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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 they remain 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.

If lightning strikes within 4 blocks of a creeper, it will turn into a charged creeper. These monsters behave the same as normal creepers, but deal twice the amount of damage in their explosion. If a zombie, skeleton, wither skeleton, or creeper dies to a charged creeper's explosion, they will drop their head.

When killed, creepers drop up to 2 gunpowder, a music disc if killed by a skeleton or stray, and experience if killed by a player.

Creepers avoid any ocelots or cats within 6 blocks, making a tamed cat a useful pet to have with you when exploring.