Creeper (Minecraft)

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Creepers are fictional enemies that are found within Minecraft, and also serve as one of the main antagonists of the game. They are commonly known for blowing up whenever they're near the player.

## Appearance

A creeper can easily be recognized by its tall vertical structure. Its pixelated body covered in a range of greens to whites, and its four legs. It was originally intended to be a pig when Notch had a coding mistake, and he accidentally swapped the height and lengths of the pig's build. As a result, he got a tall, slim being with the face and torso in the shape of a player instead of a pig.

## Background

### Survival/Hardcore Mode

Creepers serve as one of the most common threats, and arguably one of the most dangerous mobs/enemies that can be encountered in the game. In Survival Mode, their behavior is pretty much straight-forward. On sight of the player, it will automatically chase them down until they get a closer range for attacking. Although they don't physically hurt the player, it harms them through exploding, and can even kill an armorless player in Hard difficulty. Creepers cannot use doors although they can climb ladders and vines despite not having any arms. Creepers also happens to kill the player by popping out of nowhere, preparing for detonation. They are also known from being terrified of cats.

Their background is heavily enigmatic, as they don't have any backstories that mostly determines on what they are now. Although several theories have been made, and they may have a haunting past that made them the monsters most everyone knows today. Some say that they were one of the catalysts in the disappearances of humans in the game. Their motives are also highly unknown, but they do appear to have a pixelated mouth, resembling on what appears to be a frown, and they constantly kill the player for countless times in certain situations. No one also knows why they are repeatedly spawning underground, or in nighttime just like all other hostile mobs, but it can be assumed that they are amongst the perpetrators behind the game's premise (speculatively). Although there are certain hints that the game gives us that may serve as clues to their past. When a creeper is killed by an arrow shot by a skeleton, it will drop a random music disc, which can be played in a jukebox. It doesn't matter what dealt most of the damage, as long as the last blow was the arrow of a skeleton.

One explanation given by Notch is that, creepers were mostly inspired by the exploding plants in real life, which produces spores, and by taking a closer look at the creeper itself, its texture resembles that of a pixelated plant. This is one of the explanations or hints given through the creeper. There is also a book called, Mobestiary that shows the anatomy of a creeper. They seem to explode because one of the main organs of the creeper was a TNT, in which it actively detonates when close to any players or threats. Given by this fact, the creepers were given an explanation that they may have been angry at the players themselves, as they are the only targets of the creepers. Another fact is that when reading the End Poem, it explains how the game is somewhat just a dream, a mirror to the real world. This means that every hostile mob that attacks the players in the game mirrors their "biggest fears" or "bullies" in real life. This make the creepers one of those "biggest fears" of the player, and the player may have been trapped in a dream that is full of dangers and peril.

Commonly, many view the creepers simply as an enemy in Survival mode that attacks the player commonly. They can also be one of the constant sources of grief for the player; through their silent, explosive behavior, one creeper is enough to aggravate a player in Survival Mode, or even in Hardcore Mode.