Creeper Health points 20 × 10 Behavior Hostile Attack strength Varies by proximity and difficulty.

Maximum damage:

Regular:

Easy: 22.5 × 11.25

Normal: 43 × 21.5

Hard: 64.5 × 32.25

Charged:

Easy: 43.5 × 21.75

Normal: 85 × 42.5

Hard: 127.5 × 63.75 Hitbox size Height: 1.7 Blocks

Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of 7 or less

A creeper is a common hostile mob that silently approaches players and explodes. Due to their distinctive appearance and high potential for killing unwary players as well as damaging the environment and players' constructions, creepers have become one of the icons of Minecraft, both among players and non-players.

Creepers are a major source of gunpowder as well as the only way to obtain most music discs. When struck by lightning, a creeper becomes charged, which amplifies its explosion power and enables mob heads to be obtained.

Spawning

Creepers naturally spawn in the Overworld on solid blocks with a light level of 7 or less.

Drops

When killed, creepers drop:

Behavior

A creeper giving chase.

Creepers chase any player within a 16 block radius and 4 blocks vertically.

The detection range of creepers is reduced to 8 blocks when the player is wearing a creeper mob head.‌[JE only]

When within 3 blocks of a player, a creeper stops moving, hisses, flashes and expands and explodes after 1.5 seconds. A creeper's detonation can be halted if the player leaves the blast radius of 7 blocks, including by knocking back it, going out of the creeper's sight or if the creeper is killed before the explosion. Normal creeper explosions have a power of 3.

A creeper jumps down to a player if it can survive the fall. Creepers begin the 1.5 seconds hissing before falling, so an explosion occurs sooner after landing with higher falls.

Creepers can climb up ladders and vines like any other mob, but do not do so intentionally.

Using a flint and steel on one forces an explosion.

When a creeper is inflicted with a status effect, its explosion creates an area effect cloud of the effect.‌[JE only]

Creepers flee from ocelots and cats within a 6 block radius. A creeper that has begun a detonation does not flee unless the player leaves its blast radius.

Creepers are not targeted by tamed wolves, iron golems or zoglins. However, they are still attacked by withers, snow golems and vindicators named "Johnny". For snow golems, this was reported as a bug and is listed as either "unresolved"[1] or "works as intended"[2]. When hit by a stray projectile, a creeper retaliates if not already chasing a player.

Charged Creeper

Two creepers' explosion damage radius in sand. Comparison between a charged creeper's (left) and a normal creeper's (right).

A charged creeper has a significantly increased explosion power.

A charged creeper is created only when lightning strikes within 4 blocks of a normal creeper. This includes lightning summoned by a trident with the Channeling enchantment during a thunderstorm. Charged creepers are distinguished from normal creepers by their blue aura surrounding.

Their countdown timers are the same as normal creepers, both in terms of range and time. With a power of 6, an explosion caused by a charged creeper is twice as powerful as the explosion caused by a creeper. Charged creepers's explosions are 50% more powerful than an explosion of TNT. How close the creeper was to the lightning strike does not affect the size or power of the explosion.

Charged creepers have the same entity ID as normal creepers. The only difference is that the value of the boolean powered tag is set to 1 (true).

In Java Edition, charged creeper explosions that kill zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons or other creepers cause only one of those mobs to drop the corresponding mob head. If multiple valid mobs are killed in the explosion, the one which drops a head is chosen at random. In Bedrock Edition, charged creeper explosion that kill zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, or other creepers cause all to drop corresponding head.

Charged creepers do not drop their own head when they explode, though cause other charged creepers to drop a creeper head. Players and ender dragons do not drop their heads, nor do mobs without corresponding mob heads.

Sounds

Sound Subtitle Source Description Namespaced ID Translation key Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Sound parameters Volume Pitch Attenuation

distance Stream Preload https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Creeper_death.ogg Creeper dies ? Plays when the creeper dies. entity.creeper.death subtitles.entity.creeper.death ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Creeper_hurt1.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Creeper_hurt2.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Creeper_hurt3.ogg https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Creeper_hurt4.ogg Creeper hurts ? Plays when the creeper takes damage. entity.creeper.hurt subtitles.entity.creeper.hurt ? ? 16 ? ? ? ? ? https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/File:Creeper_fuse.ogg Creeper hisses ? Plays when the creeper begins its explosion timer. entity.creeper.primed subtitles.entity.creeper.primed ? (0.5) 16 ? ? ? ? ?

