
At a normal render distance, a radius of 16 chunks are loaded, for a total of 206. Since lightning is calculated independently per chunk, we need to account for all loaded chunks. Since Creepers only take up one block and-once spawned-have no block restrictions, there's a 1:25,600,000 chance of a Creeper getting charged. And if lightning does hit a specific chunk, the game randomly selects one block within that chunk to get the lightning entity.Ī chunk contains 16 2 (or 256) blocks so given any specific block, there's a 1:25,600,000 chance of a lightning strike. Now, if you deobfuscate Minecraft 1.2.5 using MCP 6.2, World::tickBlocksAndAmbiance() indicates Lightning has a 1:100,000 chance of hitting one block in any specific chunk. So if there's a Creeper around, it's somewhere in that area. One Creeper, one chunkĬreepers, like all mobs, immediately despawn if they leave a 128-block radius area centered around the player. So assuming the conditions are met, let's look at the probabilities. If any of these conditions aren't met, the chance of encountering a charged Creeper is zero.


If a Creeper gets struck by a lightning or falls into Witch Water, it will become a Charged Creeper and get a blue aura. The command /gamerule mobGriefing false will prevent Creeper explosions from damaging most terrain, but some items such as Microblocks may still be destroyed. If killed before detonation, Creepers drop 0-2 Gunpowder.Ĭreeper explosions are slightly less powerful than TNT, and will often create a small crater of destroyed blocks. The detonation can be cancelled if the player moves out of range, or knocks the Creeper far enough away.

Before they explode, there is a short fuse time during which they will flash between white and green, grow larger, and make a hissing noise. Rather than damaging the player with a standard attack, Creepers will sneak up on the player and explode. The Creeper is an iconic hostile mob from vanilla Minecraft. The main article can be found at Minecraft Wiki: Creeper. Part of this topic falls beyond the scope of the Feed The Beast Wiki.
