Creeper

Creepers are one of the most unique and iconic mobs found in Minecraft. A Creeper can easily be recognized by its tall vertical structure (roughly the size of a player), green, pixelated skin, and four legs. It is possibly the most dangerous enemy in the game, as it is not affected by sunlight, which makes it a constant threat as it silently roams the map, searching for a player to explode upon.

Behavior

A Creeper who has found a player will chase down that player until the creeper gets reasonably close. The Creeper will then explode in a very similar fashion to TNT.Creepers explode when the player is in the mob's line of vision. The player's only warning to when they are about to be explode is a very distinctive hiss and the swelling of the creeper itself. which starts about 1–2 seconds prior to the explosion itself. After it explodes, it leaves a large ditch in the ground. When the mob is killed, it drops 0-2 gunpowder. When killed by an arrow of a skeleton, it will drop either a green or yellow record, which can be played in jukebox. This mob can not use doors but can climb ladders.

Tips

Whenever possible, try to minimize contact with Creepers until you have a ranged weapon to fight them with. If you only have a sword and a creeper does attack you, move backwards, and to the right while slashing to maximize the distance between the creeper. It is possible to prevent a creeper from exploding when it is about to, by moving away from the creeper fast enough.

With the addition of sprinting, it is possible to kill a creeper with a sword easily. To do so, lure the creeper to a large, flat area, then sprint towards it and attack it with your sword. If successful, the creeper will be knocked back several blocks and will try to diffuse, allowing it to be attacked again and again until defeated.

Trivia

• If a Creeper is hit by lightning, it will be charged, and the explosion will be far greater and harmful.
• If killed by an arrow of a skeleton, it will drop a record instead of gunpowder. However, if the arrow does not kill it but hurt it, the Creeper will attack the skeleton instead of the player.
• Like spiders, the Creeper can survive sunlight, but Creepers will turn neutral if shot by a skeleton.
• A Creeper's explosion is less powerful than TNT, unless the Creeper is charged, which makes it far more powerful.
• A record "Killed by a Skeleton" can be dropped on death.
• The Creeper was made up by Notch by fluffing the coting of a pig a turn it into a creeper.
• Creepers are very well-known.