Creeper

For other uses, see Creeper (disambiguation).

Creeper

Health points	20HP × 10
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster
Attack strength	In Java Edition: Explosion: Explosion varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Regular: Easy: 22.5HP × 11.25 Normal: 43HP × 21.5 Hard: 64.5HP × 32.25 Charged: Easy: 43.5HP × 21.75 Normal: 85HP × 42.5 Hard: 127.5HP × 63.75 In Bedrock Edition: Explosion: Explosion varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Regular: Easy: 14.75HP × 7.375 Normal: 27.5HP × 13.75 Hard: 41.25HP × 20.625 Charged: Easy: 35.25HP × 17.625 Normal: 68.5HP × 34.25 Hard: 102.75HP × 51.375
Hitbox size	In Java Edition: Height: 1.7 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks In Bedrock Edition: Height: 1.8 blocks Width: 0.6 blocks
Spawn	Regular: Light level of 0 Charged: When lightning strikes within 4 blocks of a regular creeper
Usable items	Flint and Steel Fire Charge ‌[Java Edition only]

A creeper is a common hostile mob that quietly approaches a player, hisses, and explodes if the player remains near. Creeper explosions can destroy blocks and deal massive amounts of damage, which can be completely blocked using a shield or blocks.

When struck by lightning, a creeper becomes a charged creeper, which amplifies its explosion power and enables mob heads to be obtained from piglins, zombies, skeletons and other creepers it kills. It also bumps up the chance for a wither skeleton skull to drop to 100% from a wither skeleton.

Due to its distinctive appearance and unique destructive method of attack, the creeper has become one of the most iconic mobs of Minecraft, being featured in promotional material and merchandise.

Spawning

Creepers naturally spawn in the Overworld on solid blocks with a light level of 0, except in mushroom fields and deep dark biomes. In Bedrock Edition, creepers also do not spawn in rivers, frozen rivers, and snowy plains. They spawn individually in Bedrock Edition and in groups of four in Java Edition.

In Bedrock Edition, there is a density limit of five creepers on the surface of the Overworld.

Creeper spawns in:

Category: Monster	Java Edition			Bedrock Edition
Spawn area	Spawn weight	Spawn chance	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Bamboo Jungle	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Grove	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Meadow	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Windswept Hills	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Snowy Beach	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Wooded Badlands	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Jungle	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Cherry Grove	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Eroded Badlands	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Flower Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Sparse Jungle	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Birch Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Stony Peaks	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Beach	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Taiga	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Lush Caves	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Stony Shore	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Dappled Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Snowy Taiga	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Badlands	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Old Growth Birch Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Windswept Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Desert	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Dark Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Pale Garden	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Windswept Gravelly Hills	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Forest	100⁄515	19.42%	4	100	1
Mangrove Swamp	100⁄516	19.38%	4	100	1
Swamp	100⁄516	19.38%	4	100	1
Plains	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Windswept Savanna	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Deep Cold Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Lukewarm Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Warm Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Ice Caves	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Deep Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Sunflower Plains	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Savanna	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Savanna Plateau	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Cold Ocean	100⁄520	19.23%	4	100	1
Jagged Peaks	100⁄525	19.05%	4	100	1
Snowy Slopes	100⁄525	19.05%	4	100	1
Snowy Plains	100⁄530	18.87%	4	—	—
Ice Spikes	100⁄540	18.52%	4	100	1
Old Growth Pine Taiga	100⁄540	18.52%	4	100	1
Frozen Peaks	100⁄540	18.52%	4	100	1
Frozen River	100⁄541	18.48%	4	—	—
Frozen Ocean	100⁄545	18.35%	4	100	1
Deep Frozen Ocean	100⁄545	18.35%	4	100	1
Dripstone Caves	100⁄610	16.39%	4	100	1
River	100⁄615	16.26%	4	—	—
Sulfur Caves	50⁄315	15.87%	2	50	2

