Where it spawns
Biomes (54)
| Biome | Share | Group |
|---|---|---|
| Badlands | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Beach | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Birch Forest | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Cherry Grove | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Dappled Forest | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Dark Forest | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Desert | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Eroded Badlands | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Flower Forest | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Forest | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Frozen Peaks | 19% of monsters | 4 |
| Frozen River | 19% of monsters | 4 |
42 more biomes
Grove · 19%Ice Spikes · 19%Jagged Peaks · 19%Lush Caves · 19%Mangrove Swamp · 19%Meadow · 19%Old Growth Birch Forest · 19%Old Growth Spruce Taiga · 19%Pale Garden · 19%Plains · 19%Savanna · 19%Savanna Plateau · 19%Snowy Beach · 19%Snowy Plains · 19%Snowy Slopes · 19%Snowy Taiga · 19%Sparse Jungle · 19%Stony Peaks · 19%Stony Shore · 19%Sunflower Plains · 19%Swamp · 19%Taiga · 19%Windswept Forest · 19%Windswept Gravelly Hills · 19%Windswept Hills · 19%Windswept Savanna · 19%Wooded Badlands · 19%Bamboo Jungle · 19%Jungle · 19%Cold Ocean · 19%Deep Cold Ocean · 19%Deep Frozen Ocean · 19%Deep Lukewarm Ocean · 19%Deep Ocean · 19%Frozen Ocean · 19%Lukewarm Ocean · 19%Ocean · 19%Warm Ocean · 19%Old Growth Pine Taiga · 19%Dripstone Caves · 16%River · 16%Sulfur Caves · 16%
Share is how often this mob is picked when the game spawns that kind of mob in the biome; group is how many come at once.
Drops
| Item | Amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|
 GunpowderLooting adds up to 1 per level | 0–2 | 100% |
 Music Disc (C418 - mellohi)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - mall)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - far)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - 13)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - chirp)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - stal)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - cat)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - wait)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - 11)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - ward)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - blocks)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
 Music Disc (C418 - strad)only when killed by a skeleton | 1 | 8.3% |
How it thinks
Each moment it runs the most important goals it can (lowest number first); a more important goal interrupts a less important one. Read from the game's code and put in our own words.
What it does
- 1Swims up to stay afloat in water and lava.
- 2Swells up and explodes when its target is close.
- 3Runs away from a nearby ocelot.
- 3Runs away from a nearby cat.
- 4Walks up to its target and hits it.
- 5Wanders around at random, keeping out of water.
- 6Looks at a nearby player.
- 6Looks around at random.
Who it goes after
- 1Picks the nearest player it can see as a target.
- 2Fights back against whatever hurt it.
How Emma beats it
With good gear she kills it before it blows; without, she runs.
- She sprint-hits it, then holds 3.4 to 5 blocks off until her sword is charged again, and backs off to 7.5 to 10 blocks when it starts hissing (unless she can finish it before the 1.5 second fuse).
- With weak gear she runs from one that is hissing within 7 blocks or after her within 6. A hissing creeper close to her is always run from.
- She raises her shield when it is about to blow within 6 blocks (12 for a charged creeper).
- We tested pouring water to stop the blast damage: it did worse (6 of 10) than just fighting (9 of 10), so she doesn't.
From Emma's own fighting code and our combat lab (Hard difficulty). All the hard fights