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Battleground Countdown Tick icon
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Battleground Countdown Tick

The tick of the countdown timer before a battleground starts.

Art: Deephaul Ravine loading screen · Blizzard Entertainment. Deephaul Ravine: waiting at the gates

0:00 / 1.6s
Download MP3MP3 ~148k · 28 KBiPhone ringtone (.m4r)iPhone ringtone .m4r · 1.6sOGG / DiscordDiscord soundboard .ogg · fits ≤5.2s

How to install it on a phone, Discord, Windows or a stream

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Where you hear it

ui_battlegroundcountdown_timer.ogg is the tick heard while players wait behind the starting gates. Each step of the countdown timer produces one of them. It replaced the older system where players watched a text timer in silence. The steady, regular beat builds anticipation without being annoying. It makes a natural timer or countdown cue.

TriggerPlays on each step of the on-screen countdown before a battleground or arena begins.

In the game client

Client pathsoundinterfaceui_battlegroundcountdown_timer.ogg
FileDataID567474
Game versionsRetail
Duration1.6s
Sample rate22,050 Hz
ChannelsStereo
MP3 size28 KB
M4R size25 KB
OGG size19 KB

Use it as

Notification sound

Over a text, a short, regular tick registers instantly and is hard to confuse with a stock phone chime.

Discord soundboard

On a soundboard the 1.6-second Battleground Countdown Tick clip lands and finishes before anyone has to stop talking.

Alarm

As an alarm, Battleground Countdown Tick was built to be heard over game audio, and it loops without a gap until you are up.

iPhone

  1. Tap iPhone ringtone (.m4r) above and choose Download.
  2. Open the Files app, go to Downloads and open the file.
  3. Tap Share, then Use as Ringtone (iOS 26).
  4. Pick it in Settings, Sounds & Haptics, Ringtone or Text Tone.

Full iPhone steps, including older iOS

Android

  1. Tap Download MP3 above.
  2. Open Settings, Sound & vibration, then Phone ringtone or Default notification sound.
  3. Tap My sounds, then +, and pick the MP3 from Downloads.

Full Android steps, Pixel and Samsung

Discord

  1. Download the OGG or MP3 above.
  2. Open Server Settings, Soundboard, Upload Sound, and pick the file.
  3. Name it and choose an emoji. You need the Manage Expressions permission.

Discord takes clips up to 5.2 seconds and 512 KB; this one fits.

Windows

  1. Windows sound schemes only take WAV files, so convert the MP3 to WAV first (Audacity or any audio converter does it in one export).
  2. Open Settings, System, Sound, More sound settings, then the Sounds tab.
  3. Pick an event such as Notification, click Browse, choose the WAV, then Apply.

OBS alert

  1. Download the MP3 above.
  2. In your alert tool (Streamlabs or StreamElements) set it as the alert sound file.
  3. Or in OBS add a Media Source with the MP3, untick Loop, and fire it with a hotkey.

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