Creeper
Hostile mobshostile

Creeper

Namespaced ID
minecraft:creeper
Numeric ID
30
Edition
Java

/summon command

Replace ~ ~ ~ with absolute coordinates to spawn at a fixed location.

Command builder

Set a custom name, health, and behavior flags to generate a ready-to-paste /summon command for Creeper.

Shown above the mob's head.
Set base HP. Leave blank for default.

Spawned at ~ ~ ~ — replace with absolute coords for a fixed location.

Drops

What Creeper drops on death, with exact amounts and drop rates from the game's loot tables. Looting can raise counts and rare-drop chances.

ItemAmountDrop rate
↑ Looting
0–2Always

Some conditional drops (e.g. dyed wool variants, mob-head or music-disc drops) depend on the mob's state or killer and aren't listed here.

Hitbox

Width
0.6 blocks
Height
1.7 blocks

Metadata fields

Fields tracked on this entity over the network protocol. Useful for data-pack and command-block authors.

  • shared_flags
  • air_supply
  • custom_name
  • custom_name_visible
  • silent
  • no_gravity
  • pose
  • ticks_frozen
  • living_entity_flags
  • health
  • effect_particles
  • effect_ambience
  • arrow_count
  • stinger_count
  • sleeping_pos
  • mob_flags
  • swell_dir
  • is_powered
  • is_ignited

Spawn egg

Creeper Spawn Egg for the spawn-egg item details and /give command.

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