Creeper

Creeper

• Normal
• Charged

Health points	20HP × 10
Behavior	Hostile
Mob type	Monster
Attack strength	Explosion varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Regular: Easy: 22HP × 11 Normal: 43HP × 21.5 Hard: 64HP × 32 Charged: Easy: 43.5HP × 21.75 Normal: 85HP × 42.5 Hard: 127.5HP × 63.75
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	Light level of 0
Usable items	Flint and Steel Fire Charge ‌

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A creeper is a common hostile mob that quietly approaches players and then explodes, which can destroy blocks and deal massive amounts of damage. 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 a charged creeper, which amplifies its explosion power and enables mob heads to be obtained from piglins, zombies, skeletons and other creepers it kills.

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. They spawn individually in Bedrock Edition and in groups of up to four in Java Edition.

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

Spawning information per biome

Category: Monster	Java Edition		Bedrock Edition
Biome	Spawn weight	Group size	Surface		Underground
			Spawn weight	Group size	Spawn weight	Group size
Badlands	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Bamboo Jungle	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Beach	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Birch Forest	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Cherry Grove	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Dark Forest	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Desert	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Eroded Badlands	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Flower Forest	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Forest	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Frozen Peaks	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Grove	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Jagged Peaks	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Lush Caves	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Meadow	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Old Growth Birch Forest	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Old Growth Spruce Taiga	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Pale Garden	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Plains	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Savanna Plateau	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Savanna	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Snowy Beach	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Snowy Slopes	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Snowy Taiga	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Sparse Jungle	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Stony Peaks	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Stony Shore	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Sunflower Plains	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Taiga	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Windswept Forest	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Windswept Gravelly Hills	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Windswept Hills	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Windswept Savanna	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Wooded Badlands	100⁄515	4	100	1	100	1
Mangrove Swamp	100⁄516	4	100	1	100	1
Swamp	100⁄516	4	100	1	100	1
Jungle	100⁄517	4	100	1	100	1
Cold Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Deep Cold Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Deep Frozen Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Deep Lukewarm Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Deep Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Frozen Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Lukewarm Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Ocean	100⁄520	4	100	1	100	1
Old Growth Pine Taiga	100⁄540	4	100	1	100	1
Dripstone Caves	100⁄610	4	100	1	100	1
River	100⁄615	4	100	1	100	1
Ice Spikes	N/A	N/A	100	1	100	1
Warm Ocean	N/A	N/A	100	1	100	1

Drops

On death

Item		Roll Chance	Quantity (Roll Chance)
			Default	Looting I	Looting II	Looting III
	Gunpowder	100%	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–5
	Music Disc	100%	1	1	1	1
	Creeper Head	100%	1	1	1	1

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

Behavior

A creeper giving chase.

Creepers chase any player within a 16-block radius. 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 sounds they make themselves. 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.

The amount of swell added to creepers upon falling a certain distance.

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 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, 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, unless said projectile is a skeleton's arrow. 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.‌

Charged creeper

Two creepers' explosion damage radius in the dirt. Comparison between a charged creeper's (left) and a normal creeper's (right). Notice that the charged creeper's explosion is much bigger than the normal creeper's explosion.

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.

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. 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' 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.

In Java Edition, a charged creeper explosion that kills zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, piglins, or other creepers causes one 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.

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, 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).

Sounds

Java Edition:
Creepers use the Hostile Creatures sound category for entity-dependent sound events.

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Creeper dies	Hostile Creatures	When a creeper dies without exploding	entity.creeper.death	subtitles.entity.creeper.death​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Creeper hurts	Hostile Creatures	When a creeper is damaged	entity.creeper.hurt	subtitles.entity.creeper.hurt​	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	​Creeper hisses	Hostile Creatures	When a creeper begins its explosion timer	entity.creeper.primed	subtitles.entity.creeper.primed​	1.0	0.5	16
	​Explosion	Blocks	When a creeper explodes	entity.generic.explode	subtitles.entity.generic.explode​	4.0	0.56-0.84	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Hostile Creatures	When a creeper dies	mob.creeper.death	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Hostile Creatures	When a creeper is damaged	mob.creeper.say	1.0	0.8-1.2
	Blocks	When a creeper begins its explosion timer	random.fuse	1.0	0.5
	Blocks	When a creeper explodes	random.explode	4.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	[hide]Translation key
Creeper	creeper	entity.minecraft.creeper

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	[hide]Translation key
Creeper	creeper	33	entity.creeper.name

Entity data

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

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template[show]
  • Tags common to all mobs see Template:Nbt inherit/mob/template[show]
  • [Byte] ExplosionRadius: The radius of the explosion itself, default 3.
  • [Short] 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.
  • [Byte] ignited: 1 or 0 (true/false) - Whether the creeper has been ignited by flint and steel.
  • [Byte] powered: 1 or 0 (true/false) - May not exist. True if the creeper is charged from being struck by lightning.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Entity format.