Drops

On death

Java Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Gunpowder	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	83.33%	1.50	0–4	91.67%	2.00	0–5	94.44%	2.50
	Music Disc[A][B]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Creeper Head[C]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Gunpowder	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	5⁄6	3⁄2	0–4	11⁄12	2	0–5	17⁄18	5⁄2
	Music Disc[A][B]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Creeper Head[C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Gunpowder	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	5⁄18 (27.78%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	3⁄2 (1.50)	2 (2.00)	5⁄2 (2.50)
	Music Disc[A][B]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Creeper Head[C]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Gunpowder	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.50
	Music Disc[A][B]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Creeper Head[C]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

Bedrock Edition:

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Gunpowder	0–2	66.67%	1.00	0–3	66.67%	1.33	0–4	66.67%	1.67	0–5	66.67%	2.00
	Music Disc[A][B]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00
	Creeper Head[C]	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00	1	100.00%	1.00

Item		Quantity / Chance / Average
		Default			Looting I			Looting II			Looting III
	Gunpowder	0–2	2⁄3	1	0–3	2⁄3	4⁄3	0–4	2⁄3	5⁄3	0–5	2⁄3	2
	Music Disc[A][B]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	Creeper Head[C]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Item		Amount	Probability
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Gunpowder	0	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)
		1	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		2	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄3 (33.33%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		3	0	1⁄6 (16.67%)	1⁄4 (25.00%)	2⁄9 (22.22%)
		4	0	0	1⁄12 (8.33%)	1⁄6 (16.67%)
		5	0	0	0	1⁄18 (5.56%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	4⁄3 (1.33)	5⁄3 (1.67)	2 (2.00)
	Music Disc[A][B]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)
	Creeper Head[C]	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
		Average	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)	1 (1.00)

Killed		1
Item		Expected Drops
		Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Gunpowder	1.00	1.33	1.67	2.00
	Music Disc[A][B]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Creeper Head[C]	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00

• 5XP experience points, if killed by the player or a tamed wolf.

Behavior

Creepers chase any player within a 16-block radius. They chase the player at a 14-block radius when they are crouching. They do not attack any other mob without provocation by being attacked first.

When within 3 blocks of a player, a creeper stops moving, hisses, flashes and expands, and explodes after 1.5 seconds (30 ticks), destroying (and dropping as items) blocks in the area as well as significantly damaging the player. A creeper's detonation can be halted if the player leaves the blast radius, including by knocking it back, going out of the creeper's sight, or if the creeper is killed before the explosion. Assuming the player stays within line of sight, the distance that the player must move in order for a creeper to cancel its explosion is 7 blocks, regardless of difficulty. Normal creeper explosions have a power of 3.

In Java Edition, if the game rule mobExplosionDropDecay is set to false, blocks have a 100% chance of dropping as items instead of being destroyed.

A creeper explodes only if it has an uninterrupted line of sight with the player throughout the entire 1.5-second countdown. As a result, if the creeper does not have line-of-sight with the player, it does not start hissing even at close range, even if the player is attacking it, and a detonation is canceled if it has started. The hissing sound plays in its entirety regardless of whether the explosion happens or not.

Unlike most mobs, the creeper does not have an idle sound, nor does it have unique step sounds. Although it does make normal stepping and swimming sounds, it is hard for players to distinguish those from their own sounds. This makes the approach of a creeper difficult for an unwary player to notice until it starts hissing.

A creeper jumps down to a player if it can survive the fall. A creeper taking fall damage adds to its swell according to fallDistance * 1.5, up to a maximum of 5 less than the fuse of the creeper. The creeper explodes when the swell equals the fuse, so an explosion occurs soon after landing with higher falls. For example, a creeper falling from greater than 16 blocks can explode 5 ticks after it lands.

Despite their lack of arms, creepers can climb up ladders, vines, and similar blocks like any other mob, but do not do so intentionally.

Using a flint and steel or fire charge‌^{[JE only]} on a creeper forces an explosion.

In Java Edition, the detection range of creepers is reduced by 50% when the player is wearing a creeper head.

