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Midway through Duskfade, the player will gain the ability to listen to the game’s music in the Inn at Tick Town, but they’ll start with only a few songs unlocked. In order to listen to the rest of them, the player will need to track down Music Boxes hidden within the game’s various stages. If you’re looking for a specific song to listen to or are simply going for 100% completion, then please feel free to follow this guide detailing all of the Music Box locations in Duskfade
All Music Box Locations in Duskfade
There are seventeen Music Boxes in the game, with there being one in almost every stage in the game. No stage has more than one Music Box in it.
Tick Town Music Box
You won’t be able to get the Music Box in this area until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have it and can reach the Hills section of Tick Town, you’ll be able to find this music box right by the entrance to Canal Hamlet.
Erazus Forest Music Box
You won’t be able to get the Music Box in this area until AFTER you obtain the Pendulum from the Apprentice’s Wing stage. Once you have that item, return to the town near the start of the stage and enter the cavern on the north edge of the town. In here, you will spot some orange crystals that you can break which will lead right to the Music Box.
Scorched Grove Music Box
You won’t be able to get this Music Box until AFTER you obtain the Grappling Hook from the Starstone Mines stage. Once you have that item, teleport to the Scorched Grove fast travel point and move forward down the main path and take the path to the left. Eventually you will see these grapple points which will lead to quite a lengthy platforming segment with multiple checkpoints and fights. At the end, jump atop the final house and you’ll be rewarded with a music box.
Starstone Mines Music Box
This next music box can be obtained directly after obtaining the Grappling Hook from Arpeggio. When exiting the workshop via the grapple points, instead of going directly down the main path turn around and you’ll see another grapple point that will launch you inside of one of the workshop’s towers, where there will be a music box waiting for you.
Mount Cinder Music Box
When you reach the first metal grated platform after the stage’s second checkpoint, look to your left and you’ll see a platform just behind some flames. Jump through the gap in these flames and you’ll reach a music box.
Meridian Village Music Box
This is the easiest to grab Music Box in the game, it’s on a roof right next to the Meridian Village fast travel point.
Lantern Port Music Box
Before walking up the stairs into the castle-like building near the end of the Lantern Port stage, walk to the left of it and you’ll find a wall that you can wall jump to the top of. From here, make keep platforming to the right of the building until you eventually reach the balcony with this music box.
Clockwork Academy Music Box
In the room at the end of the stage with the large tower of books, use the wooden planks and the grapple point to reach the top of the tower and grab the music box.
Great Library Music Box
You’ll find the next Music Box atop the giant stack of books in the large room directly across from the stage’s fast travel point.
Canal Hamlet Music Box
This Music box is located in the open town area near the start of the stage. By the cliffside all the way at the end of the town you’ll spot two boxes you can jump on. Use these to reach the balcony of the nearby house and you’ll get the music box.
Celestial Kingdom Music Box
After collecting the Sundial item from Gramps and zooming past the first grind rail, you’ll end up on some stone platforms. Before progressing, turn left and you’ll spot a music box that you can reach by jumping up the stones.
Royal Highroads Music Box
Point the giant sundial by the fast travel point to the southwest and you’ll be able to jump to a platform that has a large purple crystal. On this same platform you’ll find the stage’s music box.
Auric Palace Music Box
After jumping past the giant gear platform near the beginning of the stage, turn around and you’ll spot some platforms beneath the gears which will lead directly to the stage’s music box.
Deepthorne Music Box
After crossing the two large pits at the start of the Deepthorne, turn you camera down and to the right before using the Pendulum bounce pad. Here you will see two bouncy flowers. Use them and you’ll be brought to a rocky ledge where a Music Box awaits.
Stonetusk Canyon Music Box
At the small town after the stage’s checkpoint, use the bounce pad to get to the roof of a nearby home. From here, platform along all the roofs until you reach a platform with this music box.
Clockmaker’s Rest Music Box
After fighting enemies in the circular building midway through the stage, turn left and you’ll spot a set of stairs. Walk up them and then climb the wall in order to reach a platform with an Ancient Coin. After collecting the coin, turn to your left and you shall see the small outlines of some invisible platforms.
Jump across these platforms and you’ll reach an Echo. Keep walking past the echo and you’ll spot a pillar that you can jump to that has a Music Box on top of it.
Desert of the Last Memory Music Box
After flying through the green rings and landing on the platform with the pendulum bounce pad, walk to your right and you’ll find a ledge that leads directly into the building. In here will be the last Music Box of the game as well as an Echo.
