Talk:Creeper/Archive 2

May 2011 Notch says creepers will be removed
"On May 12th, Notch said creepers would be removed in Minecraft v1.6"
 * He was joking. He also said in the same tweet that the top of the world would be dropped from 127m to 7m from bedrock, and all blocks would be changed into spheres.  Please stop "fixing" this article to insert this joke into the wiki. --Mozai 16:41, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Indev vs. Alpha
"Unlike in Survival mode, the explosion caused by a creeper in Indev mode can destroy stone and other hard materials but the harder the material, the less effective the explosion."

I find this sentence a bit confusing. Does this just apply to Indev mode then? So, what can/can't be destroyed by a Creeper's explosion in Alpha? JaffaCakeLover 12:16, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Creepers can explode all substances but obsidian, the effect of the explosion is how far into a solid layer of the substance it will break if it explodes directly next to it. The Creeper's explosion is almost identical to the TNT. ReubenHung 06:18, 9 November 2010 (CST)
 * If that's the case, the "Unlike in Survival mode" should be removed. I've only ever played Survival mode, but this sounds like Creepers function exactly the same in Indev. I'd make the change, but since I don't know Indev (read as: I'm not 100% certain) I won't. --DaMavster 08:31, 9 November 2010 (CST)
 * survival =/= alpha--Kizzycocoa 14:35, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Man.. Just when I thought I had things figured out. According to the Minepedia page on Survival, it could refer to Alpha, Indev, Infdev, etc. But, since only Alpha is supported right now, does it make sense to remove the bit about "Unlike in Survival mode" and just let it stand as "The explosion caused by a creeper can destroy stone... less effective the explosion."? It'd be clearer that way since the term 'Survival' seems to be ambiguous. --DaMavster 14:48, 9 November 2010 (CST)
 * He has a point. adding information about indev, infdev and survival is confusing to many. I think minepedia should focus on modes that notch intends regular users to play, namely alpha and classic (currently). The others are discontinued test modes anyway, so whats the point? --BlueLegion 15:11, 9 November 2010 (CST)
 * history recording. basically, they can't destroy stone in survival TEST. so, it needs clarification.--Kizzycocoa 21:15, 9 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Maybe it would be best to add a "History" section to each article for the info on past things? --Fishrock123 16:14, 9 November 2010 (CST)

To answer this (THE ORIGINAL) question, please refer to this. TNT Keep in mind that it is "Temporary health" which (from what I read) refills after the explosion. On another note, I find creepers akin to griefers. 99seconds 23:41, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Electrified Creeper
An electrified creeper, as seen by Rzanio on reddit. I think it needs a special session describing it. We'll need to research his new explosive capabilities. --Alenonimo 04:58, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I doubt he has more power than it's non-electrified counterpart. Cool12309(T 05:13, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

unusual behaviour
Superscript text i had a creeper stop moving his body but the creeper still moved along the ground and jumped is this normal 15:29, 29 December 2010 (UTC)~

before the SSSSplosion
the creeper model inflates a little during the ssssound.

Music Discs
I have had a creeper drop a music disc before when it wasn't killed by a skelly. It was in a cave. I shot the creeper to death with my bow and the disc fell in the water current and burned in lava. The disc was gold.

"Neutral" creeper
Today, playing a save my friend sent to me, I happened to bump into a creeper in a mine. I was scaed by its sudeen appearance and stubbed it with my (actually my friend's) iron sword and the creeper fled me and ran behind a block. Interested of its strange behavior, I followed it up, and it just stood still behind a stone block, looking around laike zombie pigmen do. It didn't attack however close I went. I think I'm going to caapture this on film, so keep waiting for it. TheKax 15:11, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

EDIT: Nah, crap. Missed the chance to record it, since it just after about a half minute of me standing next to it, it started hissing and did the normal "blow up" -routine. Well, I'm still dumbfounded by its temporary pacifism... TheKax 15:16, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

I,ve had this happen to me too. user:tygor97
 * Just commenting to confirm that I've seen this happen too, but also to zombies and, rarely, spiders. I've never seen this happen with skeletons. Alphap 00:16, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Me too, zombies and spiders and creepers. Probably just a bug. Or they're pretending to be friendly.JesusChrist666 00:30, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

EDIT: Skeletons too. JesusChrist666 00:49, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * You met Charlie the Gentle Creeper. This only happens in SMP. --R ocĸetor talk  06:16, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Creepers move to your left before exploding
As seen in this video creepers just move left (from your view when facing them) when they are about to explode just like skeletons walk to your left when starting to shoot at you. maybe it should be added to the article Djerun 23:34, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