Achievements

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Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Archer	Kill a creeper with arrows.	—	10	Bronze
		Camouflage	Kill a mob while wearing the same type of mob head.	—	30	Bronze
		It Spreads	Kill a mob next to a catalyst	—	10	Bronze
		Monster Hunter	Attack and destroy a monster.	Kill a hostile mob or one of the following neutral mobs: an enderman, a piglin, a zombified piglin, a spider, or a cave spider.	15	Bronze
		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	—	20	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	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.
	Adventure	Adventure, exploration and combat	Kill any mob, or be killed by any living entity.
	Arbalistic	Kill five unique mobs with one crossbow shot	Armor Stand also counts 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.
	It Spreads	Kill a mob near a Sculk Catalyst	Kill one of these 73 mobs near a sculk catalyst:[show] Mobs that drop no experience as well as the ender dragon are ignored for this advancement.
	Monster Hunter	Kill any hostile monster	Kill one of these 37 mobs:[hide] Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Monsters Hunted	Kill one of every hostile monster	Kill each of these 37 mobs:[hide] Other mobs may be killed, but are ignored for this advancement.
	Over-Overkill	Deal 50 hearts of damage in a single hit using the Mace	–
	Take Aim	Shoot something with an Arrow	Using a bow or a crossbow, shoot a mob with an arrow, tipped arrow, or spectral arrow.

Development

These mobs were originally meant to be a pig, but due to a coding bug, it created a creeper.

“	The story of the Creeper – it was supposed to be the pig, but Notch mixed the height and the width values, or the rotation of it, so it's standing up instead of lain horizontally. But it did have the AI behaviour of looking at the player. So he just thought it was extremely creepy, with this weird thing walking around, looking at you. So he decided to keep it as a monster. He wrote that a friend said it would be cool if it exploded *laughs* and that brought us to the Creeper. The face was to clearly, with a limited number of pixels, make it look really dangerous. I think the green colour is supposed to be camouflage. But we're still debating – is it flesh? Or is it more like leaves? Or is it fur? You don't really know just by looking at the pixels. I know Junkboy debates that! *laughs*	„
	— JENS BERGENSTEN

History

[hide]Java Edition Classic
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 intended.
							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 is worth 250 points when killed.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Added creepers.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST_03							Creepers no longer drop water and lava items when blowing up the liquid.
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 is worth 200 points when killed.
[hide]Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-0040				Creepers and other mobs no longer spawn naturally.
			20100202				The texture of creepers has been changed, it now appears brighter overall.
							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.
[hide]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:
[hide]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.
[hide]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 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.
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, spiders, 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.
							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.
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.
1.14			18w43a				Creepers now drop music discs when killed by strays and wither skeletons again.
1.15			19w39a				Creepers no longer flash solid white when exploding.
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			Pre-release 2				Creepers can now be forcibly exploded by using a fire charge.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.3							Added creepers.
							They do not yet spawn naturally and require external help to spawn.
							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.
[hide]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.
[hide]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.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added creepers.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.11			16w32a				The namespaced ID of creepers have been changed from Creeper to creeper.
1.13			17w47a				Numeric IDs for entities were presumably deprecated in this version.​

Issues

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

Trivia

• Notch has stated on that "I imagine creepers as being made out of leaves or similar. I'm not sure why they explode." When asked to describe its physical texture, he said they would feel "crunchy, like dry leaves.".
  • This can also be interpreted from the fact that the texture for creepers is the same as an old texture of leaves.
• Creepers are bright green color to camouflage them for the original classic Minecraft foliage textures, which were bright shades of green, but has since been changed.
• 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".
• 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.
• The creeper hiss sound uses the same sound file as when a block of TNT is primed but played at a lower pitch.
• According to Minecraft Character Creator Sticker Book, creepers are allergic to pollen wafting around cherry groves.
• Creeper was the first hostile mob added in the survival test.

Publicity

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

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, 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..."

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

A creeper and a chest sent to the edge of space by the Physics Society Outreach Project

• 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.
• As part of an official collaboration, creepers are included as monsters in a free add-on for the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. In the game, they are "Monstrosities" and have the alignment "Typically Neutral Evil".

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.

Gameplay

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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.

Development

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  The original pig model the creeper was based on.

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  The original dark green creeper model.

Mojang screenshots

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  Steve standing next to a creeper.

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  Ari trying to land a hit on a creeper with a mace.

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  A moment before disaster.

In other media

Official media

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  Artwork of the creeper.

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  Artwork of a creeper.

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  Artwork of a creeper's face.

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  Creeper art

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  A creeper in promotional artwork for the first Caves & Cliffs update.

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  Creepers in promotional artwork for the second Caves & Cliffs update.

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  A creeper in official artwork for The Wild Update.

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  Artwork of a creeper used to signal the end of account migration.

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  Artwork for the Minecraft Spookyfest event, featuring a creeper.

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  Gamerpic award from Xbox 360 Edition.

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  Gamerpic from the "Minecraft Faces" pack.