Creepers flee from ocelots and cats within a 6-block radius, with faster movement than when pursuing a player. Cats and ocelots do not attack creepers. 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,^[1] vindicators named "Johnny", wardens and goats. When hit by a stray projectile (like a drowned's trident), a creeper retaliates if not already chasing a player. If a creeper is attacked by any mob except a goat, the creeper moves toward the mob that attacked it and explodes.

When a creeper is inflicted with a status effect, its explosion creates an area effect cloud of the effect, like a lingering potion.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

Charged creeper

Charged creepers are stronger versions of creepers. They are distinguished from normal creepers by their blue aura surrounding them, and their explosion power is significantly increased from 3 to 6, equal to that of an End crystal.

A charged creeper is created when lightning strikes within four blocks of a normal creeper. The lightning can be created in any way, including naturally, with the /summon command, by a trident with the Channeling enchantment, or attracted to a lightning rod. Due to this mechanic, creepers cannot be damaged by lightning but still can take damage from fire caused by it.

A charged creeper can also be summoned using the following commands:

• In Java Edition: /summon creeper ~ ~ ~ {powered:1}
• In Bedrock Edition: /summon creeper ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ minecraft:become_charged

Their countdown timers are the same as normal creepers, both in terms of range and time. Charged creepers' explosions are 50% more powerful than an explosion of TNT and 100% more powerful than their normal counterparts. How close the creeper was to the lightning strike does not affect the size or power of the explosion.

In Java Edition, a charged creeper explosion that kills zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, piglins, or other creepers causes only one^[2] of those mobs to drop its corresponding mob head. If multiple valid mobs are killed in the explosion, the one that drops a head is chosen at random. In Bedrock Edition, a charged creeper explosion that kills zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, piglins, or other creepers causes all the killed mobs to drop their corresponding heads.^[3]

A charged creeper does not drop its own head when it explodes, although any other charged creepers or creepers killed in the explosion drop a creeper head. Players and ender dragons do not drop their heads,^[4] nor do mobs without corresponding mob heads, such as livestock animals.

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).

The overlay of charged creepers is strongly emissive with Vibrant Visuals, and darkens the environment as a screen effect. Combined with the darkness of a thunderstorm, this makes the creeper behind it almost invisible.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Translation key
Creeper	creeper	entity.minecraft.creeper

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Family	Translation key
Creeper	creeper	33	creeper mob monster	entity.creeper.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill one of these 41 monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this achievement.	15	Bronze
		Camouflage	Kill a mob while wearing the same type of mob head.	—	30	Bronze
		Archer	Kill a Creeper with Bow and Arrows.	—	10	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this achievement.	10	Bronze

Achievements that apply to all mobs:

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Overkill	Deal nine hearts of damage in a single hit.	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have nine hearts of health overall.	30	Bronze
		Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.	20	Silver
		Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor stands and players also count for this achievement as they are technically mobs.	10	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 41​[until: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill any mob that drops experience near a sculk catalyst, with the sole exception of the ender dragon. Mobs that drop no experience are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 41​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026]/42​[upcoming] monsters: Blaze Bogged Breeze Camel Husk Cave Spider Creaking (by destroying its creaking heart) Creeper Drowned Elder Guardian Ender Dragon Enderman Endermite Evoker Frostbite​[upcoming: Fourth Drop 2026] Ghast Guardian Hoglin Husk Magma Cube Parched Phantom Piglin Piglin Brute Pillager Ravager Shulker Silverfish Skeleton Slime Spider Stray Vex Vindicator Witch Wither Wither Skeleton Zoglin Zombie Zombie Horse Zombie Nautilus Zombie Villager Zombified Piglin Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.

Advancements that apply to all mobs:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	A Throwaway Joke	Throw a Trident at something. Note: Throwing away your only weapon is not a good idea.	Hit a mob with a thrown trident.
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.
	Mob Kabob	Hit five mobs in the same Charge attack using the Spear	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand and Mannequin also count for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	Damage can be dealt to any mob, even those that do not have 50 hearts of health overall.