I agree with you, I have noticed the same thing. This would be helpful information to fighting creepers, as you can bunnyhop backwards and to your right... I can't change it though, I'm very inexperienced in Minecraft Wiki... Stinkbug22-Putting STINK in STINKBUG 16:10, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Fan interpretation of the Creeper and another fact
Well, everyone must know it, by popular fan-art like that : http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcdtxnBT8W1qc9kq0o1_500.png&imgrefurl=http://blog.trinsec.org/&usg=__-qWtzhFPmvFGwFPm8PmLbtXeBlw=&h=500&w=500&sz=202&hl=fr&start=98&sig2=trqW1ji5Crvje73FVEAArA&zoom=1&tbnid=AuYvNKrepkYgSM:&tbnh=162&tbnw=163&ei=C7VuTf6ULIGaOu-x_eEI&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dminecraft%2Bcreeper%26hl%3Dfr%26biw%3D1916%26bih%3D848%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=137&oei=wLRuTYiSHIODswbtvfXxBw&page=3&ndsp=37&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:98&tx=86&ty=66 (sorry for the massive link, i'm a noob whit Google Images)

Some say they are griefers, due to their tendancy to blow up player's creations, or that they are habited by griefer souls (same thing)

And for the technic fact, it happened to me to strike him, run back, and then the creeper insta-exploding in my face once i try to strike again –The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dylanstrategie (Talk 21:24, 2 March 2011. Please sign your posts with !
 * Sorry bro, but the wiki's for facts, not fan based opinion or speculation. --Gnu32 22:38, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

cactus men?
someone changed the names to cactus men why? i will change it back i guess, but can someone tell me why it is called cactus men? (user;259tim march 25 2011)

No idea, but they probably thought they looked like cacti. Stinkbug22 22:51, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I had a friend who was calling Creepers 'cactus boys' and 'cactus men' and he said 'It's so true, I'll add it to the internet!' I'll ask him when i get back to school if it was him. --R ocĸetor talk  12:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Cactus kill
I've used this technique a lot and it works very well. Plant cacti in several locations around your house so that if you go outside and there's a creeper you ran run behind the cacti. The creeper will follow you and run into the cactus until it dies. This works for all hostile things (skeletons, spiders...) and most often the dropped items aren't destroyed by the cactus. <R ocĸetor talk  12:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Charged Creeper
I got hit by a charged creeper in Easy difficulty, and with full hp but no armor, it hit me with a 10 damage KO. I wasn't very close, either. It seems charged creepers will deal about double damage. --R ocĸetor talk  12:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Did you go back to the place where you were killed? because there might have been a second creeper behind you-Benawesome150

Comparing creeper explosions?
Should we compare the Destruction of a regular creeper, and a charged one?--"_"oyster"_" 19:00, 20 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Can you? I've been very lucky to find a charged creeper and I haven't seen one since. --R ocĸetor talk  07:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

I've Found A Nice image of a charged Creeper explosion but I'm New here so I have no Idea how to upload it... Simply go to the lighting page look for a link to a reddit conversation, and there should be a link at the start of said conversation. -Skeptical Melon

Rocket,i would but I haven't even had a thunderstorm yet, so i guess we have to wait. ill get a regular creeper explosion.then charged creeper next.--"_"oyster"_" 16:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Also I suggest that you switch the 'wikitext' or 'raw signature' icon in your preferences, I think you forgot that when you were making your signature. Also make it link to your userpage. Thanks! --R ocĸetor talk  10:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, :P --&quot;_&quot;oyster&quot;_&quot; 12:38, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks who ever got the comparisons for the 2 explosions!---&gt;Oysterman&lt;- 22:52, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Yep, thanks! --R ocĸetor talk  11:03, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

That Was the Lightning page, not the lighting. I Had A Spelling Derp.

About Charged Creepers
One thing to say to all: Video of the electrified creeper dealing more damage, or it never happened. Cool12309(T 22:26, 20 April 2011 (UTC)


 * When the lightning struck, it was close to me. Perhaps it was a mishappening of me getting hit by lightning and the creeper charging and exploding. --R ocĸetor talk  02:49, 21 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Anyone here know the ID number for the charged creeper? Drenay 22:09, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