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  Gamerpic from the "Minecraft Mobs in Suits 2" pack.

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  Promotional artwork for a Minecraft collaboration with Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes.

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  A baby creeper in 15 Year Journey.

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  “Creepy,” a ghost resembling a creeper featured in the Pac-Man DLC.

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  A Chao resembling a creeper, featured in the Sonic the Hedgehog DLC.

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  Artwork of a creeper as it appears in the Sonic Texture Pack. Notice the robotic look.

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  Animated creeper artwork.

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  Creepers representing Minecraft Dungeons, Minecraft Legends, and Minecraft looking at each other.

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  Minecraft-themed word search.

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  A creeper with muscular human arms.

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  A creeper peeking out from a tree near some mushrooms.

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  A creeper peeking out from a tree near a fox and a pillager.

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  Potato Creeper in 24w14potato snapshot

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  World Kindness Day artwork.

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  Creeper in a pair of pants.

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  A creeper waving hello with one of its legs.

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  Creeper in Hour of Code.

A Minecraft Movie

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  The character portrait of Creeper in A Minecraft Movie.

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  The film's teaser poster featuring a close-up of a creeper's face.

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  Ditto, albeit in portrait view.

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  Wallpaper of a creeper, similar to the poster.

Merchandise

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  A photograph featuring many pieces of official creeper merchandise.

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  A creeper face shirt.

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  A creeper riding a bike.

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  Official artwork "Creeper Anatomy" for merchandise made by JINX.

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  Official artwork "Creepers Gonna Creep" for merchandise made by JINX.

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  Official artwork "Drop it Creep" for merchandise made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Retro Creeper" made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Three Creeper Moon" made by JINX. The name and graphics are a reference to Three Wolf Moon.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Demolition Company" made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Glyph" made by JINX.

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  "Rainbow Creeper," an official T-Shirt design sold to celebrate Pride Month.

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  "Minecraft Seasons Greetings Creeper Ugly Holiday Sweater"

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  Official creeper premium zip-up hoodie made by JINX.

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  Official T-shirt artwork "Creeper Inside" made by JINX.

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  Official sticker "Creeper Inside" made by JINX.

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  Official wall decal "Creeper Inside" made by JINX.

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  Official sticker "Creeper SSSsss" made by JINX.

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  Official creeper face sticker made by JINX.

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  Official poster made by JINX that features a creeper.

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  Official creeper plushy with sound made by JINX.

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  Official creeper vinyl minifigure made by JINX.

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  Official creeper action figure made by JINX.

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  Official poppable 5-inch Creeper figure by JINX.

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  Official creeper vinyl minifigure made by JINX.

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  Official creeper face mug made by JINX.

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  Official creeper hat made by JINX.

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  Official creeper hat made by JINX.

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  Official creeper head cosmetic made by JINX.

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  Official creeper bracelet made by JINX.

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  Official creeper pendant on a necklace made by JINX.

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  Official creeper wallet made by JINX.

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  Official creeper beanie made by JINX.

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  Official creeper scarf by JINX.

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  Official creeper plushies made by JINX.

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  A Minecraft creeper backpack from ThinkGeek.

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  "Minecraft Digital Print," a design featured on a throw blanket.

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  Creeper and Steve micromobs from official LEGO Minecraft.

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  Creeper minifigure from official LEGO Minecraft.

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  Charged creeper minifigure.

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  Exploding creeper minifigure.

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  An enchanted creeper minifigure.

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  BrickHeadz of Steve and a creeper.

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  A Creeper Bigfig LEGO Minecraft set.

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  A Creeper Mine LEGO Minecraft set.

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  A Steve and Creeper LEGO Minecraft set.

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  Official creeper toaster.

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  Greek Mythology mash-up pack

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  City texture pack

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  Creeper Steve Boxhead, a skin featured in the 1st Birthday skin pack.

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  Halloween mash-up pack

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  Party Creeper, another skin featured in the 1st Birthday skin pack.

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  Creeper figure of Flippin' Figs

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  Charged Creeper figure of Flippin' Figs

Other appearances

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  The Creeper Mii Brawler costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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  Creeper Spirit from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

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  A creeper as it appears on the cover of Minecraft: Mob Squad: Don't Fear the Creeper.

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  A creeper as depicted on the cover of the Mobestiary.

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  Anatomy of a creeper, as seen in the Mobestiary.

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  The official creeper statistics for D&D.

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  A creeper Easter egg that can be found in a game called Stick RPG 2.

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  The Geometry Dash achievement that unlocks a creeper icon.

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  The creeper from Henry Stickmin.

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  The Creeper set from Terraria.

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  The Secret Creeper, featured in the Trails & Tales Event.

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  Tiny Creeper, featured in 2023 Mob Vote Event.

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  Target of a creeper in a cowboy hat from the Universal Studios Event.

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  Ditto, but with a charged creeper in a cowboy hat.

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  A creeper face hidden amongst other doodles in a wallpaper of the WhatsApp application near the bottom left

External links

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