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Creeper creeper entity.minecraft.creeper

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Creeper creeper 33 entity.creeper.name

Entity data

Creepers have entity data associated with them that contains various properties.

Entity data Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template powered : 1 or 0 (true/false) - May not exist. True if the creeper is charged from being struck by lightning. ExplosionRadius : The radius of the explosion itself, default 3. Fuse : States the initial value of the creeper's internal fuse timer (does not affect creepers that fall and explode upon impacting their victim). The internal fuse timer returns to this value if the creeper is no longer within attack range. Default 30. ignited : 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the creeper has been ignited by a Flint and Steel.

Entity data

Achievements

Icon Achievement In-game description Actual requirements (if different) Gamerscore earned Trophy type (PS) Archer Kill a creeper with arrows. — 10G Bronze

Advancements

Icon Advancement In-game description Parent Actual requirements (if different) Namespaced ID Adventure

Adventure, exploration, and combat — Kill any entity, or be killed by any entity. adventure/root Monster Hunter

Kill any hostile monster Adventure Kill one of these 34 mobs . Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement. adventure/kill_a_mob Monsters Hunted

Kill one of every hostile monster Monster Hunter Kill each of these 34 mobs . Other mobs, if any, may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement. adventure/kill_all_mobs

History

The original pig model the creeper was based on.

The dark green creeper model.

Issues

Issues relating to "Creeper" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

Minecraft players. A sight that can scare even the most experiencedplayers.

A Creeper is seen on the default wallpaper of the Whatsapp application

The creeper model is actually Notch's result when first trying to create a model for the pig. [3]

Besides Steve and the removed human mob, the creeper is the oldest mob in Minecraft.

Notch stated on Twitter that "I imagine [creepers] as being made out of leaves or similar. I'm not sure why they explode." [6]

When asked to describe the physical texture of a creeper, Notch said they would feel "crunchy, like dry leaves". [7]

Creepers are their bright green color because Notch tried to make them well camouflaged for the original classic Minecraft textures, which were bright shades of green.

In multiplayer, if a creeper is attacked by another player, and the other player runs out of sight, it does not attack any other players.

When asked how creepers trigger their explosive nature, Dinnerbone said "They're so nervous that they shake a lot, and then this sets them off the same way as how rubbing two sticks makes fire". [8]

Creepers are faster when fleeing cats than when chasing players.

If a charged creeper is given invisibility, the "aura" effect is still visible.

A charged creeper explosion can inflict the greatest amount of damage any mob in the game can do at one time.

Bees and creepers are the only mobs that die after attacking the player.

The creeper hiss sound uses the same sound file as when a block of TNT is primed, it is just the file played at a lower pitch.





Publicity

Creepers have a formidable reputation in the community because of their potential to hurt or kill even veteran players and destroy structures. Their distinct appearance and destructive abilities have made them a widely-recognizable Minecraft icon. Creepers are referenced in several of the items available at the Minecraft merchandise depot,[9] and have become an internet meme complete with fan art, web comic references, and demotivational posters. A central part of the meme is the creeper's unofficial catchphrase derived from the mob's tendency to sneak up on the player and hiss before detonating:

"That'sssss a very nice <random valuable object> you've got there... It'd be a ssssshame if anything were to happen to it..."[10]

Moe Szyslak took the appearance of a creeper and exploded in the Simpsons’ home with in the 17th episode of season 25.

Merchandise

Creepers have been portrayed in many Minecraft products including but not limited to:

The letter "A" in the release version Minecraft Logo (The Original Alpha and Beta logo was just "MINECRAFT" written with Cobblestone blocks)

Stuffed toys.

Action figures.

Bracelets.