If charged creepers didn't do anything, why would Notch add them in the first place? Mybabypetghast 21:23, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Explosion cancellation glitch SSP
There was a creeper that saw me, but it was too low since my house is one block off the ground. When it jumped, it was about to explode, but then it hit the ground. I noticed that it was still swelled up and white. It then exploded the instant I hit it. This has happened twice. It seems like if the creeper's countdown begins and ends fast enough it may not restart the countdown. Or it might have something to do with it's vision of the player being cut off too fast for the countdown to restart. This was in single player, so it CAN happen in both current game modes. CactusTrio 05:08, 23 April 2011 (UTC)CactusTrio
 * I can confirm that, under most circumstances, the countdown timer stays idle for as long as you are out of line of sight of the creeper. This has been around since at least 1.3, and I've more than adapted to it since then. - Alphap T ~ C 05:12, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Can creepers explode if they see u through the glass? Does any body know?
 * Nope. It's a solid block and thus obstructs "line of sight", even if they're looking right at you. - Alphap T ~ C 22:23, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

yep, they wont even explode if its a wall made of fence or a door--Higbey 00:21, 26 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, they still explode if there is a fence. One decided to blow up my fenced-in minecart track yesterday. D: And yea, they sometimes hold the timer if they lose sight of you. Happens all the time on my SMP server, incredibly annoying. --Zkyo 13:22, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * A wall of fence, or just a single-block-high fence? Because yeah, over a plain fence they will happily explode you. Eggdropsoap 18:52, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Charged creeper
I have a screenshot of a charged creeper, but I don't know how to put it on the page. –The preceding unsigned comment was added by TheRealFake19 (Talk . Please sign your posts with
 * There's already a screenshot of a charged creeper in the gallery. - Alphap T ~ C 20:53, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Unsure what caused this in my house
I'm not saying this was a creeper; but I got home heard an explosion, lagged epicly and found this in my castle:

I have a password and secure login on my minecraft account. I also have no TNT. Does any of you's know what could cause this? --<font color="Red">R ocĸetor <font color="Black">talk  12:33, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

If it is in SMP, a griefer probably placed a bunch of TNT. Some people make hidden mob farms to collect gunpowder and make tons of TNT. If it was single player, maybe you are just incredibly unlucky and several creepers got struck by lightning. --Zkyo 13:18, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

If you "lagged epicly" then it was TNT. A few large explosions wouldn't cause that, but a large number of TNT blocks would. --Theothersteve7 14:00, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was in SMP. It was probably a griefer, even though I was banished from their clan to fend for myself; ah well. Thanks people --<font color="Red">R ocĸetor <font color="Black">talk  06:12, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Creepers and Cacti
Is it just me, or do creepers love killing themselves on cacti, even when they do NOT see you? I have a quarry right below a desert, and whenever i'm mining, I always hear creepers walking into cacti. I would understand if they just took damage once or twice, but i hear it repeatedly until they die (20 times). There aren't even that many cacti outside. There is a solid sandstone roof above the quarry, so they can't be following me and walking into the cactuses that way. I've also seen them doing that from the top of my watchtower (layer 120, ground is ~70). They follow their normal random path-finding at first. When they bump into a cactus, they jump back slightly, then repeatedly walk into it and get knocked back until they die. I've never seen any other mobs do that, just creepers. I've also seen one randomly blow up while doing that. My guess is that when a creeper gets damaged by a cacti, they see it as an enemy and attempt to blow it up. Has anyone else noticed this? --Zkyo 13:37, 28 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Creepers try to avoid people as mcuh as possible unless they're very close, so maybe they're running away from you; into a cactus. Also as all internet trolls know, creepers are related to cactuses and perhaps they are hugging the cactus since they haven't seen them for a long time. --<font color="Red">R ocĸetor <font color="Black">talk  06:14, 29 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Lol yeah, one of my friends used to make a comment that the creepers were f****** the cacti xD. --Zkyo 13:20, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Creeper spawn rate
Do creepers really have a higher spawn rate on sand and gravel? I have forts which I've attacked creepers from in the dessert and on a gravel beech and I've never noticed a higher spawn rate then in my rainforest fortress. Woodcock 13:10, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Item Drops
The article says that creepers drop 0-3 gunpowder. I have been playing since 1.3 however and found all of dropping 0, 1 or 2 gunpowder to be common, but I never saw one drop 3. So maybe it's incorrect or only true for older versions? Arovian 18:07, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Creeper staying primed
I've experienced this at least three times now (my ears are still ringing) in single player: I make a 1 block high hole into an unlit cave with a creeper. The creeper makes a hissing sound and I back away. The creeper does not explode and usually would quickly return to normal, but somestimes it stays primed, making no cooldown sound and appearing almost white. The next time I enter its detonation radius, it immediately explodes. The primed creeper can also end up hidden behind a wall and the instant I punch another hole in the wall and it sees me from close enough, it detonates. So the block breaks BOOM with no delay. Did this happen to anyone else? Arovian


