Re: Damn Creepers!

I'm still getting used to Minecraft, not quite built that epic building to reside in either but I'm getting there... I sleep through the night and eagerly go outside to continue my empire but there's one thing that I keep forgetting about and it's those explosive creepers.. I step outside and there's one lurking round the corner and when they explode they take half of my building with it too.. Arrgghh!! So to all those Minecraft experts, I guess it is best to surround my building with a wall or something to keep them out whilst I mine and build?

When you next play change the setting to peaceful instead of easy :)

FACT - Creepers suck, nobody likes Creepers.

You can put a bunch of lights on and around your house.  The bigger area of light you have the less possibility you'll walk outside and have a creeper right there in front of you.

IAmRadicalPanda:

When you next play change the setting to peaceful instead of easy :)

Yeah make loads of torches and scatter them around a large area around your house.

This stopped the creepers spawning around my house. It also seems to have increased the amount of animals like sheep and pigs around my house too.

I always put a fence around the perimeter of my house/town - nothing but spiders can get over them. The only problem is, neither can you... and because gates don't exist in the 360 version yet, you'll need to put a block of dirt or something on each side so you can jump over it.

Of course always remember to dig up the block of dirt on the outside of the fence if you're heading home, so nothing can follow you!

And like others have said, light up everything! Hostile mobs only spawn in areas with a light level lower than 7, so just make sure there are no dark patches inside!

Yes, I advise you to make a wall height of two blocks and two walls to be strengthened so we can seguralos for some time

Like Mr Xbob said a fence is the best option. Besides keeping enemies out you can also see through it. A wall of anything but glass will cause the same problem as before, creepers creeping on you as you exit.

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Btw Mr XBob instead of replacing that fence piece when you go back in just put another piece of dirt on top of the other one. Only spiders can climb/jump up a two high block like that so it's just like having a fence post there and you don't need to carry a piece of fence around.

Yeah, they are the reason I'm mostly playing on peaceful now. One loading screen jokes that they were born of a coding bug. I'd say they seem to be more the product of an al-Qaeda training camp, given how effective they are with their suicide bombing!

Great idea, thanks UnyoBro!

Build a 3 block deep trench around your house to keep creepers from getting close to the wall, then add a window that lets you see anything lurking around on the other side of the door.

This is probably the cheapest method to battle creepers.

You guys are going to loooove creepers when the AI gets updated. Won't be for a while though.

Creepers gonna Creep! Haha I know the feeling. You could try to lure them away, or a trench/ditch is a good idea too.

creepers are dbags.

can you get a turban/robe skin for them?

suicide bomber game

another thing i forgot to mention is how my first first experience with creepers solidified my thought pattern of "i HAVE to make my house extra solid before i do anything else..." because THATS how ive been starting ever since that creeper blew half my house away. :(

If you wanna be really creative you could add water around your house like a moat. If you have it moving away from your door it should push mobs away or at least keep them bobbing in the water so you can shoot them at your leisure.

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If you're gonna do the trench thing just remember creepers can still blow up if they're a block or so below you.

OK! so i decided to change to peaceful last night and obviously i got more done.. but i do miss the creepy atmosphere and noises at night when i'm safe in my basement.

My solution was to build a large bridge. The door to my house is higher than the outside ground and it's a little ways from my door to the outside of the large cave I'm in so I built a 5 block wide bridge with fence walls and a roof that leads to the outside world.

Lava mote. Takes care of everything. And I on occasion get a cooked pork hop outta the deal.

I tend to play on Peaceful all the time now. After a creeper blowing my house 3 days  in a row... I figured enough is enough.

Motto.

I thought i was being smart by planting a ton of cactus around my house but sadly i was attacked by zombies and my two wolves died...... Damn you Creepers!!!

I'm enjoying this thread just from all of the ideas you guys are coming up with to deal with a single issue (albeit a very explosive 1). After a Creeper scared the living daylights out of me & blew up my house, I've been playing on the peaceful setting ever since. Although it's nice to be able to build, I worry about not getting the monster hunter achievement anytime soon...

could always build your house in the air.

bridge to a mountain etc. youre good.

Sky Fortress baby!  Sky projects are more fun on PC until the height cap is raised... :(

Put a door in the fence - it looks odd, but that doesn't worry me.  I've put a one-block frame around my fence doors as well, which looks better, and is somewhere to stick torches.

I have left two blocks between the house and the fence, and extended the fence two blocks in each direction at the corners.  If a mob (other than spiders) gets up to the fence, it doesn't get around the corner, and I can shoot it with bow and arrows at my leisure, and as they can be kept at least three blocks away, creepers don't explode unless I do something dumb.  Spiders are another problem, but I don't find killing them to be too difficult, provided they don't jump me.  The first night I didn't sleep, though, a skeleton spawned riding a spider, which was something to keep away from.

Of course, lighting the area did a lot to stop problems as well.

i know right?

that cap is weaaksauce.

It's nice to hear/read what others have done in their world or a friends. With games like Minecraft its awesome to explore other peoples worlds and see how creative people have gotten, and reading stuff on the forums too its like "Hey thats a good idea! I can do that in my world!" (Swiper no swiping!!)

Black Wolf XCI:

OPINION - Creepers suck, nobody likes Creepers.

Fixed that for you, brochacho.

I for one like Creepers. & they are not hard to kill at all. 

Tree houses with sky bridges connecting each house. Then build a pier along the shoreline. Where you can access the gr

Where you can access the ground level without being swarmed by creepers. If there are any creepers when you're out exploring? Just lure them into the water. As long as you're underwater when they're in the water. They won't cause any damage if they explode.

..."not hard to kill at all."  Nailed it.  Three or four arrows right through the old "pie hole" and sometimes you can collect up the gunpowder!  I really want that t-shirt from Mojang's that shows the inside of the Creeper...

Galactic Geek:

After a Creeper scared the living daylights out of me & blew up my house, I've been playing on the peaceful setting ever since. Although it's nice to be able to build, I worry about not getting the monster hunter achievement anytime soon...

Same kept happening to me, I suppose it was my fault for not being more careful. Now that my house is built though I'm considering digging a tunnel from my basement and building a small rail track underground to leave the house, at least then when I do leave I wont get a surprise BOOM! destroying it... LOL!

If you switch the difficulty to "Peaceful" you should have no problem with Creepers

Do any of yall actually read the thread before posting? The last response was in May when the game was released. Your post was redundant, as several people already said it.

LOL it's not redundant it's having fun. With the 1.8 update out for a while, build with enderstone (I think it's called) for your buildings. It looks like Sandstone and it has a very high blast resistance. Otherwise you could use obsidian. These two blocks are perfect for building in the Nether as well as they can withstand the attacks by _+ gasps +_ . Otherwise put it on Peaceful. x smiles x.