Videos

Development

A mistake in creating the model for pigs lead to an upright body, which was then used for creepers.

History

Development

August 20, 2009							A failed pig model is shown. Notch commented, "it looks creepier when animated ... haha, I'll keep it for a creepy creature. =D".​
September 1, 2009							Creepers were shown on The Word of Notch.
							While the texture itself is bright, creepers appear darker than what seems to be intended.

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added creepers.
							Creepers behave much like zombies currently do, hopping around randomly until spotting the player.
							The melee attacks of creepers deal only 4HP worth of damage rather than the zombies' 6HP.
							When killed, creepers "lie down" like any other dead mob and cause a 4×4×4 spherical explosion that left a sizable crater, destroying plenty of blocks and severely hurting any players nearby.
							The creeper drops 250XP when killed.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST_03							Creeper explosions no longer drop water and lava items when blowing up the liquids.
0.25 SURVIVAL TEST							Mobs, including creepers, are now more dangerous, respawn, despawn, and attack skeletons if shot by them.
October 20, 2009							Notch mentioned that creepers no longer destroy rock-type blocks.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							The texture of creepers has been changed.
							The explosions of creepers no longer destroy stone or stone-like blocks.
							The explosions of creepers now leave smoldering.
0.27 SURVIVAL TEST							The creeper now drops 200XP when killed.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Creepers and other mobs no longer spawn naturally.
			20100202				The lighting on creepers has been changed to be much brighter.
							Creepers and other mobs now spawn naturally again. However, they are currently passive.
			20100204-2027				Creepers are now hostile again, and attack by approaching and exploding near players. Previously in Survival Test, creepers dealt melee damage and exploded only when killed by the player.
20100219							Creepers now drop sulphur upon death.
?							Creepers no longer produce leaf particles upon explosion.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.3							Added unique hurt sounds for creepers. Previously, they used the hurt sound for players.
v1.0.14							Added music discs "13" and "cat", which are dropped by creepers shot by skeletons.
v1.2.0_02							Creepers now have new hurt sounds. Old hurt sounds:
Java Edition Beta
?							Creeper's fuse timer does not tick back when the player is out of range.
1.3							Creeper's fuse timer has been fixed.
1.4							The 'A' in the Minecraft logo now includes a creeper face.
1.5							Creepers now become charged when struck by lightning, increasing the explosion's radius and strength.
1.8			Pre-release				Creepers are now much more deadly, and can kill an unarmored player, if in a radius of 4 to 5 blocks around the creeper. This damage is also difficulty-independent.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				Creepers and other hostile mobs no longer attack the player in Creative mode, unless provoked.
			RC1				Creeper explosions now have a new sound.
1.1			11w50a				Creepers now drop all music discs, except for "11".
1.2.1			12w05b				Creepers now run away from tamed cats and ocelots.
			12w07a				As part of the Mob AI overhaul, creepers no longer attack other mobs.​
							Creepers no longer strafe toward the left of the player, now stopping in front of the player.
1.3.1			12w30a				Creepers have been made stronger. Depending on difficulty, creeper damage is now scaled, with Easy: ~50% less damage, Normal: same damage as before, and Hard: ~33% more damage than before. In full diamond armor and Hard difficulty, a creeper can knock players down to 2 hearts.[6]
1.4.2			12w38b				New creeper fall mechanics have been added; creepers now explode, if they fall on the player from a certain height.
1.4.4			1.4.3				Creepers now drop music discs "11" and "wait".
1.6.1			13w18a				Creepers no longer explode when hit in Creative mode.
1.7.2			13w36a				Creepers can now be forcibly exploded by using flint and steel.
1.8			14w05a				Players can now see from the perspective of a creeper in Spectator mode. A green creeper shader is applied and the player is limited to the creeper's movements.
			14w11a				Other creepers, witches, zombies, skeletons, cave spiders and zombie pigmen now run away from creepers that are about to explode.
			14w30a				Charged creepers now cause zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons and other creepers to drop heads.
			14w30b				Each charged creeper now causes the drop of only one head, even if multiple head-dropping mobs are killed.
1.8.1			pre1				Mobs no longer run from creepers that are about to explode, due to performance issues.
							Creepers no longer attack iron golems.
1.9			15w32a				The detection range of creepers is halved when the player is wearing a creeper head.
			15w33c				The detection range for players wearing the creeper head is adjusted, now 37.5% of the normal range.
			15w36a				The detection range for players wearing the creeper head is again 50% of the normal range.
			15w39a				Creepers are now slightly shorter (1.7 blocks tall rather than 1.8).
			15w51a				Creepers no longer drop music discs when game rule doMobLoot is false.[7]
1.11			16w32a				Creepers that explode while having a potion effect now leave behind an area effect cloud having that effect.
							Creepers no longer drop music discs when killed by strays or wither skeletons.[8]
1.14			18w43a				Creepers now drop music discs when killed by strays and wither skeletons[a] again.
1.15			19w39a				Creepers no longer flash solid white when exploding.[9]
1.17			21w15a				Creepers now show no hostility when attacked by a goat.
1.19.3 Experiment Update 1.20			22w46a				Charged creepers now cause piglins to drop piglin heads.
1.19.3			pre2				Creepers can now be forcibly exploded by using a fire charge.[10]
1.20.3			23w40a				Creepers now drop music discs when killed by skeleton horses.[b]