 * Happens to me all the time. Very annoying. It's already mentioned under trivia though. --Zkyo 19:46, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

This has been in the game for awhile, it has something to do with their sight and the countdown getting cut. The creeper doesn't restart since the cut happens so fast. Notch might have this fixed in 1.6 since he fixed a ton of bugs, but there's no clear evidence that it'll be gone anytime soon. CactusTrio 02:47, 20 May 2011 (UTC)CactusTrio

Latin name
I would like to add the latin name for the creeper; "Reptor inflammabilis" literally "flammable crawler" to the wiki. Also, the phrase HIC SVNT REPTORES is something I've seen on multiple servers.
 * The wiki is for facts and occasionally, trivia. Obscure, player-made nicknames don't belong here. Also, please sign your name with the signature button. --ZEMEDELPHOS 08:49, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Pursuit Through Glass in SMP
I don't have a program to take a video with but after some experimentation with a glass-walled building, I am 100% convinced that a Creeper can see through glass and probably through any solid block in SMP in at least some circumstances. Maloncanth 04:11, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
 * After some experimentation, I think I've figured out what's going on. I think the wiki should clarify the difference between a mob's pursuit mode and its wandering mode.

Population on the Rise
For several Minecraft days now, the creeper population has been on the rise- on average, when I emerge, there are 1-3 of the things, but lately, I've found as many as six. Pikdude 20:17, 1 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Could possibly be coincidental. I have noticed larger amounts of creepers than that on unmodded servers before.  Verhalthur (talk)(contribs) 20:37, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

I think it might be on the rise I've been noticing that there are usually about 4 or 5 creepers wandering around when i leave my house and it sometimes seems like the follow me but aren't close enough to be pursuing.

Nah, that can't happen. I have noticed that during the day, Creepers will eventually wander off to a nearby cave. Pikdude 15:16, 4 August 2011 (UTC) P.S. That post above mine isn't mine.

Also, I've come up with another Creeper defense architecture- accessible roofs will allow the player to view if there are any creepers in the area. Pikdude 15:21, 4 August 2011 (UTC)

Creeper idle sounds
The "creeper1", "creeper2", "creeper3" sounds are only played when they are damaged. Try to stay 10+ minutes near them, and post a video for proof then. <font color="Blue">C <font color="Orange">ali <font color="Purple">nou - talk × contribs » 11:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I've use Single Player Commands to spawn 10 creepers in a hole with nothing that could possibly hurt them. Every few minutes, I could occasionally hear a short hissing sound. I'll try again to see if they do have idle sounds. --Trollrilla 06:48, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I built a cobblestone cube full of creeper spawners above the cloud layer where no other mobs could confuse me. I admit that all I could hear was footsteps and ambience. --Trollrilla 09:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I have decompiled minecraft.jar and read through the mob classes. Unlike other mobs, creepers do NOT make idle sounds. --Trollrilla 01:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

Your kung-fu is best.
If you're bare handed or just don't have a decent weapon to fight them, two quick strikes to a creeper will cause them to fly rather far back. If you back step after landing the second blow, the combined space between the creeper flying backwards and you backing up is enough to prevent most if not all damage from an explosion. On top of that, the time it takes to hit the creeper twice ensures it will most likely explode just moments after the second strike.

This seems to be a somewhat effective way of mitigating a large chunk of damage you take from creepers if you see them coming, especially given their high 10 heart damage capabilities! Just remember they walk left when they're near you and be prepared to adjust your aim for the second attack. If you're really good, you can even use this trick to hurl creepers at other enemies and control their detonation to effectively protect yourself.

Riasiru 02:42, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

That is a good idea how did you come up with it? -Benawesome150

Charged Creeper Time
How long does it take for a charged creeper to become normal? Is it never? CCMM 06:22, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Never i think, you have to kill him or let him despawn--Cby 07:06, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

