How much HP does a Creeper have?

A Creeper has 20 HP (10 hearts) in Minecraft.

What does the Creeper drop?

The Creeper drops: Gunpowder (0-2, 100% chance); Music Disc (1-1, 100% chance).

Creeper

Q: Where does the Creeper spawn?

The Creeper spawns in: All Overworld biomes. Spawns at light level 0 on solid blocks in the Overworld.

hostile

Health

10 hearts

Damage

normal difficulty

XP Drop

experience

Added In

Classic 0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST

version

Damage by Difficulty

Easy

Normal

Hard

Behavior

Silently approaches players and detonates after a 1.5s fuse. Explosion destroys blocks. Charged creepers (struck by lightning) have double explosion power.

Spawn Locations

All Overworld biomes

Spawns at light level 0 on solid blocks in the Overworld.

Drops

Item	Count	Chance
Gunpowder	0-2	100%
Music Disc	1	100%

Weaknesses

Cats and ocelots (flees from them)ShieldsKnockback

Notes

Music Discs drop only when killed by a skeleton or stray arrow. Charged creepers kill another mob to drop its head. Iconic Minecraft mob created from a modeling error.

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