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.3							Added creepers.
							They do not yet spawn naturally and require external help to spawn.[11]
							Creepers currently have old explosion sounds.
							Creeper's explosions produce a white mist and have a smaller range.
							Creepers strafe toward the left of the player and are as slow as zombies.
v0.4.0							Creepers now spawn naturally.
v0.7.4							Tapping and holding flint and steel on a creeper now causes it to automatically explode.
v0.9.0			build 1				Creepers no longer float 2 pixels off the ground.
			build 2				An ignite button is now used to automatically explode a creeper when holding flint and steel, instead of tapping and holding.
			build 8				Creepers now use the new AI, so now they avoid fire, cactus, lava, and falling (and water when idle).
			build 9				Creepers now use the old AI again because them walking faster and not detonating.
v0.9.2							Creepers now have a correct explosion range.
							The detonation time for creepers has been fixed (would previously explode almost instantly).
v0.11.0			build 1				Creepers can now climb ladders.
v0.12.1			build 1				Creepers now use the new AI again, now stopping in front of the player.
							The creeper's moving speed and explosions' knockback effect has been increased.
							Creepers now explode if they fall on players from a certain height.
							Creepers now become charged when struck by lightning, increasing the explosion's radius and strength.
							Creepers now have the new explosion sound.
							Creepers now have the flashing animation and the explosions have shockwaves.
v0.14.0			build 1				Creepers are now slightly shorter (1.7 blocks tall rather than 1.8).
v0.16.0			build 4				Creepers now have idle sounds.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Creepers now drop music discs when killed by skeletons.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Creepers now drop music discs when killed by strays.
1.16.210			beta 1.16.210.51				No longer attack back after being rammed by a goat.
1.20.10			?				Creepers bobbing in water in a 1 block space no longer attack a swimming player for 3HP.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Creepers no longer flash solid white when exploding.[12]