ThanksCCMM 10:14, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Fishing Rod
Okay, so do creepers explode in SMP when pulled by a fishing rod or not? Two say they do, two say they don't. Father  Toast  15:02, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * They do and they don't. They shouldn't explode just by being tucked with a rod, but the tuck will bring them usually close enough to a player to ignite. I think it works this way, or at least it has worked this way before, not sure... [[Image:TK.gif]]  | TheKax |   Talk   15:06, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Nah, it definitely doesn't pull them that close; I have pulled a lot of creepers with fishing rods. During my recent SMP tests, it doesn't pull them at all, they just instantly explode (no hissing or animation). Father  Toast  18:34, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I disagree. From my tests, the first click will lodge the fishing rod in the creeper, and a second click will pull him towards you. I did this multiple times and the creeper only exploded on the 4th time, because he got too close. I did this on a local server, so maybe you're just experiencing lag, and the creeper is actually close enough. – ultradude25 ( T at 22:12, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * The creeper is not close enough and it's not lag, otherwise there would be a crater near me and I would take damage; the explosion always happens immediately after the second click, no delay at all. I've also done this multiple times. Father  Toast  02:29, 31 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Well I don't know what to tell you. I simply can't replicate it. – ultradude25 ( T at 04:34, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Help!!!
I'm only new and I am on my third day when a creeper comes. I am 1 string away from a bow and can even make ammo and I am only up to a cobblestone sword. He is standing right outside my door and will not budge. I currently cannot get any armour. PLEASE help.


 * There are some things you can do.
 * If you have a mine, try going to the bottom of it, if you are far enough away it will despawn
 * Set the difficulty to peaceful, this will remove all aggressive mobs.
 * Staircase mine down to bedrock than come back to see if it is gone, if not go back down and mine a tunnel in one direction, than come back and check if he is there, etc


 * Hope that helped --Cby 09:54, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Thnks got it to despawn but I accidentally deleted it :( well I'll start a new one and take this into account. I really think this should be in the guide.


 * Happy to help, sorry about your world (That was what you deleted wasn't it?) and i'll see about putting it into a guide if it isn't already --Cby 10:19, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

My new worlds weird. I'm doing better but thats mainly because no attacking enemies spawn. I have been for about 4/5 days and no enemies have spawned at all yet. I am on an island map but at the start I had to swim across since my spawn point wasn't anywhere near any trees.


 * In the future, you can also dig a new doorway in the back of your house to escape; draw the creeper far away and then run back home, it'll lose sight of you and forget you ever existed. Father  Toast  16:52, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Creeper in a minecart
Since I saw no references to it here, I made the edit. For those of you who want proof, I managed to get a screenshot of the event. The most annoying thing was that it destroyed my minecart in its explosion. The minecart started at the end of a tract, no stopping block, on normal rails. On the other end, there was one block air, and after that 3 unpowered powered tracks. I don't know how to add pictures, but the pic is at this link: i54dottinypicdotcom/34xj22hdotpng. Feel free to add it if you know how =D edit: can't place links without an account. Replaced the dot's(.) with the word dot

1.8
As of 1.8 I've been dying a lot to creepers. Server is still on easy, same as it always has been. They're only supposed to do 5 hearts damage, yes? That's what I remember, but now they're one-hit-killing me. Anyone think this is a bug, or have creepers been boosted and I missed the memo? --WizardStan 14:50, 19 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I, and my playerbase, have noticed the exact same thing. I have seen constant creeper kills, on experienced players that die maybe once per week normally.  I was hit by a :creeper (no charge graphic) at point blank range, and one-shotted.  I had ~40% iron armor, as well as full health.  My issue is that without the ability to modify this, or :change their countdown time, even minor lag makes them grossly overpowered. Tunnelrat 18:45, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I noticed that creepers explosions are now [b]on par[/b] with TNT. I've also noticed that creepers seemingly die instantly at daytime. This may or may not be related to me living in a desert. (1.8.1) NeonJ 20:03, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Unintelligible Wiki Entry
The last entry under "Defensive Measures" reads: "If hoist with their own petard, the player is advised to block off the hole and wait until past dawn or tunnel away."

If this made any possible sense, translated into generally accepted English, it would roughly read: "If throw with their own bomb, the player is advised to block off the hole and wait until past dawn or tunnel away."

I cannot, for the life of me, discern what the original poster's intent was with this. The "If hoist with their own petard" is simply gibberish, the only thing I can come up with is that this was a Babelfish product. The next statement "the player is advised to block off the hole and wait until past dawn or tunnel away." - If one assumes they are talking about being stuck near a creeper, "wait until past dawn" needs to be "wait until the creeper despawns" or "wait until past noon", I would imagine.

Unless someone can translate this and adjust, I recommend removal. Tunnelrat 18:55, 23 September 2011 (UTC)


 * "Hoist with their own petard" is a Shakespearean idiom that means "fell into his own trap". I agree that it needs to be changed to something simpler, as not everyone knows the origin of relatively obscure idioms.Christino 21:36, 25 September 2011 (UTC)