Instruments are items used to play music, either manually or with a music sheet. The majority of them can be crafted using a Music Workbench, although the Ocarina can only be found in naturally-generated chests.
For players trying to learn how to play music without the use of the in-game music sheets, see the sheet music guide.
There are several easter eggs involving melodies that can be played on all instruments.
If the first four notes of MEGALOVANIA from Undertale are played (X-X-W-N), both of the player's eyes will flash blue, referencing common depictions of Sans, a character from Undertale, with a glowing blue-and-yellow eye.
Playing the first few notes of the theme of an internet meme referred to as "Amogus" (Z-D-V-G-V-D-Z) will cause a tiny stabbing sound to play, referencing the game Among Us.
Playing the first six notes of "Song of Storms" from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (X-V-W, X-V-W) will cause a thunderclap to play. This will also unlock the achievement "A Strange Song".
The notes for Tune of Tempest are on the dpad, hit up, right, LT + up, up, right, LT + up. On xbox
History[]
0.7.4.2-7883: Fixed a bug where all keys would always show as pressed in the instrument UI.
0.7.0.0-2cab: Added an achievement for playing a specific melody with any instrument, as well as several easter eggs when specific melodies are played.
0.6.1.0-7a5d: Fixed an issue where playing certain melodies would cause the player to freeze.
0.6.0.3-3a54: Fixed possible invalid access when playing an instrument.