think it might be.
I know for sure it's true if I find a dungeon close to my base, because the music plays all the time when i'm there, but almost never when I'm somewhere else.

[Taffyx]

WeedLion said:

I've heard that the music is sometimes played randomly, but as usaly it plays when there's a dungeon near you.

Not sure if this is true, but I think it might be.
I know for sure it's true if I find a dungeon close to my base, because the music plays all the time when i'm there, but almost never when I'm somewhere else.

I'm sure that heavy music/ 'scary' music starts to play when you are close to a dungeon/mob spawner

[bob the miner]

It plays if you are near an enclosed, dark area (usually a cave). You can easily test this in game by digging a hole, leaivng it unlit and sealing it off afterwards. Voila, every time you come near it you hear a creepy cave sound.

[Neko_Mon_Chi]

bob the miner said:

It plays if you are near an enclosed, dark area (usually a cave). You can easily test this in game by digging a hole, leaivng it unlit and sealing it off afterwards. Voila, every time you come near it you hear a creepy cave sound.

I tried this, and when ever I get within 3 blocks distance, the creepy music plays, regardless of whether it's a dungeon, or a 1x1 area.  If it's completely dark , the music plays.  

Sends a chill down my spine, every time.

    
    
    

[Maniacman12]

yea it indicates a cave

STORY TIME!!!!

i was walking in the field by my house when i heard zombie moans and then the high pitched noise
so i dug one block down and there was a cave down below me!!!!!

[Wilfre]

most people got the right idea but it really mean theres a dungeon near by every time i hear it i search around(20 blocks around) untill i hear monsters i goto the noise and i find a dungeon.

[Boundary]

According to the wiki, it indicates a 3x3x3 or larger sized open area with light level at completely zero, somewhere between 10 to 20 blocks away from you. I use headphones and the sound seems to have a direction as well, so following the noise could lead you to an unexplored cave, or just a small hole underground.

[SkyPiercers!?]

Those scary sounds play when there is an unlit cave near by.

[SteGriff]

Definitive post from Boundary, 2 above this.
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