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added creepers.
TU5							Added charged creepers.
TU12							Creepers no longer attack other mobs. Before this update, a creeper shot by a skeleton would attack the skeleton, creating a crater in the process.
TU14		1.04					Creepers have been made stronger. Depending on difficulty, creeper damage is scaled now with Easy: ~50% less damage, Normal: same damage as before, and Hard: ~33% more damage than before. In full diamond armor and hard difficulty, a creeper can knock players down to 2 hearts.
							A creeper is now aggressive toward the last player that hit it.
							The creeper's explosions' knockback effect has been increased.
							Creepers now explode if they fall on players from a certain height.
TU24	CU12	1.16	1.16	1.16			The creeper's flashing animation has been updated.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Creepers can now be forcibly exploded using flint and steel.
							Creepers drop a mob head when killed by a charged creeper.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Creepers that explode while having a potion effect now leave behind an area effect cloud having that effect.
			1.90				Creepers now drop music discs when killed by strays.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added creepers.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Creeper" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Notch has stated on X that he imagined "creepers as being made out of leaves or similar" and that he is "not sure why they explode".^[13] When asked to describe its physical texture, he said they would feel "crunchy, like dry leaves".^[14]
• Creepers use the classic oak leaves texture to camouflage them from the same texture. As the oak leaves texture change, this camouflage is less effective.
• 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".^[15]
• in Java Edition, the "aura" of a charged creeper with Invisibility is still visible.
• In Java Edition, charged creeper explosion can inflict the greatest amount of damage any mob in the game can do at one time. In Bedrock Edition, the wither's spawn explosion deals slightly more.
• The creeper hiss sound uses the same sound file as when a block of TNT is primed but played at a lower pitch.
• Throughout many pieces of media, the creeper's anatomy is consistently shown to possess a skeleton and a TNT block inside.^{[16][17][18][19]} This is even present in the Minecraft Dungeons version of the creeper, where a statue of their innards can be found at the home. A statue of this design was also produced,^[20] along with it being reflected in a Hot Wheels car.
• Jeb has admitted that the creeper would probably not be added to Minecraft if the game's modern design principles were followed, since it would be controversial to have a mob that destroys the player's builds. However, it continues to exist in the game due to its iconic status.^[21] Notch agreed, stating that the creeper only explodes as the result of player (in-)action because random destructive events are "anti-fun."^[22]
• The design of the creeper is considered a fundamental "iconic" aspect of the Minecraft franchise, and as such is not going to receive substantial changes to preserve its legacy.^[23] Exceptions are made for spin-off material, where creepers are required to follow other art styles or practical functions, such as the camera position in Minecraft Dungeons.^[24]
  • However, further exceptions are also occasionally made for merchandise, often to represent in-game states.^[25][26]
• According to the Official Minecraft Shop, creepers are "full of nitroglycerin", an explosive compound.^[27]

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,^[28] and have become an internet meme complete with fan art, webcomic 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...

„

— Creepers^[29]

Merchandise

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

• The letter "A" in the Minecraft logo after Java Edition Beta 1.4 (The previous 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 one's room or collection, along with diamond and grass block.

Appearances

• On June 18, 2012, the University of Southampton Physics Society Outreach Project sent a creeper and chest to the edge of space in a balloon with a tracker and camera.^[30]
• As part of an official collaboration, creepers are included as monsters in Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Minecraft Creatures, a free add-on for the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons.^[31] In the game, they are "Monstrosities" and have the alignment "Typically Neutral Evil."

Games

In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, a creeper is one of the playable characters. It can be unlocked by purchasing the Season Pass or Digital Deluxe Edition.

Gallery

Textures

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  Texture of a creeper
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  Charged creeper overlay
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  Texture of a smiling creeper
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  Original texture file of the creeper; notice the leaves

Screenshots

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  A creeper staring at the player
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  A creeper that is about to explode
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  Creeper explosion
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  Comparison of explosion craters; from left to right: charged creeper, TNT, creeper
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  A creeper dying
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  A creeper's vision when spectating it
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  A forest at night through a creeper's eyes
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  A creeper explosion that damaged a village house
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  A rudimentary example of a music disc farm
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  Creeper peeking through a glass window
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  A charged creeper next to a normal creeper
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  Creeper face-shaped firework

Historical screenshots

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  The original dark green creeper model

Notes

References

External links

• "Meet the Creeper" by Tom Stone – Minecraft.net, May 15, 2017.
• Creeper on Wikipedia