Tutorials/Creepers

Do creepers keep on blowing you up? Not any more! This tutorial will teach you how to farm gunpowder/kill those pesky creepers!
 * Requirements: Bow, at least 10 Arrows, Stone Sword or better.
 * Find a Creeper, make sure you have some armor (this is heavily recommended).
 * Get in range of the Creeper or on a Sniping Tower. Shoot the creeper with the bow fully charged then sprint-hit it with your sword.
 * If creeper is not killed, Keep on sprint-hitting it.
 * Repeat.

Carry some flint and steel. Then you can light the ground on fire and lead a creeper through it, catching it on fire (which damages it) while you battle it!

Damage
Creepers have 10 hearts. Iron swords do 3 hearts damage, so you will need to hit it 4 times. Diamond swords do 3.5 hearts damage, so you will need to hit it 3 times. Fully charged bows do 4.5 hearts damage, so you will need to shoot it 3 times.

Exploding
If there is 1 block or less between you and the creeper and he knows you're there, he will start his 1.5 second countdown before he explodes. Hitting him and moving back or sprint-hitting him will move him far enough away that he stops his countdown. If there are 2 blocks between you and the creeper, you're safe unless he has already started his countdown.

Easy Way to Kill a Creeper
See a creeper near your home, but have nothing other than wooden sword and some blocks ? You can kill him without worrying about exploding, just follow these steps :


 * Make sure you have at least 3 or 4 dirt/sand in your inventory
 * Check if there is no skeletons or spiders (If yes, kill them first)
 * Walk slowly to creeper, and when he will start walking in your direction
 * Make a 3-4 block pillar of dirt/sand by click-jumping
 * Wait until the creeper comes next to your pillar
 * Now you can kill him, and he will not explode! Now you can rest worry free!

Tips

 * Creepers will sometimes circle around you, always moving to your left while still moving closer to you. A way to counter this is to aim with your sword just in front of where the Creeper is and wait until he moves in front of your sword.


 * If there are multiple Creepers after you, try to get one Creeper to explode a safe distance away from you and damage the other Creeper(s). (Note: This is very dangerous, especially if you do not have armor on)


 * If there are multiple types of mobs after you at once (say a Creeper, a Skeleton, and a Zombie), the Creeper should always be your priority. He is capable of one-shotting you if he explodes right next to you, so try to finish him off with a Bow or Sprint-hit him repeatedly.