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The creeper is one of the most common and iconic hostile mobs in the game. Since their introduction in the Classic development stage based on a failed pig model, creepers have become a widely-recognized internet icon and have appeared in various TV series, video games, and in the form of merchandise.

Like most Overworld hostile mobs, creepers can spawn on any solid block at light levels of 7 or lower. They will chase any player within a 16 block radius and will explode if it remains within three blocks of a player for 1.5 seconds. They can also be forced to explode with a flint and steel, but the 1.5 second delay will still exist. This explosion can deal up to 24.5 full hearts of damage to a mob or player with no armor in normal difficulty, but varies depending on how close the mob is to the creeper.