Bedrock · monster

Creeper

Creepers are a source of gunpowder and conditional music-disc drops. Keep room to retreat when one starts hissing; a nearby cat can deter its approach, but an active fuse needs immediate attention.

20 HP

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Handle a Creeper encounter

Make room to retreat

A Creeper starts its fuse inside 2.5 blocks with line of sight. It stops that normal trigger outside 6 blocks or when sight is lost. The fuse lasts 1.5 seconds, so move early.

Use cats as a deterrent

Cats and ocelots trigger avoidance within 6 blocks. Swelling has a higher behavior priority than avoidance, so a cat is no guarantee once a Creeper is close. Plan cat placement and check its limits.

Plan for special drops

Ordinary loot rolls can give 0–2 gunpowder before Looting. Music-disc pools require a qualifying killer, such as a skeleton. Let the qualifying mob land the final hit; inspect the drop conditions below.

A charged Creeper uses explosion power 6 instead of 3. Resulting damage depends on the encounter. Flint-and-steel ignition removes the normal distance and line-of-sight cancellation.

Get drops

13 distinct item outputs. Selection share is an entry’s weight within its pool, once its conditions pass. A selected entry can still give zero items; rolls, conditions and Looting affect the result.

No pool condition · 1 roll(s)

Output	Selection share	Quantity	Conditions / modifiers
Gunpowder	1/1	0–2	looting enchant 0–1

Condition 1: killed by entity (skeleton) · 1 roll(s)

Condition 2: killed by entity (stray) · 1 roll(s)

Condition 3: killed by entity (bogged) · 1 roll(s)

Condition 4: killed by entity (parched) · 1 roll(s)

Output	Selection share	Quantity	Conditions / modifiers
Record 13	1/12	1	—
Record Cat	1/12	1	—
Record Blocks	1/12	1	—
Record Chirp	1/12	1	—
Record Far	1/12	1	—
Record Mall	1/12	1	—
Record Mellohi	1/12	1	—
Record Stal	1/12	1	—
Record Strad	1/12	1	—
Record Ward	1/12	1	—
Record 11	1/12	1	—
Record Wait	1/12	1	—

Find Creeper

These biomes satisfy a complete biome filter. A spawn also needs the rule’s light, difficulty, surface, population and runtime conditions.

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57 more biome matches

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Spawn condition 1

Surface · Underground

Light: 0–7

Difficulty: easy–hard

Spawn condition 2

Surface · Underground

Light: 0–7

Difficulty: easy–hard

Other mobs and interactions

Behavior filters refer to these entity families. Range, visibility, state and competing behavior priorities can change when the interaction happens.

Avoids

Targets

Player

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Put it to use

Use Cats to Deter Creepers and Phantoms in Minecraft Bedrock

Place a tamed cat along a Creeper approach in Minecraft Bedrock. Understand the 6-block avoidance range, active-fuse limits and Phantom behavior.

Put it to use

Creeper Charge Banner Pattern Recipe in Minecraft Bedrock

The reusable Creeper Charge banner pattern uses Paper and a Creeper Head in Minecraft Bedrock. Apply it at a loom with a banner and dye.

Technical entity reference

ID: minecraft:creeper
Spawn egg enabled: Yes
Summonable: Yes
Attack component damage: 3
Movement component: 0.2
Collision box: 0.6 × 1.8

The attack component contains 3 damage, while the chase goal sets melee reach to zero to prevent melee attacks. Creeper explosion settings are separate.

Behavior components

avoid mob type · float · hurt by target · look at player · melee attack · nearest attackable target · random look around · random stroll · swell