Play sound

saturn:play_sound

Plays the given sound event at the entity.

Runs an operation on a single entity. Used in entity action fields such as entity_action and a trigger rule's action; action arrays run in order.

JSON fields

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
type	Resource ID	yes	—	saturn:play_sound
sound	Resource ID	yes	—	SoundEvent ID.
category	Enum string	no	omitted	Sound category. Available values: master, music, records, weather, blocks, hostile, neutral, players, ambient, voice, ui.
volume	Number	no	1.0	Volume multiplier.
pitch	Number	no	1.0	Pitch angle in degrees when not following the mouse.

JSON example

{
  "type": "saturn:play_sound",
  "sound": "minecraft:entity.experience_orb.pickup",
  "category": "players"
}

This is a value to embed in the corresponding field, not a standalone loadable data pack file. The example: references in the examples must be replaced with defined entries.

Java entry point

com.iafenvoy.saturn.data.action.builtin.entity.PlaySoundAction. This page is based on the Codec in the current 26.1.2 source.