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Creepers are a Hostile Mob in Minecraft that are only found in the overworld. Creepers are a great source for Gunpowder and other materials in-game. In this Minecraft Creeper guide, we will teach you everything you need to know about how to find Creepers, how to defeat a Creeper, quick tips and facts that you may not have known, as well as their available loot drops.

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• What Is a Creeper and What Do They Do in Minecraft
• How to Find a Creeper
• How to Defeat a Creeper
• Quick Tips and Facts
• All Creeper Loot

What Is a Creeper and What Do They Do in Minecraft

Creepers are the only mobs in-game that explode themselves and everything around them. Unlike zombies or skeletons that can survive in the sun, but tend to be in poorly lit areas. Creepers provide some useful materials when killed by players or certain Hostile Mobs. If a creeper is struck by lightning, it’ll become a Charged Creeper. You’ll know when a creeper becomes a Charged Creeper based on its appearance, they’ll have a glow of electricity around them.

Listed below is how much damage a normal and a Charged Creeper will do, based on the difficulty you're playing on.

Normal Creeper

• Easy: 22.5 Hearts
• Normal: 43 Hearts
• Hard: 64.5 Hearts

Charged Creeper

• Easy: 43.5 Hearts
• Normal: 85 Hearts
• Hard: 127.5 Hearts

How to Find a Creeper

Creepers can be found in every biome in the Overworld. If you’re playing on Bedrock, creepers will spawn one at a time. But if you’re playing on Java, they can spawn in groups of four.

To learn more about the different types of Biomes that are available to find across Minecraft, be sure to check out our Biomes guide for more details.

How to Defeat a Creeper

Defeating a creeper can be a bit of a tricky process. The first way is by hitting them and running away before they explode. Which is effective, but at the same time dangerous. Or you can shoot them with arrows safely from a distance. Listed below are all the recommended items needed to defeat a creeper safely.

• Iron Sword
• Shield
• Full set of Iron Armor
• Bow and Arrows

It’s important to have at least iron armor when fighting them. Because if you have anything less than iron, it’ll do you no good. The shield is another important tool to have because you never know when one is about to sneak up on you, and it’s a great way to protect yourself.

Quick Tips and Facts

• You’ll know a creeper is about to explode because you’ll hear a fuse sound
• Creepers will also begin to expand until it blows up.
• To stop a creeper from exploding, all you need to do is create some space from you and the creeper.
• Creepers don’t make any sound when walking.
• Creepers can climb up ladders and vines.
• If a Creeper is attacked by any mob, it’ll chase down the mob and explode next to it.

All Creeper Loot

Creepers drop five XP orbs when killed by a player or a tamed wolf. Listed below are all the items creepers are known to drop upon death.

• Gunpowder: 0-2
• Music Disc (If killed by a Skeleton or a Stray)
• Creeper Head: (If a Creeper is killed by a Charged Creeper)

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