T-shirts The creeper anatomy T-shirt reveals the insides of a creeper, and also reveals its scientific name: Creepus Explodus .

LEGO Minecraft

Papercraft

Minecraft Facebook profile image

In the goodie-bags given out at Minecon 2011, creepers were given as a fold-able and tapable decoration for ones room or collection, along with diamond and grass.

Appearances

TV series

Several creepers have appeared on TV during episodes of the TV show Mad (Criminal Minecraft and ThunderLolcats [11]) In ThunderLolcats they use the catchphrase, saying "That'ssss.. a nice wall you've got there."

Console/PC games

In Borderlands 2 , creepers appear in a mineshaft in the most north-west part of Caustic Caverns, including dirt, coal ore, stone, gold ore, and a "Badass creeper" that is twice the strength and size of a regular Creeper.

, creepers appear in a mineshaft in the most north-west part of Caustic Caverns, including dirt, coal ore, stone, gold ore, and a "Badass creeper" that is twice the strength and size of a regular Creeper. In Airmech, creepers appear as a unit "skin" for the suicide bomber unit the boomer. Creepers can be either green, blue, or red, depending on the color of the team that makes them.

In Octodad: Dadliest Catch, a creeper head is seen on a shelf in the grocery store along with 2 Pickaxes and some grass blocks. It is part of a collection known as "Mintcraft".

In Awesomenauts, one of the playable characters (Clunk) has a "skin" referencing the creeper, complete with hissing and explode sound effects.

A creeper can be seen and interacted with in a level from the game McPixel.

Seen as a Halloween costume in Terraria .

. In Evoland 2, a game designed as a tribute to many classic games, "Dreaded Creepers" can be found as a mob in The Mine, present era. If the player gets killed by a Dreaded Creeper, they unlock the sssSSSSSss BOOM! achievement.

Flash games

In Stealing the Diamond , when Henry Stickmin sneaks up to the museum's outer wall with a pickaxe, a creeper comes up behind him and explodes, destroying part of the wall instead.

, when Henry Stickmin sneaks up to the museum's outer wall with a pickaxe, a creeper comes up behind him and explodes, destroying part of the wall instead. At the far end of the map in Stick RPG2 , a smiling creeper can be seen in a hole at ground level.

, a smiling creeper can be seen in a hole at ground level. One of the things the player can hit in Katawa Crash is a creeper.

is a creeper. In the game Transformice, there is a creeper head that the player may purchase as a hat for their mouse.

Other games

In a game called Quube Twodee made by Universal Chicken in Adelaide, Australia, one of the levels has a creeper face.

PixelJunk Shooter 2 for the PS3 shows a small creeper in the title screen hidden among other enemies native to Shooter 2.

In a Notch-designed custom level for VVVVVV, "Pyramid Escape", a creeper's face can be seen carved into the background to the far left of the pyramid.

In Torchlight II, the creeper appears in an uncommonly generated side area of Act III's Sundred Battlefield called "Notch's Mine". As expected, the creeper's found inside run toward the player and explode, leaving behind several dirt blocks. A chest at the end of the area can contain one of five Rare swords with their own unique attributes.

In a game called Strollin , there is a purchasable creeper item, which makes bombs throw the player farther.

, there is a purchasable creeper item, which makes bombs throw the player farther. In Geometry Dash, beating level 16 (Hexagon Force) on normal mode rewards the player a creeper face cube. This can also be colored to make it look like a normal one.

A small game Notch made in 48 hours, called Minicraft, also includes creepers. What is interesting about them in the game is that it has harder types the deeper the player goes underground.

Other

On Monday, June 18, 2012, a creeper was sent above the clouds into space.[12]

Gallery

A creeper's vision when spectating it.

A dying creeper

A charged creeper next to a normal creeper.

Comparison of explosion craters, from wither skull (top left), wither (far left), creeper (left), charged creeper (right), and TNT (far right).

A creeper explosion that damaged a villager house.

A creeper that is about to explode.

Original texture file of the creeper. Notice the leaves.

A Creeper looking at the player.

In other media

See also